, 1876-07-28

AN411EE Io1k A1N IoO4ks
THIRD AHsuAL REPORT or THE uEaNAn-AMER-
1cAN DlsPENsARr.
Tho report Of tho Medical Directors Of tho
dertnan-Amcrican Dispensary for tho year end
Ing July shows that from the 1st Of July,
1873, 10 the 1st OF July, 1870, 2,625 patients
wcre received, Of whom 1903 werc treated In
Tue Internal department, 100 in tho surgical de-
pnrtmcnt, 149 Ia the department for diseases Of
women, 103 iu tho department Of diseases Of
the eye and car, 81 in tho dental department.
The DIspenenry was visited in tho titst year by
2 1S3 patients, and In the second year by Isl,
80 that at the 1st Of July sof this year the ag-
grcgate number Of patients treated ut the Dis
pcnsary wns G0l4. The nationallt!cs were rep
resented as follows: Nlnehundrcd aud seventy
five Germans, 83a Americans, B53 Poles, $50 Irish,
u EnEltshmcn, 10 ScutchuiHn, p Canadians, 80
Scandinav!ans, 73 Austrians md Bohem!ans,
% Swiss, uollaudcrs. French, 4 Italians,
4 Bc1gtans, Roumantan, 2 Africans, II col
cred, and ! Qroauols) Indian: Thc following
list shows tho dlcascs treated: Digestive or
gans,. 49,; respiratory, .4os; heart and blood
vessels, 40; kidneys and bladdcrt q; nervous
rheumatism and gout,- 147; foyers (typhoi1,
bilious, intermittent, s.; syphllttic dlseascs,
235; surgical diseases, 43S; cntancous Diseases,
115; female diseases, lao; diseases Of the oyc,
12s; q. Of the car' s.; Of the tcoth' 81; total
The reason assigned for so large number Of
ayphiitle Cases Is that the syphllltlc malady, in
its far advanced form, ts SO exceedingly com.
mon among tho poor patients who arc treated
hospitals arc ciosoal to these poor wretches.
Tlls rulc Is In fore also at the largest public
hospital, the Cook County Hospital. ~ pub
lie hospital "a charitable Institution whcrc tho
poor In sickness expect aud ought to lind free
alm!asioti, good attendance, aud proper t-cat-
mcut. Why, then, for the sake Of Immunity,
arc tho syphflltc patients dcbarrcd from enjoy
Ing tho benefit OF o,lr public charityf Perhaps
because these poor creatures contracted thu
disease through tle!r own fault and fo1ly.a
beg to ask whether It 1s our duty to punish or
to heal poor patient. And tllcn there is boy
who unB'r1m over and got lis foot crushed
through his own fault, is he not admitted to tho
hospital Again,, here Is q man who, In Inc Mt
spt opa soS M Sos nj taF9WS W as eor ao aot opes sss
for him Moet aaaurcdly ho WAS received All
asc admitted without hesitation, except the
poor fellow suffering from somo vcnercal
disease. lie alone Is excluded to drug his 6oro
body from Gne dlsuensa1y 70 another to hc
miserable life prematursly, because without the
necessary tarc and attendance the timely rcsto-
ration Of hls health and the permanent recovery
Of hla bodily strength were impossible
a1cssrs. Prenscr & Kaliseh for the Dispensary
J was 5, ,475, while tho simple remedies, wore dis.
| pcnscd IN the institutlon. ln December Dr.. 0.
| Uatjens resigned his position % a member Of
tho medical stall and Of the Board Of Medical
Directors because he returned to Europe on nc:
count Of serious d!seaao Of Ills lungs. In The
| same month Dr.. Fred Schubert wns admitted to
| the medical stat Of the Dlspensary.
At the annual meeting Of The Medical Direct
orr, held July7 DR.. Clristlan Fesscl was elect
and Dr.. i. O. Hotz Secretary, for tho ensu!ng
wear.