, 1879-03-05
THE COUNTY HOSPITAL.
What O Reporter Saw While Making a
Tour Of the Wards.
How tho Institution Is Managed by the
Medical Board In Charge.
A Decided Opposition to the Employment Of
a Medical Director.

q Ueo1ded Imposition 10 tn0 hmployment OF
u Aleulcal O1setoft
!
reporter Tor THE TRIBUNE paid sla1t 70
tho County Hospi.a. yesterday aite5nnou, at,tl
spcnt, a en,,n,o 1t l,our. in inok,n,, over the
a..a.,.'.'s s.e's " "DHas ~ 1.,,
usr'. pe.' ne.""npau'c. W n.'. tena"' ~,
ahA Lee, two Of Tic Attending surgeons on tle
Board Of Physicians. by tl,c way, all the read
era may not understand the tul, meaning Of
tbt, ,cr,, mi, tI,ctoforo /, maj. la ,vo,i T., ~.
s1 s.1.1. wy N,.',.'. ~ '."1 w W. ~ 49,
s o.
Tllc Medical Board consisls oi ihirteen mem
bers. suuposc,, 10 he culIr1 fran among the
vo,v h..t n.,c,,,rc n,r.,,.,u. ri ,ho +Jt, ~
,s'y ,u pe.' p''rnu6 pys'eu"s % VI e.s c,t,, ~
lo'lo"s: foue attenuihs phys'e'ahss
livc attending surgeons, two nf each
being ou duty ak 1nonths, md
,,,r, reicvc;1 1v tl,e othcrs. ma attaining oc,,
,i.t. NJ, t,u,y rontIuu,llv ~, nttrutinr ~,um.
coIuriste, who attend 10 the treatment ot dis.
pnthpIvels,, ulso on dutr continuously, Tile
! }onsd nj present cDnAIsts Of Urs. Juscpil Russ
| william 4. Quine, Ihu,nns Ncvau, u,ni s. 4.
McWillfanss, US attending physcians; Drs
| Moses Gum. Ciartc, r.. Parker, i.alnI. N.
ishan, Edward ". Ice, artl i. j. Baxfcr, rs a.
| tending surgeons; Ur, T. II, jacobson. ns nt-
tcujipE oclilJst Drs q; dessert mud j, GucrIr.
as attc,riinr ryrucoto.iste; and Ur, Chris Fen.
ter, us GutHLuf.
There nre no fees, cmouments, Or satcr,cs
CONNECTED with the Medical lioartl. hut n ts rnn
sItorcG desirable situation IL npr practitioner
| for q number o{ rcaeunt, among which are
Of thc advantages Of practtce In clinics etc, il
considercd tlork ui favor us The uoDoint-
| ments uru offered only 10 the hest prncflcDg
plysfctauJ, and Il. .cnabies one TO make pro.
| fcssIonni rentItntfon fur hfnsclf anil co1,so.
ourntly tends to otiyertlse him mil Increase hts
business. 10 It il a postton which Is not sighted
| by Tie best medical men in tic city; anl
| Tie Board of County Commissioners. Who nro
lnrtr aba choice among ali tlu Ieelng lu-
inlnnrjrs ,,f t1c mcffjcnI Aton In The city
So nue, for tic Medical Buarxl, md now
sotnes t'!c internal management Of the Hospital
sopni application and ,tpou The RECOMMENDATION
| OF The County Agent, nlthouvh The rules l,ro-
vide t!at in extreme cngcs ttie discretion Of tuc
| War,Icu may bu rxrrriac,i wl,c,
nt-,r,r ,,,,,.r,,,,, ,,,,,sr,,
| .@,.'.t' "'t"'' % ,,', -
at the institution requiring immediate treat
I lnent,hpon nv erecomtlenuat1oh u LIE lhteFnts,
Or !iouse rhS:lelans . a,ia SURGEONS, wlo reslde
stantis; lIe patlent upon utflstng Is received
~ me Natuen' asu an lhithca'ate examination
fnaGe ~ LUZ aiouss tsleal.' Ky W'9 staies hss
eo'npla!nt my; nssixna hlsn to ward, us'1 lio -
registered w!tn us nanc. rcslucncr: n0e, length
81 tine WIN wIie!! no ilas lGcn ntlsetca Wlth
1ae co'np!aut, nis nt.anslas resources e.C.
