1967 Press Photo Roxine Schmidt and participants of ICU nursing workshop at LSU

The president-elect of the Louisiana Heart Association termed digitalis "one of the most valuable drugs in today's cardiology." Dr. William Luikart of Baton Rouge said digitalis which strengthens the heart-beat, is used in congestive heart failure and in cases of irregular heart action. Participants in Wednesday's session of the Nursing Workshop of Intensive Care Units chat between talks at the Louisiana State University Medical School. From left are Mrs. Roxine Schmidt, chairman of the nursing education committee, Louisiana Heart Association; Dr. William Luikart, Baton Rouge, president of the LHA, and Dr. Rosalind Novick, assistant professor of pediatrics at Louisiana State University.

Photo is dated 1967.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.