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-? THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER =. 1 -C , IW. F. Freeman Heads es At County Hospital the nurses at the hos . U 1 i iceman, a Hay who .us trained and ^Kj. from the mountains but ^Eoed to her home for her H,boni .>t Maggie, attended ?ol at ("uliowhee and Way Hthen went to Cecil's Busi at Asheville and re Kir nurse's training at Rex Hut Raleigh Mrs. Freeman graduate work at New Hp Hospital and came back ^Hospital as assistant night ^Mpr for four years and clini ^pMsor for one year. Then. ? came here in 1948, she , was night superintendent at the1 James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wilmington. After several months at the Haywood County: Hospital she was appointed director ; of nurses. She succeeded Mrs. Richard Rogers. Nursing is a profession that also' attracted her sister. Mrs Grace Plott Campbell Fisher, who has been at the local hospital since I 1937. Mrs. Freeman has a seven-year old daughter, Frankie. * She is the daughter o^ Mrs. D. IC. Campbell and the late Mr. Campbell. Ldered Asbestos Used In Inbating Heart Disease red asbestos is used as an ?very encouraging" surgi uque for combating one of cipal forms of heart dis "incinnati surgeon report tl> iperation is designed to the blood supply to the heart by virtually glu patient's healthy lung to ; by means of an asbestos ainted" onto the surface The paste is made by powdered asbestos in a N Carter of the Uni f Cincinnati said the func Ihe asbestos was to serve rritant" that would cause n form new tissue at the attachment?and provide d channels between the heart. operation?performed on tients so far?is designed i condition known as "cor ter.v disease" wherein the ?od vessels supplying the [If with nourishment have lardened and narrowed, rter. who described the | e to a conference of top, rseons sponsored by the Institute of Health, told er lhat his report on us technique in human cases first in this county "and in the world", ilained that a German surgeon had described a somewhat similar technique about a decade ago, but so far as he knows, the German researcher employed it only on experimental animals. Furthermore, said Dr. Carter, the German researcher's technique involved sewing the lung directly to the heart, and use of an "irri tant" substance other than asbes tos. ? In the American's technique, the heart and lung are not sewed to-! gether, because Dr. Carter says he feels that direct sewing might dam age still-healthy blood vessels of the heart. Dog, A-Bomb Vet, Missing BUFFALO, N. Y. (AP) ? Duke, said to be the first dog to see an atomic bomb explosion, disappear ed from his home here recently. The dog. a 9-year-old male cocker spaniel, was present with his master. Henry E. Friedrich, at the Los Alamos, N. M., A-bomb test in 1944. Friedrich was then in the j Army. When he later went to Clarkson College. Duke attended classes and also was present at his J graduation in 1947. It has been estimated that alum-j inum forms about one-thirteenth of: the earth's crust. Director Of Haywood Hospital Nurses Mrs. Ellen Campbell Freeman, director of nurses of the Haywood County Hospitat since 1048. She has had a vast experience in hospital work in this state and New York. She is a native of this county. (Mountaineer 4?hoto). , . * ? IIn some places (he Amazon is 40 ( .to 50 feet higher in the rainy sea-! 1 First Patient^ Given First AidTreatment The first person to be treated at the hospital here was Frank Al ; bright. I The hospital opened Dec. 31, 1827, and a short time later Al bright was treated after breaking three toes while working at the Suncrest Lumber Company. He was given only first aid treatment and was not in the hospital any length of time. His doctor was the late Dr. W. L. Kirkpatrick. A six-year-old girl was the Arst person to be entered as a regular patient. She was brought into the hospital for jtn operation about the same time Albright was taken there. Since Albright was treated about 45,500 people have entered the Haywood County Hosplttl. Would Be Hard To Burn Down The county's new hospital is the Lype called Triple. A flreproofed. It is of Interest that nearly all materials In the building are those of fireprobf type. There is very little wood used, and this is mainly for doors. Brick, steel and concrete are the main materials in use. Learned His Riding In The Bronx MIAMI (AP)?The "bonus baby" of the flialeah Jockeys has heen 17 year-old apprentice Charlie O'Brien who learned his horebacking at a riding academy In the Bronx. O'Brien became one of the high est priced riders sold in years when his contract was purchased for $12,000 by the Trio Stable from Kddic Holton, the lad's mentor for the last 18 months. The deal placed O'Brien under the tutelage of former Jockey Merritt Buxton, quite an artist during his active days In the saddle. The Chicago White Sox's 41 spring training games include 18 against National league clubs. 