Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-01


and efforts In this hardest Of all reformatory
work, Il would seem but reasonable that all
the money they need should be readily fur
nished by our cilizfRs.
CITY MISSION.
The eflccrs for 1883 are: President Mrs.
A. Y. stokes; FIRST Nice-rresidcnt, Mrs. j,
T.. Moore: Second Vice. President, Mrs. w.
II. Hleasants; Third Vice President, hlrs. NJ.
4. Baker; Fourth Vice-Presidert, Mrs. L.
Evans; Secretary. Mrs. John Addison; As
sistant Secretary, Miss A. Bal; Treasurer
Mrs. X. Harrison; Assistant Treasurer, Mrs.
}. Claiborne; Purchasing C0mmlttee-Mrs'
Raleigh Col,tor, MIR. Mrs. /. +. Laihrsp'
Mrs. Judge Meredith, and Mrs. Flora
Martin.
Twelve hundred families were visited and
relieved, 1900 sick rations given (each
ration consists OF tour thiugs), 10000 quarts
~ soup given with 10000 ponos OF bread,
AS wards OF red flannel, thirty blankets,
f0rty.two bed.comIorts, 5000 old garments,
goo par ~ shoes, $50 wards cotton and calico,
500 loads gas coke given 10y the Council was
distributed ly tickets. With great exer-
tious. and with help from the groccrs. The
ladie. were enabled TO assist regularly each
week during the summer eighty i've inhrm
mon aud women unable to work. Amount
expended, Sl.9J)-all voluntary contrlbu-
lions from citizens except 200 rom tne
Council. BY special request and with
special donations the ladies OF the Mission
undertook two excursions for "sick
Babies and GOO were carried forty miles
from the CITY and were much refreshed TWO
days with good provisions and country ar
Medical College Free Disrensary.
This institution IS opened daily Except
Sunday for the poor OF our city. 1t Affords
oratutously medical advice, surgical opera
lions, surgical appliances, and medicines 10
oil Of our poor VINO apply for advice. me
rooms are Kept warm aud comfortable IN cold
weather, and are well arranged-the diIiel-
ent races and sexes ncinE received In ,epa-
rate apartments II afford the same adyan-
taxes to indigcnt l}ing-in women at their
homes. During the past year over 9,0OO
visit. have been paid 10 It's rooms. II j. Oh
yidcd into seven separate departments, each
Of which Is presided over by competent
medical and surgical officers.
The following Is the present organizatlon
Of the medical and surgical staff OF the Dis
pensaTy: Or. Aaron Jchery, supernten-
dent.
Department Of Diseases OF Women DR..
Edward Mccarthy.
Department Of Diseases Of the Heart,
Lungs, and Digestive Organs: Dr. Charles
A. BlantOn.
Department Of General Surgery: DR.. w.
T. Oppcnbimcr.
Department Of Diseases OF the Eve, Ear,
and Tbroat: DR.. W. +. Mercer aud DR.. Da-
/ yid McCaw.
DEPARTMENT OF Diseases 81 the Nervous
| system, Kidneys, and Skin: DR.. Edward {.
smith.
Department Of Diseases Of Children. Or.
| Aaron Jeliery.
department 81 Obstetrics and Diseases Of
/ the Pncrpersl state: Or. W. Augustus Lee.
Drug Department: Mr.. W. b. Ashburn,
/ druggist.
Richmond Eye. Ear, and Throat Rn-
Urinary,
/ 2I7 Governor street. Incorporated October
/ -. 1879. This institution. which started
/ seven wears AGO a. q small out door charity,
/ has gradually grown TO be one OF the largest
and most needed medical institutions IN The
/ state.
Since the purchase Of the present building
on Governor street both indoor and out
/ door Departments have had a steadily-n-
/ creasing demand on their accommodations.
/ The number " beds is twettl five, WIN
room for a further increase II necess ny
With tree accommodation for the poor. both
white and colorcd. The outdoor charity
densrtmout. or free clinic. i open daily from
1880 10 3 i. NJ, when al too poor TO pay
for the special treatment OF eye, ear. throat.
and nose diseases are attended free OF charge.
Since this Institution was first openo
nearly $1,000 free visit, have been made by
the poor, and about $500 disease Of the eyc,
car. throat. and nose treated. About IL -
operations have been peri0rmed-lS2 IN the
pa.t eleven months. Among these opera
lions were l3i for cataract, and with Two eN'
ccptions invariably succcs>ful-a very re-
markaDle record. A prominent and CRAFTY
inc feature of the work his been the rtdcl
given 10 sufferers from hay-ieycr, asthma,
aud other annoying reflex disorders from
diseases Of thc nose by the more recent
methods OF rCltmeut.
The value Of such a work not only TO The
I moor themselves but TO the community al
LARGE is Incalcuablc, and ~ benefits have mol
only been received by citizens OF Richmond
but by representatives. Of every part OF th'
/ state. Over go patients, representing near
ly every county and large town IN the slaie
have applied for treatment m thi- institution
Patients have also been received from Nes
/ Virginia. North and South Carolina, Ten
nessec. and az far south as Louisiana.
The Ipiirmary is managed br Board OF
Trustees and Lady Manager. from among
the most prominent ladies and gentlemen OF
the cry. The domestic atiars OF the insti
tuition and the care OF the patients are undel
the immediate supervision Of an efficient
matron-Sllss Mln>0n The attending sur
econs are: Or. Joseph A. White (senloI
Surgpor). DR.. T.. &. smith, DR.. G. +. Blan
ton. and Or. W. :. Gordon.
Thi, institution has no endowment, anC
lis charity work. both in- and outdoor, j
entirely dependent upon voluntary contri
buttons. This necessarily hampers th'
work and curtails its field OF usefulness
which could be more widely EXTENDED II IT.
appeals for assistance met with liberal re
sponsr. And what could be more deseryln!
OF help than the blind poor!
The Exchange for Wouiau'S Work.
During the past three quarters Of the cur
rert wear, ending December !, 1857, 4.oO
articles were placed on sale at the rooms
representing the handi"Ork OF about 41I
women. Three thousand three hundrcC
and forty-One u these cOnSienmenis wer
sold. amounting in value to S2,jG2 -, which
sum. less toe commission Of 10 per cent, wa
maid 10 the conslgnOrs. Al the close OF th
fourth bushes. year, March /, 1851, tn
trea>urer's books showed that the class o
persons for whose benefit the Exchange To-
Woman's Work was organizcd-need.
conference.-the received through II
fundamentally the sum OF Sl2,33242. Tn
Institution Is supported by an annual mem
bership.iee OF g. which entities the sub
,criber to enter the work Of three person
Tor one year. The business having slOwt
bur steadily increased, The managers Wer
under the necessity Of providing increased
accommodations, and last ptembcr moye'
INTO The building formerly occupied by lh
Young Mems Christian Association, 81 eas
Franklin street.
Ihirty-oue ladies constitute the Board O
Managers, including the officers, who are
Mrs. :. il. HAYES, president; Mrs.. {. II
Read, first vice president; Mrs. }. ;. Wei
ford. second yice.pre,ident; Mrs. w. :
Roberto on, third vice president; Mrs. W. I
Richardson, recording secretary; Miss >. VI
Rutherford, corresponding secretary; Nils
llObsOD, treasurer.
CITY ALMSHOUSE.
The CITY almsbouse is underline control q
the committee OF the CITY Council for ID
Relief OF the POor-vjz., John W. Que
(chlirman) Evan Snead, John II. Adam