The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-08-29
SAILING UP THE HUDSON.

Twelfth Excursion Of Sick Children ON
Board the Floating Hospital Yester-
day-Scenes ON BOartl-A Leaf From
the Doctors journal.
The barge OF ST. Jonn's Cuc yesterday left her
last landing place at the foot OF Twenty-third
street. East River, with 90l mothers and chill.
dren on board. Among the physicians In
attendance were Drs. Kennedy, ThOms and
Brush. ana the writer accompanied them on their
rounds of examination among the patients. IL Ia
curious, the eagerness that creeps into the eyes,
faces and forms OF the little sufferers at the ap-
proach OF the DOCTORS Most children regard
the presence OF pill dispensers with feelings
OF aversion and dread, being forced to
swallow some mixture that, whatever may
be its medicinal virtues, is sure to
be superlatively nasty. But these poor faded
figures lift themselves up in the presence Of the
physicians and seem to hang upon their simplest
word though 1t was to decide for them the ques-
ton Of life or death, and as II life, even with all
their poverty and misery, was lnexpressibly dear
to them. Mothers with babes In their arms-and
these were numbered by hundreds-also crowded
about the doctors and besougnt their aid and ad-
vice for musings afflicted with all the Ills that
A POISONOUS, DEADLY ATMOSPHERE
can engender. One case brought on board for the
first time yesterday was receiving the undivided
was wasting away without visible cause. till ne
seemed hardly more than shadow. He never
moved umD, Dut tnere was WOrlQ or pain ana
sorrow In his eyes ior hours after he came. Late
in the afternoon he frightened up aud seemed to
enjoy. In his feeble way. the unusual scenes
ing at the decorated steamship city OF Peking,
aud when he was taken ashore begged HIS
mother to procure tickets for the next excursion,
aud tearfully bade "goodby' to DR.. Thoms. 1t
was rare sight to see mothers and little girls,
with babes IN their arms, dancing and keeping
time to the music. In the little space set aside BY
mutual consent for this purpose two great.grand-
mothers at one time danced or rather
tOttered about in Highland ning These
two were, one eighty-hve and the other
seventy years OF age. leaf from the
journal OF Dr. Brush gives the following
list Of cases on board for which active treatment
was necessary :-ChOlera iniantum and teethng,
80; bronchitis, 70; chronic bronchitis. 81 cOnunc-
tlvitus, 81; diarrh9a, 90; dysentery, 8; chrome
dysentery, l; exanthem, 4; pneumonia, l; inter.
mittent fever /; tubercuous meningitis, /; bleed
ing from the lungs, l; psors. 2; tramatic Injury,
scrOiulous swelling, 8; Inflammation OF the knee
joint q spine disease, 3; marasmuS Il rachits, q
other diseases and convalescent cases would swell
the list Indefinitely.
The band from the Union Home and School for
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans furnished the music.
Yesterday their services were offered RratuttOusly
having been SO rendered for the second time BY
Mr. HOyt. The food consumed was as lOllOwS:-l
barrel 0fboiled rice, $50 quarts OF milk $50 pounds
OF beef 200 loaves Of bread and tea sugar and but
ter without stint.
The thirteenth excursion viii take place on Tues.
day next.
Destitute Sick Children's Excursion