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Duke Hospital, InterGom
Co-Supt^A Cotnet
Traffic Regulations
If you haven’t already done so,
X)lease re-register your car.
A new University Traffic Commis
sion re^ulation states that everyone
who operates a car on either of the
campuses must re-register before Dee.
10, and we hope that none of our peo
ple will be liable for fines because
they have not re-registered or for fail
ing to properly display the sticker.
If you have not received the recent
ly revised traffic regulations, you may
pick up a copy either at the Hospital
Personnel Office or at the Superin
tendent’s Office.
With approximately 2,500 cars
operating daily on oiir campuses,
the easy-going “first come, first
served” policy just does not work.
Special arrangements must be made
for visitors, professors and students
who must meet classes on both cam
puses, doctors from town who must
visit the Hospital for emergencies,
staff doctors who must travel several
times a day between Duke and the VA
Hospital or 2204 Erwin Road, and
others who must have special con
sideration.
Our traffic regulations have grown
over a period of years to meet many
special problems, and the Traffic Com
mission is in a position to see the over
all problem and to adopt measures
that are most equitable to everybody.
It would be well to remember also
that our campus police have a very
difficult job and that they are oiily
carrying out their instructions.
If you are not pleased with a situa
tion, bring your problem to someone
in authority. With sincere coopera
tion, we can make traffic problems the
least of our worries.—J. M. Pv^c and
L. E. Swannov.
The Intercom is published bi-nionthly by
Duke Hospital and the Duke Hospital
reeimasfo
easons
Women’s Auxiliarj-.
Mrs. H. Shelton Smith
Mrs. Watt Eagle
Mrs. Alan Manchester
Mrs. Mary W. Thomas
Mrs. Earl W. Porter,
Chairman
,T. M. Pyne
Elon Clark
Richard BindewaUl
Wendell Weisend,
Advisor
Ij. E. Swanson
Poison Control Center Opens
Duke Hospital has just established
a new emergency Poison Control Cen
ter to meet the rising incidence of acci
dental poisoning.
The Center has been set up to serve
as an information bureau, as well as
to treat any case of poisoning.
in any such emergency, tlie ])ublic
or a doctor should call Duke (0011)
and ask for the Poison (’onti'ol Cen
ter. The oj)erator will switch you to
the Center wliere a doctor will have
immediately available the latest avail
able information on any j)oisonous
agent, as well as the newest form of
treatment.
The Center is under tlie direction of
Dr. Jay M. Arena, associate professor
of pediatrics, and Dr. Hayw'ood M.
Taylor, professor of toxicology and
associate professor of biochemistry.
Of the approximately 14,000 acci-
lental deaths that occur each year
among children from one to 14 years.
almost 1,500 are reported as being
caused by accidental swallowing of
poison. Actually, the figure is even
higher because the correct diagnosis
is nevei’ made in many cases where
small children have died from poison,
Dr. Arena says.
■‘With the use of more and more
])oisonous agents in our homes,” he
l)oints out, “there has been a continu
ing rise in the number of cases of acci
dental poisoning.”
Among the poisonous ]>roducts com
monly used in the American home are
deodorants, detergents, insecticides,
pesticides, rodenticides, stimulants,
sedatives and analgesics.
The new Center is establishing con
tact with the nation’s drug houses as
well as the Federal Food and Drug
Administration, so that the ('enter
will know at all times the ingredients
of every poisonous product, the new
est form of treatment, and the correct
dose.—Wendell Weiitend.