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desire to cure the sick, | desire to cure the sick, | ||
and make the period of hospitalization | and make the period of hospitalization | ||
as effective and as comfortable as | as effective and as comfortable as | ||
possible. Every day | possible. Every day, people with physical or | ||
mental troubles crossed the threshold of | mental troubles crossed the threshold of | ||
our hospital with dread, hope resentment or resignment | our hospital with dread, hope resentment or resignment, | ||
while others left relieved or cured, and it was | while others left relieved, improved or cured, and it was | ||
a privilege to have helped in the transformation. | a privilege to have helped in the transformation. | ||
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blood pressures and laboratory technicians who | blood pressures and laboratory technicians who | ||
draw the blood for chemistries. [lines deleted] | draw the blood for chemistries. [lines deleted] | ||
Once in a while our duties and functions took on a critical character. This happened | Once in a while | ||
our duties and functions took on a critical character. This happened | |||
to me soon after I started my internship, when | to me soon after I started my internship, when | ||
one of the attending physicians phoned in the early | one of the attending physicians phoned in the early | ||
evening to say that he was hospitalizing Mr C | evening to say that he was hospitalizing Mr C | ||
with lobal pneumonia. "Get the sputum typed and | with lobal pneumonia. "Get the sputum typed and | ||
Revision as of 19:36, 1 September 2021
desire to cure the sick, and make the period of hospitalization as effective and as comfortable as possible. Every day, people with physical or mental troubles crossed the threshold of our hospital with dread, hope resentment or resignment, while others left relieved, improved or cured, and it was a privilege to have helped in the transformation.
In those days of the late thirties both interns and nurses maintained a much closer contact with the patients than they do in these days of nurses aids who bathe, take temperatures and blood pressures and laboratory technicians who draw the blood for chemistries. [lines deleted] Once in a while our duties and functions took on a critical character. This happened to me soon after I started my internship, when one of the attending physicians phoned in the early evening to say that he was hospitalizing Mr C with lobal pneumonia. "Get the sputum typed and