CONDUCTED BY MISS ELIZABETH P. UZELMEIER
A SUNSHINE CORNER
RECREATION GROUP IN THE RED CROSS BUILDING.
I coking over the latest periodicals whi’e en'oying a few hours off duty,
the little group shown above a-i-e taking advantage of one of the sunny
corners of the new Red Cross building at the base hospital. The roomy
Red Cross structure abounds in such cheery neeks and is fitted up for
every comfo’t of the soldiers.
In the picture above are Mrs. Fred Anderson, seated on the arm of the
chair and Miss Maruerite M. Edwards, reading the magazine. The young
man is Sergeant First Class Patrick Cosgrove, now attached to Evacua
tion Hospital No. 30.
OPERATdNG ROOM TECHNIQUE.
Taken from N. Y. State Board Exam,
papers'.
POOR SURGEON!
The linen, rubber gloves, gauze,
drainage tubes and surgeon’s hands
must be sterilized in the autoclave for
15 minutes with 20 pounds of steam
under pressure.
“HELPFUL HINTS.
“Better late than never” does not
hold good in reporting for c^ass.
) When in trouble ’phone Base Hos
pital 19.
Carefully observe the Bulletin Board
before and after each meal.
Be kind to “Frazzles.”
Concentrate daily on'definitions of
non-expendable and expendable prop
erty. also accountability and responai-
bi’ltv. A proper apreciation of just
what these words inean will avoid
Much Use’ess waste of time and effort
both on our art and that of the medi
cal supp'v. and will help to repay
Cant-'in Darling tor his very valuab’e
and-in=t’'uctive lecture to us last
Thursday evening.
MORE COMING.
Information has been received from
Washington to the effect that we may
expect a contingent of fifty additional
students to our army school of nursing
on or before December 1. The stu
dent nurses are bUsily engaged in
leaving their outvrown shejls, that is
the dormitory, for rooms to be shared
with one room-mate.
We hope our second invoice of stu
dents will be as happy and cheerful
an addition to the life and well
being of the hospital as our first
group has proven.
Dietitian to Nurse: From where are
the best steaks cut?
Nurse: Take a slice off the porter
house. j
Define “Anky-
of the ankle
Instructor to Nurse:
losis.”
Nurse: Inflammation
bone.
NEW RECIPE.
Examiupr in Dietetics to Nurse:
How is chicken broth made?
Nttrse: Take a hen and bctU It,
BACK FROM MOUNTAINS.
Miss Susan G. Parish, chief nurse,
accompanied by Miss .Teble and Miss
R"msdell, a student nurse, went to
Asheville on Thursd-^y, Novf-mber
1918. for a few days’ stay at the Grove
Park Inn.
An uncle of Miss R-'medell has been
m the emp’oyVif the beautif il bote'
since its beginning.'about five years
ago: this fact insured their being well
looked aHe", even had it not been so
ordered bv the ne-fect arr"ngements
of-tbe hotel itself. F^om first to last
the visit was-one of real joy.
Tbe buildin" la of most unique con
struction. bui’t entirety of rough
stones blasted from the mountain,
forming a Pu^e medioval looking pl’e.
Inside the sense of maanifloent sim-
p'ioity "reefs the visitor who soon
real’zes that not'Mng is left undone to
insure tbe comfort of the guests. Tbe
vrounds are wmnde-fu’Iv laid out and
extend to f'e beginning of the wonder
ful golf courts sn-ead like a pan
oramic view from tbe broad verandas.
The vi"it restored Misses .Teble and
Ramsdetl to a sense of well be'ng and
they left hoping to come again some
day. and also to advise any one in
need of change and nerfect comfort
to betake themselves for a visit long,
or short, to the wonderful Grove Park
Inn.
DID HIS DUTY.
“Frazzles,” the French poodle res
ident of the nurses’ quarters, who
follows Mi=s Parish on her ..ai’y
rounds, faithfully took up the duties
during the absence of Miss Parish and
made bis rounds up one street and
down tbe other true to bis supposed
duty. We have tried to obtain bis pic
ture but his modesty is great and he
refuses to sit.
To our great delight stoves are
gradually being installed throughout
tho quarters.
HOW IS IT DONE?
Nurse, half awake, reading docto’’’s
orders makes a mistake in reading
“eplgast-lum,” so we .get this ordeAi
“Turpentine stupe to epigolottis.”
Instructor to Nurse: How would yofi
preuarp a room for operation in a pri
vate honie?
Nurs.e: First I would sprinkle the
floor to keep It down.