European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes monday september 25, 1967 two doctors in the House and they love it does the doctor s heart work won Ders 3-year-old Bernard Collins son of sgt. And mrs. Aaron Collins on a visit with or. Lyman Boynton chief surgeon at Athenia air base dispensary. Watch ing is another or. Boynton Lyman s wife Ragna a paediatrician. By Mary Ann Reese staff writer 2 certainly never intended to marry a doctor said the Boyish looking chief surgeon at Athenia air base dispensary in Athens. But said or. Lyman Boynton winking across the consulting room at the other or. Bovnton now i would t have it any other way.". A Lyman Boynton who has served More than half his two year military obligation in Greece finds his marriage requires that i share More of a responsibility at Home where they have a 2-year-old daughter Kristan and 8-month-old son Lyman. Do in 1 that s go anyway " he adds i love to it s especially an asset to have your wife in the same profession when you re stationed in a place Nice this isolated from academic Medicine it a huh easier to keep a with medical both read All the medical journals we can get our Cincis on. Fancy that it does is photos by Bob Milnes the other or. Boynton Ragna who is tall an slender with a splash of freckles across her nose ski so Ilus and at the University of Rochester medical school. A year later they were married to. Ust a11 women doctors Are married to Doc tors she says because the demands Are so great it takes someone in the Field to understand ref you a on t it much of a Chance during me school to meet anybody but med hns Attoun t18 a paediatrician at Strong memorial Hospital Rochester n.y., where her husband served As surgical resident until Uncle Sam beckoned one Tincle being a woman an advantage in her we Fonn il0? we an get on better will children who tend to kick and scream when they see a male doctor advancing in a White coat female doctors look More like their Remale Cio Tois she finds american women Are still a rarity in the medical profession. Only about 8 per cent of student entering medical school Are women and Many of them drop out. Some to go on in related a doctor was t a Spur of the moment decision for mrs. Boynton. I had always had it in the Back of my mind. Thought being just a housewife was t much of a now she finds the biggest Home problem she anther husband could face is if we both get called out at night we d need someone to look after our for the boy tons the time in Greece has Beena breather after years of strenuous medical study and they Are making the most of it. Both Are learning greek. Mrs. Boynton is taking cello lessons for the first time since her childhood Iney have a station Wagon and travel As much a possible usually camping out. But mrs. Boynton has not neglected her after we arrived i went to the children s Hospital in Athens a very Large one and went around the wards with other doctors discussing cases spoke English at the time because there were guest English interns. I Learned about Many diseases we Don t see inthe states such As Kala Azar a parasitic infection transmitted by mosquitoes and a strange childhood Nemia which is inherited. In the states it is found Only in greek and italian she also substitutes for the . Embassy doctor when he s on leave and for the paediatrician at her husband s dispensary when necessary. She worked Long hours when the base was flooded with american refugees from Egypt during the Middle East women from the base Call me with health problems about their children because the know of my next july their military obligation will end audit will be noses Back to the Grindstone for us said mrs. Boynton. She plans to specialize in childhood heart diseases. The other doctor in the House wants to specialize i vascular surgery. Pictures show tots find doctors not so bad new York a the Blank piece of framed Art paper was entitled Leslie Garrison 9, filled it in Wilh a smiling face at the end of a giant syringe. Lori Levine 6, placed a stick Fig ure in a big Pink heart and wrote Ilove you or. these were just two of about 1,000 drawings made by children who were patients of new York area physicians this summer. The health insurance Han of greater new York wanted to find out whether the youngsters were Happy with their physicians. Michele Savron 6, of the Bronx Drewa doctor in a White coat with a big smile and dangling Blue earrings. The Staten Island paediatrician mar Garet Walsh is pictured with a smile Long blonde hair and Bright Green eyes Many of the drawings sketched a about half of the plan sin medical Cen ters picture doctors As Happy Friendly brightly coloured figures in neat detailed offices. Milton Gold the director of subscribe relations for the health plan said the Art expressed All the typical attitudes of children from love of the doctor to a common fear of Needles and forthe 6 to 8-year-Olds, a preoccupation with Bright examining lights. Norman Eisenberg 9, of Queens for example Drew a doctor with a huge syringe in his hand and called it great doctor and his another purpose of the drawings Wasto keep children waiting for appoint ments entertained. So they were Givenco lored pencils crayons and Art paper and a Chance to win a prize for the most interesting the panel of judges decided it was impossible to pick Only a few winners it awarded 20 first prizes and 70 Sec Ond prizes. We will also give 944 honorable mentions so there will be no losers Gold said. Two Young artists depict their doctors
