Daily globe., 1883-08-01
THE HOSPITAL INVESTIGATION.
Another Day Decoted to the Hearing o
Testi1uO0U


AIS0tIter Day DecOted TO the Hearing of
Testimony.
At . o'clock yesterday afternoon the in
quiry into the charges made by DIR. Gates
against the management of the Sisters
hospital was resumed at that institution,
all the members of the committee being
present and the mayor presiding. The
first witness for the defense was J. W.
Hinckley, who on oath testified as follows:
Have been in Sisters hospital as patient
for nine months and half; Morrison, the
patient, came here one day and died the
next; saw him when he cnme IN; he was
unconscious; he was clean when he came
and saw him several times the first night
he was here; saw him between and 10
o'clock the next morning; was
at his bed side and detected nothing
wrong or any ordor of feces about him;
am druggist by profession and have
followed the business for thirteen years;
have prepared most of the medicines or
derea here since I came; have supervision
of all prescriptions that are compounded
here; in the case of John johnson did
not put up the first prescription; ex-
amined it when he said it burned his
mouth; prepared most of his medicines
after that and they were put up as order
ed; Fellows Syr. Hypophosphitess is
patent medicine and patent medicines are
not usually prescribed by physicians. 1
looked to the city physicians book for
directions and prescriptions and they were
followed in each instance.
Either the mother superior or my
self prepared all the prescriptions,
and I always made 1t my business to see
they were fully carried out and medicines
delivered. took the pulse and tempera-
ture once in the case of Martha Peterson
when requested by DR.. Gates, the only case
when DR.. Gates ever requested me to do it :;
never heard of his requesting any one else
to do so; took pulse and temperature in
several cases, but did not report it, because
1 was not asked for it; have found the sis
ters here to be the kindest people ever
met; mean towards the patients, as / am
frequently called into the wards and have
occasion to see their attention; the wards
and beds are always kept clean; when they
become Uttered they are cleaned up as soon
as dirtied; patients are always sponged in
winter time when they enter and are given
alcohol baths; when the water works were
out OF order patients were given sponge
baths; never saw dirty patient brought
here that was not given bath as soon as
his condition would warrant it; this was
true Of city as we'll AZ of private patients;
the food was Of good quality and plenty of
it; never heard patient complain that
food was not good; patients were always
supplied with clean clothing; never saw any
lice or bed bugs in the hospital; never
heard OF any interference with the orders
of any physician here; in fact We were very
particular about not allowing any interfer-
ence; 1 have been obliged to keep a close look
on the record of DR.. Dates in order to fol-
low his directions, and I know that two
entries have been made to that record
since il left the hospital; the first is in
the case Of Martha Peterson of debility
from typhoid fever and neglect" the other
was in the case of Mary Ann Garrity,
whore these words were added to the rec
ord; "Poultices were ordered through
telephone;' the mother superior made some
remarks about what a pity it would be for
the poor girl to lose her hand; 1 said: evil
you please SEQ that my orders are ful-
hlled?" eyes, doctor, but some of your
OA0OAo oAO NOly oCAohSOs 4uO DOOh Wdb
taken away June 80 or July 1st and 1
never saw the book again until the invee-
tigation; he used to bring the book with
him after that and take it away with him;
DR.. Gates has supplied his own medicine
since that with bat few exceptions; since
then the directions are left as to giving
medicines with the nurses and for some
time no directions were left upon the
hnfkIao Lee +
the patient Miles McHale and saw him
when he was brought here. 1 knew him
as hackman and took considerable inter
est in him; he was always clean except on
the first night he was brought here when
he was dirty and his clothing also dirty;
clean clothes were put on him; he never
complained but once and that was about
his bed, snd had that fixed; his COM
plant was not that the bed was uncleen;
often asked if could do anything for him;
l psid his bills here, and he is mistaken
when he says he paid them; don't remem-
Der of saying anything to him about pay
ing me back; helped to take care of the
insane woman several nights, as she was
abusive to the sisters; the nurses did
everything in their power to relieve Hans
Olson; were very attentive in his case, and
several sisters were in continuous attend
aacs; they have as good stock Of pre-
scription drugs hers as 1 have in NY
store, and every drax first class; the
mother superior is as thoroughly
competent to put up drugs as am. There
is regularly employed male nurse in the
hospital. Calleghan never made one esn-
plant about care or treatment; he often
asked for more stimulants than was ordeY-
ed by the doctor.
Mother superior on oath said: 1 have
charge of the Siters' hospital and have had
since its organization; 1t was opened in
May, 1882; have seven sisters hers inelud-
ing myself; have had two men employed
here since we opened and have three now;
have been engaged in hospital duties at
intervals for forty years and havs attend
ed many sick people. 1 can make up
any prescription; have taught my
sisters here; they are all good nurses; 1
visit all patients personally when I am
here and when I am away my assistant
acts for ne; I told the hospital staff that
DR.. Gates was to take charge of The city
cases; BuYrell got all the medicine ordered
and he had every care and attendance; re-
marked to one Of the sisters when I first
saw Ba,rsll that he would die; Aorrison
was dirty whsn he came here, and called
the male nurse and had Morrison cleaned