Daily globe., 1883-08-07
THE SISTERS HOSPITAL.

teTS as " DttseeSSes-fo"e of EF. cate . Dis
q'es.'ecG to the SisterS-He as called q Re
l~Isive Man and DR.. Irring said He did
Not KnOtc Much.
The committee appointed by the city
council to investigate the charges of DR..
Gates against the management of the Sis
ters ofMercy hospital met again yesterday
afternoon to take the testimony for the
defence, his honor Mayor Ames presiding.
The first witness was the sister (assistant)
of ward No. 1, who testified substantially
as follows: Have been nurse here since
last March and had been nurse for five
years previously; l remember the case of
John Finnerty; there were no directions
on the bottle left for him by DR.. Gates and
no verbal directions left as TO how
to give the medicine; we submitted
the medicine to mother assistant, and she
said it was some preparation of iron and
told US to give fifteen drops three times a
day until DR.. Gates next visit, and then to
ask him how often to give it. The next
day the doctor told me to give twenty
drops three times day. AS long as had
charge of the patient medicine was given
him according to DR.. Gates directions.
On the morning of tho 18th of July, the
mother superior put DR.. Gates directions
on the bottle. During the first week DR..
Gates was here as city physician, I went
with him, and he perfectly ignored my
presence while making the rounds of the
ward. 1 complained to mother superior,
and asked her to relieve me of the duty
of going around with him, as he did not
! show me the least respect and entirely
| ignored me. She did relieve me of the
duty, and the mother assistant took my
place. He sometimes replied to me,
''umph," with his back toward me. In the
case of Saxon l went to assist DR.. Gates,
and stayed at the bedside as long as I
could; the doctor commenced to uncover
the patient, showing no respect for my
presence, and walked away; he then COW
cred the patient up and Invent back to
assist him, and he again threw the cover
ing off Saxon and l went away and left him
again; patients in the ward who noticed
the discourteous act spoke of it after
the doctor left He frequently spoke rude
ly to me and often made me very much
mortified while IL the wards; whenever he
asked questions about patients l always
gave him the desired information and
often answered his questions put to pa
tients; he often came to the ward and
) asked me no questions; the sister going
on duty mornings always took lnforma-
tion from the sister going Off duty in re-
gard to patients condition during the
night; Sylvester Larry was in my charge
when he came here; got the water ready
: for his bath; he was bathed as soon as he
} came in and was given clean clothes and
| clean bed, and I took his clothing,
that was removed from the ward to the
10 ha tan ho
was not here two weeks with flame
J shirt on that was not changed; he was
brought to the lower ward about five days
before left and he was up around the last
three days; he had on when he came here
what had been a white shirt; gave him c
red, wool-kn shirt to put on when his
clothing was changed. Fred Dreher was
ordered to have beef tea or milk and he
got it; one day he said he preferred milk
and gave it to him after that; supposed
he was Catholic and took him fish on
= Friday as did not wish to insult him by
Offering him meat; he used to attend t
Catholic services held in the hospital and
} he told me his wife and family were
. Catholics; patients who are not Catholics
re given meat when it is ordered. DR..
Gates told me that Michael O'Hara might
sit up; O'Hara got out of bed and sat up;
, I made a mistake one day and gave O. sHara
| full meal and the next day told the doc
tor of the mistake; O'Hara had been re-
ceiving full diet before DR.. Gates took
charge OF him; DR.. Gates directions were
always followed except in this mistake
of mine; the doctor gave me
40 directions about giving Fin
nerty the iron mixture; 1 consider it
ungentlemanly in physician to go
through ward accompanied by the sister
who is nursing in the ward and entirely
ignore her, and asked only the patients for
information; I consider it an insult; Dr.
Gates used to say, "Wiil you get me some
water?' will you get me some bandages?'
and say yes" and mo- TO my questions;
he uever used TO say "Yes, sister, or ''No,
sister, or "If you please" which he does
now; considered his manner of address
ing me ungent, 3manly, as we'll as his short
way of speaking; when I say DR..
I Gates ignored me, I mean that
he should have asked me how
the patient rested, about objections, effe !.
of medicines, food, etc, could have an
swered these questions. SaXon's perso
was exposed more than was necessary to
make the dressing. O'Hara asked if he
could sit up for several days before the
doctor consented TO let him; OF my own
, knowledge cannot say that DR.. Gates did
give directions about the giving of Saxon's
medicine to some other sister.
Sister of ward No. 2, on oath said VIM.
| Murphy, who had a sore throat, was to
have bis throat sprayed; did not remove
the dressing from the foot and
spray it four or five times;
I only sprayed the ankle once and I told
the doctor so; DR.. Gates ordered tincture
of iron given internally to Murphy three
times day and it was given as directed;
never told DR.. Gates I did not know what
. an atomizer was; I had seen several at
omizers before; I was in attendance upon
t Murphy as his nurse together with the last
t sister who testified; carried out the di-
rections given by DR.. Gates for O'Hara
/ striotly;I noticed that O'Hara commenced
to sink from tbs time DR.. Gates changed
J.. his diet; that gave him
t all the milk he could
S possibly use; this patient died.
: 1 remember the patient Eta Beaver: I saw
Y Eta Beaver come from her room when she
was convalescent and go to private room
s occupied by a gentleman and cough to