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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1920-7-29, Page 6.r, Th neee :uff She as Ma e Of MARIAN G0ODNOW. IL Ilenrietta was in utter dismay. She had !toped that her first ease with Dr, J eslin would be an easy one. Here were three—each long and hard, and affording her twiny chances for slips patient. The visiting surgeon's eyes seemed sharper than ever. Henrietta's mind wandered for one briefsinstant, and she let the bade of ane hand touch the ether cone, That "broke", her sepsis—her rubber -gloved memory or technique. 'hands were no longer sterile. It was She stayed late that night in the• necessary for her to "scrub up" all cep Brat ing room, to make sure that over again and to put on not only ceauthing was ready. When she fin- fresh gloves bat also a fresh gown. sly went to bed she lay tossing for She stepped 'to. the • lavatory. While hours, and when sleep did come she was there, the surgeon asked for her ret was broken by fantastic,' an instrument, and the assistant had dreams of failure in her work. In tto step out of place to get it. Dr. the morning she Caine on duty look- Joslin looked severely at Henrietta as e white and haggard. she returned. When she met Miss Randall she An orderly came to the door and whispered, "I have gone over and beckoned Miss Randall. They heard ever everything, but I know it's no him say, "Emergency. Want you." - use. Dr. Joslin will want something Without a look behind her, Miss Ran 've never heard of, and he'll get me dill left the room. so scared that I'll make some dread- Panic seized Henrietta. Her maine fu] mistake, and that'll be the end of stay was gone,. Anything night hap - it - aall:' pen now, Dr. Joslin was tired and Miss Randall looked at her sharply. ready to be unreasonable. Miss Fowl - "Henrietta Osgood, I'm ashamed ofer was slow, She .herself was. so you! You've always done good work nervous that she could not be sure of and been a credit to me. Are you; anything. A sense of awful responsi- actually planning to fail?" lbility swept over her. She was going "0 Miss Randall! I never meant to be answerable for the whole thing, that! But I'm afraid—I can't—" j for her own success or failure, for the "Then you are not going to try?" ;hospital's reputation in the eyes of "0 Miss Randall, please don't! I' the visiting surgeon, for Miss Ran - do mean to try, but Dr. Jcsl:n—" ( doll's trust in her, and perhaps even! "Annoying Dr. Joslin isn't the for the life of the patient. worst thing in the world. It's worse Well, she had promised Miss Ran -1 to fail people who trust you." dall to try. She would finish as best' As Miss Randall turned away, Hen- she could, She worked on painstak-! rietta caught a glimpse of tears in ingly, The crushing certainty was her teacher'e eyes. ; cn her that no one could or would . There was a visiting surgeon in the: help her, and that the work must be. operating room—Dr. Foster of Mont done. The force of that "must be" real. Miss Randall said. The name, steadied her nerves and brought her meant nothing to Henrietta,. but she strength. Setting her lips firmly, she quailed before his keen eyes, which held her head erect. Her hand stead - examined everything critically. led, and she began to think clearly. The first case started smoothly, The' She was no longer a panic-stricken doctors v.ere fresh and cheery. Then' girl. She was a woman who must Dr. Joslin asked for a special retrac- make it possible for a surgeon to do tor, Henrietta looked among the in- an important piece of work • right; a struraents on her table, but it was not woman who kept faith with those who there; Miss Randall searched vainly, trusted her. in the ease at the end of the room "Sponge count, droned Dr, Joslin "It isn't here, Dr. Jo l:rz " wearily. "Isn't here?" he growled, then, "Oh, "Seven," announced Henrietta. I remember. I Ieft it at the office!" "Four," supplemented the assistant. - The incident passed, but it had set "Count 'em again." Henrietta's nerves on. edge. The sec-: A. second count gave the same re - end case carne cn. It proved a eon-! suit. plicated one. and Dr. Joslin worked , "You probably had only eleven," a•apidly. Even Mies Randall seemed suggested Dr. Joslin, looking at Hen - ander a strain; she said almost no rietta,• thing to the nurses, but watched their l She flushed, but replied firmly. r'•ery move. Suddenly her eyes scan - t "There were .twelve." Ted the instrument