, 1876-11-26
MEDICAL OFFICERS.
ANOTHER CAUSE OF COMPLAINT

patients by the medical officers. these consist |
Of young student Of Rush Medical College Of
effeminat1 appearance, named kaufman, who
is known among the patients BY the cathartlc
sobriquct OF Pillsey. Hc runs in leash with
another youthful dcvotee at the shrine OF med
icinc named Skinner, whose professional appel
lation in the ward is Il Knock tif.n These
youthful enthusiasts are kept in check By the
serene gravity Of Prof Ross. The two young
gentlemen make their rounds twice day when
they feel so disposed, and when they feel indis- |
repair to their snug apartments, |
put their feet upon the stove, |
and devote their attention to dime novels II |
patient is brought into the Hospital after they
have made their rounds in the morning, he will
have to wait until they go round, upon their
nocturnal beats, and sometimes until the fol-
lowing morning. It was nearly twenty~fuur
hours alter entered the Hospital before re-
celycd any medicine.
ssAny pain?'' one OF the doctors asked, the
night Of the day was admitted.
Not when am lying still" responded,
and he passed on. The next morning he pre-
scribed lor me, but did not get my medicine
until the sun had nearly reached its meridian.
And when did get it, faugh! what tstuif. L
knew it would not suit me. It was composed
OF phosphate of soda and sa1ycylic acid, and
in order to assimilate the two they
added large proportion OF alcohol. L leave It
to any medical man whether such prescription
was calculated to do a man any good suffering
from sub-acute rheumatism aud gouf. 1t choked
me to take it, and gave me violent pain in the
stomach ] asked for q change, but it was re-
fused. It next affected my kidneys and made
me feel very weak. But constant dropping
wears away stone a week OF cXhortatlon re-
suited in their giving INC .-.......
THE REGULAR HOSPITAL CONDENSATION
of iodidc OF potassium and wine Of colchlcum
l. was q peculiar fact that every patient in the
ward suffering from tho was oan
ties, although the diagnoses were 10
each case different I can only attrlb-
ute this to want Of experience
the part Of the Young men Or an, an aaapt1Snae
that I was very weak and nervous, which was
| not remarkable, cons lering l was living on
| Bread aud butter, and not moving from my bed
except to have it made: ASKED Mm 10 pte-
| scribe some bromide Of potassium for me. As
he made an entry in prescriprion-booS, ne
| turned with cynical lccr to a batch oI young
| saybone=, and substantially said: " This man
has been through oil the English, and e'luehtis
most of the American hospitals, and kn"Ws all
the tricks by means OF which he can obtain ev-
| crything he wants" This in etFe-t meant that
| I was hospital hummer who eked out
miserable existence by playing possum IN
lest with IN equally coar-e laugh amid which n
formed them that had had the misfortune to De IN
bur at va 5fa an ha II From 3he
time came into the Ho :ptthl up to the present
time the foot Infected By .sout las &C.: continues @
~ ~ tsev treat rheumatism although 1t is different
! disease A melical friend Of mine once informed
me that gout rhouyhhrst cousin to wae a
| n more troublesome member Of the family, anu re,
Of Of medicine Tor two diseases, While slowly got
the better Of the rheumatism the gout ere" Mo,e
os II nv ,s s2 nna FL think K IN u ssif
way 10 have pretty cleary defined case Of rhea 's
not know anything ahont the disease. which sel-
com breaks in this cline; but Is IL NOT u1rea @
sonable to suppose that they woaa naVe Fg1a y tv
naI even turned to tie English pharmacopnia they
would readily have discovered q foTmula "a4c4
! vronld hive been more elective than notnlns-
tried for long time to get local appcatlon, , fot
nv foot and failed, but i few days ago Dr. Koss 3
gave nle IN anodyne which might be Of some g9oo n
Far rhrumats,n, hut Is absolutely useless IN tne
coss 1os of sout It is now over two weeks since
came into the. Hospital, and In l nave &c
eots cor Se,tep e shall have to get out. Without any
reason whatever, the student VINO 'ooA "e nNf"e'
LIS T1.: TnEArrp ,tE AS FoxT HOSPITAL BIRD
vho WIS playing OF. Every request that mace
,ras IGNORED asked several times for halr 1na..
bccaase the hair nattrGsse5 ssd N usea roc It
nse}css to sar did not get it. had to lmproVlsst
cushion for the proteesion o. y my y,a bc;ne af
fccted WITH artlcuiar rhcumatisnl-out Ct ny bl2n
kcI anu all rny attempts to secure anoIner o.nke ~
futile As saw t. vas Seesms TOO sick
, | lcnye. made persistent denann Ios
| PAIR OF cKUTCHE3,
and search through the building ~, lor od ddca ones
Uneven length asked that the earpentcr ILL.,
be Instructed to make me me paiat at pu1 NAM my ,nto tn
w. W. ~ nnI.l,s4e Il pair the only means founa
ofa s !, li,s them in free Institution Of this k.n
ought to be aFse gsesan1 bs patients
tavc1;ng from rheumatism and accidents wnlG 6,
h.ye injured the neither limbs But notwltnstanu =
c ing. these indispensable af'lc'eS Afs INV
t Stock zo c.sra
which hnre within my own os 5no%isase t e,ed m
oe1ter bel a,vans aTe euty: swede brough
i into This ward two or three weeks aF9 e. FL
he end doefors eSaa could ae
gtlsh r., an + sneak1ng to him. aud he was ncglec,e
= oito.elher for some days. He noaned eonstans
during the nga' as .nls consderuy intensified
Raan Rnn fav ANY, Mr.. Skinner said him, Are yo1r
e pain The man utterei rac:s1e With his erosn
ine .Then lie over on yonr siaG nra the tv otbe
= tor, land keep quiet and don o's'u'D WIG
patients W;va Wesish journalist standing BY my bee
- md sad. LAS that countryma9 oi yours si seEI
getting wos{e ana r. for him Or be
&c EsII, YET Into condition in which he will be Deyop
it medical aid a ,r,+, that he a,
- r~oached the doctor and intimate1 that ne won
sad to &C: AZ Interpreter ls asssiees WEI
accepted and the result was tnn. 'aS r., tnd dsea
foHhad h,ied Il The sill Of tic Boys ind they tried
medicine without 4nv esye Iaa hm man ap
y naaed nrescribing for him. They ordered NJ
ms punch and nothing were ae sy1
Vi him for day OF tso dSstn;tess Set;Sg efrongs iT
.afS was renewed got weaker a.
1t last unable to move. When s fha ans
De saronu they discovered that he
at bsn e. ws @as isfs n
ny immeoite hnt what lis life might have be
is 10 5nG"'s Moaday S nornn
es 70 hnn t"as ~ ,.s;onnrs deem il necessary to
e. Snou4u Wv i1a.tjvat;nn int3 these charges, IN