The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-18
PUBLIC WILL INSPECT
DEAJONESS HOSPITAL,
HASBEEN REMODELED
$4,000 Spent to Make institu-
ton Modern in Every De-
tail Of Equipment

With improvements costing $3.50
virtually completed. the Maldan
Dcaccacss hospital Will throw open
its doors Saturday and Sunday tor
public inspection.
Equipment added to tho institution
Is equal u that found in any modern
clinic or hospital. Up-to-date adui-
tons have been made to surgical
equipment and the x-ray depart
ment.
With Mandan merchants staging a
Dollar Day" Saturday, hospital Off
Gals arc preparing to guide large
crowds through the remodcled c@tab-
lichmcnt. Lunch Will be served by
tic ladies auxiliary Of tic Methodist
Episcopal church at Mandan.
Bishop Wallace Il. Brown Of Helena.
Mont, bishop Of the district. will dc
liver tho main address at Gcdicatory
exercises to be held at tho hospital at
) o'clock. September %.
3 Organizations Help
In r~enovatlng and improving tho
hospital eight organizations have fur
Iii he'd fixtures and furniture for as
many rooms. They ere the Rebosah
lodge, Methodist Ladies aid. MethO-
dist Ladies Aid OF Bismarck. Prcsby-
tcrian Ladies' aid. Elks lodge, Wom-
ems Benefit association. Royal Neigh
bors, and Ladies' Auxiliary to tho
Brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen.
On the medical staff Of tho institl,-
4{cn nNA Ys M in Pc IL T.
Bunting. Dr.. B. S.. Nlckerson. Dr.. C..
G. Smith. DR.. q. II. Spielman, and
DR.. L. G. Smith
Tho nursing staff includes Maybcllc
Etcnsrud. superintendent. Annette
Lillestrand, surgical supervisor, Maic
Richardson, X-ray and laboratory
ROCKINGHAM: Culavla Eolstoe. obstct-
rical nurse: Irene E.nsiar. night sup
crvisor: Lena S.o"s.ar. and Clara Lar
son. registered nurec.
Rev. F. G. Norris is hospital chap
lain.
Clientele Increases
Statistics compiled OH the number
of patients. operations and births at
the hospital during the last year re-
val a large increase III business over
the previous year. Patients treated
for tho year ending September !
totalcd co. as compared with 549 our
Ing tho same period a year ago. Opcr-
rtlons performed we're 272. 81 more
than were performed the year be-
fore. Births this year totalcd 10. 20
more than during the period closing
September l, 1923.
New linolcum has been placed on
the second and third floors.
Among the new features in surgical
equipment. designed to give patients
tic most modern in hospital care. are
s~hadowlcss dome light arranged with
h combination Of mirrors. portable
fpotlicht. modern operating table and
traction apparatus.
Operating Room Modern
The dome light concentrates the
light in n large circle over the
operating table and with the mirror
adjustment, no shadow is visible
when the operators head falls be-
tween the light and the table. The
spot light may be switched immcdi-
atnly to a battery current in case the
city current should fail. The opcr-
ating table is 50 built that the pa
tient may be moved to any position.
Forciblc extension of fractures is
made possible by the traction appar-
atus. making some of the fractures
hardest to reduce. comparatively easy.
The new x-ray equipment makes
6 possible to take pictures without
disturbing tic patient from his bed.
The entire equipment may be moved
to tho patients bedside.
The laboratory at the hospital is
under the supervision Of a we'll
Drained and experienced tcchnician.
chemical and microscopical cxamin-
rtiCn Of the urine and the most del
3cate of kidney function tests may
now be performed with speed and de-
6pendability. A new incubator makes
tt possible to do blood and throat
cultures. To keep step with the rapid
advance of science. hospital author
1ttcs promise further additions to the
laboratory equipment.
Took Hospital In 1919
The Mandan Methodist church
COX over the Mandan hospital in
1919 and since that time has rem
dercd ccrvice to thousands OF the sick
n the community.
The hospital board OF directors is
composed of Rev. G. Leroy White.
2chn w. Dawson. president; Rev. F.
q. Norris. vice president; r. A.
Gountryman. treasurer; NJ. K. Hig-
kdns, secretary: and Judge H. L.
3crry. Rev. n. Brown. William Bor-
tacn. 7. g. G. Kennedy, j. P. Hess.