Sacred Heart Hospital School of Nursing - Carmen Sylva Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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I t men Wa Chuckles Miss Dunn - Doctor, will you please come to room 50, the patient has a temperature? Doctor Pipkin - Is it very high? Miss Dunn - Oh, no Doctor. Third floor. Exasperated Teacher of First Aid Class - Miss Rooney, if a man was drowning, what would you do? Miss Rooney - Throw water in his face. Frantic Mother - Oh, nurse, my baby swallowed a dime. Miss Monahan - But I don't see any change in him. Teacher in Class -Miss Sebastian, give me the emergency treatment for hematemesis. Miss Sebastian - Give the patient an ice cap to suck, and apply ice chips to the head. Teacher - What is another term for 'whooping cough'. Miss Fina - Croupous. Miss Allar Qrushing into parlorD Meyers, please play Napolion Nights. Dr. Boyer - What is the orbital cavity? Miss Shriner - The eye. Miss Beierschmitt - Doctor, my patient has broken out in a moist perspiration. Doctor Boyle - Did you ever see a patient in a dry one? Sister to Nurse - NGO get a bivalve speculumf' Miss Wvukitsch treturningfrom Labj They have no five ounce speculumf' Doctor Lawall - What is the patient's complaint? Nurse George - Fallen arches.

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I 1' K K I' ' l.u.x.DIl . . J 1 Q 'i Q Q Wu f Qfvfa Heard among I have the cutest patient. Did he call you last night? Anyone have any shoe polish? Who has an extra apron? See my cape anywhere? Any mail for me? Are the changes up? I wish State Board was over. Who studied Anatomy? Girlsl He actually said 'Good II1 'Speaking of technique, he has 'Where's that box you got? 'Where will we eat? 'Which movie will We see? 'Anybody going to the store? 'Geel I got 80 for Chapel - where'll I go on my late per 'Hurry up everybody, it's five of 'It the Nurses - 1 u Offllflg . 1 n 9 ten. 'Did she see the hole in your apron? 'How many parties did you have 'What does obesity mean? 'Who are you taking to the Danc this month? e? Is it formal? 'Who doesn't want their dessert? 'Unly three more months, girls. 'Anybody want a later per? 'Did anyone see my notebook? 'Who has half day in our class? 'Whose emergency is it? 'Who'll relieve me tonight ho made rounds last night? ?!l IW . 'Who was that call for? Tell 'em - CIRGDDH Q A were I'm not in. V HOSE! ' .

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Chuclzles CConzinuedJ N .A Patient in 'Che ward had his left foot amputated and the nurse charted, Patient complains of pain in left foot. The nurse no doubt got the information from the morgue. 'TAKING A HISTORY IS NO FUN Nurse- Who is your family doctor? Patient- I can't tell you. Nurse- Why not, don't you know his name? Patient - HYes, Doctor Iohnson used to be our family doctor but nowadays ' f mother goes to an eye specialist, father to a stomach specialist, my sister goes o a throat specialist, my brother is in the care of a lung specialist and I m taking treatments from an osteopathf' Will someone please tell Doctor Pipkin where the wire of the tonsil snare goes to after the tonsil has been removed? ,-i,,..i-- A stout lady called with a rather frail looking child. My child, said the physician, what you need is exercise. Every day before luncheon and before dinner you are to walk twice around your mother. - ,,,,,,,. . miles to see Patient - Doctor, don't you find it inconvenient to travel me? Doctor - 0h, no,I have a patie birds with one stone. nt near here so I get the chance to kill two ' sl ill objected bitterly against his surgeon's advice. I A patient, seriou y , don't believe in operations, even Scripture forbids them. The bible says: 'Nvhat God hath joined together, let no man put asunderf A