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SERIAL STORY
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'. - CHAPTER IX
OEVERAL evenings before, Tran
P 'had spent hours writing up a
j;BUrslng care report.
Miss Armstrong had charge of
f thts work. But to give added rest
; to- it, the students' papers were
t occasionally read and commented
i upon by some of the members of
J . the medical staff.
t . This was a particularly ticklish
'assignment because, this time, the
: commentator was to be the ter
rible Dr. Stephen Sargent
When Tran had finished, she was
f.'Hred. So tired that she felt she
s-was entitled to a little innocent
l: -: A delightful idea was beginning
i to take snape in ner iuu muu
brain. She tapped her nose with
i her pen, giggled, drew paper to
t' wards her, and began to write
i ' feverishly:
i' ' Doctor: . . . She considered for
a moment; then wrote with
flourish: Benchley.
Head nurse: Tranquility Dear
! : born.
( Diagnosis: None.
'?- Note: Although my patient
4 was admitted to this hospital 10
J years ago and has been con-I-
atantly under observation, no
comprehensive diagnosis to cov-
5 er all his amazing symptoms has
i". yet been arrived at.
However, as Dr. Osier has
i'- said; "It is sometimes more im
' portant to know what sort of
' patient has the disease than
what sort of disease the patient
has."
Color: White. ,
- Sex: Male.
Age: Just right to be interesting.
Family: If married, he makes no
boast of it .
Religion: From certain fervent
expressions I have heard the pa
tient use in moments of excite
jnent, the most charitable conclu
sion is that he is deeply religious.
! hnnnrtant that nurse
should state exactly what she ob
serves neither more nor less.
(Nursing Text, p. 120.)
i-
Profession: burgeon.
- Income: As to his income, I can
S! only report that, In delirium, I
have heard him refer to his in
. come tax as "highway robbery."
... A good nurse does not inject
' personal interpretations into a
' twwlciria ramrri. N.T T. 125.)
, Tni.liirfi.nnii- vim Intelligence
and professional skill are reported
to be of high order. His operating
technique t (aid to be so exacting
.1 . . -M..M.V m irrH h,vi been
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j known to faint when informed
I that they were to assist him, and
-to run temperatures after helping
.cat one of his operations.
JS Emotional Reactions: His emo
$;t!onal reactions are so varied and
4 (unusual as to afford an instruc
't Uve study. . . . Our text asserts
i. that a patient should be an inter
- tsting study to an alert nurse. The
"nurse who failed to find X Inter
esting would be phlegmatic, in
iideed. Personal Description: X is a tall,
li spare, blond man of the sanguine
type which always looks as if il
"thad just scrubbed its face, neck,
:and ears with a brush and green
:soap, and rinsed with ice water.
-'His eyebrows are arrogant; hii
; nose is one of the lofty kind which
teem especially designed for snort
Llng. His eyes, which are very blue,
, habitually wear what can only be
J described as a "be-damned-to-'tJ
you" expression.
; Manuesiauon 01 oympioms.
la v.rttHnMlv. a man who is aCCUS-
. " tomed to having his own way. An
it Illustration of this observation fol
rt lows:
mv. - '
CINCE our text Instructs us that
charts and reports bearing
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'J"; observed the usual procedure,
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be kept from his eyes, tne nurse
of retiring to a distant light to
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read the thermometer. Each time
this happened, however, the pa
tient fell into so dangerously ex
cited a state because he was not
permitted to read the thermome
ter himself that eventually it
seemed wisest to allow him to do
so. One must never unduly alarm
a patient by seeming to hide the
truth from him. (N.T., p. 137.)
When X discovered that the
thermometer read at exactly
normal, he seemed violently cha
grined, and insisted that it must
have been tampered with that in
his condition it should read at
least four degrees higher.
Another of his eccentricities is
that, in spite of tactful efforts to
dissuade him, he persists in tak
ing his own pulse at frequent in
tervals. On one occasion he even de
manded a sphygmomanometer for
the purpose of taking his own
blood pressure; but that time, his
attention was successfully dis
tracted by the appearance of his
lunch tray, to which he at once
gave his undivided attention, fall
ing asleep immediately thereafter.
. . . . (Contents of tray: thick
soup, large steak, mushrooms,
mashed potatoes, peas, tomato
salad, mince pic, cheese, and pot
of coffee.)
Unfortunately the meal must
have failed properly to digest, foi
very soon the patient was in the
throes of what appeared to be a
bad dream. He seemed to fancy
himself to be in the operating
room, for he cried out engrily,
"Don't you know, you (expletive
deleted) that dropping an instru
ment might be equivalent to mur
der? It's feather-brains like you
dancing all night and then com
ing into the operating room with
the jitters that make surgeons
wish they were taxi drivers."
Treatment: . . . The nurse
owes the patient not only profes
sional skill, but all the personal
qualities that go with gracious
.....luvml ra.T.. n. 198.) Think
of the patient as of your brother,
or any one dear 10 you ana suuei
ing. (p. 200.)
With the above dicta in mind,
r h.M i-onAaterilv tried to soothe
the patient with little thoughtful
attentions sucn as reauiiis
tsim heantiful and UDliftinK
romance from the latest "Ladies'
Home Review." His reaction was
ri!nminti'nif nnt ta sav alarming.
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After the first few sentences, X
struggled to an upngnx position,
k; ,.-u nnrl rnneested. and
cried out in a strangled voice, "If
you must read inai siop, ior
sake (Refer to remarks about re
ligion) go and do it where I can't
hear you!" .
THERE was a good deal more.
When it was finished, Tran
rucked it under her arm with the
class report, intending to read it
to Beula Tagg that night. Beula,
however, was sleepy and indis
posed to listen. Tran dropped it
upon her desk, and for the time
completely forgot about it
Top Sarge entered the class
room on the appointed day with
the glint of battle in his blue eyes.
He plunged at once into a discus
sion of the pile of student reports
before him reading bits aloud
and commenting in his curt,
clipped accents.
As the hour drew to a close,
Tran sat shivering between relief
and disappointment that her own
report had not been one of those
chosen. It was then that, with a
glance at the clock, he took up a
final paper.
"Now here," he said, "is an un
usual document."
Tran gripped the seat of her
chair. Was there something dis
tinctly familiar looking about that
e case," Dr. Sargent was go
ing on, "is not one that has come
under my care."
Then it couldn't be her report.
She had written about one of his
own cases. . . And yet a hide
ous conviction turned everything
black before Tran's eyes as he
began to read.
(To Be Continued)
There's an ominous note in the
Invention of a folding porch for
out i-Uer. Watch It. Pa: be
fore you know It you'll be mow
ing a portable lawn.
this within 10 days and get my
corner will you be on?" ;
Pa,he case." Dr. Sargent was go- I -Y -M' M H 4 V ft lP '
OUT OUR WAY
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