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TESTIMONY TOR AND AGAINST DIR. MURPHY.
In the course of the pending investigation of
the Columbia hospital management, Drs. c.
Mayfeld, b. Poole, II. L. E. Johnson, d. X.
Shute and NJ. Cuthbert, former medical assist
ants, and Messrs. c. T. Earle, r. Stein and 7. b.
Bailey, former apothecaries, have been exam
been filed; but the allegations against DIR. MUIR
ply, the surgeon In charge, are intoxcation,
rudeness to patients and employees. and
STAR there are two factions in the board, one
accusing, and the other defending DR.. Murphy
and his management of the hospital. The tes-
timony taken SO far is conflicting. For in
stance, Dr. Johnson testified that he had seen DIR.
Murphy under the influence ofintoxicantsw while
to patients and employees and inattentive to his
by witnesses that he neglected the hospital for
his private practice; that he made the hospital
patients q secondary consideration, giving them
such time as he could spare from his pay pa
tientS.
DR.. Poole, who was an assistant physician for
about three years. testified that he had never
seen the surgeon In charge intoxicated at the
ted from any cause for the performance of his
duties. He also declared that DIR. Murphy de-
voted a great deal more of his time and atten-
tiOn to the hospital than was required under
the rules; that he had known Murphy. i'm dam
gerous cases, to give his attention through the
night, Notwithstanding the presence of as
sistantS.
One of the former assistant physicians in tes-
tifying said that he and DIR. Murphy had had
more as a nurse than u physician, in requiring
him to make frequent reports, minute in de-
tails, as to how he was treating patients; that
he told Murphy he did not come there to be q
nurse, etc.
The friends of DR.. Murphy cite this rs an in
he was responsible for the treatment of patients
he was rigid in requiring reports from assist
ants. They also allege that the charges proceed
moved by malice towards the surgeon in charge.
On the other hand, rs against Murphy, 1t is
to- OF
that he has violated the rules of the hospital,
and, in proof, it is charged that in one case he
forming an operation, though it is against the
rules to do so except with the consent of the
advisory board The defense claimed that in
the case referred to, after the operation was
commenced, it was found to be essential to
aniesthetlze the patient In order to complete it,
and that to have awaited until the advisory
would have endangered life. And SO the
hict goes on, marked by good deal OF feeling.
Or. Murphy friends assert that his enemies
have not yet been willing to assume the respon-
sibflity of formulating the allegations made into
regular charges with their signatures attached.
because they realize that they cannot be sus-
tanned. They predict an early and full vindica-
tion Of the doctor. His opponents say that
there Is plenty OF material at hand to undo him,
and that 1t will be forthcoming.
The President and the Academy Girls.
Just as tho last of the Presidents callers were
about leaving him in the East room yesterday
afternoon q party of Handsomely dressed
young ladies filed In and approached the Presi-
dent. They were introduced by Sister Sebas-
tian as the young ladies OF the graduating class
of the Georgetown Academy Of the Visitation.
There were nine I'm the party, and among them
the President recognized Miss Peli, the daugh-
ter of one of his New York friends. The young
ladies surrounded the President and began to
beg him to come over to the convent on the
oath inst and award the medals to the gradu-
ates. One of the young ladies seized the Presi-
dents hand and pleaded, "'Oh, Mr.. President,
please come over and give us our medals. |
There are not many OF u.s. It is only short, |
pleasant ride from here to the convent, and the
ceremony will only occupy q few minutes" He
suggested that they should visit the White
House again, and he would confer the medals
there. Miss Pell informed him that his sister,
Miss Cleveland, had promised to award the
try to be present, although he was afraid to
make promise because he might have To break
1t. "But will you try to come, Mr.. PRESIDENT"
inquired one. "Indeed I Will," said he. II
win try very hard to be there" The young
ladies were greatly delighted at the reply,
which they construed into D promise.
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