Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-01-29
AN HOUR WITH THE SICK,

ton and Management.
We yesterday afternoon spent an hour
passing through the wards CT the county
hospital to take notes OF its condition and
management.
There are now eleven patients in the
institution, less number than has be-
fore been on the records for the last six
months. Though the particulars of some
OF these cases were given to the public |
at the time of admission, a general reca-
pitulation may not be uninteresting
John Bagley, native of Ireland, aged
45; admitted Nov. 26; fractured leg ;
will soon be discharged
Michael Hunt, native OF Ireland. aged
A admitted Dec. 7 :; valvular disease of
the heart. Incurable, but may survive
for years. (Mr. Hunt first came to Cali
fornia in 1916, being member of Col
Steyenson's regiment of United States
Infantry. With that calm resignation to
fate which usually characterizes the old
pioneer in calamitous hours, he bears up
under his misfortune with philosophical
fortitude, ever appearing cheerful to his
visiting friends.)
j. Mcdonald, native of Ireland, aged
80; admitted Dec. 8; gunshot wound in
the foot Will soon be discharged.
Geo. Mcdonald. native of Scotland,
aged 10; admitted Dec. 5; typhoid fever
Recovering rapidly. ..
Owen Ferguson, native Of Ireland,
aged As; admitted Sept. 20; compound
fracture Of the thigh bone, broken arm,
broken nose, aud other severe injuries,
caused by an ore car falling upon him.
Convalo seing rapidly.
Dennis Downey, native of Ireland,
aged AZ; admitted Nov. G; pneumonia,
followed by defective circulation and
Spontaneous gangrene, making the am
putaton of both IS below the knees
necessary. Recovering rapidly.
Michael Moran, native of Ireland,
aged 90; admitted Dec. 26; rheumatism.
Doing well.
CHARLES Frendo. aged So; native of
Malta; admitted De-. 26, liberated leg
of long standing. Incurable, but doing
WE'LL 70,
Charles S. Blakeslee, native of the
United States, aged ~; compound frac-
ture of the thigh bone. Doing well.
Myles Knapp, native of the United
States, aged 3S: admitted Jan. 26; knit,
: wounds on the neck, breast, abdomen
and wrists Is getting along finely. witt
! fair prospects of being restored without
,, permanent physical disability.
/, Thomas Wilson, native Of Ireland
aged AZ; admitted Jan. 80; rheumatism
Local in character
: The Hospital comprises three wards
, two containing four beds each, and tn
i other six The wards are kept scrnpu
=. lousy clean; the beds are amply sup
!, piled with mattresses, blankets an
9 linens, which are regularly washed; an
/, there are stoves of sufficient capacity /
9 every department But owing to tn
9 construction of the building, and tn
y number cared for, ventilation is III
avoidably deficient, the increase Of popr
= lation far exceeding the general expects
ton when the building was planned
70 The Commissioners, however, at the
+ last meeting, resolved to put up anothe
v addition, and to renovate the presel
~ establishment, SO as to make the inst
tuition comfortably accommodate twenty
five patients. The contract to max
e these improvements will be concluded {
le an early day.
g The culinary department is as une1
hot Of a
c. the coast. An experienced cook is ell
S; ployed, and the larder is supplied wit
N every wholesome delicacy and the be-
he meats and vegetables are selected from tt
he markets.
is The orders OF the County Phvsicia
or for drugs and medicines are always II
y large quantities, and they are tllt
ny at the lowest wholesale rates by 81
x Francisco houses. Mr.. Z. 5. Williams, Il
er Steward, druggist by profession, al
lie of twenty years experience, does all u
compromising. even making many OF Il
4, ointments and tinctures-t saving
the county no uncomfortable sum.
ne think we do Mr.. Williams but simI
on Justice in saying it would be public {
IN lamity for his place to be vacated.
., Regarding the qualifications OF L
." Deal, as medical and surgical supervis
AN of the institution, it is unnecessary to S
IN. word; few physicians of his age ha
he more enviable record. The very sat
his factory condition Of the patients, Civ
he above, is a fair index of his success a
ld, management from the beginning OF
for term as County Physician. For the sd
de- of suffering humanity we hope he N
ich long hold the position. ....
sti- Patients are admitted, under the la
ght on the order of D. F. Fulks, Charm
'er- of the Board of County COMMISSIONS
nit- Mr.. Fulks performs the delicate dut
sti- imposed upon him with careful circu
tell spection, which he must do to prev
the public from being imposed on by
- hitting to the benefit OF the fund tn
yes who are able to take care of thamselv
b. Almost daily such cases present The
one selves - impos ers whose ailments
NJ tancied, or too tritling to be taken COG
zance Of ..
by Father Monteverde and Rev. H.
men Badger make almost daily visits to
Any institution. :.
ere Lincoln County Hospital is credi
rust the city, and the further lmproveme
MA projected must be approved OF by e'
)up Chr stan and humanitarian In