HOSPITAL RECORD

BARNES HOSPITAL ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

Vo I No. 1 January, 1950

* 1949 IN RETROSPECT we have extended to these patients » Webster defines a hospital as "an during the preceding year of 1949. institution for the medical treat- Early in 1949, Maternity Hospital ment and care of the sick." It instituted a revolutionary new plan seems superfluous to add that it is known as "Rooming-in," a plan in the goal of every institution worthy which the mother keeps her baby in a of bearing the name "hospital" to crib at her bedside and feeds, Maintain the highest standards of bathes, and changes him. This plan ^ treatment and care for the patient, is voluntary and has proved to be and also to improve constantly the quite successful. In addition, imany services offered to him. That Maternity Hospital has also in- this represents no small task is evident from the statement DR. BRAD- stalled wired music in the delivery LEY made recently which places the and labor rooms for the benefit of those patients who are having their wtotal number of different services tjAj average, full-equipped, general babies under one of the new anal- • nWpital performs for the patient at gesia such as spinal or caudal. A 3,500! new enlarged premature nursery was opened in the fall, increasing the \n 1949, Barnes, McMillan, and St. capacity for premature infants from Louis Maternity Hospitals cared for 10 to 19. ^a total of 21,761 patients. A daily Over in Barnes, the Metabolism ^average of 639 patients brought the Division was enlarged by 8 beds,thus year's total to 233,160 days of pat- providing badly needed space. The ient care! It is enlightening, at new space was provided by the con- \ the beginning of a new calendar year, struction of a building just off the to evaluate the new services which north-east corner of the main lobby. Page 2 Hospital Record

In the middle of December, an inter- HOSPITAL RECORD communication system was installed I Vol. h No. 1 January, 1950 in the Isolation Division, enabling the patient and his relatives tfc Editor talk to each other without danger^! MARTHA WILLIAMS of contagion. > Assistant Personnel Director These are some of the major changes which have taken place at Barnes Published in the interest of within the past year. Continuing BARNES HOSPITAL the tradition of excellent service 600 S. Kingshighway to the patient, there will, without' doubt, be many more to report ^^fr St. Louis, Missouri the year 1950, all of which will contribute in some way to the wel- fare of the patient. 19 49 IN RETROSPECT (continued from page I.) The first floor of this new con- struction houses the new Personnel DR. FRANK R. BRADLEY WRITES ON * Office which was opened in September. MEDICAL RESEARCH IN ST. LOUIS On the opposite side of Barnes lobby, Dr. FRANK R BRADLEY, Director of excavation was begun in the fall for the Barnes Group, was the author of the erection of a new chapel for the an article on medical research which"", use of patients and their relatives. appeared in the December 30th issue MR. WILLIAM DANFORTH is furnishing of the St. Louis Star Times. Dr. the chapel which will be known as Bradley has represented the medical the Danforth Chapel. profession for the past several years in the year-end edition of the For the purpose of additional fire Star Times in which is summed up the safety, a vault for alcohol and progress of St. Louis during the combustibles is in the process of preceding year. At the close of completion. This is outside the 1949, the remarkable advances oi hospital, but adjacent to it. Di- medical research during the first^ rectional signs were installed in- half of the twentieth century were side and outside the hospital (the presented. two in the ambulance driveways being illuminated) which will aid in the In his article, Dr. Bradley statedt^tec 1 location of buildings and depart- that, "With an atmosphere and cif men t s . ral background in which research grows and is productive, St. Louis" In September a pioneering effort has attained world stature in the to improve patient food service was field of medical research." He begun with the use of airline equip- cited the collaboration of busi.nes£ ment on some of the private floors. and industry with medicine as ^ The new plastic equipment cuts down cause for the outstanding success. on noise, breakage, and cost, and is Credit for the world renown St. infinitely less clumsy than the tra- Louis has achieved in this field ditional hospital trays and dishes. January, 1950 Page 3

ALBERT M. KELLER NAMED ACTING CHAIRMAN It has been announced that MR. ALBERT M. KELLER has been named acting chairman of the Board of Trustees of Barnes Hospital, filling the vacancy caused by the death of the late FRANK C. RAND. Mr. Keller has been a member of the Board since 1933, and has served as Vice- Chairman since 1945.

