Milwaukee Hospital School of Nursing - Gleanings Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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JOHNSTON EMERGENCY HOSPITAL I'll try with a rhyme in a haphazard way To give just a limpse of a typical daye- A hospital sma l that's on Michigan Street Where pathos and humor each day you will meet. Our tale will begin the first thing in the mom, A clang in the alleyethe ambulance horn, And in comes a man who is holding his wrist, 'Tis plain to be seen that 'tis all out of twist, The doctor he spied, and he wailed and he roared, :l'quSt see what I did when l cranked up my Ford! is child it'is said, he has swallowed a penny, The X-Ray forthwith it discloses not any. And this little lad, what do you suppose? A bean and a pea he has stuffed up his nose. A tender young maid with a tear and a sigh Begs help to be given for a s ck in her eye. Young Johnny he ate a box ull of pills, The stomach pump quick!-he is cured of his ills. Ah me! must I tell it? A dear little boy, The hope of his dad, of his mother the joy, Laughing and a scampering, crossing the street, A truck and the clear one they suddenly meet, A lim little body, a terrified man, To te l of such heartache, no words ever can. At eleven in, the mom, the patrol sure will bring A man with loud voice who proclaims, I am King, I.Ve bushels and bushels of gold and of money. Dear me, says the nurse, This sure does look funny. The ambulance man he declares, Oh, not so! Dr. Rupp, District Court, to be held for M. 0. When chasing a speeder, the cops leg was broke, A fireman next who inhaled too much smoke. Then comes the police with a man who has seen Ten frogs that were pink, scores of monkeys bright green. The doctor he says, It sure looks to me, Paraldehyde, third floor, and mark him D. T. In zero time weather when north wind fierce blows, We thaw out and bandage friz hands, ears, and nose. And then comes the hot days when Sol strikes us dead, lt's ice to the spine and its ice to the head. A shiek and his girl, they go out for a ride, The auto and street car by chance they collide, Bruised knee, fractured ankle, cut lip, battered nose, The doctor, he stitches and stitches and sews, And says, I am sure it is better by far Two arms should be free when you are driving a car. The telephone rings, all the night, all the day, Looking for someone who's gone astray; Perhaps a reporter is seeking for news To enlarge and embellish the way he may choose. A nose that will bleed, a tooth that will ache- A drink of carbona for gin by mistake, With never an hour by the day or the night, Relief is not asked for some sort of a plight. Patients come, patients go-Lack of work? Oh, never, Like the brook, it goes on and goes on, forever. 68 - Anonymous.

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SNOWFALL IN DECEMBER Soft, furry Hakes floating in the air ' Stillness, and heavenly quiet pervades the world. K 'Tis midnight on a December night. All is beautiful, the ground is laden with snow Untrammelled, unbroken evenness, A beautiful ermine rug. - Oh, would there were no creatures to molest it in the day. A beautiful stillness, soft glowing lights, The zest of living, keen living atmosphere. The crunch of snow under footfalls, The sparkle of twinkling stars, As the light ,falls on the ground, Clear sky, full moon, twinkling stars. Joy of winter, spreader of light, Snowflakes, snowflakes, falling at night. . . - I . N.a'28. LIMERICKS There was a young la'ssie named Flip, At night into bed she would slip; In the daytime she snored When in class she was bored- And wished that the teacher would skip. There was a young man named Jimmy, Who fell for a girl quite skinny. But she didn't fall, So he couldn't call And now his face is quite skinny. There was a young student named Mabel Who soaked her hand on the dressing-room table. With the good hand she'd work, While the other did Shirk Hoping the germ wouldnlt prove fatal. There was a young Doc so delighted, When kitchenward he was invited, To get just a bite, He expected each night Quite sure he'd never be slighted. ,,. , AM : .Na 5 mart? Hf ,

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