The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-18
From Wednesdays Daily
g THE BUTTE HOSPITALS.
s'H Inmates in the Miners and
Workingn.ens Hospitals IS

0Intbe Miners Hospital DIR. Wlitford has
under his care at present the following pa
tients: 3 A@G #a1s .nt E15.3
l.. John Dodge, who has been an inmate
since july %, suffering will compound COM
minuted fracture Of the tibia and fbul:e. He
was injured out IN the timber by being thrown
from his horse and dragged, his foot catching
il the stirrup. he is doing we'll now, and
will soon leave for the States. Dodge has
lost a good deal ofthe bone by carries, though
now a union has aiken place.
z. Augustus Smith, suffering from typhoid
fever, has been in the hospital about two
weeks. He was chopping wool IN the timber
when seized, and is now convalescing slowly.
3. Martin Lynch, 4 mil er from Red Noun
tain City, near Highland Gulcb, las been in
The hospital about six weeks, suffering from
tuberculosis of the livcr. For a while Lynch
had fits, tut lie is now meuding slowly, and
will probably be out soon.
4. Edward Hale has been in about a week,
confined to his bed by fracture of the lower
third OF the tibis and upper third of the fbu-
lie. Hale, when injured, was at work at
Thompson's saw mill near Divide. He Slipped
his foot THROUGH the log carriage, and broke
both bones. lie il doing we'll now. .'
5. W. Z. Vinson has been in the hospital
since Saturday, suffering from ID cut foot. He
cut himself In the timber last Saturday, and
is now doing well. .6 ~ h.. ..." 81.
There are no other patients now in DR..
Wllitford's hospital, many having been dis
charged cured. a"5 o. 'a..f .s N.tn 0
The following official report from Drs.
Holmes Il Hendrickson shows the number
Of patients inithe Workingmen's Hospital Tor
a month past, aud the diseases for which they
were treated: 'H ,F. ". "
l. Typhoid Malar'ial Fever since the last
monthly report thirteen patients have been
admitted suffering With thi- disease, making
q total of y typhoid fever patients urder
tire atment at one time. Of whom eight have
been discharged, and thirteen remain on
hand. One, Mr.. Alonzo d. Burkett, died.
2. Simple Fracture; two patients have
been admitted suffering with simple f. acLurss.
both of whom are under treatment.
3. Compound Fracture one patient is now
under Treatment for compound fracture OF
the tibia.
i. Chronic Rheumatism one patient Ii
now under Treatment.
5. Dementia one patient under treat.
ment.
i. Delirium Tremens one patient under
treatment who has been discharged cured.
7. Erysipelas; one Ia lent under treat.
ment.
8. Guushot Wound one patient treated
and discharged.
8. GsstraIgia one patient treated and di.
charged.
10. Myalgia one patient under ire ,tment
IL. Nephirtls; one patient under treat
ment.
IL. Ovchitis one treated and discharged
13. Paralysis one patient under treat
ment.
IA. Perihipatitis one patient under treat
ment.
10. Phthisis two patients under treat
ment.
l6. Pneumonia; four treated, three dis
charged, one still under treatment.
II. Poisoning Charles Swan was brough
to the hospital suffering from the effects of
dose of three ounces of laudanuIn, and died
From these statistics it will be seen tina
"rty-tlree patients have been under treat
ment since the last report, of whom sixteel
have been discharged, two have died an,
twenty-five are still under treatment. Tn
physicians in charge think it best net to Civ
the names of he inmates of the Working