Mr. Keller is one of St. Louis' out- standing business and civic leaders. A graduate of Central College at Fayette, Missouri, he is now Presi- was also given to the two fine dent and Director of the Paul Brown universities whose medical schools Realty and Insurance Company. He is have contributed much in the way of also a director of the Mercantile * pure research, and to the excellent Bank and Commerce Company, the Secu- hospitals which have contributed rity Insurance Company, and the Mid- greatly in the way of post-graduate land Fire and Marine Company. In medical education and clinical addition to his trusteeship of research. Barnes Hospital, he also serves in that capacity for the Missouri Val- Dr. Bradley went on to say that ley College, the Central Institute ] I there is evidence of St. Louis' for the Deaf, the Methodist Orphan- importance as a center for medical age, the Radford School for Girls research in the fact that Nobel at El Paso, Texas, and St. John's prizes have been awarded a number of Methodist Church. He is active in times to scientists whose investi- the Municipal Opera Association and gations and research have been car- the Boy Scouts, and is a member of ried out in St. Louis. A number of the St. Louis and United States the projects in medical research Chamber of Commerce. underway at the present time by St. ^^>uis scientists were mentioned, and Our hospital has profited greatly in ^Hgh hopes for the future of medical the past through his counseling and research in this city were expressed sincere interest. His acute under- by Dr. Bradley. standing of social problems and his willingness to meet them have made < him an invaluable aid to the Board of Trustees.

U.076 people died of gas last year: 29 inhaled it. 47 put a lighted match to it. Wolf: a fellow ent it led to life, lib- 4,000 stepped on it. erty, and the happiness of pursuit. Page 4 Hospital Record

REVEREND BROOMFIELD, RETIRED SWEDISH NURSE ON STAFF METHODIST BISHOP,DIES SONJA OGREN,' Staff Nurse on 5200, The REVEREND JOHN CALVIN BROOM- is the charming exception to thfe FIELD, retired Methodist Bishop of rule that all Swedish people are>.j Missouri, died January 8, at Ohio blue-eyed and blonde. Miss Ogren Valley Hospital in Steubenvi 11 e , has the height usually attributed^" Ohio, following a heart attack. to people from her native land, but Many Barnes employees will remember her c 1 ose-cropped curly hair and Bishop Broomfield, for he spent much her eyes are dark brown. She claim* time around the hospital while he that almost all girls are quite tallTl was Bishop. in Sweden, but hastens to add that 'The men are all tall too, so r^B \ Born in Eyemouth, Scotland, Bishop the girls don't mind their height Broomfield came to the United States at all. " when he was eighteen years old, and after working his way through col- Miss Ogren hails from Smaland, Swe- lege, began his long career in the den, and came to the United States I ministry. A nationally known author, in March, 1949, with the intentional lecturer, and evangelist, he was one of staying in America for two years of the leaders in bringing about the to study our methods of nursing. unification of the three branches of She came to Barnes from Massachu-^ the Methodist Church in 1939. Imme- setts General Hospital in Boston, diately after the unification, he and after a few months in St. Louis, was named Bishop and held that post will go on to California for further.,] until he retired in 1944, to be experience in one of the large hos- succeeded by BISHOP IVAN LEE HOLT. pitals out there.

