THE BATTALION
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COLLEGE HOSPITAL
UNDER CAPABLE
MANAGEMENT
Sick Cadets Given Home-Like Com
forts.
W. L. Kennedy
The A. and M. mealhound has no
fear of the results of his over-eat
ing, for if he feels any biM after
effects, he immediately proceeds over
to the College Hospital and is well
taken care of. The most common ail
ment of the ninety or more men who
visit the hospital each month is au
to-intoxication, or stomach ache. A
cadet who is suffering from a bad
cold may be surprised to find his
trouble listed on the sick roll as acute
caryza, and the patients of this dis
ease exceed the mealhounds in rainy
weather.
The hospital is well capable of tak
ing care of patients of every disease.
Normally, there are eighty-eight beds
distributed throughout the building,
but in time of an epidemic there is
room to increae this number to two
hundred. The increased capacity does
not in any way impair the efficien
cy of the hospital staff, as may be
seen in the successful manner the
ever-recurring mumps epidemics are
handled.
Besides helping the* cadets with
ordinary troubles, the purchase of an
X-Ray machine and a pathological
laboratory two years ago made it pos
sible for the hospital to make com
plicated diagnoses as well.. The com
plete X-Ray cost well over $2500 but
the machine will more than pay for
itself in the simplification of bone
setting and diagnosis of puzzling cas
es. Another important division of the
hospital is the completely equipped
bperating room. Dr. J. E. Marsh,
head of the hospital and official col
lege physician, performed five suc
cessful acute appendicitis operations
in this room during the past year.
Having five trained nurses makes
it possible to have one or more on
duty at all times. Miss Neuville, the
head nurse, of Neuville, Texas, is be
ginning her second year here. Mrs.
Baskin, of Dallas, received her train
ing in the army, and has been at the
college seven years. She is known as
“Mother Baskin” by most of her pa
tients. Miss Blakeney is the technical
member of the staff and operates the
X-Ray machine; she is from North
Carolina and is beginning her 2nd
year. Miss. Vaughn is from Houston,
and Miss Shannon, the night nurse,
has her home in Caldwell.
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A cadet suffering from any ail
ment will more than likely have a lit
tle attack of homesickness along with
it, but Dr. Mash and the nurses are
all very cheerful as well as efficient,
and a short visit to our hospital will
completely cure him of both troubles.
C. I. A. GIRLS MAY ATTEND
AGGIE DANCE IN PANTHER CITY
Students of the College of Indus
trial Arts in Denton are nvited to at
tend the Texas Christian University-
Texas A. and M. College football game
in Fort Worth October 22 and to be
guests at all affairs honoring the
cadet corps, in a letter dispatched
Monday by C. H. Fleming, president
of the Fort Worth Chapter of the
A. and M. Ex-Students’ Association.
C. I. A. is considered a sister school
to A. and M., Fleming explained. In
the invitation, which was addressed
to the president of the college, Flem
ing invited the girls to attend all
social affairs, including the dance
at the Texas, whteh \V\V\ he g\vevv iov
the visiting cadets.
© 1927