Calgary General Hospital - In Cap and Uniform Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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TRIBUTE A building fair, set on a hill That overlooks a river’s flow. Haven of rest for all the ill Of the busy city—far below. There ceaselessly, the nurses toil To make man’s life a happier span. Sometimes with praise, but oft reproach Though putting forth the best they can. Can man not search his heart, and find The beauty of their selfless task? —And having found, ne’er more be blind To questions that he need not ask. In words of gold, for all to see, Despising not the sufferer’s call. Devotion—Faith—Fidelity, The Nurse exemplifies them all!

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HOSPITAL will enter the hospital through the ambulance entrance. This entrance is perhaps better known to the staff than the visitors because through this door pass the nurses going on and off duty and all discharged patients. Here our tour starts on First East. This floor is entirely Medical patients. Now Medical (according to the dictionary) is an adjective which means—pertaining to or connected with medicine. We see that medicine is the science which relates to the treatment and alleviation of disease. We have doctors now who were formerly termed as medicine men. According to said same dictionary, medicine men are found among certain tribes, such as the North American Indians and are conjurers who profess to drive away evil spirits or disease by magical arts. If you worked on First East you would know that medical patients are not treated these days by magical art. Here the doctors test the patients for everything from reflexes to heart palpitations. Then they take all their find¬ ings and carefully make a diagnosis. The patient is now treated with every¬ thing from medicines to hot and cold applications. Several men work day and night in laboratories to discover the exact effect of all these treatments. And so the job of the doctor becomes a tremendous task. Here in First East we learn what this task is and how to appreciate it.

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The Pharmacy The Pharmacy is our second stop. Here, under the careful supervision of Miss McCaffere, our druggists fill bottles, all sizes and shapes, with aro¬ matic solutions, and boxes with pills, some of which are too big to swallow and some too small, getting lost in that hollow in our teeth. Whether it’s a pill or a solution or an injection, it must come from here. May we take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks for your help and patience during our three years of training. The Laboratory The Laboratory is next on our list. If we step inside we will see tubes, basins and specimens of all kinds. Here is where they bring the blood for counts, cultures, etc. When we are looking for Dr. Mc- Latchie we can usually find her here in her office. To you, Dr. McLatchie, and to your staff of Technicians, we would like to say Thanks for Everything”.