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MASON HOSPITAL OF LODI
Among the institutions of San Joaquin County caring for the sick and unfortunate
residents of Lodi and vicinity is the Mason Hospital of Lodi, which is
conducted by Mrs. Thirza M. Cole and her sister, Mrs.
Nellie B. Yates, joint owners of this institution. Mrs. Cole was born at Greeley, Colorado, and
received her education in the grammar and normal schools of Colorado; she then
took up nursing at the Salida, Colorado, Red Cross Hospital and in 1911 finished the course and
became a registered nurse. She was then
superintendent of the hospital at Salida, Colorado,
four years when she came to California and engaged in general nursing practice
in Lodi, with the exception of one year spent at Fresno. During the influenza epidemic, Mrs. Cole was
put in charge of the work to control the epidemic at the Mason Hospital.
In 1921 Mrs. Cole purchased the
hospital from Mr. Slauson, and since acquiring it she
has remodeled and equipped the same. New
beds, bedding, rugs and other necessary equipment have replaced the old and it
is now modern in every respect, as well as sanitary in every particular. The hospital will accommodate fifteen
patients and it is filled to capacity most of the time. Her sister, Mrs. Yates, is part owner and
assists Mrs. Cole in conducting the institution. The hospital is equipped with a modern
operating room for all kinds of surgical cases and also for maternity cases; it
is a branch of the Emergency County Hospital at Stockton. Mrs. Cole is thoroughly competent to handle
the most intricate of surgical cases; and her humane side is her most
outstanding characteristic, and the patients of the Mason Hospital find in her
a most considerate as well as efficient nurse and friend.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1541. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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