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tor its support over a stipulated period of time. The new build- 

 ing erected at Mr. Phipps' expense provided adequate facilities 

 for every branch of medical and sociological research bearing upon 

 the problem of tuberculosis. 



Most thorough and interesting indeed is the work which this 

 institution is doing. By its pre-natal clinic it gives a baby a 

 chance to enter life unhandicapped by physical deformity, and 

 safeguards the prospective mother from the attacks of tubercu- 

 losis. Its baby clinic corrects tuberculous tendencies in infants. 

 A children's clinic is held each Saturday morning, so that it will 

 not interfere with school hours. This clinic is similar in purpose 

 to the baby clinic, and examines an average of 50 children each 

 week. The nutrition clinic makes growing "fat and strong" an 

 interesting game for children predisposed to be tuberculous. 

 Gold stars awarded weekly to children gaining most weight make 

 the fight for health a joyous contest which even the youngsters 

 can appreciate. 



The Negro clinic, supervised by Negro physicians, nurses, and 

 social service workers, is meeting a special problem. Clinics for 

 adults dispose of 200 cases weekly. The syphilis clinic provides 

 for the diagnosis and treatment of the many obscure cases in 

 which tuberculosis is complicated by syphilis. All clinics supply 

 cases necessary for observation and research work, and through 

 them an effort to discover a more reliable clinical diagnosis, espe- 

 cially a diagnosis applicable to children, is being made. Social 

 service workers see that treatment is observed in the homes as 

 directed by physicians in charge of the clinics. 



The personal attitude of the staff and the methods by which 

 they work make it possible to state that no medical institution 

 has so far succeeded in entering into the lives of its patients more 

 sympathetically or more helpfully than has the Henry Phipps 

 Institute. The research work of the Institute in the fields of 

 clinical medicine, bacteriology, and chemistry are a pattern for 

 similar work wherever tuberculosis is being fought. 



The personnel of the Institute consists of an advisory council, 

 the members of which are Drs. William H. Welch, Theobald 

 Smith, Simon Flexner, Hermann M. Biggs, Lawrason Brown, 

 Gideon Wells, Livingston Farrand, James Alexander Miller, 



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