Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital Nursing School - Fluoroscope Yearbook (Hinsdale, IL)

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Fifi-3 ' G12 Cccupational - Therapy EVELINA CHABOT q A NE cold, stormy afternoon while at the sanitarium, I found myself a little .stil restless. All the books and magazines failed to interest me, and as I fit sat in the parlor I must have looked rather disconsolate. I had been 'MU sitting there but a short time when one of the nurses came along and spoke to mc. She was the first one I had niet at the santitarium. Come for a little walk with me, she said. Being just a wee bit homesick I decided to go with her. She led the way toward the she many pretty things that the patients were chapel and I wondered what she had in mind. But I did not have to wait, for soon found her way into the Occupational-therapy Department. Here we saw making-burnt wood work, hand paint- ings, rug weaving, paper flowers, and basketry, Hut I thought they were too hard for me to make. I was introduced to Mr. Hess, the manager of this department. Just what would yon like to do? he Chl nothing, sir! I'm too nervous to nurse. Let us go out for another walk. Now look here, said Mr. Hess, here make. Let me start one for you. See, all just what color would you like to finish it I found myself watching him and soon so interested that I did not lind time enou w asked me. do anything like that. I know I can't, is a iine, little basket and very easy to you have to do is to watch me. Now with when it is done? trying to work it myself, and became h In spend there. I kept so interested that I soon forgot myself and started to gain, for making baskets was so much fun. It turned my worries inside out, and made me happy as a king. Extract from a Letter I-Iome LUCILLE SCHROEDER .--- gi - if NT ll t OXV time does Hy! Nearly two weeks have passed since I first came to Hinsdale. Very soon I shall be well enough to make my homeward jour- ney, antdl I shall be so glad to see you and tell you of the interesting: time I have had here and all about my recovery. Really, I can't wait 1 tell you of some of the departments and their work. I think one of the most interesting and the one that has helped me the most is the Electrical. Dr. Neall has charge of this department and he surely knows how to give good treatments. The machine that he uses to give my treatment is called the 'high frequency' and with it he can give four different currents. There are also several other kinds of machines that look mysterious and inter- esting, but since I'm'not an electrical expert, I do not know much about them, How would you like to look at a one-thousand watt light? Now dori't get frightened because it isn't used to look at, but to give treatments with. I only wish you could be here for a few days and see for yourself some of the 'wonders' at Hinsdale. XVhen I think of my rapid recovery and the way in which electricity is used to aid the doctors and nurses in their work I just feel as if I'd like to get acquainted and shake hands with Benjamin Franklin for his wonderful discovery. Fifty-eight

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.-,,,. 14' - x i rf , '51 CSI Recreations LEROY Boornnv ?'.'T'l Ll, work and no play rnakes jack a dull boy This is as true as it i' gi , lose the ability to play. They get into a routine that narrows their in- '-'-+ tcrests and brings them to the verge of a nervous disaster. To help guard against such a condition, we have on the sanitarium grounds a tennis court an eroquel ground. XVliat will set the blood to leaping with a joyous bound throng the system like a game of tennis? It fills the lungs with fresh air and exercis- nearly every muscle in the body. Thus it is a potent antagonist to the ever prt- vailing diseases of today. Croquet, too, provides another way of recreating one's ri 5 4 Y K , old. Some men let themselves become so obsessed with work that they l' S t V - . . . . 1 iv ' 1 1 . self after a long day indoors. This game, as well as indoor horse-shoe, or barnyai golf, as termed by the golf players, makes a nice game for the patients who havt not the strength for such a strenous game as tennis. On Saturday evenings during the winter months, the marches in our gymnasium cheer up the on-looker as well as those who are able to take part in them. XValks to the nearby woods remind one of his Creator and cause him to want to live ln- anew when he sees the beautiful trees and grass, the running streams of water, an beautiful things of nature that surround Hinsdale, for Nature is God's physicEa Entertainments VERA LAUGER D uenini Mrs. Graham, said Mrs. Nelson, cheerfully, and how are rf?-5 OU ii 5' - A ,. fif- you? I am so glad you decided to come to Hinsdale after all. Yes, I hnally got here but feel quite tired and nervous, replied L Mrs. Graham mournfully. Its rather chilly here, let's go inside and listen to the radio. They can tune in with almost any station, and one can hear it so distinctly. It would be a nice way to spend a quiet evening and it would soothe your tired nerves, suggested Mrs. Nelson. The next day they were kept busy but in the evening Mrs. Graham felt rather homesick. Mrs. Nelson noticing it, said, They are having a musical program in the parlor and wouldn't you like to go with me? They were both happily snr prised with the proierani given by some students from the Chicago Conservatory of Music. At the close, Mrs. Graham pleasantly remarked, I am glad we came. I surely enjoyed it. vocal or readings, and sometimes the students attending school here give programsf Things went pleasantly until Saturday night, when Mrs. Graham again felt blut but Mrs, Nelson was equal to the task knowing about the Saturday night marches She ushered Mrs. Graham to the gymnasium where both joined in the recreation Mrs. Graham soon forgot her blues and was almost as gay and happy as the erowd of young people. She was not found feeling blue any more but rather when her three weeks were expired felt somewhat averse to leaving Hinsdale. Fifty-nine Yes, indeed, they have something diiferent every Tuesday evening, either musical,