Duke Hospital, InterCom
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Walter L. Thomas said he
didii’t see Santa Claus Christmas, but
lie did see “Mr. Gout.”
Miss Joan Darnell joiued the tech
nical staff in Mrs. Alamie ilcClees’
laboratory in the gym department.
Dr. Charles nillman has been
called into the service.
Drs. William Gottschalk, James
Low, ilelvin Berlin, and H. C. West
have also joined the department on
the lower staff.—Jo Thompson.
Record Library
Students enrolled in the course in
Aledical Record Library Science for
1958-54 completed their course in
September and took their National
lioard Examination for Kegistration
in December. The successful candi
dates were Margaret Christian, Mil
dred Myers, and Patricia Trotter.
Margaret (,'hristian has been added to
the medical record library staff.
Currently enrolled in the course
are Betty (Jregg Black, ^larjorie 1).
Ferrin, Ann Helen Jacob, Mary
Edith Turner, Mary Elizabeth Wor
sham and Young Hi Yun.—Je
Ilarned and Margaret Christian.
Bacteriology
Jeanne Doucette, a graduate stu
dent and toclinician in Vaccine Lab,
received her engagement ring shortly
before Christnuis from Kobeit Wil
bur, professor of botany at State Col
lege in Kaleiglu, Jeanne will receive
her Ph.D. in June and be married
shortly afterward in Chicago.
Shirley Owens, secretary to Dr.
Nornuin F. (’onaut, is engaged to
-lames Slade Crumpton, a senior stu
dent at IIN(’. A September wedding
is planned—Mrs. Patricia Thames.
Baker House
Don McGrath has recently em
barked upon a tour similar to Pert’s,
and will be away until mid-April.
In addition to the music-lovers men
tioned in the last column, it seems
that Baker House residents present a
very fuie commentary on tliemselves
in the number and quality of their
musicians—a fact that cau be attested
to by Mom Holt. Drop by for a free
concert sometimes—Baker House Re
porter.
Housekeeping Department
Congratulations are in order for
James and Madie Brandon on the
birth of a son, Wyann Lee. Congratu
lations also to Albert and Ketha
Peterson, on the birth of a daughter,
Cynthia.
Have you heard that twenty em
ployees in the housekeeping depart
ment made a ijerfeet attendance rec
ord for 1954? We are very proud of
this record and sincerely hope others
Avill join their record for 1955.
Harry Vanhook, Surgical P.D.C.
janitor, is back at work, after an op
eration in December.
We welcome ]\Irs. Maude Weaver
into the Housekeei)ing Department as
an interne. Mrs. Weaver has com
pleted her studies at the Hannah Har
rison School in WashingtoJi, D. C.
The bad w^eather and excavating
for the new hospital wing, make it
very hard to keep the floor’s in the
liospital looking good. Please help
us by being careful. Thank you—
Martha J. Scoggins.
Psychiatry
Dr. Kichard JMiller and his wife,
Dr. Joan Jliller of Middletown, Conn.
are new residents. Dr. Kichard is on
the resident staff at the V. A, Hos
pital and Dr. Joan is on the house
staff" at Kirby Clinic.
Dr. Claude R. Nichols, Jr. of
Houston, Texas, joined the house staff'
recently.—Johanna Paul.
Social Service
i\Irs. Greta Woods, second year
gradtuite student from the Atlanta
University School of Social Work, is
working on a study of some of tlie
emotional lu^eds and nunlical social
in-oblems of the aged patient. She
has begun to interview' some of the
patients over fiO years of age w'ho are
on the hos])ital wards and who w'ish
to participate in the study. ]\Irs.
Woods will present the completed ma
terial in the form of a thesis as one
of the requirements for her master’s
degree which she expects to receive in
June 1955. She has been receiving
her practical instruction in casework
in our Social Service Department
since September 1954 under the super
vision of Alerle Foeckler.—Janet
Wien.
Anesthesiology
We have seven graduate nurses who
enrolled for the 18-month course in
Nurse Anesthesia which began Jan.
10. The course includes theoretical
instruction in anatomy, physiology
and Pharnuicology as well as classes
in special techniques. After a pre-
clinical period of eight weeks, clinical
instruction runs parallel M’ith the
theoretical i)rogram. The nurses are:
Miss Edna Anderson, Clearwater,
Fla.; ]\Iiss Delores Bledsoe, Kings
port, Teini.; Aliss Patricia Hansen,
Charlotte, N. C.; ]\liss Barbara Poteat,
Newport News, Va.; iliss Betty J.
Smith, Spartanburg, S. C.; Miss Vir
ginia Wade, i\larianim, Fla.; and
i\Iiss Eva Wiiu>sett, Bland, Va.
Miss Kuth Barbee of Durham, en
rolled for the twelve-month course in
Anesthesia on October 1.—Inez Far
rell.
Physical Therapy Dept.
The 12 physical therapy students
of the Class of 1954 graduated on
Dec. 17. Five of the graduates are
now working in North Carolina.
iliss Eleanor Flanagan and Jlrs.
Peter Heneage’s pa])er “Education
for Childbirth” which was delivered
at the National Convention in ('ali-
fornia this past June has been ac
cepted for publication in the March
Physical Therapi) Review.
Miss Grace ('unningham was nuir-
ried during the Christmas holidays
to Grover Horton of Durham, and
they are living here in Durham,
Miss Helen Kaisei- has been reap
pointed by the Governor for a three-
year term on tiu> North ('arolina State
Examining Board for Physical Thera-
py-
Miss Heatrice Campbell, graduate
of Boston University, Sargent (’ol-
lege; and Miss Sue (’arter, graduate
of Duke Physical Therapy School are
the latest additions to our staff.
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