| Show south utah has branch lab unit 4 equipment and supplies have recently C fir arrived rived at the irola iron conaty hospital in cedar city for inseal a laboratory as a part of health Al no II 11 of the utah state staid baard rd of health the laboratory installation il has been made possible through a cooperative agreement gre ement between iron county and the utah state board of health and Is the first branch laboratory of th eUtah state state board of health in the state I 1 1 ralpk ralph williams formerly with the central laboratory in salt lake city will be the bacteriologist in charge and states that the best equipment obtainable for the purpose is 19 being used in this laboratory the purpose of the new laboratory Is to more adequately serve the interests of the public and the physicians of southern utah it Is one of the greatest aids a physician can can lune have in making an early and accurate diagnosis of disease and illness it will offer a 24 hour pneumonia typing service the results of this test will indicate the specific germ causing a given 06 case of 11 S and will I 1 indicate alca tte the type 0 of f pneumonia serum U that will be effective in the treatment of the disease generally speaking the pneumonia death rate can be reduced GO 50 per cent by early administration of the specific serum in the past these specimens have hav e been se sent nt out to the central laboratory in salt lake city for examination and as it a result of f this several days elapsed be before fore the physician would receive a laboratory report on the biec specimen f me submitted now with being done in cedar city reports on specimens can be given to the physician more promptly and this of course course Is of inestimable value to the physician and patient alike harbingers of spring are making their appearance notwithstanding the still zero weather eather ft within the last several days a number of robins were seen while around the a nestr tilt the river Kil deers were plentiful and black birds still more numerous appeared in ili flocks |
