Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-11-26

PATTERSON armed with an in
strument of torture
"a hypodermic needle. I lay help
less.
In answer 10 my feeble pro-
tests they assured me, with a
CLEAN of fiendish glee in their
eyes, that what they were do
ing was good for the "bugs"
that allied me. I preferred the
"bugs," to the remedy. They
could never be half as painful
as the instruments of torture
those women welded with such
glee.
l HAD ALWAYS CONSIDERED
nursing noble profession, the one
purpose of which was to soothe
the pains of the afflicted, but for
two long days found those nurses
only the most cruel of torturers.
resolved that if I should survive
their tortures I would renounce all
future contributions to the Red
Cross. wondered how the kindly
sisters of the hospital could have
any part in an institution that
housed such an army of goulish tor
turerS.
THEN THE DOCTORS decreed
that the battle against "bugs" was
over. Penicillin. as administered by
the nurses armed with hypodermic
needles, had won. The battle against
pain would be continued, with the
medicine being delivered "by
mouth rather than by needle.
THE FIENDISH SMILES on the
faces of that army of women nurses
disappeared as a fog before the
morning sun. Instantly they became
angels rather than fends, and they
continued as angels through the re-
naming nine days of my hospital
experience. They waited upon me
for every major or trivial need
They were solicitous of my comfort
I quickly forgot the tortures of those
first two days while the battle of the
"bugs" was being waged.
During those days there was
one thing none of them would
do for me. They would not graft
fly my curiosity as to what was
happening throughout that great
institution. wished to know
who my neighbors we're in the
rooms on either side and across
the hall. l never found out, and
there was no reason why
should have. These nurses Just
did not hear any question to
SntS Il of
ply. A hospital is most certain
ly not gossip factory. Your
secrets. whatever they may be,
are safe Nobody talks.
A HOSPITAL. wherever it may
be, manned by a capable and eff
fcient staff of surgeons, doctors and
nurses. furnished with adequate
equipment, is the repair shop for
the human mechanism. 1t, and it's
workers, have aided in lengthening
the Biblical span Of human life of
three score and 10 years 1t is to US
humans what the auto repair shop
is to our cars. For the service it
renders the hospital is deserving of
our generous support.
DESPITE ALL that Saint Joseph.
and its competent surgeons, doc
tors. nurses and Larry provided for
me, in my time of need, l do not
wish to return for more of the same
One experience in rs years was suf-
ficient
WE, AS WELL AS OTHER ma
tons. have made some serious
errors in our efforts to drive a
peace bargain Would it not be well
to forget much in the past and start
on fresh basis to settle interna-
tional difficulties? The world should
be more interested in peace than in
mere face saving"
IT is REPORTED that we are be-
ing charged and are paying duty on
a good portion of the Marshall plan
supplies being sent to England The
charge applies especially to tobac-
co, which in turn England sells to
its smokers.
THERE is NO ONE leader or
set of leaders, who could prescribe
definite remedies for the worlds
ills. They will be solved largely by
the trial and error system, under
the guidance of competent states