table. "You've; "We got then all out. Look again," forgotten the clips," she sad in an' "It isn't here. There were twelve," ardc tone to Henrietta. With a sink -i The surgeon turned impatiently and Mg heart the girl realized that the ;began to search deep in the incision Joslin. titi tiny silver clips that Dr. Jos]ioukl :'for he lest sponge. "Can't be I left ase for the "closing up" were missing. it in." His fingers were feeling in She sen; an orderly for them aud4 every. direction. "Have the orderly they were sterilized barely in- omen leek again in your waste pails." She gave Miss Randall a despairing'' "Only seven here." The nurse's tone look. twas hopeless; she felt same the mis- At last they were ready for the: take was hers. third case. As a frail, white=faeed, Then Dr. Joslin began -to pull a woman wr S brought intc the operat- ` s't'rip of gauze from the wound. "Here !leg ; t� is! a glimpse; ent Henrietta caught re He e p iti , �Hoav did we happen to lose o of man peering aenxiously. after her.' I'in sure I put a clamp on every one "This woman's fife, she thought, of those sponges." ":ie very precious to her husband, and i • He threw it into the waste pail. r it may depend upon my knowledge and !vow, the closing -up sutures. Quick - r:•,: faithfulness.' ly." As the surgeons went to work, Miss t Henrietta handed them tb him, one Randall whispered to her that there at a time, straight and ready for use. were net enough towels. Henrietta blessed Miss Randall for being there. What should she do without her? The girl was getting erred and found it hard to keep up with the details. The surgeons were tired, too. Dr. '+, cslin's voice rasped when he spoke. The assistart';5 undertone grew im- Ut&rotor -sJtarpe use/ LLsafety razors seem alike because of the similarity in size and appearance. As regards the AutoStrop Razor, however, the resemblance ends there. Its peculiar and additional advantage is that, without being larger than any other safety razor, it combines yrithin itself a self -strop- ping feature that enables the user to keep the blade sharp without taking any- thing apart. It thus pre- vents dull blades and the expense of buying new ons. You inaq not be iuterestied in economy of blades, but surely you want a good shave and that is only possible with a stropped blade. ;zny dealer will 'demona"trafe the AutoStrop Razor to you, guarantee satisfaction, or re- fund of pur page pr1ce5 complete with strbp and twelve blades in an attractive assort- ment of eases ter suit any pur- pose. AutoStrop Safety Razor Co., Limited' AutoStree Buiidtnx, Tordetes; Cenade ass veleta' tea. Her eye fell suddenly upon the sponge that had been lost, and her heart almost stopped beating. The end that had been deep in th., wound was soaked with bright blood. Blood meant nothing; but bright blood meant an artery, and a leaking artery meant death to the patient. And this pa- tient must not die. Her husband was waiting for her out there. Henrietta paled at the thought of the possible calamity, She dared not speak to the surgeon himself. In a low tone she addressed his assistants "That last sponge—it is fight red. blood." Before the assistant could respond, Dr. Joslin looked up sharply. "What's throe .' The assistant explained, and point- ed to the sponge. The surgeon gave it one look. "Ligature slipped," he commented and, pulling out the suture he was so carefully putting in, drew open the. incision andbegan to search in its depths again. "There it is! A spurter Clamp." Henrietta had the Mstrument almost in his hand and as he fasteifed it gave him a ligature to stop it permanently. He tied it securely, sponged thorough- ly, scanned everything intently. "All right. Now we'll try again to close up. Don't find any more trouble for us, Miss Osgood." It was all done so quickly and smoothly that had a layman been there to see he would net have sus- pected that a womants life was being saved. There tis nothing dramatic about a gauze sponge, a small metal clamp and acatgut ligature. Surgeons and nurses continued their work with- out comment. At last the surgeons had finished, but Henrietta's work was not yet done; she busied herself with dress- ings and adhesive plaster; she got the patient comfortably on the way to bed; she helped the doctors out of their soiled gowns; in fact, she did the dozen things that carne all at once, and planned for the dozen that must be done the next minute. She forgot herself, forgot the fret and strain, forgot