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Trading Post FOR SALE-1966 F-85 Deluxe Olds, PS. PB., automatic, air conditioning, clean. Call 477-6055 after 5:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday. FOR SALE-1964 Rambler Classic, 4-door, automatic, power steering, $175. Call 544-1585 between 5:30 and 10 p.m. FOR SALE-Flute in excellent condition, used one year, $65. Stand and case included. Royal manual typewriter, good condition, $25. Call ext. 5568 or Hillsborough at 732-2669. FOR SALE-Upright piano, fair condition, $15. Call 383-1623 after 6 p.m. ANNOUNCEMENT-The Epworth Church Week Day School (Kindergarten) at 3002 Hope Valley Road is accepting 3, 4, and 5 year olds for sessions beginning on September 5, 1972. Registration’will be open until classes are filled and places may be reserved now. Please contact Mrs. Anne Murphy at 489-6209. Cytology (continued from page 1) Johnston may be detected in 'the cytopathologv laboratory. "By vigorously scraping an affected organ we can obtain pieces of human tissue about the size of a pinhead and through microscopic investigation we can establish the presence of cancer by the nuclear changes within the cell," Dr. Johnston said. Even a few cells appearing on a slide can be an accurate indicator of lung cancer. The laboratory director said this ■method is preferable to other modes of clinical investigation because it reveals cancer in its formative stages and enables physicians to treat the patient promptly. While emphasis is on cancer detection,, the laboratory also can detect bacterial, viral and fungal diseases. In fact, several hundred different diseases can be detected by careful examination of cells. The cytology laboratory at Duke handles approximately 22,000 cases each year and prepares some 100,000 slides. Recently it has moved to new quarters on the second floor of Davison building which afford the researchers over 1200 square feet of additional work space. In addition to Dr. Johnston, there are 17 employes in cytopathology. Office of Public Relations P.O. Box 3354 Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina 27710 Seminar Cites Aged Nursing Home Needs The National Conference pn "Care of the Aged in Nursing Homes," sponsored by the American Nurses' Association was held at Duke the week of July 24-28. Approximately 75 people were invited to the four-day seminar as part of a two phase project of the association, made possible through a $355,760 grant from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The conference opened with a talk by Dr. Virginia Stone, chairman of the advisory committee of the A.N.A., who spoke on the definition of aging and "Attitudes Towards Aging" from the nurses' point of view. Chairman of the executive committee of the Division on Geriatric Nursing Practice and professor of nursing at Duke, Dr. Stone said, "We have to believe that older people can do for themselves. In approaching the nursing home patient we must remember that each person is an individual. Old people are the sum of their life's experience. We have to do the arithmetic to see what that sum is.'' The highlight of the seminar was a talk given by Idaho Senator Frank E. Moss, a member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging. Speaking before an audience of nearly 100 registered nurses from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, he deplored the poor nursing home care given to the elderly in the United States. Moss also spoke on what he called "the tough question of preserving human dignity for nursing home residents. How do you improve the quality of life for these individuals? The Duke conference, tagged as a prototype, is the first of 41 that will be held throughout the nation in various .CT by the camera CYTOTECHNOLOGIST Marilyn Atwater is cornered by our camera as she, prepares to examine a slide under a microscope, (photo by Jim Wallace) regions and states. It was designed to upgrade the practice of 3,000 registered nurses working in nursing homes across America.
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