Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-09
Second Annual TOnSiI
Clinic Starts July 18th
SUCCESS OF LAST YEARS WORK
DEMANDS CONTINUATION OF
PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM

The Annual Villas county tonsil, eye
clinic will open at Phelps, on Tuesday
morning, July 18th, at 81 80 a. M, un-
der the direction of County Nurse Ann
Christman. DIR. Flavia M. Doty, who
will do the surgical work, will drive
from Gary, Indiana, and is expected
to arrive here on July 18th. Tonsil
operations will be performed during
each morning that the clinic is being
held; the afternoons will be devoted
to the examination of eyes, and fitting
of glasses for children under sixteen
years of age, whose parents are resi-.
df - unty.
MISS UIrIstlnan is being assisted in
preparations for the clinic, by the
members of the Villas County Welfare
Association The Welfare Association
wNi have charge of the finances and
accounts of the clinic, and also the
preparation of bedding, surgical dress
ings and other equipment.
This will be the second annual ton
sill clinic for Villas county, the first
clinic having been held July 21st to
August Sth, 1924. At the 1924 clinic
SO children were operated upon for
diseased tonsils; % were fitted with
glasses. 1t is expected that largen
number of children will receive atten
ton this year. All Of the cases last
year were entirely successful, and par
ents were more than satisfied with the
work
The clinic is an important and neces
sary part of the county nurses work
in Villas county, due to the fact that
there is no public hospital in the
county where children can be taken
for tonsil operations. This means an
extra travelling and hotel expense to
parents. The same is true where chill
dren need to be fitted with glasses.
For this reason, the Villas county clinic
was held last year, and wa so sue
cessful that there is a larger demand
by parents throughout the county for
the clinic this year BY bringing a
good surgeon to the county and fitting.
up the school buildings as temporary
hospitals, parents are able to have the
work done at home, which means a
considerable saving in, time and money
as we'll as the retention of money in
the county which would be expended
at outside hospitals. The work is done
at cost, each tonsil operation costing
the parents $500; and glasses fitted
at reasonable prices, depending on the
kind of glasses required.
Thursday, July 9th, will be the annu
al Child Health Tag Day throughout
Villas county. The clinic does not
make practice of charity work, but
there are always a number of desti
tute children who need medical atten
ton, and the Tag Day is held to raise
a fund for that purpose. On the 1924
Tag Day, which was held on July 18th
last year, $518.10 was raised for the
Child Health Fund The money was
handed through the Villas county Wei
fare Association, which kept an ac-
count of all expenditures. With this
fund, many children received medical
attention during the vast year, which
would not have been possible without
the fund. Part of this fund was used
to build and equip the Dental Wagon,
which travelled through the county in
the fall of 1924, and brought dental
attention within the reach of hundreds
of children. 1t is hoped that a suffi
c1ent amount will be raised on July
9Th this year to replenish the Child
Health Fund and to provide medical
and dental attention for needy chill
dren throughout Villas county during
the coming year
Essence of Education
Education is simply the soul of q
society as it passes from one genera
ton to another-G. X. Chesterton