even the tradgedy that had passed (Jo close. As Dr. Asian was pulling off his rutrber gloves, Miss Randall came In. "You've all had a hard morning's work," Dr. Foster remarked. "Rather," astented Dr. Joslin. "I don't want another like it soon." "Rut things fro smoothly in your operating room;' added the visztit g man, And that helps. "Wenn very well to -dray," admitted r. Josliri, as he passed ,hate the dress- n room r , Poster turned to Miss, Itanrlttll. "Mi.gbty good operating nurse you have. She saved the day tilts tutee, all right." "She—what ?" "Oh, you •weren't here!" .A..nd be. told her the story of the lost sponge and the slipped ligature, "Site's got her vets about her, and she shows her training, How long has she been with you? Where did she gradu:ate;?' • "She is a pupil, just getting her experience." "Well, she heats most of the gradu, ates. When does she finish?" "In afew months," "If you don't keep her for your- selves, T wisli you would let 'me .know. I'd like to put her in ebarge of my operating. room. She's the best ,I've seenin e ,long tune," As the door closed behind him, Miss Randall went to her pupil and put her arms: about her. "MY dean child! Your great fear is conquered! The moat exaoting sur- geon in Toronto . admits that you saved him from. a mistake. The best surgeon in. Montreal wants you for his own operating room, And the pa- tient owes you her life!" Henrietta whispered to herself, "And I didn't fail the woman who trusted me." - (The hind,) Minard's Liniment used by Phyyslclant. Looking Your Best. Start the day right aria you won't treat your skin wrong. Everyone wants to have a firm, clear, glowing skin, one that doesn't get dingier and duller as the years slip by. Only, everyone doesn't know how to achieve this ideal skin, because there's a big difference between just washing your face and giving your complexion the proper care. Some skins should seldom be touch- ed with soap and water. Those are the ones that chap in winter and burn in summer, and become red and irri- tated after the ordinary washing. They are best cleansed with a cream and a lotion. In purchasing your cream, try to find one that will fulfill several functions. This is the way to save time and money, and nowadays both of these should be considered by all of us. If you are oily -skinned, use a dry cream to cleanse, massage and. protect your skin; but if you have a dry skin, cleanse, nourish, massage, and protect your complexion with n cream made of soothing oils. Pat the cream on your face, let it remain for a few moments, then wipe it off with an old soft cloth. Remember that cream is very hard to launder out of towels. Pour some of the lotion on a cloth that has been wrung out in cold water, and gently wipe the face with it. If you use the correct pre- parations, your tender skin will im- prove under this treatment. " But I prefer soap and water for the average skin—not any kind of soap and water, or it won't be. the average skin long. Don't attempt to use hard water on your face. Boil it,or add the tiniest pinch of borax to it. If you can get rain water, you are in luck, because it's the best .cosmetic that is known.. 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If your face feels drawn and taut after this treatment, pat in a Tittle cold cream. If you use real cream, or even milk, it evill im- prove •your complexion quickly. tet it stay on all night. All you need to do in the morning is to wash your face in lukewarm water and dash some cold water on the eyes. If your face needs to be cleansed during the day,, wipe it off with your cleansing cream, and if your nose should shine after. theuse of the cream, dust it off with a little pure powder that matches your skin in tone. You see, there are many ways of washing your face, and if you wash it right it can't look wrong. How I Get Rid of Flies. Whenever I drive a fly from the house it perches itself on the screen waiting for the first chance to come in again; or, worse, it hunts some breeding place, and as a result, a thousand flies are sotn swarming about my or someone else's door. To prevent this, I pronounce a sen- tence of death on every fly that enters my house. I use all the methods I know of in executing the sentence. I find the swatter most effective for getting rid of the eccasional fly. When flies come in 'in large numbers., as in damp weather or when there are a number of persons opening the doors, I have a method that is effective, First, I darken all of the :house but the kitchen, and soon most of the flies are in the kitchen. Then I close the kitchen doors and windows and pun down the blinds, and sprinkle a gen- erous amount of pyrethrum powder wherever the flees are likely to light-- mostly light=mostly in the windows and on any white objects in the room. I leave the room closed tight for an hoar or two. 