The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-07-27
THE MADRID HOSPITAL.

pitsl nc she Spanish Capital.
The first wards weentered were those
~ the convalesoents. They consisted
sf two large. light and airy rooms.
beautifully clean IS, indeed. the whole
Of the hospital was). in the first Of
which were about six or seven men sit
ling about and seemingly doing nothing
ibutpassing the time away by chatting.
They looked to me quite well, though
mostly very thin. 1t was . novel sight
% see 90 many poor Spaniards in so re-
narkable q state of cleanliness. l en-
pect Il was the only part of their treat
nent they found unpleasant-the baths.
There is no door between the mems and
women's wards. and we merely had to
step through doorway innocent of cur
balm or anything. / saw just about
The same number of women. some
Of them, poor things, looking very
fll indeed. Their faces were not pale,
but thin and drawn. One pleasant
docking girl asked how she was. Every
tired, very weak, but getting better"
1f il had not been for the assurance of
the nurse, I should have thought she
was dying. He said that in one or two
DAYS at most all these cases would be
discharged. Just IS | was about to
ieave the ward, IN came a sister with
the afternoons chocolate. 1t was worth
while to see the way in which she was
|. welcomed. The patients adore the
good sisters, and not without reason.
Before leaving the convalescent ward /
was shown q poor little fellow whose
father and only brother has been swept
away by the disease, and the little chap
left alone. His mother had long been
] ldesd. The boy seemed quite a pet in
the ward, and was evidently well salts
fed with his present quarters.
Coming out of the ward, we turned
sharp round TO the left and entered room
No. 2. This was long. narrow room,
along one side of which were ranged
;wsnty beds, each one tepanted by a
nan. These were BAD cases, and all
seemed in quite stupor. One thing |
aust not omit to notice. On entering
his ward L had removed my hat. One
man, who seemed in the last stage of
Exhaustion, and who was lying staring
t us with fixed, CLASSY eyes. slowly
nd with painful effort raised his hand
D his head, and took off a sort of skull
ap- he was wearing. Polite are these
eople to the last. Three or four beds
irtfser on | noticed, close together,
70 beds, in which were the two
oyst cases. The men were terrible
ght Their lips were the color of old
archment, their eyes closed, seemingly
f.,1fx <orr In
h. Their cheek bones seemed almost
If they would start through their
ces. To-day" said the nurse. ''they
e. "rAnd thought they would be glad
ough to do so from their appearance.
D reaching the end Of this ward we
rned again to the left into. square
pm, in which were few women, all
gy "a In one, corner Of the room /
y a. little cot. K was tenanted by
ite q young infant should think not
re than pine Or twelve months old.
had BEEN in the hospital.
over twenty days, and, poor child,
e traessef having suffered very much.
, of its arms was lying outside the
erlet, and Iookedlike a1ittle stick of
ID. To me fhis little waif, living
e dlOuc AL1nf btfcH u StHtc, WY INC
painful stghtin thewhole hospital.
/, de not mind eonfessingEwh
lid Ia-that for moment had TO
my lips pretty hard. and choke down
ething that. would have. been very
kpropos in B person viewing the
In quite professional capacity.
his ward had a chat with one of
sisters, q bright. bonny woman.
e very presence must have been of.
eould think, as much efficacy as the
&C. ..
er my chat I was conducted up
staircase TO see the six new
which had come in and been put
4. They were all girls, and all in
of the orphan school herei one or
them seemed to be in pain. con-
rely lifting their arms and drawing
Fir legs. Here was another sister,
ave me az some length the treat
to which patients are subjected
e symptoms by winch cholera is
As these are pretty well known L
lot repeat them here, except per-
merton that for six DAYS per-
of cholera is kept without any
Whatever beyond little tea and
rum--Cor. Pail Mall Gazette.