Problems and Practices in a Community Hospital

AT THE Henry Heywood Memorial, a 120-bed L general hospital, during 1947–1948 there were 8129 admissions. Among these were 60 cases of diagnosed venous thrombosis, or approximately 1 case in each 135 admissions. Since this type of hospital cares for about half the general patients in this state,1 the problem of treating venous thrombosis must be faced here as surely as in the large teaching centers.At present, the proper method of treating venous thrombosis is controversial. The literature on the subject in the past five years is prima-facie evidence of this statement. The physician who is faced with the . . .