Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-04
CITY-H0SPITAL TALK.
PRopcsITIoH IN REGARD TO TIE MEDI-
CAL COLLEGE
Keeting Of the Council Rinancs Commit
tes-The Proposed st. Jossph's Hos
pital to be Erected Here

The Finance Committee OF the City
Council met yesterday afternoon at D
o'clock in the Cbancery-Court room to
hear parties interested in the appropria-
tions to be made in the annual budget
for 1888.
Among other subjects brought to the
/ attention of the committee was project
to convert the inhrmarY building OF the
Richmond Medical College into a city
hospital.
Dr.. WEXFORD.
DR.. J. S. Wexford was the first to
speak IN behalf OF the scheme. The
proposition, in brief, is that if the city
will furnish the means Of maintenance
the college faculty will give their profess
sional assistance in exchange for the adj
vantage of clinical demonstrations to
students.
The institution would he open to all,
and DR.. Wexford thought it would tend
to decrease the death-Tate OF the city.
COMPARISON.
All large cities except Richmond have
hospitals separate from almshOuses, and
the Doctor thought Richmond should
have more pride than to stand inactive
in such a matter. Besides, an aims
house, from a hygienic standpoint. IS no
place for hospital. Aside from the
stigma OF going TO place where paupers
are treated, the unhealthful effects are
felt npon nearly every patient
treated To show the benefit Of
such an institution as is proposed the
Doctor said A man who is poor, de-
pendent on his daily labor for the sup
port of himself and family, gets injured
in some machinery or meets with an ac-
cident. He is not pauper and will not
go TO the almshouse, so he is carried to
the hospital and there operated on. The
operation outside of the hospital might
cost $50 or more. At hospital, such as
is here proposed, it would cost nothing.
DIR. CULLEN.
DIR. j. S. Dorsey Cullen, the dean Of the
college faculty, next addressed the com
mittee. He said the hospital was not
oRly for the person who falls i'll the
street and spralns an ankle or meets
with some such Affections, but also for
the treatment of all acute diseases.
Pneumonia, confinement, and all cases
except chronic and contagious diseases
would be treated. The proposition is no
novelty, he argued. All large cities have
these Institutions. Charleston, >. g., has
one The physieians would expect no
pay. Their compensation would only
4 4 =. 20
who attend the college Baltimore now
draws away the Virginia and North Caro-
lima students, because there is no OppOr-
tunity here for them TO witness amputa-
tions and other operations practically.
Talk about bringing the Richmond and
Danville Offices back here" said the
Doctor if You establish this hospital,
( will bring two hundred and
fifty students here, and that more men
than are in the Danville Offices" And
the patients would receive more careful
and constant care than private patients
al have wealthy lady patient he said,
THAT | don't see more than once or
twice a week. At the hospital l would
see her twice a day or three or four or
five times, if necessary"
NOT FOR STUDENTS EXPERIMENTS.
1t is not intended that the hospital
shall furnish a place for paupers or for
students experiments. The professors
of the different branches-surgery, OBJ
stctricS, medicine, diseases of women
and children, &c-will have charge and
control of all cases, and they will be
assisted by corps of physicians.
DR. JONES.
When DR.. Cullen concluded DR..
Jones, a colored member OF the City
Council, expressed himself briefly IN
favor OF the establishment of the hos
pital.
No action was taken on the subject.
Another Hospital scheme.
A scheme is aiOot to erect hospital
here to he under the auspices OF tie
Sisters Of Charity of Emetsburg, Nd
The binding is to cost $50, 000 and the
Bishop of Richmond has donated tle
site and $4,000. The establishment
viii be open to charity and pay patients
of all denominations. Trained nurses OF
the Sisters of Charity will he assisted by
a corps of physicians. Any doctor will
be allowed to practice there.
The site has been selected, but is at
present kept a secret.
other Matters Before The Committee.
Another matter brought before the
committee was the increase OF the public
school teachers salaries 10 per cent
Miss Ella Y. Shell, a teacher OF Madison
school, on behalf her sister teachers APP
peared and strongly advocated the in
crease.
ALMsHOUsE CHAPLAIN.
Rev. Dr II. W.. Jackson, Of Grace
Episcopal church. addressed the COM
mittce very earnestly in behalf Of the APP
preparation of $500 per annjm for the
employment Of chaplgin for the aims
house.
Under the present arrangements many
persons were inferred from the aims
house as if they were no better than
dogs. This is Christian land. said h.,
but the paupers do not always receive
Christian burials The measure he adj |
vocated had been before the Committee |
on Relief of the Poor, and alter consid-
ering it for fifteen months they had de-
cided to report it favorably. 1t had been |
reported to the Council, and that body |
referred il to the Finance Committee. |
He hoped the Finance Committee would |
recommend it for adoption. The clergy |
of the city would take the matter in /
hand, but they are so engaged that they |
could not spare sufficient time from their |
churches and outside Church work.
Mr.. George Bryan, councilman, also |
spoke in support of the measure.
EYE, EAR, AND THROAT INTIRNARY.
Colonel Archer Anderson, DR.. J. A.
White. and Mr.. Jones, the father of this
institution, cash made brief statement
showing the enormous amount OF work
done for charity patients and asking that
the appropriation be increased from $500
to 5000.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mr.. Guy, chairman of the special
Council committee on indexing deed
books OF the Chancery Court, asked for
81 600 appropriation for the purpose.
Colonel Spotswood wanted 81, 800 in
creased appropriation for the First Viz
ginia regiment.
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