10 against American, 13 against min or league opposition, and two against Independent teams. Australia had 81.000 immigrants in the first nine months of 1952. BBSBSSi r " About 65 Per Cent 01 Patients Have Insurance A lot of people, but not all. let Insurance companies pay their hos pital bills. Administrator I*ee Davis said that about 69 per cent of the pa tients entering the Haywood Coun ty Hospital have insurance and he added the percentage is increasing slowly. The greatest change, he said, has been noted among rural patients since the CDP-sponsored group in surance was started a year or two ago. This enables people to get. rates considerably lower than be fore and has encouraged many more people to join this plan. Davis calls it "one of the best things that has happened for the benefit of the people and the hos pital." Not only has it taken care , of people in need of hospitalization, but it has enabled others to have many physical defects corrected that would have never been chang i ed. Several people, Davis pointed out, have benefited considerably from insurance policies when they have had very expensive heart operations. More fully covered than other groups are employees of industry, - ? the administrator continued. He said that rates are low and policies go into effect much sooner than individual or small group policies. There are, of course, as Davis explained?many people with in surance who never have to use it. But, he continued, it doesn't cost much and when you need it you >' really need it. Clue To Combating Malaria From Chinese Remedy A 3,000-year-old Chinese remedy for malaria has given scientists at Lcderle Laboratories a clue to the production of a synthetic anti malarial agent which is many times more active than quinine. In tests with laboratory animals, the new drug has shown amazing efficiency in combating the malaria parasites, a Lederle spokesman said. The drug recently reached the clinical testing stage. The search for a new and better drug for malaria started more than live years ago. during World War II, when the supply of quinine was critically short Quinine is de rived from the Chinchona tree, which grows primarily in the Dutch Kast Indies and is difficult to ob tain during war time. In addition, quinine has never been looked up on as the ideal agent for treating malaria. Lederle investigators began working with roots of a native Chinese plant railed Ch'ang Shan, which the Chinese have used for thousands of years as an anti malarial agent. Since the supply of this plant was limited, a search was started to find a nlant In this country which contained the essen tial alkaloid. The Lederle research ers discovered that a common va riety of the hydrangea filled the bill. Under the direction of Dr. J. H. Williams. Director of Research, the chemists and biochemists broke down the hydrangea com pound and then synthesized it. By modification of the structure. Dr. Williams reports, a derivative of the natural compound alkaloid was obtained which is less toxic than the natural alkaloid as found In the Ch'ang Shan plant. This synthetic antimalarial agent is being produced, at present, in limited quantities for clinical study. Lillipop Tree AUSTIN. Tex. <AP> ? Boys and girls In the Casts School area have something that kids dream about ?a self-perpetuating lollinoo tree. George Stautz. sporting goods operator, set up the tree with a stock of 3,000 lollipons of ail col ors and all flavors. The moppet? can take their choice from the lol lipop tree and?thanks to the re placement plan that keeps the tree full?they wtll always find their favorite flavor there. The invention of cannon has been assigned to a monk named Bert hold Schwartz in 1313. I ? CONGRATULATIONS To The Haywood County Board of Commissioners and The Board of Trustees of The Haywood County Hospital, from The Organization of Lindsey Madison Gudger >Wv . ,v? ?*?..,*- -. ... .. -? _ -V . . - . . ... . - . ?* ^ Pulling Together Brought This Great Institution To HAYWOOD COUNTY ? ; ? ? It is fine to live in such a progressive county WELLS FUNERAL HOME- j m. Home of an Kmerson Portable Kesusritator
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