, 1876-08-08
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
THE AyrT1TlirA1ttE.
To fhE Edffnr nf TAd Trfhunk.


TO the Edfinr nj TAs Tribune.
CnEuAoo, Aug. I'll an not to be diverted
fsosM my ease by the attempts oi The two gen.
llcmcn who occupy your culuuans this morning
In attrlt,uting baac 0r wrong mOtvrs III direct
Ing nttcMtIo'l to the proposed expenditure IN
tho Interest Of the medical colleges, "cspetlaly
llubh." Facts aEc whit We waMt, and what tho
facts don't warrant don't cInn. will nnswGr
both communications toEethur, rs they belong
"cspcctalty to Nush." Do or du not tic pro
posed Improvements especially LctleNi Kuhhf
That is thu qucstion. Especially means elllcly.
What Is the proportion betwcuu the attendance
from Rusl, Or any other cnltgc or all tho others
put together ut The ItospItall Is there any
other college situnted where It can readily take
tha advantage of TIC Ilosp1tul benefits except
Nusha What was the estimated cost of tho
preecnt payilloHs bcioru the. work wus ty-
dcrtakcnl Cuu,pure that and the actual
cost, nud We call Form tnlnu ii'ea between
s phsns s.tms9 s sa w W ssa s ss M e ts H.
inas to exceed s2o,ooJ.H Is hu acquainted
will the possibilities Of contractors IN ibis city
Of uursi lie can,,ut be aud ulaEu such an ns-
scrtio'i. Other colleges arc situated near hos
pitfalls. md take advantage uf their facilities,
but In M case except tus!.'s attempt arc
they built out of public f,t,nll. T'hu fact ts,
Rush has assuMct u patcrnal Interest in tlo
County l1ospttnl, controlled ita artioue and In
forests, watched her opportunity To locate It III
the Wust Side nnd SETTLE bcfttiu 1t, out Ut reneh
Of the other ;rciieal colleges mil now, ns hcr
triumph Is nl,out complete, ia threatened with
tho destruction Of all her wcIl-;ui,t plans in
Bhe might regard uli llrr past moves as 'lDn-
plusscu. II Is for hrr almost sulc Interest that
Il sl,all be done, and tay again let lcr furnish
te n1ds W a wtn ,;, 1s e,y aGe r., t. sspny
cy at per cCntt
The necessary surgical operating rooms in tl1e
Hospital need not ctkt to exceed So. No
S50 rnum Of the wartls Will slut out tho
sui Then better give cilIorolorln or ether antl
stop their .agontzlng Bhrleks. 1lust surgeons
would. How long will $50 room oil the
wards retnais lit for operations and free from
victim, u an olcrat!oni" As ioug Us thu wards
DO out Of which they come, and to Which they
have to be returned.
According 70 Economy mnkc $50 dead
house by partitioning. "l5 space In ont Of thc
ravilIons, Or else llstlutlleM off to the cemetery
at oncc," or do rs It has been frequently done
bcforc-hanling them over to tho disscctil.ls-
room Of Rush at once.
Tic advantages Of the Cook County Hospital
kave been and are Now nlonUpolzcd largely by
Rush Medical College. l1cr students rccclyu
advantages not accorded to others, nl,1 the i3i-
tielts subjected to anuoyanccs for tllcir benefit
not claimed by others.
Students art fUrncl into classes, and private
lessons given In the wards, the patients bcin;.
used for that purpose, and nnnuy 30 received ~
fces for such private classes helped to build the
boastcl S5S0O0 Hush Medical College. l{as my
other college furnished q tutor for these private
classcsl lnIn not sure, but think nut, aud,
while do not blamc the students lIor Hush,
think she {tus) ought at lcast to give the l[ns-
pital lis due credit iur TIT advantages 1t offers
and for wlat It has done, md n irst-ratc reason
for thinking she ought to build tic nmphtthcn.
tro is found III tbs fact that she ungrntcfuily
denies to the Hospital What III reality is true,
that 1t Is abnut tho only attraction Kush pos
ent unless Rush pays for It. ECONOMY.