The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-12-27
GOOD HOSPITAL WORK.
An Institution That Is
Really a Public
Blessing.
now PATIENTS ARE TREATED
Get The Best Of Everything and
All Wants Attended To--Facts
That Should Overcome q
Natural Aversion.
1W PATIENTS ARE TREATED


To thousands Of people there is . feel
Ing Of fear-almost Of horror-about
being an inmate OF an hospital That no
one should want to 60 to an hospital is
naturals but that any person should OBJ
ject to do 20 when III, and when they
know that Ia their poor homes they can
not receive proper treatment. is due TO
their ignorance Of how hospital i con-
duefed.
Every day persons are injured or De-
come Ill who cannot at home receive the /
treatment they require, who protest
against becoming an inmate Of hospital;
and. on the other hand, daily persons
who have Injuries st home insist on
being treated at these institutions It is
because they gnow the advantages to be
obtained from the care there. For the
benefit of those who are Ignorant of how
patient is treated, 7 HE NEWS today will
enlighten them.
A man may be Injured by a heavy
truck running over lis leg. As soon as
the aeciuent happens policeman notifies
Police Headquarters, aud either the
patrol wagon Is sent to the place of the
accident or the City Hospital is notified
that an ambulance Is needed at the place,
A surgeon jumps into the vehicle, carry
ing case of instruments. driver
whips up the horse. and at rapid trot or
gallop the ambulance dashes on its err
rand OF mercy. When the injured
nation Is made Of him, and if
the surgeon concludes that treatment
perhaps ampntation. should take place at
once it is done, but this never happens
except In extreme cases. II the patient Is
conscious be is asked where he desires TO
be taken. II he says home he IS conveyed
there. If ne designates any hospital
other than the City Hospital ne is taken
to the institution. If he expresses no
preference the ambulance carries him 10
the City Hospital.
PROMPT AND EFFICIENT TREATMENT
The inj ured man is placed on d cot
which IS covered with a rubber sheet,
over which Is a white linen shees. and
careful examination Of his injuries is
made. II it is found that his bones are
broken they are set. plaster being gener-
ally used. II the hurt is very serious
aud the hospital surgeon thinks that am
putation should take place he telephones
the visiting surgeon TO hasten TO the in
stitufion. or these visiting surgeons
there are six and each in turn has charge
of the hospital tor MONTH There are
also six visiting physicians who have
charge Of the sick cases, and one of them
is responsible each month
When the visiting surgeon arrives and
fluids amputation necessary he directs
that the five other visiting surgeons be
summoned. WheH they arrive consul
tafion takes place, and il a majority OF
the Board of Visiting Surgeons vote for
ainputasion 1t is made, but not other
wise. This extreme caution has FREE
quently saved a man aleg or an arm 1t is
a wise provision By the management Of
the hospital. Il tbs amputxtion Is to be
made, or any other surgical operation to
be performed. the visiting surgeon in
charge for the mouth does it. When the
operation is over the patient is made as
comfortable as possible on clean bed ard
every possible care is taken OF him. The
house surgeon is subject to the orders Of
the visiting surgeon and he follows the
directions Of the visiting surgeon In re-
gard To the care of the patient The visit
ing surgeon calls at least once a day and
examines the patient.
TRAINED NURSES AT HAND.
There are in the City Hospital four
trained male nurses Three of these
do day duty and one IS on at night
There are also three trained female
nurses; two on duty during the day aud
one at night. Besides these nurses there
are always several conyalescent patients
who assist the nurses III their dnties.
II is the duty OF these nurses to follow
implicitly the orders of the house doctor,
who in turn is guided by the visiting
surgeon, and to see that each performs
his duty. Warden George Osborne exer-
cises general supervision over all.
Everything done in the hospital is like
clock work Punctuality to the minute
the patient receives his medicine, his food
or any other necessary that has been pre-
scribed. The great regularity is half as
beneficial as the medicine itself, and
their patient does not suffer because his
wife or mother worn out with watching
aud careing for him, By accident falls
asleep at a critical time No one is per-
mitted to become weary who has work TO
perform aud therefore no mistakes are
allowed to take place.
This same careful treatment applies to
sick cases as well as 10 accidents. In re-
gard TO sick cases. The majority OF them
are sent to the City Hospital by the six
City Physicians and they are
usually persons who are very
poor. When sick person is re-
ceived. ii he is not too i'll. be Is given
strong enough for that he is given
sponge bath The visiting physician is
shown the sick patient, aud il it is an or
binary case he directs the house doctor
as to the coarse to be pursued. but If 1t is
one Of critical danger the visiting physi-
clan consults with the five others rs 10
the best method of fighting the malady.
GETS EVERYTHING THAT Is NEEDED.
Whatever tue visiting physician orders
for the patient he gets, no matter what it
NAV be, and when he Is sufficiently
strong to eat solid food the very best that
money Gao buy is procured Tor him. no
matter what may be ordered.
Warden Osborne said TO me when
talked TO him about the diets The very
best food that can be bought Is given to
the patients. These are the orfiers OF
President Feeney OF the Police Board
1 am permitted to have as good food for
my family table AS can ger, and precise
" Whist I have The patients have. The
very best of bread. butter and meat.
and the purest milk chat can nnd pro-
cure for the patients defy any person
Ia this city, no matter how good table
he sets. to produce better NEST and
otBer food that the hospital furnishes rs
patients. As an idea OF what we use here
for the sick. will simply say chat we are
now disposing Of ninety quarts OF milk q
day"
Inquiries At other hospitals sonviuces
me tuAt In general way the patlents
there are trested In the same manner
that they are at the City Hospital The
same care and attention IS given and She
same caution exercised. Everything pos
sible is done for those who seek aid be-
meath the roofs OF The hospitals.