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

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-l 1 E L, Lmfcd Dr. H. Ford Clark, Ophthalmologist, of Hun- tingdon, is shown examining the eye of this pa- tient in the Eye Clinic. This clinic serves patients with refractive errors, and medical and surgical pathology. It is held weekly on Wednesday, and patients from a wide area are referred for the specialized care available here. Dr. Costello, Orthopedic Surgeon, of Wil- liamsport, comes monthly to examine and treat orthopedically crippled children from Centre, Clearfield, and Elk Counties. He is shown exam- ining a boy who may require years of observa- tion, bracing, and surgical treatment. This ser- vice is sponsored by the Clearfield-Centre Crip- pled 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 monthly. Here patients with a psychiatric or neurological problems are examined and treatment is outlined to the family physician. Dr. Urbaitis, Psychia- trist, is here interviewing a patient in the clinic. Dr. Patti, shown with them, is a resident in Psy- chiatry 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 ofthe department, an effort is made to help the person to the proper service for his need. 73 l '1

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J ......A' f' ' - will-l 7ll The Out Patient Department of the Philips- burg State Hospital is under the supervision of Miss Frances Houck. All this work is done in special clinics located in the basement of our hospital. A Cleft Palate Clinic is held once a month for the purpose of diagnosing and recommend- ing treatment for cleft palate and cleft lip pa- tients. This Clinic has been in operation under the direction of the Department of Health since October, l949, and examine on the average of 250 cases yearly. In addition to the above num- ber of patients the Clinic Staff also examine adults who are sponsored by the Bureau of Vo- cational Rehabilitation. The Clinic Staff consists of: Cloyd S. Har- kins, D.D.S., William R. Harkins, D.D.S., Pros- thodontists, Robert L. Harding, M.D., Plastic Sur- geon, Eugene T. McDonald, E. D., Speech Ther- apist, and J. Harry Blackwell, M. Ed., Psycholo- gist. Cleft palate and cleft lip children require very special care from birth to adulthood. Because of the coordinated and thoughtful plan- ning of these specialists an individualized long- term program can be outlined for each child. An important part in the conquest of Tuber- culosis in Pennsylvania is carried on in the Pneu- motherapy Clinical 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. 72

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