New-York tribune., 1874-08-24
TENEMENT PHYSICIANS.


r.ss-prsEAsEs OF THE HEART LUNGS THROAT
IN rvr-SouRIsurNG FOOD AS IMPORTANT AN
,vxrxr AZ pRuGs-A CHECK UPON PAUPERIsM.
Tho ead annual report of the Demilt Dispen-
~ nox that the good that has been done oy TINS IN
t,t,on IN the past been proporonateiy increased
arng the past year. though the NUMBER OF new pa'enS
- no, neen 40 large In some previous years During
che mast year sss4 patients have been treated az
,he,r homes and 1886 in the Dispensary to'a Oh
- ,o heog ss2 less than that Of the preceding year
On % the most important departments OF the Dispen-
..rx has been that for Vaccination Ine Strenuous
measures adopted by the Board OF Health nave dnin
,.hed the number of the applicants TO TINS
clone during the past year TO the numDer o' i''"' %
other departments however show an increase OF '1'
,o, and ina outdoor patients. The Dispeusary ten
r it aid To moor families the Eighteenth andIwen-
tyfrst Wards visiting ply sicans nave oeen un
rentng in their TO urge upon theu pauehts
the necessity for vaccination. They lave offered tnei
services free all charge. and the Institution mas
always taken greatest pains TO be provided with the
pures quality of humanized vaccine lymph. This care
and these precautions almost entirely stamped out
smallpox from this district.
The indoor service OF the Dispensary has been ma
teriy increased and the in which the patients
await their turn TO consult the who has cnarge
of their class OF lately been thoroughly re-
paired and remodeed The patients are received In
large waiting where comfortable seats are pro-
yided for their accommodation. The treatment Is
divided nine classes and two competent PHYSICIANS
are In charge OF each class. Small rooms where the
patients may consult the physician who has the drec
non OF their cases are partioued of from the waiting
ROOM aud each is fitted up With all the appliances
for conducting the examinations ana opera
tons pertaining to that class. TAe waitingroom has
lately newly painted and the walls are hung Win
large numbers Of pleasing chromos and notices upon
the shelving top the partitions separating the
waiting room from the class rooms select statuettes
arrlaaa add
yeness Of the assist the patients TO for
get their suerings while they waiting their turn 10
the physician.
The surgical class had largest number Of patients
in the past year. The that have presented them
selves in this class for have included all
those injuries diseases that could be treated and
operated upon without the patients being compelled
TO be placed bed immediately. One OF the most COM
mon affections OF the working classes, perhaps and one
OF the painful too, is the whtlow 0 bone feion
called This disease renders the patient unit for
work. and improper treatment may and often does re-
suit In the loss OF a member, the finger thumb and
sometimes the entire hand Early and proper treat
ment gives immediate relief and saves this important
member. Fractures OF the and colar-oone can be
treated here, also all kinds OF small tumors and
assesses.
The diseases of the heart and lungs are treated in
another Glass; and to the surgical are the most in
portan Diseases OF the heart and lungs are generally
chronic, that is when stage that permits the pa
quit his and house. The large hospitals
seldom admit this class Of cases 70 their wards. and
patients often in such state Of health that Ju
dicious treatment Will assist them to continue their
work. Their minds thus kept from dwelling upon
Their troubles aud. what is more material they can
still earn enough TO support themselves and their famE
lies They directed how to alleviate their suerngs
and keep up their by the Dspensary physician
and furnished with pure medicines free Of charge
by the apOthecary. large number Of families are
saved from becoming public charges by the benefits
bestowed IN this class alone.
Throat diseases used be cassed with diseases of the
and lungs bat of late they have been separated
and now receive the attention of two physicians, who
make specially of these cases. The room In which
this class patients consult the physician in charge has
been fitted up with every modern appliance for diagnosis
and treatment The arranged that they
can be closed and the darzeaed. All the most
modern improvements that science has added 10 the
laryngoscope readuess aud the patient has the
benefit OF the most sGlIiu treatment free Ilere are
also models showing the parts OF the throat IN health
and disease and blackboard upon which drawings can
be illustrate pa-cua. cases 10 the students IN
attendance consider TINS OF the most valuable
opportunities for clinical study Tae charges Of those
who make diseases the throat their special study
be heavy aud the classes cannot afford to
pay them. There many young persons with hne
voices who are working hard to acquire musical edu-
cation These persons do not have all the comforts aud
peculiarly be affected by the protraced efforts
10 which they are subjected The skIlful and deli
cate treatment necessary these organs from
being ruined aud the bright hopes OF the promising
gneer from being destroyed This new class In the
Demt Dispensary offers persons every chance
recovery and health that could be held out by the
most skifu private practitioner. constantly nereas
Ing number OF persons ayaing themselves OF It's
privileges.
The diseases OF the eve and ear are also treated with
the skill that would be shown by private prae-
ttiOner and many who would otherwise be compelled
to through life in darkness silence restored
Diseases Of children form most important class OF
cases In the tenement districts children poorly
shed and neglected The mother is often compelled
ss.s in the support OF very large family, and worn
poorly fed she cannot give that attention
offspring which they so much need These chill
the streets and alleys, and what they
receive they get from older child. They eat all
kinds OF improper and unwhoesome food, and the
der is that there sickness and greater NOR
tally The character OF childreu's diseases that
presented in the Dispensary varies with the changing
seasons In the hot weather children are Frustrated
with diarrneal diseases In cold weather diseases OF
throat and lungs most prevalent Wet by sud
shower that chls system prepared TO stand the
snocB, they permit the hot " dry their.wet gar
ana cuOlera infantum follows scapy fed, they
piece Of unrpe or rotten fruit they can get hold
OF, ana cramps and colo result The mortality among
these children great, and though the most skill
fu treatment = FURNISHED IN TINS department. Oh he Dla
pensary they cannot change the surroundings
and the diseases OF women, the greatest advantages
have been gained by the cooperation OF tue det Kitchen
The mortality ia classes has been reduced very
percepubly by the physicians beng able TO add good,
nonrshn food 70 skful treatment and the wise al
ADMINISTRATION OF suitable medicines
been q distinguishing feature OF the Demilt Dis
have at it's command the services OF
physicians have gained experience in other tnstu
Ions. 1helr Influence has impressed itself upon the
character Of the institution and secured fOf II the CON
ndeuce and affection OF the district. The hunanzing
really Observed Tne existence of an institution OF this
fueIr very
cOuuseis Of such men, apart from relieving immediate
distress mas encouraged in them interest in their
h..Lll md th.t O their children. whIch is NOT only