Since his retirement, Bishop Broom- Miss Ogren graduated two years ago field has traveled throughout the from the Red Cross School of Nursings United States holding evangelistic in Stockholm, Sweden. She has not- meetings. He had been conducting a iced quite a bit of difference be- week of prayer in Toronto, Ohio when tween the American and Swedish* he was stricken with a heart attack hospitals, because the latter are which proved to be fatal. government controlled. However, Sweden does not operate under a sys-x HOSPITAL RECORD IN NEED tern of socialized medicine such as OF PHOTOGRAPHERS they have in Great Britain. She The HOSPITAL RECORD is in need of a says that a great deal more charti^^ , photographer, and would welcome a work is done on patients in AmeriSm volunteer who would be interested hospitals than is done in Sweden, in offering his services. The vol- and she notes also that American^ ume of the work would not be great doctors seem to do considerably more and would consume very little time. of the actual work on patients, ra- | Anyone who is interested in becoming ther than to direct a nurse to do it.y a photographer on the staff of the She has discovered the American peo- Hospital Record is urgently reques- ple to be unusually friendly and ted to see MARTHA WILLIAMS in the feels that her stay here will prove Personnel Office. to be a profitable and valuable experience. January, 1950 Page 5 Washington University took over the KNOW YOUR STAFF school.) This was a three year A topic assigned to her in a fresh- course, and upon its completion, she 4 man high school English class is went to work at the Occupational responsible for MARGUERITE BICK'S Therapy Work Shop. After a year career in Occupational Therapy. By there and a year at the James Whit- < the time she had completed the re- comb Riley Memorial Hospital in search in Occupational Therapy re- Indianapolis, Miss Bick took a job quired for her report, Marguerite at the Traverse City State Hospital * had definitely made up her mind that in Michigan, where she remained for she wanted some day to be an occu- 2% years. Her first really big pational therapist. This leads one opportunity came when she was offer- , ^fe wonder what she might be doing ed the position as director of the ^roday had she been assigned another department of Occupational Therapy subject: wild game hunting or prin- at the Hastings State Hospital in ciples of the modern theatre, for Hastings, Nebraska. After 5% years instance! in the latter position, she again r moved north -- this time to become A native St. Louisan, Miss Bick director of Occupational Therapy at attended Roosevelt High School, and the Milwaukee County Psychiatric upon graduation, enrolled at what Hospital in Wisconsin. In September, was then known as the St. Louis 1943, however, she returned home to School of Occupational Therapy. (It St. Louis to take up the reins as has only been in recent years that director of Occupational Therapy Below: a scene in the Department of Occupational Therapy, showing a few of the many divers ions offered psychiatric patients. MISS BICK is standing at the bullet in board on the left. i'age 6 Hospital Record

(known as " O.T."to most Barnes run into a particularly happy and employees) up on the thirteenth satisfied looking individual wearing floor in McMillan, and has been a brown jumper uniform, chances are there for over six years. it will be Marguerite Bick, Directo* of Occupational Therapy. When she was asked if she had any special hobbies or interests other than her work, Miss Bick was rather amused, because it seems that in OLD TIMEBS her line of work, one must be a Jack- L. A. WBIGHT, head wash man in th? of-al1 -trades. The diversions off- laundry, was born in Starksville,r ered in O.T. are amazing, and even Mississippi, at the turn of the c^^ more amazing is the fact that the tury, and according to our calcu^B " therapist has more than a slight tions, has spent a little more than familiarity with each of them. half his life at Barnes Hospital. Courses are offered in wood and This month's "old timer" was one of metal working, knitting, crocheting, 1 typing, and cooking. Volley ball nine children and started to work and basketball, group games, movies, helping with the farming at a very* music of all kinds, and television early age. However, a great many of are also part of a typical day's his friends had left home to try activities instigated and supervised their fortunes in St. Louis, and s

DECEMBER 9

DENTAL SCHOOL ROLLS ALONG

The Dental School defeated Medicine again. uur nats are oil to L. A. 38-11 for their •, ^^ght, who through his many years fourth straight o^ faithfulness, has earned the dis- victory. These boys are yet to be tinction of being one of our oldest defeated and it looks as though they ♦employees in length of service. will remain so. The scoring was comparatively even for Dental School with JUSTI and HELM getting 8 points each; DIXON, 7; MORGAN, 4; and IOWA FIRE A GRIM REMINDER McALLISTER leading the parade with 11. Dr. BERRY led the scoring for •■The fire which destroyed the St. Medicine with 5 points, followed by Elizabeth Mental Ward of MERCY HOS- Dr. ROSS with 4 and TALMAGE with 2. PITAL in Davenport, Iowa, on January 7, was the second tragedy of its Medical School won by forfeit from kind within a year. The fire, the Surgery in the game scheduled for origin of which was unknown, broke 8:00 p.m. out on the second floor on the three story structure. At last count, the DECEMBER 13 dead were listed at 40. PATHOLOGY WINS OVER ADMINISTRATION i This should serve as a grim reminder With the help of HARRY PANHORST and to each of us to be constantly on HOWARD LEHWALD, Pathology tripped * the alert to do all in our power to Administration, 29-27. The game was maintain the highest standard of decided in the last few seconds of safety in regard to fires. play with a desperation shot by HAWKINS about 25 feet out. Pan- horst led the scoring with 7 points, with Hawkins, SNODDY and IHNEN each *Patient :-"Will the anesthetic make getting 6 points and Lehwald, 4. me sick?" Administration was led by ROGERS Doctor:--" No, I think not." with 16. points, followed by ALDRIGE < Patient: - "How long will it be, before with 7 and HAGEDORN with 4. JENKINS I know anything?" did his part in holding down his Doc tor- - " Aren' t you expecting too share of the defense. Something new much of an anesthetic?" was started in this game -- only 4 men played on a team! Panhorst and Page 8 Hospital Record

