Abington Memorial Hospital School of Nursing - Sonah Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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THF LABURATURY Gften overloolced when praise is offered for advance against disease, time laboratory is, nevertheless, a complete vital unit in the campaign for bealtb. Too few persons realize ttle importance of the laboratory' as an invaluable aid and guide for time physician. Therefore, we propose a tour tbrouglm Abington,s Pathological Laboratory whose- director is Dr. Jolwn Eiman. First, we approach the Histology Section, which is concerned with the micro- scopic examination of tissues. fvvoe be to any student who labels the specimens incorrectlyll ' Our attention is now drawn to the room directly across time corridor where the cbemical content of time blood is analyzed. Here we see blonde Miss Jones calcu- lating tbe amount of sugar in time blood of a diabetic. fvvoe be to any student who neglects to bring down the 9 A.M. and 4 P.M. blood specimenst, p A5 we leave this unit, we encounter Andy'--the li--Handyu man about tlle lab, dasliing to and fro performing bis cbores, washing bottles, sweeping Hoors, and keeping time place in order. fvvoe be to any student who touches bis guinea pigsll After Andy passes, we proceed to time rigbt, entering time bematology depart- ment wlnere blood is examined under the microscope. Scattered over the deslc are numerous requests for blood counts, some ustat,H some routine, all a part of the day's worlc. ln one corner, a technician is rapidly typing blood to malce transfusion safe. The urinalysis department is also in action. QOI1, tbose P.S.P. and Mosentbal tests., , Last, but not least, is dear Mr. Fowler, with bis assistants. He, incidentally, endeavored in our uprobieu days to teactl us the subject which is his delight, namely -Bacteriology. He is, as usual, surrounded by his culture mediae, bis slides, and his specimens of every lcnown strain of bacteria. We shall never forget lVlr. Fowler because of trisctleery smile, and bis friendliness to us, from our uprobieu days up. At the far end of the room, time centrifuge wliirls madly, time incubator lceeps growing bacteria at body temperature, time agitator noisily sbalces raclcs and raclcs ol test tubes. Yes, tbis Ulabu is a busy place, and we all owe to it a debt of gratitude, for it is bere tbat causative organisms are discovered, diagnoses are confirmed, chemical content of all body Huids are found to be eitber normal or abnormal, vaccines are oftentimes made, and various treatments are indicated. 56 '? , 3 1, 1 i 3 2 5 il is P l ,. F 71 I 'Y if if I l ! E Il ra if wg 1 I Q. it 1 3 4 i

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