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Duke Hospital, InterCom Page 7 Kearns Appointed Collections Manager Ned S. Kearns of Durham has been appointed collections manager for Duke Hospital. The appointment marks an addi tion to the hospital business staff to help patients with better financial planning for hospitalization, F. Koss Porter said. Kearns will also be re sponsible for organizing a collections unit as part of the hospital business office. Born in Denton and reared in Lex ington, Kearns studied at the Univer sity of North Carolina from 1948-52. He served as assistant manager for the Commercial Credit Cororation in Durham from 1952-56, and was asso ciated with the East Coast Distribu ters, Inc., Durham, before coming to Duke. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond S. Kearns of 226 Fairview Drive, Lexington, Kearns is married to the former Miss Jane Bullock of Durham. They and their daughter reside at 1003 First Avenue, Durham. At Duke Completed A new Hematology Laboratory has been completed at Duke Hospital. Providing expanded facilities for diagnostic tests and research in blood diseases, the laboratory is housed in a second-floor addition to the Hospi tal. Half of the $72,000 cost of con struction and equipment was covered by Hill-Burton funds administered by the N. C. Medical Care Commis sion, while the other half was met by private donors. The new facilities are geared to handle diagnostic tests and other lab oratory procedures for some 60 pa tients per week, according to Dr. R. Waj^ne Rundles, director of the labo ratory. Also, the laboratory makes possible a more intensive research program on the role of chemicals in controlling leukemia, tumors, Hodg kin ’s disease, chronic anemias and other blood ailments. Over-Sedation Study Underway Duke University medical research ers, working under a grant of $133,- 500, have begun studying the possi bility of a link between anesthesia given at childbirth and afflictions such as cerebral palsy. Dr. R. Frederick Becker of the Duke Medical School’s anatomy de partment is principal investigator. The three-year field investigating grant came from the National Insti tutes of Health, U. S. Public Health Service. Dr. Becker and his associates are seeking an answer to the question: Will over-sedation of a pregnant mother at the time of birth impair the physical and mental development of her offspring? Evidence now exists that lack of oxygen in animal offspring during birth produces brain damage similar to that seen in a cerebral palsied child, Dr. Becker points out. Over sedation can cause such an oxygen lack. Also, Dr. Becker says, there is a possibility that overdoses of anesthet ics can produce toxic effects in addi tion to upsetting circulatory and respiratory patterns. Still another problem that interests the Duke research team is the ef fects of indiscriminate use of modern trau(iuilizers upon development of the unborn child. Working with Dr. Becker in tlie project are research assistants Keith 0 ’Steen and Kami Tabara, and grad uate students Miss Eleanor Flanagan and J. Edward King. Carter Elected Dr. Bayard Carter, has been elected president of the American Associa tion of Infant and Maternal Health. Elections were held during a July meeting of the group, formerly known as the American Committee on Maternal Welfare, in Chicago. G. I.’s in Far East "Unaffected” by Flu A Duke University physician just back from a tour of U. S. Air Force installations in the Far East reports that American servicemen have been “virtually unaffected” by the cur rent epidemic of Oriental influenza. Dr. J. Lamar Callaway, professor of dermatology said that the new type of influenza “is not the problem to Americans that it is to native pop ulations in the Far East.” He explained that apparently pre vious exposure to other strains of in fluenza has made Americans less sus ceptible than the natives to the new virus. Dr. Callaway visited Air Force in stallations in Japan, Korea, Formosa, the Philippines, India, Pakistan and 11 other areas of the Far and Middle East. During a month’s tour of duty as consultant in dermatology to the Surgeon General of the U. S. Air Force, he examined patients suffering from skin disorders and consulted with medical officers on dermatology problems. Sound Waves Used To Clean Instruments By Norman Nelson Ultrasonic sound waves that turn a tank of water into millions of tiny “vacuum cleaners” are now being used to clean surgical instruments here at Duke Hosi)ital. This marks only the second instal lation of hospital ultrasonic cleaning apparatus in the South. Explaining the significance of this innovation. Dr. Deryl Hart, chairman of the Duke Medical School’s surgery department, explained that about 30 seconds are required to clean each surgical instrument prior to steriliza tion when done by hand. The new ultrasonic device, how ever, can clean as many as 120 instru- (Continued on page 8)
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