South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-31
LOCAL HOSPITAL
HAS 1850 CASES
DURING THE YEAR
Records Indicate Increase of
% Per Cent Over Pre-
viOus Year.

The number OF regular cases
handled by the St. Josepn's hospital
during the year Of 1922 represented
an increase Of % percent over the
previous year, according to figures
made public by the head nurse
Saturday morning. Despite the
1850 cases handled in the year 1922
no changes were made IN the per
sonnet OF the hospitals staff, and IN
addition, several moro student nur-
ses received instruction this year
than last year.
The 1850 cases handled through
out the year do not include over sos
cases that received X-ray examina-
uOns and treatment. but included
22O births; $50 major operations and
20 serious accident cases. The death
rate Of the local hospital Is said to
have been one Of the lowest among
the large hospitals in this part OF
the state. being only three percent
Of the number of cases handled dur
ing the year.
Student Nurses.
Twenty-one student nurses are
receiving daily instruction at the
hospital during the year 1922. under
the general supervision of Miss
Dorothy L. Brady. superintendent
OF nurses. In addition to the stu
dent nurses, there are fourteen
regular sister nurses attached to the
hospital at all times, all Of whom
are from various schools and uni
versities.
During the year a large number
OF lectures were delivered before
the assembled nurses, in connection
with their work The various de-
partments Of medicine are divided
up among the doctors Of the St.
Joseph's hospital staff, each doctor
delivering a series Of lectures on the
most important points of the sub
ject in which he is n specialist, dur
ing the year At times, a general
discussion follows the lecture, at
which time questions pertinent TO
the occasion are answered by the
speaker. During the past year sew
eral local doctors have presented
papers on researches in the medical
science that have proved highly in
teresting.
Give Lectures.
The doctors. and the subjects on
which they lectured during the past
year are as follows: DIR w. T..
Borley. Diseases of the Ear, Eye,
Nose and Throat. Or. ". B. Chris
tophel Obstetrics" DR.. c. A.
Dresh. surgical Diseases" DR.. J..
2. Feagler, "Orthopedics;" DR.. II.
j. Graham. "Gknecology" DIR. L. p.
Van RE, "Materia Medicia"; DR.. NJ.
o. Wygant, Ana ony; Physiology
and Bactoriology; DR.. =. j Wei
land. Diseases of Children; Pedi-
atrics and Medical Diseases; DIR.
c. ]. Cocktails, Drugs and solu-
lions and Communicable Diseases;
G. W. Kcoppen, Physical Culture"
Mrs. G. Y Warner, "Dieteics'; and
Miss Dorothy +. Brady. Principles
and Practice OF Nursing
At the last regular meeting Of the
staff Of 81. Josephs hospital, the
long felt need OF a regular pathOlo-
sist in the hospitals laboratory was
taken UP. Several names had been
submitted. and one was chosen at
that time, who will be Installed
some time during the coming Janu-
ary The position was left vacant
by the regent resignation Of DR.. c.
l. Bartlett
According TO number Of ply
s.clans who have had occasion to
use the s.. JOscph's hospital and its
equipment there IS nothing but the
highest praise for It's equipment and
staff and many regard il as one of
the most efficient hospitals in the
northern part Of the state.
Present Hospital STAFF.
The present staff Of St. Joseph's
hospital IS as follows:
Pres't c. A. Dresh; vice. rest..
Il. J. Weiland. secretary; W. y.
Christopher Other members of the
staff are: Drs w. Z. BOrley; Thomas
Dugdale: ]. p. Feagler; II. J. Gra-
ham: IT. g. Holseudorf; J b. Leh-
man. T. p Van RE; NJ. O. Wygant;
C J. Goethals and Ivan L. Smith.