The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-18

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'ore trequentllWy1GH-- gre more g q to-J %.
believe themselves i'll. when they are not
so. than men. who are more practical
and come for help only when absolutely
necessary.
The women are for the most part neatly
dressed and the ma lority of them look
well. il not rugged, though now AID then
a cough or other sign will betoken the
fact that they are zilering. AZ the peo-
pie enter the building they 60 To the first
Of the small rooms, where the house
physician sits, and tell him what the
matter ia.
II want n tooth pulled. says one.
II have rheumatism. says another.
Others will have headache, n backache
or a sprain. and so on. Very frequently
an inebriated individual will enter
I've been on spree and want to
sober up young man will say.
\ dose of bromide Of potassium and
chloral is given. and he is told to go home
and 60 to bed and come back in IA few
hours. One woman calls and says she
has a sister with the ammonia" and
another has friend with the brown
keeters. and in the course Of day
much similar peryersion Of medical
nomenclature may be heard The utmost
civility and greatest kindness are always
practiced toward patients at this dispen.
sary. A great many painters are treated
for lead palsy AT dispensaries.
The lead tina; polsons them is taken
into the system through the mouth,
said DIR. Starr when they quit work
they fall to eating their luncheon without
washing their hands. and 50 take in. III
tie by little enough lead to do the mis-
chief They breathe in the lead also in
warm, close rooms. but il is the stomach
and not, as might be supposed. the lungs.
that become at first affected The
electrical treatment applied to the mus
Giles is ~ most satisfactory, and will
soonest restore the nerves to their normal
condition.
There have been recent additions
which make the work far more efficient
today than it was in the dIspensary OF
quarter of century ago For instance
the doctors interest themselves IN secur
ing employment for painters disabled n,
their trade so as to make them unable C.
continue nj IL, then again, there are
trained nurses in constant attendance az
patients how TO care for them at home
and ii cases require il 10 60 10 the houses
to nurse the sick themselves Bed sheets
pillow cases, undertaking. skirts
dresses, etc, are also kept in stock al
some of the dispensaries for free distribu
ton among the worthy poor.
Medical experts IN all departments
serve without pay for the experience ana
the honor. and so excellent is the reputa
ton OF some of the dispensaries that
many members OF their medical stalls
have been called TO the larger hospitals
and made faculty members of their
boards
In the annual report Of the Demit dis
pensary for last year II appears that -,
500 people were treated by that institu
ton for every conceivable variety o!
disease, and many more visited at then
uOtHtS w W u'ttoiS ~ I'Nt'' WIN ~
sent to visit any sick person Of whom
they are notified Ten cents is charged
for each prescription made up only from
those who acknowledge they are willing
and able to pay IL. BY far the great
majority pay nothing at all. /, Is an IN
teresting commentary on the general
retail drug store prices that ten cents is
found to he fair compensation for all pre-
scriptions. For every expensive com
pound on which there is loss OF ten or
fifteen cents there are two or three cheap
ones costing only two or three cents.
1t has been found impossible TO dis
criminate as to the eligibility of indoor
patients for charity treatment. No one
can always determine whether man OF
woman is or Is not able to pay for the
medicines used in their behalf. The
outward appearance determines little, as
many, particularly among the women.
wear very fair clothing which has been
given TO them. On the other hand a
man may look as shabby n one well
could and yet be the owner OF one OF
more houses. All realize that II Is i'm
possible to determine the worldly con
dition OF patierts by their looks, so nc
other question is asked than whether the
patient can pay ten cents. New York
Press.