Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-12
MISERY And SUFFERING
That Night be Relieved by City Hos
pital Properly Equipped and
Managed.
Valuable Lives Thrown Away for Want Of
the Necessary Car. and Att"ntion-A
Pew Every Day Case. of suffering
and Death.

Already mention has been made in this
paper Of the great necessity of city h"Spi-
tai in Springfield. Within the past few
days the writer has converSed with the most
prominent surgeons in the city on this sub
ject and all If them agree that such
All institution is badly needed here
and would accomplish an immense
amount of good. even though 1t should
be only small building of four OF
five rooms. 80 that il was properly equipped
and had at least one trained nurse educated
for the business There is not "A single place
in this city where man who has not plenty
of money IL spend can get the necessary
care and attention when undergoing ST.
we're surgical operation or when taken with
| wasting disease. Below arr briefly stated
| few cases. some of which have come under
! the personal observation of the reporter and
Others have been described 10 him 10y we'll
known surgeons.
| On Sunday morning. Jnly 20, about three
O'Clock. Frank Lee. colored boy. fell from
a freight train. west of town. receiving in
ternal injuries and having his right arm
lacerated in such a manner that il had TO br
amputated. He was taken Ia his fathers
hovel. near where the accident occurred.
but had Ia be- removed Ia the iniirmary next
day. Since that time he has recovered. but
! the physcia SAYS he would have been on
| his feet in half the time could h- have been
taken at once t" a hospital where he could
/ have had trained nursing.
! In August nf 1854 a young railrnadcr by
/ the name of Frank Crumm. Whose people
! lived at Bainbridge. attempted Ia jump
/ from a moving train at East street. He
was severely injured internally and horri-
bly, bruised and cut up. He was taken Ia
Jackson'> boarding house on East street
where. a. he had neither money nor friends
he received no attention. He lay in a close
/ hot back room on hard couch. the linen of
which WAS filthy after he had been there a
/ few days. He had not clean garment
even Ia clothe his own form until linen was
given him by a reporter. Even fresh water
and air were not Ia be- had. Finally a friend
raised money enough Ia semi him home. and
he remained an invalid for a year, when.
with proper attention. his physician says.
| he might have been all right in two weeks
| In August of lss4 William Redmond had
I his leg broken an the railroad here. The
wound was dressed in a surgeons office
! A. he had neither money nor friends. no
place could be- found Ia keep him. He
was accordingly sent t" Indianapolis
and. soon after arriving there.
died from the exposure and
har,lship> incurred on the journey. The
accident was by no means a serious one and
| the young life was absolutely thrown away.
not through the carelt>>ne>> of those who
| had the ease in charge, but because they
| had no means of taking care of him.
! About a year ago Hugh Staley. a young
and suffered a slight conclusion of the
brain. Had he been taken at once Ia
hospital he would undoubtedly have
been saved. As il was he had
! 10 be removed 10 fremont. and
soon afterward died. The jolting. noise
and exposure Of the journey produced i'll
tense suffering and put him past all hope
of recovery.
| On April -. 1854. young man named
hoNft falrchiids' an ehpi"Se" "i the La
s"ii"a SHOPS jumped from moving tram
al Lli'deis avenue ana iaa DOM legs c'li OH.
y" ~Hef pace l"r MN c"uih oe i"uii" thah
| the resting chair in a surgeons office.
where there was continued noise ana a
iise cf""u "i F"pie' lie never iel'
'he cil'lf' "''' oie" ai''i HNe houfH "i III
tense agony
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I'D" iaf away l" GET the constant care "i hl>
PtiH H>i'iaI' ii'i> TACT an"'d #" ti'e eNl"euie
"I 'he c"iu Journey ana the want oi proper
nursing Mic" iliih'
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li"ni p"SsH e">' "i ""h anu hau his
eS o'"h"H' N"oe''ci pace '""l" L" i"oh"
anu d niue f""" WAS iiNe' JUST over 'lark
sai""h on Nam street Lack OF nursing and
the ordinary necessities "f lie We're the
cause of his being crippled FOR lie. Gan
creme sci III ana his leg had L" IN aInpulated
near the Knee
Ever! one remembers 'le case "l BOD
HAY i"i' ue piaNe engineer HhJuie" al the
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