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

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CLINICS Dr. H. Ford Clark, Ophthalmologist, of Hun- tingdon, is shown testing the visual fields of this patient in the Eye Clinic. This clinic serves pa- tients with refractive errors, and medical and surgical pathology. It is held weekly on Wed- nesday, and patients from a wide area are re- ferred for the specialized care available here. Dr. Roy L. Simon, Orthopedic Surgeon, of Williamsport, comes monthly to examine and treat orthopedically crippled children from Cen- tre, Clearfield, and Elk Counties. He is shown examining a baby who may require years of observation, bracing, and surgical treatment. This service is sponsored by the Clearfield-Centre Crippled Children's Society. A very important community service, given in co-operation with the Warren State Hospital, is that of the Mental Clinic which is held month- ly. Here patients with psychiatric or neurologi- cal problems are examined and treatment is out- lined to the family physicians. Dr. John C. Urbitas, psychiatrist, is here interviewing a pa- tient in the clinic. Dr. Patti, shown with Dr. Urbitas, is a resident in psychiatry in the Warren State Hospital, and will return to his native India in 1956 to work in a mental hospital in that country. Many problems are presented in this divi- sion by the persons who pass through. Within the facilities of the department an effort is made to help the person to the proper service for his need. 69

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H, ici P. in-..... UR Much of the out patient services of the Philipsburg State Hospital is channelled through the basement clinics where Miss Frances Houck is in charge. Typical of the general services given is that of Dr. ShoFf who here inspects a cast on this patient's arm. Much of the out patient services given on this division, exclusive of the organ- ized clinics, is to fracture and cast patients. Each month the cleft palate clinic is held to diagnose and recommend treatment for cleft palate and cleft lip patients. Here are shown Dr. C. S. Harkins, prosthodontist, of Osceola Mills, Dr. Robert L. Harding, plastic surgeon of Harrisburg, and Eugene McDonald, speech cor- rectionist of the Pennsylvania State University, having a consultation following the examination of this cleft palate patient. Not shown in this picture is the fourth member of the team , .James H. Blackwell, M. Ed., of Clearfield, psy- chologist for the service. An important part in the conquest of tuber- culosis in Pennsylvania is carried on in the Pneu- motherapy clinics where air is introduced into the thoracic cavity to collapse the infected lung and promote healing. Here Dr. George Taylor, clinician in charge of this clinic, gives treatment to a tuberculosis patient. This service which is given weekly, permits patients to cure in their own homes among their own people. 68

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