Orleans High School - Sword Yearbook (Orleans, VT)

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WAre you aware of the hospital regulation which forbids the moving of a patient without the doctor's permission?n nYes, Dr. 0'Neil.u nThen'why do I come in here to find you with this child out of bed and singing silly nursery rhymes to her? NI-'-I--N NI am sorry for your sake, but you understand that this must be reported, and I am quite sure it will lead to your dismlssal.n UI understand, Dr. 0'Neil, but I will have the satisfaction of having made one person happier before I SO' nJust what do you.mean by that, Miss Welch?n Just this, Dr. O'Neil. You know the historyof that case. You know that both her parents were killed this morning in the crash which injured her, and you know that she hasn't a chance of living. All right. I came ln here tonight and she was crying. She was all alone in a strange place. No one left to care for her. Crying for her Mu y. 'I---I--couldn't help lt. I guess----I want my Mum y, too.n Emily turned suddenly away from him and stood watching the sleeping child. She felt him slip his arm around her and heard him say: NI lost my mother in an accident. I was alone-Q once.U Betty moved restl ssly in her sleep, then opened her eyes and smiled. She stretchev up her arms and cried, nhummyi Daddyln ' .llizabeth smith '40 Let the Heavens cry And I will sigh. Let heaven e le And I'11 feel fine. Let Death be near And I will leave For God's eternity Jhlch I fear.

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It was the last straw. Clark Johnson, setter in the printing room was dismissed immediately. Even to this day s ms of the' wiser members of the cc unity ponder over these highly comdemnable atroci ties and opinions differ as to the witticismq of the culprit or,-more likely, as to his inccmpetenoy in set- ting type. r . , - x sf , . ' W ' Lucien Lambert '40 . A A 4 N . ' . ,I . . , F Myywuwvcw The wind walled around the 'corner gf tha building and lashed the rain against the windowss 'It was a black dismal night as Emily passed along the corridor to 2the ohildrenls ward for thewtwelvero'clock inspection. Emily had not yet get used-to night dutya l'Ine surgical? you were always: busyg here you had altogethcr'too much time to'sthinkf The l1ttle'boy .in 125 always did make her thank eeffher own littleu brother and that walfnor helps when you waree so homesick that you were roady to cry on the firstsconvient shoulder that came a1ong.e It awsome help, too, if Doctor 0'Ne1l were a little bitt different. He was so correct and caustic that he had all the nurses scared st1ff.Q She had heard the remark once that he had a mechanical heart, his having become so large that it had to be removed. That remark had almost got her into trouble once as she always had to laugh when she thought of it. It was funny that he should be like that though.- He was so young and good looking. Emily's thoughts were slowly penetrated by 'a low sobbing at the end of the corridor. Slipping silently to 108 she red the chart. Betty Jameson.......Acc1dent Spinal fracture..ginterna1 injuries...hopeless. She re- membered the case. Jane Russell, the day nurse, ' had told her about lt. Suddenly the little tear-stained face was lifted to her. nwhy don't Mummy come?n , rlmpulslvely Emily stooped, wrapped the blanket snugly about her and carried her to the large easy visitor's chair at the end of the corridor. Holding her tightly Emily talked to her, told her stories, told her that Hum y and Daddy would come for her in the morning, until finally she slept. Carrying her carefully Emily placed her back in the cot, As she tucked the covers around her she smiled and murmured, 3Tummy. Hmiss Welch.H Emily straightened quickly to face Dre O'Nei.l. 2 I ' ' Yes , Doctor.

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BIOLOGP Edward Jenner Born-Berkely, England. Died-There Medical Profession Small Pox! Small Poxl this was on everybodylslipa The dread disease did spread so quickly. But why was it that the people who lived around farms and cows didn't have it as much as the people who did not live on farms? This idea did not enter anyone's mind until a young man who had studied medicine came along. he found o t that a person who had had cowpox mas immune to small pox. Edward Jenner was this young man and he went before some of the big medical men with his idea. Oh! But that's absurd! was the medical menfs answer, and they paid no attention whatsoever to this young man and his ideas. This bit of disbelief did not discourage Jenner He went forth and talked. nDo the frrmers that have oowpox have smallpoxy My fellow doctors, just stop and reason. have you ever had a patient who had cowpox, have smallpox? No, you haven't. All right. Isn't this the answer to our problems? Here,my men,is my solution for doing away with smallpox. I am calling it vaccination against this dreaded disease. Wwe all know that if a person is immune to a disease he will never have it. what I am going to do is to make people immune to this disease. It is done in the upper part of the arm. Lith a sharp lance a few rscretchos across one another are made. Some of the cowpox disease is then rubbed on the skin where the scratches have been made. if this proves successful, a small inflamed sore appears on the third day and keeps getting larger until the tenth day. Around the eighth day a small pain in the arm, a headache, and a loss of appetite-these only stay for a day or two. ffter this the fluid in the sore dries up and a scab appears. Un the twentieth day this disappears and only a scar is lolt. The person 'thus vaccinated actually has a slight case of cowpox.n Although some of these men to whom he talked thought that there was something to what he said, they only laughed and let it go by as a, Hpopular prejud1ce.n Many years passed before Edward Jenner was able to put it into effect and this was during the war between France and England. During this war he performed many vrccinations l'.' which proved successful, and after the war he lived to see his dream come true.