The Sunday morning news., 1891-12-27
GOOD HOSPITAL WORK.
An Institution That Is
Really a Public
Blessing.
HOW PATIENTS ARE TREATED
Get the Best Of Everything and
All Wants Attended To-Facts
That Should Overcome a
Natural Aversion.
Ow 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 go to an hospital is
natural, but that any person should OBJ
ject to do so when i'll, and when they
know that in their poor homes they can
not receive proper treatment. is due to
their ignorance of how hospital is con-
Quoted.
Every day persons are injured or be-
come i'll 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 luxuries at home insist on
being treated at these institutions 1t is
because they know the advantages to be
obtained from the care there. For the
benefit of those who are ignorant of how
a patient is treated, HE NEWS today will
enlighteD them.
A man may be Injured by heavy
truck running over Lis leg. As soon as
the ACCIDENT happens policeman notifies
Police Headquarters, and 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 a case OF instruments. A driver
whips up the horse. and at rapid trot or
gallop the ambulance dashes on its er-
man is reached hastY exam
ination is made of him, and if
the surgeon concludes that treatment
perhaps amputation, should take place at
once it is done, but this never happens
except In extreme cases. If the patient Is
l. L., IL. a.
be taken. II he says home he Is conveyed
there. Ii he designates any hospital
other than the City Hospital ne is taken
to the institution. II he expresses no
preference the ambulance carries him to
the City Hospital.
PROMPT AND EFFICIENT TREATMENT.
The Injured man is placed on cot
which is covered with a rubber sheet.
over which Is white linen sheeS, and a
careful examination of his injuries is
made. II it is found that his bones are
broken they are set, plaster being gener-
ally used. If 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
stitution. OF these visiting surgeons
there are six and each in turn has charge
of the hospital for month. There are
also six visiting physicians who have
charge of the sick cases, and one of them
IS reSpOnSlDle edCu lllOulu.
When the visiting surgeon arrives and
| finds amputation necessary he directs
| that the five other visiting surgeons be
summoned. When they arrive consul
| tatiou takes place, and if a majority of
the Board of Visitino Surgeons vote for
amputation it is made. but not other
wise. This extreme caution has fire.
quently saved a man a leg or an arm. 1t is
wise provision by the management of
the hospital. If the amputation is to be
made, or any other surgical operation to
| be performed, the visiting surgeon in
charge for the month does it. When the
operation is over the patient is made as
| comfortable as possible on clean bed and
| every possible care is taken of him. The
house surgeon Is subject to the orders of
the visiting sui lgeon 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 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 and
one at night. Besides these nurses there
are always several convalescent patients
who assist the nurses III their duties.
| 1t 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
and careing for him, by accident falls
asleep at 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 to 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
| poor. When sick person is re
ceived, il he is not too i'll. he is given q
bath the first thing. and If he IS moi
strong enough for that he is given {
sponge bath. The visiting physician il
shown the sick patient, and If it is I'm or
| binary case he directs the house doctor
as TO the course to be pursued, but If it i:
one of critical danger the visiting physi-
| clan consults with the five others as II
the best method of fighting the malady.
| GETS EVERYTHING THAT is NEEDED.
Whatever the visiting physician order:
for the patient he gets, no matter what i
| may be, and when he is sufficiently
strong to eat solid food the very best tina
money can buy is procured for him. nc
matter what may be ordered.
Warden Osborne said to me when
talked TO him about the diet:-"The very
best food that can be bought is given t.
the patients. These are the orders o
President Feeney OF the Police Board
am permitted to have as good food TO
my family table as can get. and precise
ly what I have the patients have. Th
very -best of bread. butter and meat
aud the purest milk that l can find pro
cure for the patients. defy any person
In this city, no matter how good tabl,
he sets, to produce better meat ant
other food that the hospital furnishes its
patients. As an idea of what we use here
for the sick. 1 will simply say that we ar,
now disposing OF ninety quarts of milk
day."
Inquiries at other hospitals convince
me tnat in a general way the patient
there are treated in the same maune
that they are at the City Hospital. Th
same care and attention is given and tn
same caution exercised. Everything pos
sihle is done for those who seek aid be
meath the roofs of the hospitals.
| nHtoY,on, no.DtAf Gava Aifua