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

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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,

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H311-r ana Sunny Corners ALVI NA BAUER E ALL like fresh air and sunshine which are the most essential things in V4 ' health. That is why we have sun-parlors in our sanitarium. Patients who 3 are nervous and weakened by disease, enjoy their stay in the sun-parlors il I . 1 Q l E , rf 4- with their many large windows through which flood the beautiful rays of sun- liwht. From the windows may ,be seen nice lawns, the beautiful Howers and trees, b the fountain and greenhouse which add to their pleasure. A short stay here tives the patients a chan-Ye from their own rooms. Soothing and restful to their Ls 1 - :- nerves, it is a place where they forget about their blues and ailments, seeing more of the sunny side of life and beauty of nature. Those who are unable to walk are taken in wheel-chairs or beds to spend many pleasant hours here. No matter how cold and disagreeable the weather, they always End it pleasant and comfortable in the sun-parlors. The Laundry CLARA NOIQDBERG , , l OXV do you like to work in the laundry, Lorena? --oh, 1 don't like it one bit. fe- , I think it's so interesting, and we can have so much fun too. ' 'LJ 4'Girls, come on over here, let's have something to eat, No, let's get busy, they need the linen at the sanitarium, especially the towels for the treatment rooms, for they called up a while ago and asked if any were ready yet. Well, its 6:15 now, let's go to supper, I'm so hungry, aren't you? Let's see, how much linen did we put out today? I think there must have been about 1500 towels and 500 sheets. The laundry is a pretty good place to work, at least you can work up an appetite, and you'll learn a little about how to wash clothes on a big scale. NVhat I like best about it is that it's a separate building away from the sanitariuin entirely, although close enough to be very convenient. Now let's see-first the linen is loaded onto the trucks and hauled to the laundry, tains, tl 't i' sorted, each kind by itself and soaked in cold water to remove s ien 1 s then put through the washing machines, next through the extractors for ten to fifteen minutes then through the tuniblers. Here the bath towels are dried, 200 per hour, or more. Am I right so far? Yes, keep it up, you're doing fine. All right, then they are put through the mangle, piece by piece, then sorter' again for each department-nursery, ward, operating rooin, ladies' and men's treat- ent rooms doctors' offices etc Here we pack them in trunks and they are ready in ., . ., . to be hauled back to the linen room, from which they are sent to their various depart- ments. Yes, and I heard that the laundry turns out on an averagfe 6,000 pieces per day. Another thing, we almost forgot about the table linen, that is all washed and back to the sanitarium for use again between 7:30 and 11:00 A M. That's going some! That's what I call rushing business! Sixty-one