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

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Admitting Office The first to see them enter— The last to see them go— They’re the people who admit them And discharge them you know. take this opportunity to say that— Although at times we grumble— And make a lot of fuss We really are grateful For all you do for us And when you phone us to report “The duplicates’’ we’ve forgotten to bring We may be hurried but we are sorry We necessitated the ring And when we bring a patient down We—just take him for the ride— It’s you who figure out the bill From columns broad and wide And maybe some day in the future When our span on earth is done And we approach the “Pearly Gates” We’ll find that you’re the ones St. Peter has chosen to calculate If he should or should not admit one.

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Second West We think this medical floor is best described by this poem, sent to us by a former patient . . . A TRIBUTE (To My Nurses in the Calgary General Hospital) My Doctor came to visit me And pulled a solemn face! Said he: “For you the Hospital Is just the only place! I knew ’twas useless to protest So not a word I said; And ere I knew just what was what Why,—there I was—in bed! A dozen pretty nurses came And fluttered round about— They each had different treatments” Which they wanted to try out. They stuck me full of needles — They filled me up with pills— They X-Rayed me until they found The cause of all my ills. They stole my blood and made with it A microscopic slide— Then they planked me on a trolley And “took me for a ride . They waked me for new “treatments” Each time my eyelids closed— ’Twas always time for “temperatures” If ere, by chance, I dozed! They starved me to a skeleton— They fed me till I burst— Of all the various “treatments” I don’t know which was worst. And yet, withal, they were so kind That this to me is plain— If I, once more, am taken sick, I’ll come right back again!!!

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Training School Office We, the Graduating Class of 1949, wish to express our thanks to the members of the Nursing School Office for their patience and guidance during our three years here. And to Miss Connal, whose outstanding ability and kindly interest led us so skillfully through our initial term, we wish to express our special thanks. To her we cannot express in words our deep appreciation.