Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1916.

  • Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.
Date:
1916
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Credit: Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1916. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    President’s Report In behalf of the Corporation, I submit this volume of reports made by the heads of the departments of the hospital, showing the work done during the past year and the suggestions that they have to offer for the future. They show that there has been a substantial increase in the number of patients treated during the year. # « I call attention to the opinion offered by Dr. Henry A. Christian of the importance of continuing with increas¬ ing activity the scientific work which the hospital has done in the past. The Board is in entire sympathy with this work and appreciates its value. We are informed that it is probable that asthmatic patients will be aided in the future as a result of ex¬ tended studies made possible by a gift of money for that purpose. Similar gifts would make it possible to study cases of heart disease, diabetes, Bright’s disease, etc., and under the exceptionally favorable opportunities for such studies at this hospital, it is probable that effectual aid could be given to those persons who are suffering from those complaints. The Board appreciates the importance of the Urologi¬ cal Department, which has been organized during the past year by Dr. William Carter Quinby. We are informed that successful work has already been accomplished. We have been glad to accept a request from the United States Government to study into the effects of caffeine on the human body; this work will be done under the direction of Dr. Henry A. Christian. We have been glad to offer the use of a part of the hospital to the Surgical Dressings Committee of the