. The Canadian nurse . meeting an entire sessionwill be devoted to a symposium on the general subject of How may we pro-vide nursing service for all who requireitr The topics are decidedly significantand include: (1) The nursing needs ofthe community; (2) the preparation ofthe nurse for the service that is neededfrom her; (3) the organization of re-gistries so that they will supply the nurs-ing service needed by the discussion promises to be far fromacademic and will be founded on re-liable information obtained at first hand,mostly by nurses themselves. Because one far-sighted a
. The Canadian nurse . meeting an entire sessionwill be devoted to a symposium on the general subject of How may we pro-vide nursing service for all who requireitr The topics are decidedly significantand include: (1) The nursing needs ofthe community; (2) the preparation ofthe nurse for the service that is neededfrom her; (3) the organization of re-gistries so that they will supply the nurs-ing service needed by the discussion promises to be far fromacademic and will be founded on re-liable information obtained at first hand,mostly by nurses themselves. Because one far-sighted and progres-sive Proviiicial Association in Canada istaking this forward step, have we thenthe right to be smug and self-satisfied?That remains to be seen. Just what thesymposium may reveal we do not knowbut in any case we ought to have thecourage to use a new measuring rod. Toquote Dr. Davis once more: A frofes-sion will stand hi fubltc estee?n accord-mg as k vieets effectively the public de-mand for its services, M.«. GROWING OR SWELLING? The following excerpt is taken fromAs I saw it, a series of articles byEdith Boiling Wilson, currently appear-ing in The Saturday Everiing Post: A nurse can make or mar a house ofsickness, and in Miss X we were fortunatein having one of the most efficient nursesI have ever known. She was with us nearlytwo years. Other nurses came and went, but the memory of the ministrations of Miss Xstands out in sharp contrast to some of theothers, whose pretensions were recalled what has been said of peoplewho come as new officials to Washington:they either grow or swell. By normal stand-ards these were petty annoyances, but ahouse of sickness cannot be judged by nor-mal standards, as everyone knows who hasbeen through the experience. \ VOL. XXXV, No. 4 Colin pse Therapy in Tuberculosis H. M. Melpzer, , and Jean Houston, Reg, iV. Medical science is advancing on manyfronts and well in the forefront is thor-acic surgery, which littl
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