Surgical memoirs and other essays / by James G. Mumford.

  • James Gregory Mumford
Date:
1908
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Credit: Surgical memoirs and other essays / by James G. Mumford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    315 to the humanities you must take advantage of that fact. Lately at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and at some other hospitals I believe, we have established ward courses for graduates. As yet those courses have attracted all too little attention; but nurses are begin- ning to appreciate their value, and before long I hope to see alumnae returning in increasing numbers for such work. As you progress, too, you will find, or you will make, various opportunities for reviewing and for supple- menting your present knowledge. You will gravitate towards special lines of work in which you will be regarded as expert. For many of you whose tempera- ments so lead you, an occasional course in some hos- pital or other institution will appeal, and you will find such experience of advantage. I am not referring to those who propose devoting their lives to institutional work, but to the private practitioners among you. A summer spent every few years as operating assistant or substitute head ward-nurse will keep you in touch with the new things, for, indeed, new things come slowly in the active lives of most of us. But, after all, the best and most important thing will be constant serious cooperation among yourselves for the betterment of your profession, and that co- operation, to accomplish its purpose, must be along democratic lines. It is all very well to have small clubs and cliques for social purposes and for special work, but when it comes to those organizations which really strengthen your profession and deepen its foun-
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