Philipsburg Hospital School of Nursing - Reflections Yearbook (Philipsburg, PA)

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QQ 621450 The eye clinic, sponsored by the Depart- ment of Health, was first started at the Philips- burg State Hospital in T937 under the leader- ship of Dr. William Angle. In 1939, Dr. H. Fork Clark, Ophthalmologist of Huntingdon, Pa., was placed in charge of the clinic and with the assistance of Miss Frances Houck, R. N., has done great work in the treatment of both medi- cal and surgical conditions ofthe eyes as well as refractive errors. This clinic is a service of the hospital out- paitent department and is held weekly by appointment. 42 1fLe1fL1f1fL0fAe1f0Lloy Cgnic The pneumotherapy clinic operates in co- operation with the Bureau of Tuberculosis Control of the Pennsylvania State Department of Health. Here patients who have been re- leased from tuberculosis hospitals continue treatment while at home so that the condi- tion is kept under control. Treatment consists of the injection of air into the thoracic or peri- toneal cavity to collapse the lung and allow the infected area to heal. This clinic is held in the out-patient department of this hospital and is under the direction of Dr. George Taylor of Philipsburg with the assistance of Dr. Clark Forcey, Radiologist of Philipsburg, who does fluoroscopic examinations ofthe patients after each iniection so as to determine the amount of collapse and the amount of healing that takes place with each treatment. This clinic is held each Saturday morning.

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KLA pafafe CAVLTC The cleft palate clinic, a service of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, deals with those children who have cleft palate and cleft lip deformities. This clinic provides such pa- tients with cosmetic and correstive surgery, dental care and prosthesis as well as special speech therapy. The clinic is located in the out-patient de- partment of this hospital and is held every four weeks. The staFF is composed of Robert L. Harding, M. D., Plastic Surgeon of Harrisburg, Cloyd S. Harkins, D.D.S. and William R. Har- kins, D.D.S., Prosthodontists of Osceola Mills, Eugene McDonald, D. Ed., Speech Correctionist of State College, and James H. Blackwell, M. Ed., Psychologist of Clearfield. They are assisted by Miss Mary Slegal, R. N. and Miss Mary Elizabeth Rowles, R. N., State Public Health Nurses, and Miss Vivian Matson, Secre- tary. Ordaoloecfic Cgnic The orthopedic clinic, sponsored by the Centre and Clearfield Counties Society for Crippled Children, specializes in the treatment of children with crippling conditions resulting from birth, disease or accident. Some are cured completely, others cannot be helped, but to each and every one an effort is made to cure or improve his particular deformity. Dr. Royal L. Simon of Williamsport and Dr. Allen Hamburg of Williamsport are the chief clinicians in charge of this service which is held at monthly intervals. 43