Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-12-06
Foreign Correspondence.
VIENNA, Nov. 20, 1888.

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size has only one fourth as many beds. 1t
is all in one building though this is made
with several immense courtyards. If straight
ened out it would reach about 1000 feet,
over IA miles.
This question was frequently asked me,
"Why do you go to VIENNA Are not our
physicians as good as those Of Europe p
In answer l will say, it depends on the
standpoint from which one looks at it.
From the patients side, believe American
hospitals and physicians to be infinitely SUI
perior, but for the student and the budding NJ.
ID. the European ones are decidedly prefer
able. Here. when i'll, everybody comes to
the hospital and seems to have not the least
objection to being experimental upon and
positively seem to enjoy having class of
In our own hospitals, even the poorest pa
tients object TO such treatment and have
constantly seen il stipulated by applicants
for admission to American hospitals that no
students should be allowed to examine them.
Students here are taught medicine, not
by theory alone, but by practice they are
divided into small classes of from to 10
and taken BY doctor who is an expert in
his special branch. into ward full Of living
cases of the disease to be treated. Ii seems
the great desire of the physician to make
q correct diagnosis, once that is established
no matter what becomes of the patient, in
fact if he dies so much the better. as the
"post mortem" shows whether the doctors
conclusions were right or not.
In recent clinical talk, to class of
which am member, our Prof. closed by
saying. "And now gentlemen hope to have
the pleasure Of showing you this organ in
few days, and thus verify my Statements
which, will do him the justice to say he
did
In the surgical department it is different,
Prof. Billroth is acknowledged TO be the
creates, living surgeon, and patients come
TO him for operations from all parts of Eu-
rope. He is brilliant operator but his
success is perhaps no greater than that Of
many of our less famous American sur
geons.
The Lying -indep't.. is one of the largest
in the world. \ child is born here every
half hour on an average the entire wear.
As all of these births are ilegi,mate il will
be inferred tina, Vienna is not u strictly NOR
al city.
Outside Of the hospital, Vienna has only
to 10 doctors compared to our cities, and
these are poorly paid aud seldom employed,
for as have before stated rich and poor 20
TO the hospital when sick. There are no
prac,icing lady physicians in Austria, con-
sequenty those here from home are looked
at wonderful examples Of the progression
of that marvellous country across the sea,
which they are always anxious to hear
about, and Of which they have the same alb
surd ideas that most Europeans have in re-
gard TO It's size and the rapidity with which
anyone there can get rich.
Dentists are few and far between here,
and their work is of very inferior grade
I There are no good dentists outside Of Amer
lea. There is a genuine Yankee dentist
here but they do not know enough about
good work to appreciate him. Up 10 few
years ago education was not compulsory in
Austria but since the war Of 1866, with
Prussia, in which this saying originated
among the Austrians. at was not the Ger
man soldier but the German schoolmaster
that defeated u.s. education has been com
pulsory here. | asked an Austrian what
salary the teachers received. and he said,
'enough 10 keep them from starving. but
not enough to keep from being hungry"
So doub, if a school agent has as many
applicants 10 refuse as he has in our country
Labor of all kinds is not so we'll paid as at
home, but the difference is no, so great as
many imagine and skilled workman gets
Sl.25 TO $500 day There are many
women employed in the drudgery, and most
OF the digging and bod carrying, etc. is per
formed by them; they receive only 1925 a
day aud do as much work as a man. A lady
friend from the United States. on her first
visit TO TINS country, amuses me by showing
her shocked sensibilities and indignation a,
this spectacle of laboring women. There
may be very pardonable amount Of pride
at being able TO thus prove that women can
be physically trained equal to men, which
is removing the only distinction in which
most men can claim superiority.
There are more dogs here than ever saw
before. Big dogs, little dogs, in fact every
kind of dog, but the majority are native
breed about as large as a Newfoundland,
smooth hair, and where they differ from our
dogs, have to make not only their own but
their masters living, for they are harnessed
to carts and draw them all dsy One sees
them everywhere with all sorts Of loads on
the carts, scratching right down to it, and it
is astonishing to see what loads they can
draw.
The one horse carriages here have always
pole instead Of thills. The horse is har-
messed TO one side Of that and always gives
one the impression that they intended to
have two, but forgot 10 put in the other
horse. The carriages are clumsy and Of
ten wonder what they would say to see
genuine American top-buggy appear. But
the horses are fine. even those Of the hacks
and street cars, while those belonging to the
titled and Imperial family are magnificent.
Crowned heads seem to be numerous. |
have already seen the Emperor of Austria,
King of Spain and King,fand Queen of
Greece, while members of the royal family
are seen everywhere. The Emperor's broth
er is physician and is continually around
the hospital where they let him perform
neat little operations. The Grown Princess
gave birth to future Crown Prince few
weeks ago, and the whole nation took a hol-