Telegram-herald., 1890-05-12
The COUNTY PATENTS.
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The dlss4g.st4cg.ca existing ags,zsg
he llan-gemeat Il tas e. B. 8 HoHe
4nd 81. Marx Hosp al does not ED
HltL ths Homeopathic pnss.cizns-
lo1Ily P1ys.elaE felHsE1eu all TIE
co3ELy sluzFl lLeE-1rrE- T. u tne F,5oE are
t4r from Uleaseo s-tl tie manner ri
= 1-ll the concerns are Do8 Tuu IS I4F
IS regards county patents. 1ney Ga ~
that ex0rol LauL pr.ees nave Dsen clzrge1
the lo1Dtg a. the t.. b A hone aid
tl4t Els Home = Dot \ benevolent ~
slt4ECl "a 4ls seDse II TIE Ncrd.
beCalse TIE home s calleo TIE mon
Benevolent Association hone. g =
understood ~ many that nursing care
and hospital tle& &lment can be oDt2lned
LhzEe a. rock bottom prices II Is
Gained t1At glrls ABOUT TO become
Ilo<leEs have been attracted nere nom
Indiana oy tLe name 'BeneF Cleot-
hey often come with Their bagg1g6
dirscted u the L. B. A. Home. When
such paueut. appear AZ the home, the
county peTntcldenrs Or the poor are
n0UBed and required % guarantee the
uateut'. board and treatment before
sle RlA IL admitted.
Ills = not Ine greatest source OF d.s-
satisfaction, however. County Fhys.-
can PenWaTdens name does not
appear on the medical stan al
either tie home or the hOspl-
tai, and the county physician Is
therefore unable u attend county
patients at either the home Or Tie
hospital. Therefore the patient must
Do treated by some memDer OF the
regular staff and IN order 4 receive
compensation on account OK such a
patient, the physician must be paid by
the county. Therefore on county
patient, the county, beside paying
oOAfd and nursing must pay a physl-
cans ball, as the county physician IS not
4 member OF either staff.
The idea or paying physicians bills,
while the county physlan Is supposed
TO DO the work Tor nothing extra,
seens prepOsterous 10 thecOunty super
ntendents
The above disclosed state Of facts
very well illustrate and enforce the pO-
slton taken by DR.. Fuller, interviewed
yesterday by a TELEGRAM-HERALD re-
porter. DR.. Fuller long experience IN
.ttNNA-N-4AN 4A4A 1AAA 80 tCNNN--NA ~ ttil
his veteran service ~ tIrS city, marked
hlm out As among the men best calcu-
lated 10 give an intelligent account of
the feelings of those who are IN SYM
pathy with the petition TO the board of
trustees, published last week. The
doctor WAS very sohcltous that
ms name be left out, IN case his
views were printed, bat the Importance
OF the views aud suggestions he
advances makes It highly proper that
their paternity be ''sworn OFF, upon the
proper father. In the course OF an ex-
tended conversation, the following
views were expressed:
lay il down a InCOntrOyertibly
settled by the history OF modern hos
pltal management, that no one-s.ded
arrangement Will work successfully.
Tne nearest home proofs OF this you
may tind IN Chicago.
1t IS far 10 suppose that Mr.. Butter
worth made his gift tor and TO the city
Of Grand Rapids, and not 70 any nedl-
cal or theological sect. TIE subscrip-
tons and donations when were subse-
quently added to the ButtcrwOrth fOun-
dauon were solicited and given upon
this theory. This community never
supposed they were making their con-
tubuuOns OF money, furniture and
other things for anything but public
hospital IN the most catholic sense OF
the term.
But directly the hospital is built and
! equipped. a small cOterie of persons,
representing, as far as they are truly
/ representative of anything, first a re-
! EgIous faction and, secondly, a medical
! faction. Then, beyond tins, there is
/ the seiZing upon the exclusive manage
I ment OF the hospital by a
select few within these narrow
/ religious and medical lines. The
! sequence is that We have not a large
public foundation, but 4 narrow, prl-
I yatc affair, of the workings OF winch
70 one has any knowledge, except that
I it's all dark and concealed. Patients
! are treated there according TO the pri-
/ vate notions OF those VINO manage the
\ thing.
Bat one day body of homeopaths
/ come forward ald demand entrance
I and rccogn nuou. But why? Because
/ they recognize t1e rights ot all? No
I but only bCcal-, they want TO enjoy a
part 0f the eXc.u,,venesS tnat has be-
Tore been m0DopOlzed by the few
/ These homeopathic howis are not made
/ n the interest," 0r loerty. but only fOl
/ homeopathic .llor.y. They would clos
the doors against all others, the
moment they gained admss,ou. But
saw, .at every patient who - taken q
that hospital uave the school and The
-uatryf and the treatment and tn,
doctor hc chooses. Tne patients now
have mo- rights So lteYpT. and tins Deti