Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-24
DIR. Gates CHARGES.

OF Supervisors OF the Poor.
Last evening the investigation into the
charges preferred by City Physician DR.. A.
B. Gates against DR.. Collins and the Sis
ters' hospital, was continued before the
committee from the board of supervisors
of the poor, in the chamber of the city
council.
Mayor Ames called the meeting to order
at 7:45.
Attorney Davis, for the hospital, made
objection to the Introduction of affidavits
by DIR. Gates, on the ground that he had
not had opportunity to cross-examine AFT
ants, and the same were ruled out.
DR. E. J. BROWN
was the first witness on the pant of Dr.
Gates, and deposed as follows Am prac-
ticing physician in Minneapolis; treated
one patient in the Sisters hospital have
visited it in consultation; have never been
able to ascertain any facts as regards the
temperature Or pulse of patients, move
ments of bowels or passage of water; that
is, I found it extremely difficult to get il
form alton upon those points; the sisters
would not give information, and when l
asked respecting the same the sister would
my patient was afflicted with typhoid
fever: in regard to the failure of sisters to
take temperature and the pulse of my
patient during my absence; that was never
done; I also directed my patient on two
certain days to givs baths every hour when
the temperature remained higher than 103;
it was not done; one of those days
the temperature was 104 in the morning,
ha who I cd
104 10, and she had received but one
bath during the day; the sister told me she
had given her but one bath; the excuse was
that they failed to carry out the orders
owing to the fact that patient in the hos.
pital had died during the day and required
deal of time; the case was a private pa
tient; treated her eleven days. I was led
! to suppose from what the mother superior
| told me she would become a city patient;
on one day protested against the neglect
OF my patient; next day found the same
neglect and again protested; the mother
superior replied that the patients money
was gone, and l had best take her to an
other hospital; she added the hospital staff
| was complaining of my being there; [ ex-
planned the arrangements which had been
made for the payment for board, and she
said it was the first she had heard of it. !
attended city case for several
| days thereafter; I then received
note from DR.. Collins, stating
that the hospital staff requested that get
other medical attendance for my patient,
which l did; it was because l was quaran-
tine physician, in charge of the city small
pox patients; l ceased my visits; I asked
the Mother Superior repeatedly to take the
temperature; she said she had no thermom-
eter; she had two, and doctors had Dor
rowed and failed to return them; no rea-
son was given why they would not take the
pulse,
Cross examination-I am quarantine
physician, and occupied the same position
at the time mentioned; no connection be-
tween my duties and those of city physi-
clan, my duties at the time I was attend
ing the patient led me to attend small pox
patients; 1 requested one sister and the
mother superior to take the pulse; have nc
recollection of any reason other than
have mentioned being given: never learn
ed that the patient was getting nourish
ment as I ordered; the food was placed on
table so that the patient might help her
self, and in cases of typhoid the patient
is not liable to make much effort to ge
food.
Re-direct-Dr. Collins knew when he
consented to take the patient into the
hospital that 1 was quarantine physician
the patient recovered.
J. A. PETERSON
} was the next witness and affirmed az fol
lows: 1 have been in the Sisters hospital
il was last fall; was with Charles Sun
berg; went as an interpreter; his wife
had died there; was there half hour
| L was only in the waiting room;
went to see the corpse which
was on the back porch
the corpse was covered by sheet; tn
face was dirty; there was matter arounC
the mouth. and the hair looked as though
! it had not been combed for some time; n
9 one was in charge of the corpse; she wa
: a city patient.
MRS. ANNIE SWANSON
b depose6 and testified as follows: Sa'
Mrs. Lunberg when she was patient a
!, the Sisters hospital; was there almos
every day for two weeks; she was sick wit
| typhoid fever; her bed was wet; saw tn
sisters change her clothes; her bed wa
very wet; she suffered from diarrhRe
9 only saw the bed in that condition at on
K time; Mrs. Sunberg was my sister; sh
g complained of her wet bed.
- DR. o. s. Oh APTMAN
G was sworn and gave the following test
|, mony: I attended one patient in the Si
IS ters' hospital-the one DR.. Brown had a
IS tended; I succeeded him; 1 find by r
q ferring to my notes on February 18th thu
my orders respecting giving the patiel
q medicines were not followed; think it We
g not the first time my directions had bee
l. ignored; directed that the medicine
J. given once in four hours, and found onl
q three doses had been given during tn
Is twenty four hours; I judged from tt
J. amount of medicine left that it was nc
given; the first four days of my attend
ance my directions were pretty general
carried out; my patient complained of tt
milk being sour; the milk looked as thong
n, it had been standing for some time; I Iii
not like its appearance; 1 found the be
r and ward clean and in satisfactory cond
ton; gave six or seven prescriptions.
1t II. q. CHRITCHFIRLD,
being sworn, testified: Am DR.. Cate
If student; visit the hospital almost dali