Annual report : 1945 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York.
- Society for the Lying-In Hospital
- Date:
- 1945
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report : 1945 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.
12/44 page 10
![year we added another six semi-private gynecological beds, bringing the total semi-private beds in the Lying-In Hospital to 42. The private beds number 26, and the ward or teaching beds 128, of which 78 are obstetrical and 50 gynecological. Although there is still a demand for more semi-private accom¬ modations, it appears to me that we now have a fairly well- balanced service as between obstetrics and gynecology, as well as between the teaching and private services. It is my opinion that in a teaching or university hospital, such as ours, the dis¬ tribution of beds should favor the ward or teaching service, otherwise the main emphasis of the hospital may readily dis¬ regard the prime purpose of such a hospital, which, of course, must be and remain the teaching and training of undergraduate and postgraduate students. The vaginal smear investigations relating to cancer and allied conditions and supported by the Commonwealth Fund have been of great value in the early diagnosis of malignancy of the female genital tract, and are being continued in cooperation with our Department of Anatomy and with Dr. Herbert F. Traut of the University of California. The John and Mary R. Markle Founda¬ tion has extended their valuable support of the research work in eclampsia and related toxemias of pregnancy. These investiga¬ tions have corroborated our earlier findings of a marked decrease in uric acid clearance in patients suffering from eclampsia. Other research problems include: studies on air embolism; therapeutic interruption of pregnancy; management of placenta previa; isometric method of X-ray pelvimetry; puerperal infection; rup¬ ture of the uterus; and certain therapeutic agents such as peni¬ cillin, in the treatment of several types of complications and infections in obstetrics and gynecology. The accelerated teaching program for medical students con¬ tinued throughout the year. The J. Whitridge Williams As- sistantships in Obstetrics and Gynecology, granted by the Rockefeller Foundation, were awarded to two former members of the house staff, who will commence their further training as soon as they are separated from the armed services. During the year twelve Navy men were given hospital training in Obstetrics. [10]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31711078_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
