Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-07-02

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Edward Sheldon. aged sc, nativity Iowa, occupation,
miner, disease, Vrnrrinl, died April ID 80
In addition to the above there has been maintained In
the Hospital five persons not amcnahc to medical Or
surgical treatment aud properly belong to the pauPCr
list
There has becn but one death during the quarter,
which shows great reduction Of mortality over any
proceeding quarter for the Past four years and hardly
has precedent in any Hospital practice considering
the number and character Of cases under treatment
Each quarterly report, since the hmrnt Of the
hospital, complete exhibit Of the name, age, nntiu
occupation disease, when admitted, when discharged
died. condition and result ~ each received into
the Hospital. This plan enables the relatives and
friends in the Fact, Of the unfortunate sick to aseer
tain their whereabouts aud condition. In many
has been the means Of restoring the cTrng and unfor
tunate tn the klud and protection Of his
rrntn no. otherwise would havc suffered and died
with no 10 communicate the sad tale. There Is
humane law existing upon our statute books, than
the providing for the and comfort Of the dest
tuc and unfortunate Sick, and how well the Law Is car
riCd out and the revenue thcTcnn appropriated IN the
various hospital Systrus adopted 10 proper subject Of
We are the particular advocate. of the contract
system for believe has many objections, but those
objections mainly consist ~ the character ~ the parties
into whose hands II fall. some writer speaks Of II
" iiLuman stem" a. hcaiht nirh " Nc. Ne admit
that II man inhuman aud brutal by nature that in
the position Of experimenting Hospital, he would
have fine field Of operation under any plan ur e!strm.
The cconUln! of this stem the cost Of maintaining
the ndigcn sick Of county has been rallied IN qucs-
ton 10y some Wise heads Tor the benefit IL the real
parties in interest the tax payers NC be allow ed
In I'm. 10 say "A word OF two uppn the man
agcmtt Of the Hospital, and the amount annually PAID
hy the County fur maintaining the Institution. The
COuhtt Tht siriahs receive OIL! S'O I airum for the
nalt alnancc and treatment at all the indtgent
sick # the County.
Thu, furnish hos piial building, grounds, furniture
beds. Lcddlng. fuel hts. nnrsis medicines
burial II the dead, aud give their pcT'"na aud profess
"Ial attention TO the aud healing " the paCEtN
wearing apparel for PATIENTS The average number u
PATIENTS maintained and treated III the hospital for the
past year has been about a. the cost Of which per head
per day We md upon calculation tu be VI cuns-eNcln
4
and ic.tm Ut outd of the institution. The average
cost Of the Mhnlr number II patients treated per he
per daN would lee less than ~ ccuts. In addition = the
number If SICK there Las been maintained III the MP
tai from one to three paip,rs fr son thing near two
Yeats At present there are pauVrys, Of ~h"n the
County has been dciTaIng the rNprhsrs or We notice
statement III the public rtihts that the cot Il rr",I
ding or In,H'nt 'ick AMI ~urcTr II Sacram nto ""nn
ME- $la'Oo W i"r tht past year. aud that an average
Of ~ cascs WCr" treated during the year. and that t
cast Of each paupeT PrH day vac ~ cents, TeJe tLI
rNrcnSrs of bu,pE. and charges Of rimAr character
Wy careful examination II the monthly reports 4 TIC
experimenting lhI of Sacramento County, mud
the average number q" patients, intaii ed aud u aic
~ n' in~HuI"n, only abut ~. The balance from 20
t. % were outside patients aud attended ~lh CVm
AtiNcly very little cApcnsc W. notice IN the mo
expenditures Ir sacramento county that IL"
provision alone rot head per ia! ~ cents, Which
much CT than he came can bc pure hascd Lr L,-
We are informed by the Ply sIcian Of the Sacramento
count! Hospital, that the tHA,,m adopted that count,
IL one that he could not recommend, and statrs iha'
PhysiriAnS should MT Tcst until U"~ Law enacted
Tcqu rang C"unlcH Ia brt apart LIBERAL Gum hrT u
maIniaianrr of -Id PI"fuAH!Oia! attention "
We hold that there 10 M eonn,v in the state IN prop
cry provides for its dget SiCA for lv,S than costs
our own county II nA! hot 10 ont Of place To-
that r'mc Of the county otic"T, RECEIVING nearly
twlrc as much per annum for their individual
a. paid 10 thC Hospital fh for Tie care,
tainAnce and treatment II twenty SIX pSrruns ~
elusive Of large nunbVI treated outside "f the Hoop
tai Lrununi L. not the only confederation the treat
mcnt Of the unfortunate sIcA. Tho " human
suffering and dscAsc H. no half business aud should
not lie measured 10y dollars aud cchtS II I n" for
ma! be- treated. but humanity would ray, 1T every
cAns in power be put i"tih To stay III" hand of
disease la fact the mat liberal mt ihVd IN the TIRE at
iH"ut If disease. 10 the most economic al.
Many Of the most formidable SuTgrry, vel
other Kinds Uf Diseases, have b~cn cd into the
Hospital during the pact year, and how we'll and NA
tnN they have been treated for your Bard Ia deter
mime, ~hn have the supervision u the Hospital aud
have wat he'd, from time to Amc, then tTrAtuI, Mt
The system, conduct aud IL tie Hospital
as, also, the Expenditures for the sAmr have the
entire approval uf each n-nlrr of every bard Of Su
pcThiSnrs for the past four Years, CArclt, IT,
plrtun uf the present. Nearly ever, Grand jury that
hAr met since the establishment II the Hospital, hAs
examined the Institution aud spoken tnr Uost cun.
mrndahlc I, rms uf the aud tIrAnc ut al
the patients.
We would again invite frequent attention to the
Hospital, and CO Op"iatn IN an, for the Iehcf ui
the destitute and suffering eomnItird - our Charlie
We challenge thc csCst cation into the ru,-
duct aud mAnascmcni Of the Hospital, and f. the
result.
The Hospital open all timcs fer the riruds Of IL,
srk, and All OhUrS MLo dcAlI" examine the
h"ht and treatment UI the Patients.
a. MAMHET; NJ, D., Count!
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