New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-20
WORKING FOR SICK WOMEN,
MUM NEEDS OF AN EXCELLENT HOSPITAL.
..,,sers ny COLONEL DAVIS AND THE REV. DIT.
u1.vTtNGToN-THE CASES TREATED.

urYTINGToN--THE CASES TREATED.
rho ANIMAL meeting of the Womans Hospital
Ia IN the main hall of its building at Fourth-ave.
W., t,ortv.nnth-st. yesterday afternoon large COM
"D onresenting the Board of Governors and Lady
lSaoers we're present The president OF the hospital
C,nI George NJ. Davis, in his report said that with
~ ,ainning OF last month tho hospital entered upon
'n0 ,i,rtvarst year. Our record for 1872
~, otinred Gin many Of its more promis'
~ features Is but repetition OF that
,rnich has preceded it Tor nno ana
,pv con secutive years. The number OF patients ad-
ed for treatment for the year was 162, being an IN
SO or 1o5 ov r the preceding year. In the outoi-
-, oiirte. g6s were treated. increase OF 7oS OF
The bouse patients $40 were married women ~ single
on residents OF this city, 226 of other portions
% this state 1873 from other states and Territories
tro,p Canada 1872 from Ireland % from Germany, Al
tr En- gland II from Scotland, from France from
Pussia from Italy, from the west lhules Honi
Switzerland from saxony, and from SPAIN Vi inc
,,ohor az were Protestants, 1S7 Catholics and 5s
ahrews 2o5 were free patients Surgical operations
10 the number of 57S were ReriormTeeS a oI Whole
g5 capital cases 70 tie"' all h fbo pa
number .r,,Oed in the hospital was 1926. The aver
ava number vi days to apatent was 10 o. 90 No.
eeIs 6nt m only were fully occupied The cost OF
Maintaining each OF the beds was @Sol - ny ny 'V
,'i fnr each patent per day was 81 AZ ms lhsntu-
r IN no sense OF the asy nm. ana was never
intended to be so by its founders IL Is s'v nsnnanfIv
nj Al.
as rule chronic out Of place here ., adv
Inc lTpor fo T SSsi showed that paying and
nrdvidng for all liabilities they mad au uheHpehoee
balance oSs97 IFor this year they ed an
Indebtedness of $9l1 So The total receipts LOT to9o
were $los 49 for last year they We're TeHcV vo rP
vas $40 iC7 O6 decrease from that OF the prey
W. ri 10 a. The individua lcontribuOns decreased
Sl2 o. The annual subscriptions 81 49, and the small
donations so 93. The Excise appropriation OF Sl9oO
was Pr US HS and paramount in tho wants Of this
Institution is the necessity Tor an executive ouIInS
Troncl the unaided efforts OF the lady supervisors nan
of the amount necessary for its erection secured
nearly two ago, the greater part OF "iCu j. P
in and on special deposit for this purpose human N
frmitjes increase with far greater rapidly thah 40
the means their relief, ana II the Dehehteht uscl
of this hospital Is TO be increased inns auuGna
building is Indispensable 1t Is startling revelation
based upon the best surgical and medical anthorty
that in the two cities OF New olK ana ooh! u aOno
there are not than $4,000 suffering women VINO are
proper subjects for our treatment Ana thaG FeN9aoH
becomes the more aSgravateI rom lug p,'lxn A'
edge that our facilities for their RELIEF are eNhduolcui
facilities that amount to only per cent OF the nuuer
almost at very doors VINO heel our sh'I anu caiT
This long demanded building would eNlehu our IdcAi-
ties nearly One-lhllu lIoIe .uc AZ hd'i,C d.,
both the present paNlAohS Wouu ue ~ Iii S
proved and the advantages that the SICK VIII receive
"Thisis the special work Of the women OF New-Iork
They have the sympathies and the gen roSly
huence agency That power has never been earnestly
eXerted IN great public or benevolent cause Nl'lou
prompt the renewed efforts which VIII surely result IN
securing this needed building the retrospect o. "at H41
enough to furnish IT, In s62 this Institution closed
fnr want of means 10 sustain it. Aud when all other
the unfaltering efforts and energies OF the
women interested in ii threw open its doors
10 hc sick and suffering OF their again. In 1866
was again closed for i've months, and then smar Ell
forts made with similar success IN - 80 "tcI
the expenditure of Sl45Ooo nlne-teutIs OF when was
the git OF individual IN the partial erection oil lhe
Baldwin pavilion, the Board OF cover iutIHS tl''
selves without means TO progress with the work "aH
compelled TO board up the doors ana WINDOW ol Jus
naked walls, and thus TO leave II Tor more imam TWO
years. -.. -,.-.. ,.-..t...,
Of single member Of the Board OF Lazy 3
her inspiring influence succeeded IN obtaining Tue
In september. 1877. after the worn on it had been
abandoned years ana hdll IL was oltAci Ioi
were provided for the suffering claimants What more
appropriate. more noble or more enduring monument
tueuce and moral power OF woman than To add To those
which already adorn these GROUNDS our long ana greatly
After the address OF the president the report Of Tie
Board Governors was read by Co0ucI Meyers; It@
ne SAM e'9i az ny nd IT'S rrceipi5 s59.505 o.
executive building Reports were also read Tom tc
Medical Board The Board OF Lady supervisors and from
mentioned IN the presidents speech. Inc ltF. 1T
WiI,4n r Huntington rector OF Grace Church, then
made address. He said that lac desired 10 refer
The SON Of a physician" he continued Il shall say
nothing in dispaIa cement OF the healing art aLd As
minister shall certainly say nothing TO the detlmeHt
OF fltn lie faith founders is what shall speak Of
Founders have invariably been men Of faith. Like
Abraham II Old they nave gone out from
Kindred and country 10 search for th0Se RCol
Things tina, ought be- On the front OF every hospital
beneficiary, home and asylum should be PLACED the
legend OF lie mustard seed and the mountain. Hy ihh
this hospital was organized Everything that IS done
here too for the relief OF the sick is done In the faith
tnat God Almighty VIII keep His promises. There has
been found exist in Nature certain active principle
OF Il stOratIon, rllyiug power-and whoever trusts IN
that power trusts in the promises OF COD; Modern
physicians are every day widening the road ~ which
ih mower works. Tie restoration to the ailluG body
comes rs "A result Of its action ntrgcuty directed 10y
man. within these walls II is taken LOT brhlr4 tAhl
God has ordained the means and methods 10y winch Ic-
tOration is effected. Physicians ana nurses are or
ought to be, the recognized ministers OF God NOuh
that they recognize The sdnctly OF their calling as Jcy
realized its utility. ,
am told that the pressing need OF this Institution j.
an administrative building. understand that SlOOppJ
is reGurcd OF which $4,000 is in hand, and SGOOOO-
OF a thank Offering of $1,000 Tor each OF the thirty years
OF the hospitals lfels needed. There j. no doubt
that the women in this necessity.
IT be that il Is possible aud possible IN the largest
sense through the application OF that ABIDING faith
which Is aumating power III advancing good
work what has been said emphasizes TINS iact-thit II
the women of NeWIork undertake this labor 1t viii be
a complete success