"FOR YOUR CHILD & MINE" BARNEY CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER 1950s FILM 56824
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- This 1950s color film about the Barney Convalescent Hospital (today Dayton Children’s Medical Center) was sponsored by the Montgomery County Beer Distributors Association as a Ken Hutchinson Production. Barney Convalescent Hospital initially in 1947 provided care for children who were victims of polio. Nurses wheel children through a garden area. Beds with side rails stand tall on wheels to allow outdoor fresh air and wheeled back inside (:32-1:09). A 1950s car ambulance arrives. A child on a stretcher is lifted out of the back of the vehicle. A nurse carries a basketful of drugs to administer. A nurse uses a 1950s microscope. A nurse uses an aspirator on a baby (1:10-2:34). A Stryker frame is used to turn a patient over (2:35-3:38). A child is placed in an oxygen tent (3:39-4:00). An elementary teacher provides lessons in a classroom setting to hospitalized children who are able to attend (4:01-4:30). All food is served from a stainless-steel kitchen. A nurse fills her tray with food. A child is spoon-fed on the lap of a woman with a 1950s hairstyle and gold cat-eye glasses (4:31-5:19). A child is hoisted to an upright position using a Port-A-Lift. A tilt table is cranked by a nurse, lifting a patient from flat to another angled position (5:20-6:20). An outdoor safety class presented by fireman allows nurses to practice safely putting out a bed fire with a patient in it (6:21-7:00). Patients on rolling beds, in wheelchairs, and on crutches enjoy fresh air (7:01-7:18). The children play instruments in a Christmas performance. A vintage light-up singing snowman is shown. A large nativity scene is shown (7:19-8:06). The outpatient area is full of 1950s mothers with their children. The medical secretary types up a case history on a vintage blue typewriter (8:07-8:48). A young child lies an x-ray table. The nurse turns the x-ray machine dials (8:49-9:24). A nurse prepares a child to receive an electrocardiogram by attaching large electrodes (9:25-9:59). A post-polio child is stretched by attaching padded ankle cuffs and a Sayer head sling as she lies on a Bell fracture table. A plaster body cast is made by wrapping her body in the stretched position (10:00-12:09). W.F. LaForsch operates the orthopedic appliance brace shop. A child tests an arm brace that swings out. LaForsch fashions a custom long leg brace with moveable lockable joints (12:10-12:42). Patients attend Community Chest fundraiser. The United Cerebral Palsy offices are located next to the hospital. A 1950s Buick transports children with cerebral palsy to school. The children, most wearing leg braces, are taught to put on sweaters, use crutches (wearing leather helmets), and practice speaking. Functional class teaches children on the floor wearing leather head helmets and braces to crawl up a chair and reach crutches. Additional therapy scenes of floor, table, and walking using parallel bars are shown (12:43-17:15). A deaf child learns to lip-read using amplification and a mirror. A child learns to use a spoon to feed herself (17:16-18:15). Footage is reshown (18:16-20:06).
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Wow, did this bring back a flood or memories. I got Polio in 1953 at age 3 and from 3-18 years old I spent a cumulative total of 6 years in Gillette State Hospital for Crippled Children in St. Paul Minnesota. The first few months were spent in an iron lung and much of my youth was spent in wheelchairs or on crutches with massive leg braces. This video hit me pretty hard with thoughts of all the pain and anguish of living that life as a child, although not all the memories were bad. I've led an absolutely incredible life and I've learned that even the bad can be used for good in life and the totality of experiences define our lives, not just one set of obstacles.
Good luck to you! Goo
Good luck to you! 👍
Sheldon Aubut I loved your story Sheldon. I understood when you said that the pain can be turned into a good thing. I bet your a wise man with more empathy when you encounter a person who seems sad or in pain. I wouldn’t change what I went through as a child because life is more clear as to what is .♥️
This proves the friendliness and goodness of the 1950s and proves that even disabled children got the best treatment. Watching this, i noticed some things that weren't so different from what goes on today, if not different at all. When I tell people I love the 1950s, people are quick to bring up the shameful psychiatric facilities. True, those were dark shadows on this decade, but not everyone treated people with disabilities so poorly. Just look at the kids in the cerebral palsy program. They weren't being tortured or mistreated in any way, in fact everybody was smiling , and I truly don't believe that most states mistreated people with disabilities. I believe that most people like me were cared for. This video makes me love the '50s even more. My favorite part, is that people weren't being mind-stuffed by constant media, in turn causing people to live lives worrying about complex things we simply have no control over. They were able to just be themselves. Live their lives the way they felt like. Now everyone wants girls to be skinny and guys to be thin and muscular. Even if being so hurts our health. As a young man with Autism, and without a job, I really have seen one thing time and time again. People getting caught up in stuff that really shouldn't matter much. God doesn't care about the fatness of your wallet and the business success you've had. He cares about the good deeds you've done. Even small ones, and I've gotta say those nurses really looked kind and loving. They also look happier than a lot of today's nurses and doctors. Probably because they had more time with patients, instead of time typing on a computer. Thank you to all of the nurses and staff from the video that may still be with us, and I hope your kindness won't be forgotten.✌️
Very interesting. Seems like these patients were well cared for. I hope they all recovered and had long lives!
That place is absolutely huge now. All of the surrounding houses and businesses on Valley street where it is located, the hospital bought out and expanded there.
My best friends mother was a nurse in a Hospital for the mentally handicapped. I remember going there as a candy stripper back in the early 70s. Her mother wore the same nurses outfit. The most loving woman I’ve ever known
Polios are not mentally handicaped
@@irisetpoppy9956 No they aren’t. I was referring to the nurses uniform being the same as my friends mother.
They set a dude on fire for practice, now that’s dedication..
Had me rolling ! Had to enter burning room, put out a burning dummy, and carry it out through the burning door. That was part of my nursing school education !
Nurses there were saints. Kids too!
“Christ is kept in Christmas at Barney”. Bravo 👏
I keep expecting a big purple dinosaur to appear and delight the kids.
despite
now accuring historical Tradgedies and technological advances i would always
choose
existing in the early 1900-70's over this day and age
Crutches are too long. Being that tightly snugged into the underarm, there's possibility of the arm falling asleep, which could result in a fall. They are also too wide apart (because too long). No cushioning, too wide apart, too long. Poor kids.