The New York herald., 1879-10-01

..,s&eher and it's freight is gently placed
upon IL. and the mattress is instaptly lifted
wagon with an easy and noissless notion. The
mattress has small wheels undernesth 1t ut either
t,as' tns sides Of which are padded An leather and
horse hair. In front. under the drivers seat.
is compartment in which is carried splints. oakum.
hand are bandages of all kinds and in box to the
left emetics, antidotes. cardic stimulants. an@s-
sne'os IN addition arS thsps little handbag
containing all necessary articles for single dress
ing; The ambulance is gr.viaed with bell affixed
il is coming. a. has the privilege OF Of
ssi sise lamps and isud lamp. When the ambulance
returns with csse drives right up the accident
ward. on the ground floor Of the hospital where
there are two beds and every kind OF medical
SRpsA's where tbs . patients are thoroughly washed
washed md treated they are carried to the steam
elevato and taken up aloft. Then tho stretcher is
placed little carriage and rolled to the side of the
bed There are two drivers employed by the hospital
and they sleep in two beds placed one above lthe
other in the basement. There is gong in their
hey have to repair 70 the stable whore the respond
ing key Is.
DEFECTS IN THE SYSTEM
At Chambers street the largest number Of
they have received IN day eighteen. and at the
Fifteenth street tsn. The most common
result of street nts in which cuts on the head and
Asking DR.. Markoe whether bo thought the ambu-
lance service stood in need OF improvement, no
replied "Tho city il not properly divided into pre-
cincts. Bellevue doing the largest part OF the busi
ness. whereas hospitals which better
equipped deprived OF the Legitimate
share Of the work. There is st. vincent's Hospital
covering four precincts and they have not even an
ambulance of their own, and we who have two
confined to two precincts The Bellevue ambulances
have been doing the work for st. vncents for the
past two years: The interns Of Bellevue Hospital
are, many OF them, not graduates. Any student Of
medicine, whose name has been ndorsed by one Of
the faculty OF Bellevue Hospital II he pass the
hospital examination. is admitted as member Of
the staff, provided that. before he becomes house
surgeon, he shall have received the degree of N. D.
do you receive all classes of cases In this hos
pitalY'
fuses and all treated alike, whether they
be ricn poor. 1t s enough for it Is q
of suffering humanity. and, no matter about race,
creed condition, it is equally welcome to all tho
benefit OF the treatment this hospital can afford.
UPTOWN HOSPITALS
DIR. ]. W. Hopper. aged twentysix years gradu-
ate OF the College OF Physicians and Surgeons,
is the ambulance surgeon for Roosevelt
precincts-the Twentieth, Twenty-second and
Twenty-eighth. and averages about two
cases day. The Doctor has been connected with
the hospital six months. He says he can leave the
hospital the ambulance and reach fur up as
Harlem Bridge in seventeen minutes after the signal
is given.
of the New York University. is the ambulance
surgeon Of the Ninety-ninth Street Hospital, OF
which DIR. CRUDE for two years past has
been house surgeon. This hospital has two ambu-
extending from Sixty-hfth street to Kingsbridge on
the west side and from Seventyninth street to the
Bronx River the east side has generally busy
time. 1t averages four cases day. Dr. Marsh has
been connected with the hospital since last April.
Severe kept there. while others are trans
ferred to Bellevue, Of which this Is q branch.