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Joplin Institutions Keep Pace in Medical World by Adding New Equipment and Adopting Latest Methods in Medicine and Surgery Joplin hospitals have kept pace with the progress of the city and of medicine in general by the fre quent addition of new, modern equipment,and the adoption of lat est methods in nursing. Both St. John’s and Freeman hospitals are on the approved list of the Amer ican College of Surgeons, having set certain requirements set up by that organization. A considerable amount of new equipment has been added by both institutions during the last year. Included in the new devices are a fracture table at St. John’s hos pital for the convenience of apply ing casts to patients with broken bones, and a fever therapy machine at a Freeman hospital to produce artificial fever for treatment of certain diseases. Two changes in methods of op erating the hospital were made dur ing the past year at St. John’s. They were the establishment of a central service department which supplies each floor with dressings and similar sickroom items, and the establishment of a pharmacy to serve the hospital. With the purchase of the fracture table, the hospital also added a complete supply of splints and set aside a room for this equipment. In addition, a new fracture bed for the comfort of the patients and the convenience of doctors was pur chased. Other new equipment at St. John's includes a diathermy ma chine used in the treatment of con gestions, pneumonia and arthritis and a violet ray light for light treatments. St. John’s hospital was estab lished about 40 years ago and has been operated since by the Sisters of Mercy. Sister Mary Alphonsus is superintendent. In addition to the fever therapy machine, which is in almost daily service at Freeman hospital, other equipment added have been an oxygen tent and infant resuscitator. An operator for the fever therapy machine was trained in Kansas City and a special room has been established for the hospital’s phy sical therapy department, which is one of the institution’s outstanding units today. Several rooms of the hospital have been redecorated during the past year and plans are being made to redecorate all of the remaining rooms in the near future. Repairs and the acquiring of ad ditional new equipment also in on the program for 1940. Freeman hospital was established in 1925. It is operated under the supervision of a board of trustees of the United Methodist churches. Mrs. Josephine Tisdale is superin tendent. a + : Globe-News Herald Photo ‘Two major items of new medical equipment were added by Joplin hospitals during the past year. ‘At the top above is shown a fever therapy cabinet acquired by Freeman hospital to make that institu tion’s physical therapy department outstanding. Below is pictured a new orthopedic table installed at St. John’s hospital.
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Joplin Sunday Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Sun, Jan 28, 1940
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