dneu tae attst3',ns nassle,a1ms .1.l nEo not,!,
| fcu. or TIC Que ~ Wnotn !sIc ease should
properly eo W Naa u nn Is not
subject requiring Immediate treatment, more
thaneah 9e atlcnuca 10 ue tlu M ::
iHc attennns lnysM'an " suaseon aoes wv Velt
nn' nn,ll Io MAKES ns next uaily .oaF o. ", ti,e
Hospital II u shonlu DC case recurring tIln
in.ctt'atc careful tseatlnent o. az cxpsrlenceu
Meaica inai,. He y seIls lot lqttnWltn; anu NC
ns.ens ~ 'i's '"nttun, Inc 4!oIs" t.,:, ~ a
power 20 alles1alc tHe u.st!Ges 81 hns pal'ehi.
~ 1nns. p,.s'n n,, ss.r,a,
viii ti,cr assistants. aTt. apnufntetl by ths imri
Of Cutnmtsstoucre at tlv Recommendation
Of the Medical Board, md the unpo{ptccs arc
sns hl,I,c.s IN coneitiye esnnaton n"n nade oi
II, public, Their dutics arc yrry o,,erous, utul
,lu,r ,rccivc nj, otirr co1npcnsatiou ;han tiicir
s,,hs,strucn during The term in wlIirl, they ur.
only amoitIon i to acoulrc espcrlcnrc III soms
0i The worst eases that thc medical nroicssiun
has 10 Ieal with.
Wlicn lie County Doasd was reorrnnfzct1,
rsorEantzo tir County Hospital nne! appoi,.t a
rrw Wnr,Irn and Watrnn- IL WA chnrrIcu thu,
,hcro werc many Objectionable fcaturcy c1nncct-
I'd With tic piI manuce;nr,,t, md many oltlscs
ntuM,ntcd Wnrden. n,ul Wrs. ,Joi,t,sDi1. WIN
Wna inrincriy counectcd with thr Gctcctiyu
force Ut lie civ, was appointed Matron. After
ti,c nntmint,nc,,t Of Dr ishn1n unun Tie MrtlI.
cui iinrr,l. hr ,t,senvcrrn ,hnt Il Ind hrrn illc
rnstnn n; lnrnl n,tlnrit,rs nil uycr ihe Sorth-
xrst ia sen,i ,hrir .ist nu,r to Charo and thsy
tIrftei ,ntu tho tn,t,itr Ilnsnitl ~, Inmt ihc In
na,,1nra II III. a,,n,.e.sson ~ % Tho n,r.trinn
tis rI,,,sa wns r.r, itlc,I n,u1 IN. Wnrfrn was
instrrty,i IN rnnort Mi ,nscs from outsidu Cool;
sn. ,r,f ri s, ti,cr, i,,cl. ~, ti,n sarat nnss1
H." itmr' Rita hatl v"rv wne,i rjTcr,I fnas,
mu,,, M thc wnr,,s rrre thInncfi nit ti,,s sry.
In, marc rnufnrt ~ mr. n,vn 1,nforinnnss sirk
'"e ' n,.,, ,,.s'n ,,,s. ~ ~ ~ .ar> -, ,..
| TUE hEst f!'oof W ooun oit nAo
treatment III nm institution Of this kind Is Oh
taieA by tnspcctng the wards n,'tl nots,tt, sl,e
nupcarnnGa nt tic patients themselves. lhe
writer had nn opportunity oi dnll's tins ycstcr'
day. nud went through all tl'e Wnrds III TUG
surgical pavilion. accompanying nra Islam nt'
Lee ak they nude their proicsstonal rounds
Nearly every rot bore sufferer, either from
accident OF chronic disease, IN InrEC number Ol