New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-25

oH Cntefng the Chambers street HoSllltal NJ
an early hour III the day, from to IL curious,
interesting and Yet pitiahe 81 1t. lie passes mp the
iron steps into waitir groom. portion of which, at
the right il set on 10y iron railing, behind VIII ca is
the desk OF the attendant who notes down the arrival
of patients IN front Of and along the iron fence il
bench, and at the opposite side of the is another
There one may human beings of both sexes OF I'll
and OF every nationality.
They generally present a dilapi,iatcd ana wocbcgonc
appearance one Is suffering from broken arm, Wiich
the house surgeon is to examine again. another from
broken head, caused NY br"lhat fan into hatch
way another has dislocated jaw; and AL the
victims OF mislaps or OF assaults OF men or disease.
They ave perfectly quet, each communng with his own
misery and waitu until the assistant shall conduct him
TO the attending physician. on by they shown
in, relief, and pass ont without uttcring
wCra These ere people who have been able to cone "a
the hospital without assistance; they are mostly sur
sical cases. they called at the hospital dis
pensary cases. There another Catastrophe that
brought to the hospital in ambulanccs They are tok"p
the basement, IL patients stricken by the heat, if
suffering other placed in cots in the
wards on the second hoor.
present The hospital is dispensing Of from loo 70
200 cases daily, the new averaging about fifty.
been from 1000 TO 5000 This the largest number
during the six years since this hospital was opened
under the charge of the New-Iorl, Hospital.
TIE SURGEONS AND THEIR WORK.
The Chambers street Hospital receives paticnts from
the whole lower part of the city below Ho'son-st ex
cert The Fourteenth Precinct, which covers
eight precincts There the house surgeon the senior
assistant two Junior assistants and four assistants.
WHO do not live in the house. bat down each day
the dispcnsary. DE- William +. BUN is the visiting
re0n.
When ambu' nee is desired from any of the pre-
oucs, message If sent to Police Headquarters An
officer or an engineer send ctn through fire
wires by opening the inucr Impairment of frc-hoX.
From Headquarters the cali is sent to the hospital by
telephone dial by bells. Twenty strokes dignity
Send ambulance and the district is given aiterWard.
There two regular ambuanc,s, and extra Tor
emergencies. These calls sent at any and all hours
of the day and night.
DR.. McCosh, the horse surgeon, gave n TRIBUNE re-
porter an account recently of what ia doing a. the
no pital.
co. yes" said he, in reply to question, eve have
here people Of all classes ages. mathematics sexes
We only have the poor but often the wealthy who
suddenly stricken down and cannot he taken home or
elsewhere We do not take chrome cesos here, they
sem to Bellevue or TO the NtwNork Hospital; We have
only the acute cases ENtreme aicholc ana crazy pa
ticuts sent uptown also. We have Greeks Russians
last other day and hard work to get an inter
prefer for him. as he couldn't speak word English
ally 20 to their doctors They are otcucst opium
eases; they when partially stupci,d by opium
mothers generally bring Them Broken bones the result
OF falls, are usually the trouble Then We have individual
cases that are interesting
The other night at midnight man was brought here
VINO required hye policemen TO control nm: After they
got him in here he went TO the tank for drink Of water
thro9sh the trout window; lie fcl into the basement;
the door was open; he plunged through that, the
lqmped in some way up on t. the high wall IN the rear,
rie Kan ; a ah X, ms 1 ~ we lg ana
people were calling, What's the matcri The police
there were twelve OF them in pursuit. He along
wan az ir as he CONG and then leapcd dow" lie fe!
to get him out They had TO get ropes ANA haul him out
CASES WHERE THE srRAr-JACKET Is REQUIRED.
"ln cases where there is danger to the lie o. the
f.,, 9 u
jacket 1t is not used with the severity with which
once We have new straitjackct which
have used for only two weeks. 1t is great improve
the Old It consists OF leather cylinders or
gauntlets without tngor~ which slip hand and
strapped at the wrist. They strapped by strip
OF canvas to the arms which folded to the chest
The ends of the canvas passed around behind the
back aud fastened This the purpose Of the old
jacket and does not heat the patient. When the patient
is too violent his hands and feet strapped to the
bed"
what is the trouble with the majority of the patients
sent here"
"Alcohol and falls We had a millionaire from Newark
here the Oth,c nght-at least he he was one He
brought from Of the hotels it took live police
men to get him here he taken home in the morning
by his brOthcr We have great many hatchway cases.
In fact think more people are injured from falling
through hatchw IS than hy any other way. NO day
passes when We do not have from two twelve such
patients and their injuries generally very serious
We nave one case upon hand now You may scarcely
u
turc Of each thigh, fracture knee cap the frac
ture of four ribs, which developed into pncunona,
compound nu pc fracture o. the lower Jaw; and vet
ne is now well save that one thish troubes him brclse
OF dead bole IA 1t Wnich is YET to come ont The
have fallen from great heights and have hardly been
hurt A boy fen from the Adams Express lding re
Gently while hymg kite, and he was in the hospital
'Yon have patients in summer than in winter 2"
Ap ,", a, third more OWNS to the heat"
:" All classes suffer; these who live hot, close and
bady-ventilated rooms are tue most affected, Regiments
sufI
parativcly little from heat There have not been half "a
dozen here of rosraon of women by hot weather
due mainly to difference in occupation Brickaycrs and
pne m he "nt in the s 1 nc pro nH NECESSARY FOR
occur at night, especially i'll tcncmenthous il
killed by the ana bad air mistaken idea that
heat rGstraon s caused ny exposure to the alone
close, i!vcnatcd room. one hot day seldom produces
Tie lower classes suffer most from the heat because
they live 80 crowded together in tenement houses Then
have surgical cases constantly resulting from falls from
roofs at night
DRINKS TO BE AVOIDED
"What drinks tend TO produce heat prostrationW
"Liquor aS8ravatcs it-that il, whiskey and brandy
Gin is not bad it acts the kidneys and doe
heat much. Beer is good when udicious!y taken
it induces free perspraon. Vchy and all mineral
waters are good; 40 is iced milk. The drinking Ice
water is not injurious when moderately INDUCED ill.,
How do you treat heat cases 4"
"Thc patient Is stripped and placed rubber sheet
with holes in it, and suspended supports. He il then
sprnkled with ice water from ordinary watering
pot if the is very bad Just put the patient in
tab OF ice water for from fifteen minutes hours
Ice is kept hs head. After the temperature ia
properly reduced stinu'ans generally needed; we
use whiskey ammonia digalis (fox- glove. Weeks
sometimes required for Years
| when the membranes of the brain are affected"
How do the patients regard the hospitals Do they
Not at all The lower classes find themselves SO com.
their children here and leave them aud do come
after them. One boy has been upstairs six months
NOV he iound