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Madison General Hospital Maternity Ward

Date: 06 25 1954
Description: Bert and Elsie Dahlstrom looking at the beds for infants in one of the four neo-natal units. Becoming new parents, they are expecting a baby in the fall an...
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Madison General Hospital Maternity Ward

Date: 06 25 1954
Description: Nurse Meulbrock working in the hospital's new delivery room.
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Max & Luella Steele in Hospital Room

Date: 08 13 1955
Description: New parents, Max & Luella Steele, in hospital room. Their daughter was born on Friday, August 12, 1955.
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New Born Girl Lee Ann Steele

Date: 08 13 1955
Description: Baby girl Lee Ann Steele born to Max & Luella Steele on August 12, 1955.
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May Day Ceremony Held at St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: Veronica Goebel (of Racine) is carrying the crown of May flowers to place on the head of a Virgin Mary statue. Maids of Honor in dresses holding posies are...
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81st Birthday party for "Auntie" Benson

Date: 07 03 1957
Description: Madison General Hospital nurses singing "Happy Birthday" to Gunda Benson, who is seated in her wheelchair and surrounded by the group.
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Green Bay Boy Recovering from Heart Surgery

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Jeffrey McVeigh, age 5 from Green Bay, recovering from a five-hour operation at University Hospital to repair a hole in the inner walls of his heart. He is...
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Madison General Student Nurses Receive Bikes in Honor of Student Nurses Week

Date: 10 10 1957
Description: Student nurses at Madison General Hospital standing with bicycles received from the hospital's medical staff as a gift for Student Nurses Week. Shown (left...
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Wills Triplets Have Tonsils Removed

Date: 11 21 1957
Description: The three daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William Wills, 805 Pulley Drive, have their tonsils removed on the same day at St. Mary's Hospital. Mrs. Wills is readi...
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First Baby of the Year

Date: 01 01 1958
Description: Newborn baby boy with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dohm. He was born at 12:07 a.m., the first baby born in Madison in 1958.
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Typical Day of a Student Nurse

Date: 01 03 19
Description: Student nurse, Mary Jo Oxem, at the bedside of a patient. As one of the 125 students of St. Mary's School of Nursing, she is posing for a series of photogr...
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Typical Day of a Student Nurse

Date: 01 03 1958
Description: Student nurse, Mary Jo Oxem (left) in surgical garb assisting a surgeon in an operating room. As one of the 125 students of St. Mary's School of Nursing, s...
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Typical Day of a Student Nurse

Date: 01 03 1958
Description: Student nurse, Mary Jo Oxem, giving water to post surgical patient, Ambrose Bronner. As one of the 125 students of St. Mary's School of Nursing, she is pos...
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Typical Day of a Student Nurse

Date: 01 03 1958
Description: Student nurse, Mary Jo Oxem, with seven of her classmates at the bedside of a young child. They are listening to their nursing instructor, Mrs. James Sapie...
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New Volunteer Coordinator

Date: 03 07 1958
Description: Jo Nicholson, the new volunteer coordinator at Mendota State Hospital.
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We Saw You at Dietetic Group's Tea

Date: 04 18 1958
Description: Charter members of the Wisconsin Dietetic Association were honored at a tea held at the intern residence hall of University hospitals. Three who have worke...
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We Saw You at Dietetic Group's Tea

Date: 04 18 1958
Description: A tea in connection with the 1958 spring conference of the Wisconsin Dietetic Association was held at U.W. Hospital. Shown left to right: Mary Scallon, pre...
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We Saw You at Dietetic Group's Tea

Date: 04 18 1958
Description: Shown attending a tea in honor of the Wisconsin Dietetic Association are, left to right: Ethel Keating, Milwaukee; Ada Lothe, Stoughton, who served on the ...
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National Hospital Week

Date: 05 08 1958
Description: Madison mayor Ivan Nestingen visiting a patient at Madison General hospital after proclaiming the week as National Hospital Week. The nurse on the left is ...
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Jaycettes Donation to University Hospital

Date: 05 21 1958
Description: Lloyd Hughes, superintendent of University of Wisconsin hospitals, receives a check from the Junior Chamber of Commerce auxiliary (Jaycettes) for the hospi...

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