, 1879-03-05
hope, md cheer for each ona Al they passed
through the wards, and each fnce bflghtcned al
tlcr nnnroarhrt1.

hope, md cheer for each onn AZ they pnssed
through the wards, and each face frightened az
Tho reporter talked few minutes with Dr..
lsham Oh tho subject Of the appointment Of =
Medical tupcrntcndent to tnkn tho place Of tho
Medical boart!, and asked his oplt,ion Of tho
nounce against .hc scheme. IL tho first place,
lie said there Ind already bcen four or five ap.
pi'cants for thu position, even before therc WIS
Sny ene 5ens, .ak ms'ne se sssnge ~
wear. ntNl my physician who would seek the
Office for tint stipend
WOULD NOT DE A PIT MAN
for the .placc. And he further said that tie
ltoard ut thysicians which now conducted the
medical treatment At ,1,e Hospital was CONF
puscd Of PHYSICIANS Of standing md rood prnc-
lice. The County RuarI had ni the beat mct{-
eaa men In the city 10 pick from and they did
not receive one cent Tor their labor. Each one
time at tho Hospital, lInd tho only rccon,pcnso
ha received was in the way Of adding to his ex-
pcrscncc mid Increasing his reputation. liz said
graduates from the medical colleges o. internri,
nsd lle would like to have all tho pubsie-sptr.ci
ladies' Visit tl,e Hospital and inspect the inside
workings anil tnaku suggestions. 4 number
Another change the Doctor recommended
was the building of. small one-atory building,
that should l'aya the advantages Of Hight and
olr,, for lyiny..'n department for women: Sew
C!ul lNIGo DAA AlEGu lllHuV uY kNE uunutAt NVWt-
mittco with reference to cnrcinto women who
nale application. First, IL was ruled Tint no
cncaint wutnan Bhuud bs received ut ali; b,,r
unc dAY there came a woman to mako opplTGn-
ton; she was refused. and was delivered Ut u
CHILD In the D11ice. Then II was dccrccd that no
woman In ths state should be received unless eto
was nctuaily IN lahur; but this was absurd, az
It wns O bad time to think about taking won,-
an to the Hospital after her labor pnins had
tomn upon her, to say nothing about the loss OF
life that was likely to attend tile removal. There
had been i1ltlcl, talk about the inliunan treat
tnent Of the won,nn who had recently been nd
mittc1 into The llosrital In the abore~dcscribcd
condition; but tile Doctor assured bis listener
ttat there had tecn nothing but tho utmost del
1cacv observed Ia attending 10 tho Cases. lie
knew thte, for he was 80 we'll acquainted with
tht phrsIcians having the casce IN charge TINT
1t was impossible that ANYTHING Of such naturo
ns tlle ctargcs expressed could have bsen done;
1t was not tultsonant with the usunl treatment
Of patients by thls class OF physicians.
IN expressing his opinluns still further. DR..
lbhain thought II would be for tile best inter-
csts Of the Institution for th.. Hospital Commit
tee Of the County board ~ consult with the
Medical Board beiorc issuing any rules for the
government Of patients or wards, because tho
physicians, being men Of experience. ought 10
understand the wants OF The institution hotter
thun men Of no experience. He concluded by
expressing d wish TINT gentlemen n1!u lhdcs oL
intelligence would yfst the County Hospital
frequently md observe the workings Of the cs-
tnblfshucut.