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taken without requiring her parents
consent. DR.. Bocock said that female
patient became suddenly i'll one night
I and required immediate blood trans
fusion to save her life. Volunteers
were asked for and Miss Purch was the
only volunteer whose blood correspond
Cd with that of the patient closely
enough to allow the TRANSMISSION There
was not time, DR.. Bocock reported, Tor
commune alton with the girls parents.
bu. the amount of blood taken was not
greater than the amount regularly
taken from all patients for blood teSes
without obtaining permission OF tne
, parents of such of the patients who are
under age.
: with respect to all of the criticisms,
Or. Eocock reported that they were
unfounded. and particularly in respect
tn the case of Anne Huber. In this
case. Or. Bocock said that there was
no record of any complaint from the
cate of her admission to the appear
ance of the article in The Evening star,
a period of IS months.
Heporter Testifies.
The first witness today was Duncan
Price. a reporter OH the Washington
Post, who wrote series of articles
commenting unfavorably on conditlofs
at ;hc hospital. Mr.. Price testlfed
under oath that the facts as contained
in the articles we're correct and that
included reports of everything that nap
pened within his observation while ne
vas there. He said that in his opinion
DR.. samucl Kahn thought that he was
"faker" from the first day OF his stay
there.
He testified that he had never before
been a patient in a hospital or made
an inspection of one. He said that
since the appearance of the articles ne
had received numerous calls and letters
containing criticisms OF the hospltal.
Among them were letters from DR.. Will
liam F. Hamler, formerly physician
on the Gallinger staff: E. ]. Newcomb,
= former member of the Board OF Pub
lie Welfare, and j. j. Wheat, formerly
chief clerk Of the hospital He was not
asked to state the contents OF these
letters.
Surgeons Approved Hospital.
DR.. Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent
of Gallinger Hospital, told the commit
tee at Yesterday afternoons session that
Gallinger has had the unconditional ap-
proval OF the American College OF SUR
caons since October last. when a rep
rcssntative inspected the institution.
Dr. Bocock placed in the record OF the
i1-aring letter from DR.. Malcolm I.
lfacEachern of Chicago. director OF the
College of Surgeons. referring to sec
ond visit by an inspector last April.
Dr.. Wilfred M. Barton. professor OF
medicine at Georgetown University
Medical School and chief OF the medl-
cal service at Gallinger. was warm In his
praise of DR.. Bocock's administration
and conditions at the hospital.
DR.. Charles Gernon testified that
Samuel Follitz. said to have been mis-
treated in the psychopatllic ward. was
ncyer there but was an influenza pa
tiant for three days in another ward.
DR.. Charles Nixon. admitting physician.
testified that persons needing medical
treatment were never turned away. DR..
.rohn Moore characterized as absurd"
the charge that dying man had been
placed In the morgue.
"Snooping" on Nurses Denied.
Miss Catherine Moran. superintendent
Of nurses. told how she enforced dis
cipline. but denied she "snooped" on
the nurses. DR.. Floyd Echols called
false and foolish the allegations that
he had made various criticized state
ments to Mrs. McHale, patient at
the hospital.
Or, Bocock said 1t would be IAN ex-
cellent idea" If woman physicians were
hdded to the resident staff for the
treatment Of woman patients.