Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1924.

  • Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Date:
1924
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Credit: Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1924. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    had been out of work for the past two months because of illness; an 18-year-old daughter, formerly em¬ ployed as a clerical worker in a department store, had recently lost her job so that the entire support of the family fell upon the eldest son, a boy of 21 years. Plans were at once made for the mother to come in to the Medical Clinic of the Out-Door Department of the hospital for a complete physical examination. A diagnosis of (?) pernicious anemia and malnutrition was made, and upon the doctor’s advice, arrangements were made for the mother to enter the hospital wards for treatment. The family was then referred to the Family Welfare Society for financial aid and general oversight of the family during the mother’s absence from home. As our doctor advised convalescent care for the mother upon her discharge from the hos¬ pital we appealed to the Lend-A-Hand Society for a sum of money sufficient to pay her board for two weeks at Chickering House. This amount was generously given, and the mother not only had a happy rest, but gained 8 pounds in weight while there. In the mean¬ time we persuaded the oldest daughter to take our cardiac patient and her 14-year-old brother to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary a number of times for needed treatment for discharging ears. Aside from this and the heart condition of our patient, the children in the family were in good health. As the mother was badly in need of artificial teeth, an appeal was made to the Invalid Aid Society and again to the Lend-A-Hand Society, both of whom willingly agreed to share the expense of the necessary dental work, and arrangements were accordingly made with the Harvard Dental School for the work to be done. Upon the mother’s return home, efforts were made to secure employment for the oldest daughter, who now