Lehwald took turns in calling the DENTAL SCHOOL WINS ANOTHER GAME foul s. THIS TIME BY FORFEIT The Pathology boys did not show, and>

MEDIC IN E WINS OVER OB-GYN so Dental School won by forfeit, 2-0 ^ in the 8 o'clock classic. The 8 o'clock game was just as exciting as the one at 7:00. Ob-Gyn took it on the nose from Medicine, January 3 with a score of 33-28. Dr. LIPMAN led Medicine with 17 points and Dr. PATHOLOGY WHIPS OB-GYN 38-36 * BERRY was close behind with 14. Dr. Pathology, out strong for this game, ROSS collected 2 to end the scoring overcame a half-time deficit °^ft for Medicine. Drs. GIESELMAN,' STE- points to beat Ob-Gyn by 2 poin^P. WART, McINERY and FORRESTER gave The game was fast and clean. LANSCHE their support in holding Ob-Gyn. led Pathology with 18 points, The Maternity team was led by Dr. followed by SNODDY with 8, HAINES BONEBRAKE with 11 points, and MYRES with 6., IHNEN with 4 and ROBERTS with 10, Dr. CRITES and Dr. COCKRELL with 2. DR. BONEBRAKE got 18 points;-t with 2 each and Dr. MAGALLON with 3. HAWKINS^; SARTORIUS, 3; and ROGERS, playing with Ob,Gyn, added 12 points DECEMBER 16 to their score. *'

ADMINISTRATION HANDS A VICTORY In the 8 o'clock game on January 3, TO MEDICAL SCHOOL Administration and Surgery tied with* Administration, leading by six a forfeit score of 2-2. points in the last three minutes of play, sagged defensively and the In the games through January 10, Medical School boys took advantage meetings, appointments, dates, wives' and scored 5 quick buckets. The or what-have-you created a number of score ended 37 - 33 --Medical School, postponements. Games scheduled for the victor. Take nothing away from January 13 ended the first round of the Doc tors-to - be, because they play. (At the time of publication, were out to win and did so. DUNLEVY no report had been received on these^ led the students with 8 points, and games). Another round will be FULLER, BURCHFIELD, BROWN, ADAMS, played ending sometime in February. EPP, and O'KEEFE got 4 points each, while WELLS got 3 and CALDWELL, 2. Employees of the hospital do Wt realize how entertaining the basket- ROGERS led Administration with 12 points. LANSCHE,1 a Medical Student, ball games can be. Come on out fon» playing with Administration got 8, this second round and see some fast, HAGEDORN got 5, and ALDRIGE,' BERG- clean and thrilling basketball games. STED,1 LEHWALD and DAVIS, another The gym is located at the Second Medical Student, got 2 each. Presbyterian Church, Taylor and Westminster. There are games every Tuesday and Friday nights, beginning January, 1950 Page 9