'Shen I open it, and sweep up the flies and burri them, The pyrethrum powder does not kill the flies, 'hut stupefies them, and they drop wherever they come in contact v itch the powder, and seem as dead until they are revived by fresh air. The powder is not harmful to a per- son entering the room where it is sprinkled. 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Mr. Kip pax, who ins one of the outstanding figures in the textile manufacturing business of Great Britain, then on his first trip . across this continent, and while on this side has visited the lead. ing cities of the United States and Canada, He stated tbt the textile manufacturers of Manchester looped for a big boom in their business for, the next few years, and expected a marked development in the Canadian trade. They had been held up with labor troubles, ]ie said, but thingsavere rapidly adjusting themselves, and the production was steadily on the in- crease. A Boom- in Textiles. "We are expecting a great boom in textiles in Manchester," Mr. ICippax said. "The optimistic view is that the. boom will last for from four to five years, while even the nest pessimistic say that it will extend over a period of two or three years. However', all ( are agreed that trade will be unpre- cedented for years, as the world's markets in the cotton trade aro bare. "Wo have had some labor troubles since the •war," he , ontinued, "but the outlook is much better at present and there is a strong tendency gaining ground towards co-operation between labor and capital in the administration and direction of all business. This closer working union, between labor and the employers is what is wanted." .r, The Picnic Lunch. Of course, at a picnic the food is the main feature, so let's see what we can plan that will be practical but dfferent, What about thin bread-and- butter sandwiches, cut star -shape, easily done with a sharp coo -re ter? Then a meat and ver salad, a "filling" dish that will be the piece de resistetnce of the picnic meal,' This can be made from veal, with cab- bage, tomatoes , and peppers cut up with it and a French dressing poured over it first.. 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Prepare the fruit for raspberry ice cream the night before - and set it on ice to be frozen the next morning. Then cover your well -pack- ed freezer with several coatings of newspaper and an old potato sack or carpet in one machine and your des- sert is ready to be served. Instead of a large cake, bake a number of little gem cakes and ice them the day be. fore. Even the picnic Iunch is the better for a hot drink, so bring along your largest coffee pot maybe you will need two,: Measure out your coffee before leaving home and let it soak in cold water in the pot or a large jar. This will help bring out the strength and hurry the boiling at the picnic. ' The picnic table can lie -made at- tractive with very little trouble. It is foolish to use paper covers that will blow away. If you plan to cover the table at all use a strip of "white" oil- cloth, or an old tablecloth with peb- bles tied into the corners to weight it down. The jars you have brought can befilled with wild flowers gathered on the spot. Two Little Helps. The Ounce of Prevention—•It is a very good plan before preparing vege- tables or fruits that stain the fingers to rub the thumb and forefinger with a little grease. That will• prevent the unsightly stains which are difficult to remove. In Place of Cream --I use milk in place of cream for my cocoa, and just before removing from the fire beat vigorously with an egg . beater. The effect• is almost the same as if whip- ped cream were used. Preferred a Slipper. "This, boak," remarked the house-to- house merchant, as he dexterously in- sinuated one foot in the doorway, "is well named 'The Mother's Guide" With its aid you can bring up -your children properly." His victim examined the binding,, and felt the weight of the hook. 'Tien she gripped it by the edge with her right hand, and brought it down whack!—on the other. 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