Professor Hamilton's Diary: March 30, 1935

Blood transfusion is difficult; Gwennie sees a Shirley Temple movie

The Hamiltons’ friend Mrs. Albright took Gwennie in hand for the day, which was a Saturday, freeing her parents up to deal with the blood transfusion for Mary Elizabeth. “They told Margaret it would be better if she did not go to see Mary Elizabeth,” he wrote.

So Professor Hamilton drove to the hospital at 1:30. The doctor performing the transfusion “had some difficulty” with his left arm—”did not get needle in right”—but had success with the right. “Baby cried, of course,” he wrote, but the transfusion was successful. He felt a little weak afterwards and M.E. had a chill. He went home and did a little academic work, fetched Gwennie at 8 p.m. and retired about 10:30.

Mrs. Albright took Gwennie to see the new Shirley Temple movie The Little Colonel, which was appearing for its last day at the Strand Theater. For more about this vehicle that paired Temple with her favorite dance partner and tap teacher, Bill Robinson, you will need to be a paid subscriber.

The movie ad above appeared in today’s Reading Times and was accessed via newspapers.com.