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Wednesday, August 23, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Watkins offers gynecological aid and advice to women students
The gynecological services available to women at Watkins Memorial Hospital are not limited strictly to medicine, according to Schwegler, doctor of medicine at Watkins.
"One of our prime purposes is to educate," Schwegler said. "A number of young women who come here have never been exposed to gynecology before. We view their visit as an opportunity to start them on a path that will hopefully last them for the next 40 years."
Schweigher explained the importance of a woman's first visit to a gynecologist.
"Many of the girls who come here are frightened out of their wits," he said. "It's a crucial experience for them. They come with a heavy burden of previous experience and they may be afraid to deal with a strange person. They are very nervous, but we treat them gently and break that down quickly. If we can get them in the habit of
seeing a gynecologist regularly for pelvic examinations and pap smears, we'll have done them a service that will last them the rest of their life."
SCHWELGLEER SAID that young women often come to Wakata for information about various methods of contraception. He explains, “In a lot of cases, people in making a decision on birth control.
"What I do first is check a woman's medical record and go over her physically to see what we've got to start with. Then I consider what type of person the patient is. Is she a young married woman who'll need contraception all the time, or a single woman who will have no children but rather a good rapport with the patient. I want to get to know her well enough to know what she'd like and what's adaptable for her."
Schweger said that once a decision is made, he instructs the patient in the use of the procedure.
He said that Watkins offered several types of contraceptives.
"We try to have them ready to go by the time they leave the table." he said.
WE HAVE MOST of the standard contraceptives," he said. "We do everything but fit L.U.D.s and the pharmacy here carries everything but condoms."
Schweiger said that once a patient is supplied with a contraceptive, she is encouraged to come back or call with any questions or problems she might have.
Schweger said that doctors at Watkins also assist presetant women.
"We do not have the facilities to take them all the way to delivery," he said. "But we can take care of their prenatal needs and refer them to another hospital for delivery"
Schweiger said doctors may also refer pregnant woman to a childbirth counseling group.
Women seeking information about abortions may get it at Watkins.
"We will try to refer them to areas where
an abortion can be obtained," Schweiger said. "We would rather they go to a place where the technology is available so that it is done properly. We will furnish them with phone numbers and laboratory information and we'll be happy to follow their progress."
SCHWELGER SAID that because the gyncologists at Watkins are usually very busy, it is best for patients to come in early in the day.
"I usually see about 20 to 30 safety a day, which is all one can do with 'safety,' he said. "We try to get people to come in early in the morning rather than at peak hours so they can be out and having patients at 3 p.m., but if people need patients at 3 p.m., we’re perfectly willing to stay."
Schweigler stressed the importance of students utilizing the services available to them.
"Watkins is, in effect, the private hospital of the student," he said. "It is important for them to know that they're always welcome and that their records are entirely confidential. We don't even release them to parents without written permission."
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Historical Society looking for area artifacts, antiques
After 35 years in temporary homes in Lawrence, the Douglas County Historical Society finally found a site in 1973 that should serve the group well for years to come.
The Historical Society, formed in 1933, owns a collection donated from area residents of historical artifacts from the Lawrence and Douglas County area.
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The historical society is now located at 147 Massachusetts Street in the old Waltkins Building.
The bank first opened in 1888 and closed in 1921. In 1929 Elizabeth Watkins inscribed in her will that the building be turned over to the city of Lawrence to be used as a city hall.
Watkins wrote in her will that should the city cease to use the building as a city hall, the building would revert back to the nine beneficiaries named in her will, and in 1975 the historical society gained possession of the building and moved in with its collec-
Some of the items in the collection include artifacts believed to have survived the侵袭.
Other items in the society's collection are
a desk that belonged to former KU Chancellor (1890-1900) Francis Snow, a photograph of the first house in Lawrence, where he received to have belonged to William Quilltril.
The third floor of the building has been restored to the same decor as when it was the site of a mortgage company in the late 1980s. The fourth floor is used for special shows and exhibits.
A current member of the Douglas County Historical Society board of directors is Elfriede Lawrence, a lifelong resident of Lawrence. A 1917 graduate of KU, Rowe has been on the board since 1989. She said she was inspired by the Lawrence history during the past few years.
She said that one aim of the Historical Society is to capture children's interest in history in general and in Lawrence history in particular.
about 99 percent of those present were from out of town.
Rowe said that the Historical Society attracted many visitors from out of town. She said that when she attended the opening ceremonies for a quilt exhibit this summer,
Rowe said that there might still be a lot of historically valuable artifacts in the Lawrence area that the Historical Society would like to have. She said she hoped that monetary donations would keep coming in to the Society, too.
She said the Historical Society is not lacking donations of historical artifacts from around the world.
"I gave up a lot of my time doing that and I felt like I was 'look on it as my contribution to the game.'"
"I just wish that someone would bequeath them with a fortune," she said.
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