Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-10
Laboratory Here
Is Far Cry From
Rural Doctor Day

Back in the long-ago days Of the
genteel old country doctor who used
to travel weary ways over many
miles in his missions of mercy with
only old Dobbin and perhaps a young
apprentice for companionship. men,
laboratory men. were delving into
the unsounded mysteries Of disease
and disease causes.
AS these technicians begsn to
make wonderful discoveries Of caus-
es and effects, the medical profess
sion wandered into an era Of recon.
struction of ideas.
The old country doctor has now be-
come a thing of the past-that en-
inent gentleman who used to pre-
scribe for all ails whether it be chill
blains or nephritis.
In his place has come the highly
educated specialists each holding to
his W line of perfection.
And TO help these physicians and
even surgeons in the diagnosis Of
their cases have sprung up clinic
and meteorological laboratories
whose work il is to prepare speci-
mems, make cultures and eventually
discover the nature of the small bac-
terra that are the cause of disease.
Today no city takes first rank in
the eyes Of the medical world unless
within that city there is a labora-
tory in which these tests car be
made.
Realizing the need for such a lab
oratory. the physicians of Browns
vile banded together after the trag-
&c death Of DIR. j. Clarity Church and
prevailed upon DR.. B. r. Stout Of
San Antonio, nationally famous lab
.oratory technician and doctor Of
medicine, to take over the Church
laboratory and operate il as a VAL
ley branch Of his San Antonio insti-
tuition.
DR.. Stout secured possession Of
this laboratory, probably one of the
most completely equipped in the
south, a month ago, and has placed
Miss Gladys White of Philadelphia,
Pa, in charge.
Miss White. who came here from
Springfield, Mass, where she had
for the past nine years as as
slstant director and treasurer of the
New England Laboratories, has had
IL years practical laboratory work
Her early training was received in
the University OF Pennsylvania mn
der DR.. John A. Kolmer, one Of the
foremost s~erologists in the world
she also studied in the laboratories
OF the Germantown hospital and the
Jefferson Medical college in Phila-
delphia.
During the World War. Miss
white served eight months as head
laboratory technician in general
army hospital No. 5, Fort Ontario
New York.
Miss Dorothy Cole. daughter of Dr
r. l.. Cole. of Brownsville, bas ar.
tered the laboratory as a student ~
sistant.
In speaking Of the equipment 81
the laboratory. Miss White declared
1t to be the finest o~btainabIe.
Practically all equipment sucb
as incubators and hot air and steam
steriIizers. is electric" she said.
W course we have made some
changes IN arrangement" she CON
tinued, "and we have even stored
some equipment that We feel NO
would never be called upon 10 use
his equipment was for research
work which Of course we will moi
have time for" -
One Of the latest pieces ar eop;,-
IN the laboratory Is the m
ooscq coiorimeter used in blood
O00u
MISS White announced that ,be
laboratory world bapJio
urine and gastric analysis. Waxssr-
nan and spinal tests and All tvnes ~
blood chemistry. Vaccines will also
be made. "'So
V tests arc being run in zach
at present and the vorL !. ~
sene ~ the Stout Laboratory in
Antonio for final check.
Tor many years Brownsville nby-
'lcians were forced to send Snac;-
to San Antonio or Houston Iah-
'ratorles and it was often necassar.
Q wait days for the reports ~ IL
'ent back. This caused long de,,ys
many times endangered tbe l;ves
Brownsville patients.
This Inconvenience is now q .b;rr
u the past. s
with this laboratory d~efiniteIv IS
ablished here and placed IN comno-
ent hands. Brownsville stands resdy
Q take her place in the first rani
y the medical cities OF Texas and
he south. NM