The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-01

I PAL titioned off into large room foI
the patients and a smaller room
which has been used as an Operatin,
room. This last room was deemed
an essential appendsge to the build
Ing, as every week one or more have
5een operated upon. The operating
room is well lighted and furnished
with all the requisites for Ia firs.-clas
operating room.
BASEMENT. The basement CORES
ponds with the two upper floors in
every respect except the height oil
ceiling, which is ten feet, whilst that
OF the upper floors is thirteen feet.
Il is used for culinary purposes. has q
large boiler room, which furnishes
steam throughout the entire building.
has three dining rooms, q workshop.
storeIooms, etc.
BATH TUBS AND WATER CLOSETS
On the first and second floors are four
porcelain-lined bath tubs with an
abundant supply Of hot and cold
water, and six of the most approved
posCutCu WatCl CiOSStss
GRoUNDs.-The grounds have been
tastefully laid ou.in circular. diagonal
and triangular plats which will IN
time present an attractive appear
ance. Two lows of trees on either
side OF the fence which encloses the
block, together with several hundred
trees which have been planted
through the grounds, will not only
add to the beauty of the place, bat
will In the course of q few years
serve as a shade to cOnvalescens pa
tienss when sauntering through the
grounds.
GOOD WoRKs.-Since she Hospital
of the Holy Gross was founded in
1875, and opened its doors in 5th East
Street to suffering humanity, the
names OF 1928 patients have been
enrolled on it's books. Of these, 473
were charity patients, 90 were buried
by the Hospital, 1877 were female pa,
tlents, the rest male.
TABLE OF CAsEs.-The following is
q partial LET Of cases treated at the
Hospital: Abcesses., sural, 5; ab-
cesses, palmar, 2; sbcesses. psoas, 4;
alcoholism, II; amputa;ion, feet, s,
fingers II, chouider /, leg 2; aneur-
ism, 3; asthma, 2; burns, II; cancers.
5; consumption, Sc; colds, 60; con-
fusion of head 8, knee 5, eide 8.
thigh 5; debility. ~; dia.rhoea, 4;
diphtheria. ssl4; dislocations, 116; dys-
entery, 9; dropsy, II; dyspepsia, q;
epilepsy. Z; erysir elias, So; fever, ty-
phoid l37. intermittent, Il, brain 5,
scarlet 4; fractures, 13; frosted, q;
heart disease. 10; hysteria. 2; lung
congestion, 3; paralysis, II: pleurisy,
2; lead poisoning, 2.172; preumo-
MIA. 90; rheumatism, acute So,
chronic Il, sub-acute II; scaIds, Il;
scrofulosls. 5; sprains, II; sore eyes,
30; sore throat, "a; sore feet, 10;
sore mouth, 8; sore head, -; tumor,
9; ulcer OF foot. s, leg 5, shoulder l !;
wounds, abdomen 2, lockjaw /, Jaw
l, knee Join. l.
During the past year $50 patients
were admitted. Or these, 70 we're
charity patients; $50 were treated for
lead poison. and So for typhoid fever;
no deaths There we're II amputa.
lions and Is cases of consumpti0p; 8
OF the latter died. Some of the most
delicate surgical operations known to
the profession were performed Success
fully here III the past year. Tracheoto-
my Tor foreign bodyiin wi1dpipe, 5 lac.
Grated perrin eum, all cured; Oyarioto.
my, two Gases, one cured; one alba.
ton OF left upper extremity. died
from opium habit; enc Visera vaginal
1stul la, left before well; two trepniu-
lGg, one died; one reslction OF bones
OF leg, still in Hospital; one resiction
IN elbow joint Tor guushot fracture.
cured; one resictIop Of shoulder Joint,
cured; one lockjaw gunshot injury,
cured; one gunsnot wound OF abdo-
men, died; one gunshOt wound Of 4w
and throat, still IL Hospital; one gun
shot wound ia thigh, died; three
railroad injuries. two cured; one
gunsho. wound OF knee Joint, cured;
one ablation OF upper extremity for
cancerous trouble, cured; one abcess
OF gall bladder. cured; che traumstic
disease of knee. from needle. died;
i've cases Of bydrocele, all cured; one
case piles cured; one case cut throat.
cured; two cases extirpstion OF eye,
cured: one douple amputation leg
and thigh, still IN ihs Hospital.
The surgeons OF the Hospital are
Drs. Benedict and Pike; the physi-
clan, DR.. Fowler. Consultations on
critical cases include the medical
staff.
The favorable results accompany-
ing the treatment OF lead poisoning
and TYPHOID lever during the last wear