at 7 o clock. There will be a game have become celebrities since" their on January 24, featuring the Dental pictures appeared in the January School vs. Ob-Gyn in the 7 o'clock 17th issue of Look Magazine. The fgame and the Medical School v.s. Heinz Soup Company featured a pic- |j Pathology at 8 o'clock. ture of Barnes Drug Store Fountain in their advertisement, in which LEON ROGERS, Sports Editor CLARE BANGERT,1 Fountain Girl, was shown serving some of the famous soup to MARIAN SIZELOVE, Dietary Educational Director, SHIRLEY RRAD-' ON THE SCENE LEY, Student Nurse, and DR.: MARVIN GRODY.--- TheTabulating Department Q:\) MENENDEZ,1 IBM Department, be- is losing one of its employees this came the proud papa of a 6 lb., 7 oz. month - good luck on the new job, baby girl the day after Christmas. EVA LOUISE OSBORNE! --- EUNICE .Fred claims Paul Revere had nothing BARRY, Maternity Credit Manager, on him when it comes to mad dashes entertained all of the girls on the through the countryside in the wee first floor at her home on January k small hours'. The new addition has 10. From the reports, everyone been named Melody Ann. -'- It's must have had a marvelous time. certainly swell seeing MARGIE HYATT, PATRICIA DAHMS,1 Assistant Head Nurse ►Dietitian, around the lospital again. on 5200, and Dr. HARVEY BERNARD were Margie returned to work on January married on January 10. Pat plans to 2. The $64 question during the continue with her work at Barnes * big ice storm - "and how did you after the honeymoon. We were all get to work today?!" Everyone was sorry to tell HOWARD LEHWALD, ' Assis- sorry to learn of the death on tant Evening Administrator, "Good- Christmas Eve of the mother of MARY bye," but he has our very best ISMITH, Linen Room. JULIETTA wishes for success in his new job WITHINGTON, evening Floor Secretary as Administrator of the Chippewa on 800 Maternity, had a wonderful County War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The f trip over Christmas which included a members of Barnes Admitting Office visit with her daughter in Texas really believe in following the sun: and a short stop in Tuscon, Arizona DON KLINE, Page, has just returned *~ and Old Mexico. After covering all from a four day trip to California that territory without a mishap, she in a privately owned plane, and CLOY "j^fcund up her trip in grand style by SHELTON, Secretary, has just re- getting a ticket for speeding on her turned from a two week stay in way to work the first day back! Florida. --- ELLA JANE GLENN, Head JEANNETTE CHAMRERLAIN,Medical Records Nurse on 6200, had a most enjoyable Librarian, is back at work alter two week vacation during the holi- a bout with ptomaine poisoning. days, as did DELLA PURTLE,' Barnes The stork is planning a visit in Accounting, who gave the home folks July to FLORENCE PASPALAS, part-time in Blytheville, Arkansas a treat at employee in Barnes Credit Office. Christmastime by spending several Several members of the Barnes Group days there. Delia reports that she Page 10 Hospital Recorc

returned home with a little less Chemistry Lesson cash and a little more weight. --Oh, Analysis of the creature known a those Christmas dinners!! The gang woman as seen through the eyes oj in Barnes Record Library was honored the chemist: * by visits from some of the former Symbol: Wo interns on Medical Service, to wit: Accepted Atomic Weight: 120 Drs. CLAY BARRITT, JAMES SWEIGER, Physica I Properties: Boils at and BERNARD GARFINKEL. --- Mrs. nothing; freezes at any minute. HELEN RUNNING, Floor Secretary on Melts when well treated; very bitter, 2100, became a grandmother on Friday, if not well used. January 13. Her daughter gave birth Occurrence: Found wherever to a girl, 6 lbs., 15 oz., at Mater- exists. • nity Hospital. --- "She's the cutest little dickens I ever saw, was the Chemical properties: Possesses statement made by LEON ROGERS, affinity for gold, silver, platinum, Accounting, after viewing his new 6K and precious stones. Violent reac- lb. daughter, Terrie, for the first tion if left alone. Able to absorb time. She was born on Friday, the great amounts of food matter. Turns thirteenth!! green when placed beside a better looking specimen • Uses: Highly ornamental, useful -* ON THE SCENE REPORTERS as a tonic in the acceleration of FOR JANUARY low spirits, and an equalizer in the E laine Freistein distribution of wealth. Probably Lillian Harris most effective income reducing agent known. Lorraine Hurtt Caution: When in inexperienced Judy KeI ley hands, can be very explosive. ^ Angie Laury Joan SeIlenrick A s ix-year -o Id youngster had seen * Beatrice Stewart his first football game. The fea- Martha Tralles ture that caught his chief approval became evident when he concluded his prayers that night with:

Magnesia and Amnesia are not similar. God bless mama, When you have Amnesia, you don't God bless papa, God bless Freddie, know whether you're coming or going. Rah! Rah! Rah!

It is better to keep your mouth shut "Meanest guy in the world is the and have people think you are a fool fellow who is deaf and never tells than to open it and remove all doubt. his barber.