Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

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cam up and said, ''1 cam up to tell you what Rudolph had to say. He
called. " And whatever he said, it was flxnny. She threw d er head ba& to
laugh; she died. The clot had gotten to her heart or to Qer bmln and it
killed her and that Is what they tried to prevent. I now that if
that patient had been in the hospital, she n-dpj-it
didn't 'hnm too much then. I think they have
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I want to ask doctor about it but rely doctor is Dr. l!&.s rs and het s so
professional that I don't get off into rry own subjects. laughter) I sald
to him one th, "I 1ie-W on the table, not much on rn and look at the
back of your head, the desk and table. But I'm telxng -the back or
his head--how I have been since I was there last and so oq. But he [Jms
A. Anderson] cam in and I told him all I could remember $bout it and all.
But he said once, he sad, "You saved my life, didnl t youql'
Q. Oh, this is MP. Anderson?
A. Yes. I sald, "1 didn't save your life. Whatever gave you that idea?"
I said, "I wish I could've saved your mother Is life. " I ad everything; I
had a hypodemLc, and I had strychnine, and I gave her a kXypod.ermic, but
it didn't do any good. She was gone. But I could tell h@n about her when
she was that age, you know; she was fill of flm. Then he had an aunt nmd
Rose Mmxster who was a missionary jln China. No, not QLna, Japan. And
I went out to Siberia in a Japanese boat.
Q. I want to have you tell IIE about that. Maybe we o@tl to wait until
we get there, but that sounds very Interesting.
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A. Well, I did private duty nursing for six years.
Q. During your training, did you live at the hospital? f
A. Yes, yes, on the top floor.
Q Oh, you did. And thls is the old hospital, you said, the old Springfield
Hospital.
A. The old Springfield Hospital.
Q. Then you flnished your tra3rhg in that ald hospital?
A. Yes, the basic training.
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Q. You never worked at kmrial or St. John's? Your tr&ng was all done
at Springfield Hospital?
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