CATALOG 1952-1953


eligibility of male students for R. O. T. C. training, is determined on the basis of this
pre-entrance examination, after conferences and possible further examinations of those
with reported physical defects.
 The Health Department strives to prevent students with communicable diseases
from entering the University. All students enrolled at the University are given annual
chest x-rays by the State Health Department and every effort is made to detect evidence
of tuberculosis of which the student may be entirely unaware. (Faculty members and
employees of the University are also given annual chest x-rays). Late registrants will
be charged a special fee of $2.00 for their chest x-ray if the x-ray units of the State
Health Department are not available. Students should have been successfully vacci-
nated against smallpox within the past five years and the Health Department advises all
students to be immunized to typhoid fever and tetanus before coming to the University.
 The University maintains the Student Health Department in the Infirmary Building
on the campus for the protection and medical care of the students in residence. The
Outpatient Clinic is open during the day from 8:00 a. m. to 10:00 p. m. to provide all
students in need of medical care with consultation and treatment. The hospital, of 50
beds, provides the student in need of hospitalization with twenty-four hour general nurs-
ing care and patients entering the hospital are under the constant observation of a
University Physician. An emergency service is available to students who become acutely
ill or are injured when the clinic is closed and such students may obtain treatment at
any time by reporting to the Infirmary. University Physicians do not make calls out-
side the Infirmary or attempt to treat students in their rooms where the facilities for
treatment are inadequate. Students should be instructed before leaving home to report
immediately to the Infirmary should they become ill. Parents will be notified by a
University Physician whenever a student is believed to bq seriously ill.
 The Student Health Department attempts to give as complete a diagnostic treat-
ment and public health program as possible within the limitations of its personnel and'
equipment. The Department is staffed and organized for treating the acute illnesses
which commonly occur while the student is in residence at the University. It cannot,
however, assume the responsibility of providing care for students suffering from chronic
or prolonged illnesses. Students with such diseases may receive emergency treatment
in the Infirmary, but they must arrange for the continuation of their medical care out-
side the University Health Department. The University Physicians shall determine
whether or not a disease falls within this category.
 There are no facilities for dental work or eye refractions in the Student Health
-Department and, therefore, students are urged to have defects of vision and teeth cor-
rected before coming to the University.
 Major surgery is not performed at the Infirmary. Some minor surgery is performed
in the Infirmary at University Physicians' discretion only. However, all surgical opera-
tions are the responsibility of the student and his parents and are performed with their
consent, and, if at another hospital, at their expense. Whenever an emergency opera-
tion is imperative, the student shall be referred to a competent surgeon and transferred
to the Alachua General Hospital in Gainesville, which is fully approved for surgery by
the American College of Surgeons. Students receiving severe, multiple or compound
fractures will be handled in the same manner as students in need of emergency surgery.
 Competent physicians and surgeons in Gainesville cooperate readily with the Student
 Health Department in consultations. Whenever a student is found to be in need of a
 consultant, the University Physician will arrange for such a consultation at the student's