, 1876-11-27

CooK CountJ to9P1tnl seems 10 DC toH-
coctlon Of iodido Of potassium nnl vino
Of colel,icum, which Is literally pre-
scribcd for MI Tho ijls TINT Acsl,
il heir to; measles, scar1ct-fcvcr, r1se,,tna-
tisn, childbirth, 1'right's disease, aud con-
sumption, aro all troatod alike. Whilo tho
doctors nro students, tho nurses nre mere
trnmps. Loafers who want 10 bridge oyor
winter without work, md dead-beats who arc
inhuman enough to bolt all tho best food at
tho expense Of tho sick and suffering, aro
tho pcop1o who nre selected for Attendants.
Patients arc hullled into wards apparently
without my systons, and contagious and H.
fcctious diseases classified with nil others, rs
1t TO insure tho spread Of disease rather
than check Il, common, filthy hoapital
garb Is enforced, md a common, filthy towel
n,at1e to t1o service for nll alko. There aro
other details Of the san.o kind that are too
na1,seating 10 bo repeated. Thoro is no
effort made 10 maintain any evon to,nrera-
turo, qnd many death has probably boon due
directly to combined exposure aud starvation.
The patients who are ab]o 10 wink arc
made to go from ward at temperature
Of ZOE into fliniAg-room which Is 20" cold
CT, there to sit down to food Tint would not
warm tho stomach Of n chicken. The evil
tlonco in to tho effect that everything ut to
cat in either stolen outright (eias tho milk ac-
comfy or appropriated by the attendants,
leaving tho sick and feeble, whose lilo de-
pends upon proper nourishrnent, with food
TINT ought not to DO aet before hogs.
Tho exposure n,ade In yostorday's Tn1DuNE
s not tho iirat, but It Is the most explicit, In
telligcnt, mud startling. When these abuses
wero brought before tie public some months
ago, tho excuse was made that tho Hospital
then occupied was an old, tlilapitlated con-
corn, tho sewerage detective, tho von-
tilation bad, mud the surroundings
Of character to render cleanliness,
order, and good oaro impossible. The oharac-
ter Of the witnesses against tho bad manage
ment was impeachod, and tho trnrnps and
tlcad-beats made to earn tlloir protection by
testimony In bohalf Of tho management.
rho circumstances Of tho present exposure
are very different. Tho Hospital building
| now occupied is entirely now, and was certi.
fed to bo model structure Of It's kind; 1t
hns been erected at cost, first and last, OF
not less than half million dollars; it has
cost enough to hnvo a1l the improvements,
conveniences, aud comforts Of the 'bost hos
pita1s in tho world. II, in tho first
sir woeks Of It's existonce, 1t is open
to consuro for 0lth, bad ventilation, sudden
changes Of temperature, aud careless and
brutal management, the case is ono calling
for immediate md summary reform. The
whole adair is in the hands Of tie County
Commissioners, who, II they follow thel,
previous practices, will endeayor to white.
wash their employees But this will not de
in tho present instance. Thoro must bo {
reform, investigation or no investigation.
Tho Citizens Association, or somo othe1
body that can command public confidence
should beintrusted with tho investigation
Indeed, If no others tako hold of it, tht
Society for tho Prevention IF Cruelty tt
Animals should loavo the dumb brutes X
thoir fate for while, and concern them
selves with this horrible specimen of mani
inhumanity to mnt.