Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-01-09

student at Ohio State university.
Your fears are groundless She
merely was on her way to the Gug-
genslockers in Blind alley to assist
in the arrival of an heir, or maybe
the thirteenth child of an already
overcrowded family.
Margaret Brooks, pictured here,
is one of the medical students in
the class of 1880, who, in training
for her degree, is going through
routine that would make the exper-
! fences of country Doctors round
seem tame.
! After being inoculated with class
work and training in the science
of medicine, the embryo doctors are
fence which quickly shows whether
F., the theoretical work has prepared
them for actual treatment of ply
sical ills. A dispensary service is
maintained by the university at ST.
Francis hospital, on East State
street. During the entire year,
each student is on duty one half of
each day or night The senior class
| is divided into sections and the diff
! ferent phases of actual medical
practice allotted in rotation The
program includes medical and sur
gical work at Children's hospital,
st. Francis hospital and University
hospital. with pediatrics ad6ed at
I the latter, and also obstetrics. For
students in the obstetrics or "ob"'
course, as they call it, there are ex-
acting demands. One must never be
out of reach of the telephone. The
stork knows not the meaning of an
alarm clock. When call comes,
the student is given an hour to
reach the home of the patient Most
of the calls are to the most remote
sections of the city, some addresses
being on streets rarely penetrated
by automobile or taxi.
| Miss Brooks can tell of calls
where taxi drivers gave up the
search and the hunt for the obscure
address had to be continued on foot
and with such help as awakened
neighbors could give.
! First babies rate trip to the
hospital, in shrieking police am
bulance, carrying the mother, the
doctor, and as many of the relatives
and "inlaws" as can crowd them
selves into the coach. If it is Sec
ond or more child, and there is no
abnormality, and conditions in the
home favorable, the case is taken
care of in the home
The responsibility of the student
doctor does not end with the birth
1 of the baby If the case has been
at home, calls are made for IA days.
Miss Brooks was fortunate in
having her last home case Dec 8,
and so was able to leave Columbus
! in time to reach her home in Me-
Connelsville in time for Christmas
But others, not SO lucky, are forced
to spend their vacations in the city,
in order to make the daily calls.
! Two of the 13 babies who have been
added to the Columbus population
under the supervision of Miss
! Brooks, have been named Margaret,
! for her.
Miss Brooks does not intend to
go into the field of obstetrics when
she has completed her training. At
ter she is graduated, she will be 4
hospital interne for year and then
hopes to specialize in pediatrics, las
her keeEest interest is in the dis
ease and feeding problems of chill
dren.
OF the class of over so, there are
six senior women, five of whom will
receive their degrees in June In
addition to Miss Brooks, they are
Josephine Dirion, Cleveland; Ruth
Koons, 2C7 East Weber road; Mar
ion Stephens, Cincinnati, and Bea-
trice Postle, 304 North Warren av-
! enue.