Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1922.

  • Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Date:
1922
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Credit: Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1922. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Primary and Secondary Anemia. Archives of Internal Medicine, 1922, XXIX, p. 527. Wynn, James. Observations Following Intravenous Injections of Hypertonic Salt Solutions in Cases of Neurosyphilis. Archives of Internal Medicine, 1922, XXIX, p. 72. --Effect of Time Between Obtaining a Spinal Fluid and Making a Cell Count on the Result of the Count. Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, 1922, VII, p. 273. In the above list only actual publications are included. This means that the list is a report of work for the most part really done prior to the present year covered by this annual report. During 1922 much work was under way, which, when completed and published, will appear in subsequent annual reports. To save duplication, no report of that work will be given here. The 1922 report ends the first decade of the HospitaPs existence. Next year will be a fitting time to review and summarize the accomplishments of a ten year period of work. Ten years has given the Hospital time to find itself, so to speak, and to take its place in the community of hospitals of this country. A review of the annual reports of ten years will show the deficiencies demonstrated in our Hospital since it was opened. The Physician-in-Chief and Surgeon-in-Chief in these reports have discussed these and suggested improvements. To date no organized effort has been made to secure funds for improvements and enlargements definitely needed, and a large part of their suggestions have not been carried out for want of funds. It seems to me that no better way could be found for marking the beginning of our second decade than organized activity under the leadership and guidance of the Board of Trustees in the securing of increased funds to permit of the carrying out of developments so earnestly desired by the staff of the Hospital. Ours is certainly the only hospital in Boston whose trustees during the past ten years have inaugurated no organized effort toward securing funds for improvement and enlargement of