The Story of the City of Hope

The story of The City of Hope is not that of one person but of many. It
not only means "adding years to life" but adding "life to years" . . .
When a child is healthy, school does not seem important but to one afflicted
with Leukemia or Cancer school becomes a symbol of belonging with other
kids.
The classroom at Duarte is different . . . wheel chairs and beds take the
place of desks. The walls are decorated with Walt Disney cartoons . .

Parents are urged to participate in the care of their children hospitalized in the Chil-
dren's Wing at the City of Hope National Medical Center. The Parent Participation Pro-
gram is a new approach in pediatric treatm ent of these cruel killers. Parents come and
go as they please — tend to their child's needs . . . and offer the necessary support so
imnortant. Parents also learn how to care f ,r their child when discharged. The program

offers invaluable aid to the young patient an d the parent psychologically.
Altho Death may be around the corner, life goes on and the men of science keep fight-

ing on because of their faith and hope that the students in the City of Hope School House
may someday, soon, complete their course and go home to normal happy lives.

Ben Goldberg

Chairman of Drive

Eugene Epstein

President

Advancements in medical research scored at the
City of Hope National Medical Center, require
such unique instruments as the ADL-Cohn Blood
Fractionator of which only six have been built and
are in use today. It is capable of swiftly separating
from each other the four formed elements of blood
—red and white cells, plasman and platelets—
and returning to the subject only those fractions
needed. This device makes possible new observa-
tions in hematology and diseases manifested in
the blood — the leukemias, anemias - and others.

Morris Canvasser

Chairman of the Board

N. R. Epstein

Honorary President

1955-56 Drive

Detroit Business
Men's Group

PIONEERING DESIGN — Drs. Melville L.
Jacobs (left), Chairman of the Department
of Radiology, and Cheng Wu Li (right),
City of Hope Physicist, designed this new
type of Radioactive Cobalt Teletherapy Unit.
The Cobalt "Bomb" is much simpler in de-
sign, yet is as effective. This unit pioneers the
way for hospitals and medical centers
throughout the !lad* to utilize this cancer
fighter at greatly reduced costs. On a hy-
draulic lift, heavy bracing and structural
costs are also lessened. The boom housing
the "Bomb" was designed and constructed
with the patient in mind. A chain is placed
across the hallway, and should someone, in-
advertently, remove the chain, the radio-
active cobalt would slide into the part of the
bomb that is lead-lined.

Annual Champagne
Dinner Dance

Sunday, Nov. 6

Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel

NOW

Significant contributions to the attack on cancer have

come from the research skills gathered together at the
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, Cali-
fornia. Dr. Eugene Roberts, Chairman of the Department
of Biochemistry, is a former Detroiter, a graduate of
Wayne University and the University of Michigan. He
and his associates have stirred scientific interest with
their work of uncovering new biochemical clues to the
mechanisms of growth in the cancer cell.

'Yes, right this
minute is the

time to send in
your R.S.V.P.
CARD if you
haven't already
done so.
Attendance is
by invitation
only.
_
Seating capacity
is limited.

Dr. Leo Rigler, Chief of the Medical Executive Committee, has
been appointed to the 12-man National Advisory Cancer Council
of the U. S. Public Health Service. Dr. Linus Pauling, Nobel prize
winner in chemistry of the California Institute of Technology, has
been added to the City of Hope Research Advisory Committee.

From Two Tents in 1913 to a National Medical Center in 1955

is the progress of The City of Hope. . . Non sectarian, . .. a 700 bed hospital . . . great research laboratories . . . a
medical college . . . a nurses' training school . . . these are the goals that only YOU can make possible ! ! !

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