Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-10-09
THE corxrr HOSPITAL
IIsw Paticuss Are treated There :
A Pleasant, Hssnslike risee :
same Terrible sights "A osed
Place for n sick Ann.


County Hospital. One Ia apt to feel a sen-
,imen, Of pity for one who, being In III
health. is compelled to seek a public inst-
| ,u,ion IA receive the medical
and the care which his condition requires
II /. a mistaken sentiment so Tar a. storey
county's hospital Is concerned as Nh"s
reporter satisfied himself yesterday. rhete
!. not a pleasanier spot In the eouniy' hAh
where the hospital stands, upon the hillside
10 the east Of Virginia ApAieh va, WI
redeemed from the sa~sebrush' anu INC ~,
d.mption d. complete. Trees gas .na
flowers have taken the place VI ,ns
stony barrcnness u nature: Inc puii1.
ings are c~ommodious u
are free from that grimness OF as
pcct. inside and out. which commonly
gives a disagrccablc chill to most places OF
The kind. Everything Il scrupulously
clean and neatness Is maintained In every
department. Each patient-and there are
always between fifty and s~eventy-five OF
tbcm-ha. a we'll furnished bed to himself
and an attendance better for his health
than he could In nine cases out OF ten get
we're he al home. Twice every day DIR.
hlINNs llNhullLhtth ~ a. tS'Nt h.~
Apo,hccary. makes the rounds ~ the
uarl.. Of which there are eight or nine
and every patient IL examined. Upon
learning the patients condition the Doctor
gives Mr.. Robe directions q. TO the kind Of
medicine and attention required In each
particular case. The directions are en-
tered in a book which the A~pothecary car
rics with him on the semi-daily round.
Thus all gst the most systematic care.
c~oNvALEsCENr PATIENTS
Have many things to occupy their leisure.
A croquct ground is free 10 them. and
those who arr not hampered by tho clogs
Of ultra-picty may indulge In checkers and
cards. Broad yerandahs extend around
the buildings. AMI thereon the lame. the
halt anil the blind. the deaf, b limpers.
the leIers and the unfortunate generally.
who iinl their way to the hospital. may
lisport themselves how they will. At
stated hours a bell il u n As q signal to
the patients tn b. in readiness too seek
their wards and receive tho visit Of the
physician. II il necessary that there
should b. system in the management Of 50
many sick and diseased men and women,
but thc iui'H hiN ~ - fS'' 's
liberty compatible with proper manage
ment l. accorded the patients. who are q
cheerful lot, Notwithstanding Their sores
AMI diseases.
SIM, ,,,uyul SHAFTS
| Are to be seen in every hospital. Up tn
yesterday two wreteh-i paralytics occu-
pied a room by themselves and a man WAS
m,io,.I ,.n..,,llv IN attend them. n.
."f' -, -,
they were a. helpless a. 'au<s' oheo'
them, an oil man named Fowler. died
Yesterday. The reporter ssw him about
twenty minutes before death came. The
| poor old fellow lay with closed and sunken
ewes Breathing rapidly AMI with u horrible
rattline sound. lie wa. quite unconscious
mi mo,ioulc.s. mi. body was n mas Of
corruption, the force Of life not being
.trnns ,nonrh ,o ward of decay. The
~, In .,,l,i,ing he p.cuii.rity of
,hr case. laid a gentle thumb and finger
n,.on M. bIaekeneI knee. The poor old
xi,hsr,I hand. with the animal Instinct,
,,smnIon.ly dntt.pl down and pushed
avay The tonch a. IL IL gave pain 50 great
,L.f N penetrated through the insensibil.
nv of approaching death. II seemed
Ireadful 10 500, an old man, whose hair |
Ms seanty and gray, diving In q hospital
ward without friends or kindred abort
him. ON the adjoining cot lay u broad
ehestel man with coal black hair and
L-.rJ M. eve. rolled inc,s.antly
I'm ,h.ir sockets. although he was
init blind: a. the doctor said.
mi bi. wasted limb. were in
constant nation. Tho plaster hal been
knockeI OF the wall in one or two places
by The unccasing strokes Of the poor. un-
conscious knees. Pads had been used
without avail. The restless creature tore
them of in hi. suffering. Blind, deal,
naralyz,d In body and brain. and reduced
~ the h.lple.sne-s 81 infancy. aud not
more than forty years old. is a fate that
should make one who sees the spec
tacle thank heaven with all feryor for
health and sense. sunday Is tho great
Law for surgical operations. When there
are seriou. eases requiring tho knife, Dr.
Kirby usually invites some brother sur
geons tn 10 in attendance and witness his
work. or assist him IN u, ~ necessary
Yesterday, however, there was u ohs' q
woman with a dsiigured III, VINO s,ood IN
need of the surgeon : atttfitlon. Suc hP-