Identifier: santabarbaramont00sout (find matches)
Title: Santa Barbara and Montecito, past and present
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Southworth, John R. (John Reginald), 1866-
Subjects: Santa Barbara (Calif.) Montecito (Calif.)
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif., Oreña studios
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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adapt-ed to its purpose, and is located at the corner ofThird Avenue and Bath Street and is reached bjthe electric street car. A wing for obstetric pa-tients only, was opened in 1918. This featureof the hospital is unique and has attracted wideattention. Expectant mothers and mothers arcso well cared for that it is ahvays crowded and itsenlargement will soon be necessary. At that timeMiss Florence C. Johnson was appointed Super-intendent and has occupied that position eversince. A second wing, organized by the late Nath-aniel B. Potter, M. D., and called the A4emorialMetabolic Clinic was opened in 1919. Thisunit has an individual stafT of doctors, nurses andlaboratory technicians. It is devoted exclusivelyto the study and treatment of a group of illnessesknown as metabolic diseases which are difficultto deal with. This group includes such con-ditions as nephritis, gout, diabetes, thyroid andother glandular troubles, etc. The expense ofmaintaining this department has been borne by 210
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to S. at O X o»m oU Mcsi 03 cen > B a S A N r A B A R H A R A private donors and by the Carnegie Foundationfor the Advancement ot 7eaching, Dr. W. D.Sansuni, late of Chicago, having been recentlyappointed to have control and direct this depart-ment. About this time a third wing was added tothe main building, given over entirely to theX-Ray department. The appointments of thisunit and its equipment are as excellent as any onthe coast and a physician specializing in X-Raywork devotes his entire time to this branch.Thereby, physicians and the general public h-avethe advantage of accurate X-Ray advice. Very completely equipped clinical, chemicaland pathological laboratories h-ave been estab-lished. The clinical and pathological labora-tories employ three assistants working under thesupervision of a full time pathologist. Thechemical laboratory has tvv^o assistants and isunder the direction of a research chemist of na-tional prominence. A new departure in hospital managementhas recentl

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