The morning call., 1892-09-17
OFF COME THEIR HEADS.
The Health Board Chopper to
Be Worked.
SOME SERIOUS CHARGES.
DR.. LIE Fevre and Head Nurse Forsyth Are
Being Investigated" Prior to Their
Eviction.

DR.. lie Fsvre, the superintendent phyai-
clan at the City and County Hospital. and
Mrs. Forsyth, the head nurse, have been
selected as the victims for the gulletlne at
the next meeting of the Board OF Health.
lie Fevre must 60" has been the constant
cry of Mayor Sanderson and Drs. Regens-
burger and Mays for some time past.
But it requires four votes to create an
aching void, and the muchly required one
vote to make the necessary majority was not
forthcoming.
DR.. Long has remained steadfsst to his
friend and partner, DR.. LIE Fevre, and he has
succeeded in keeping DR.. Bucknall. the re-
naming member Of the board. up to his way
of thinking.
1t has been three against two ever since
the war OH LIE Fevre commenced, and the
only hope the majority had was to win DR..
Bucknalls sympathy, as 1t was out oft he
question to bulge DR.. Long from the posi-
ton he had taken.
DIR. BucknaIl has weakened. however, and
Yesterday afternoon he decided that reform
at the City and County Hospital could be
better carried out by DR.. lie Fevre's removal
The latter has arrayed the medical pro-
fession against him by his conduct In ad-
vertising his name by appendlng 1t to testl-
m0nials favoring certain drugs and medl-
cines.
For this offense he was recently suspended
from the local medical society.
Mrs. Forsyth goes, too.
She has been the subject of much CON-
plant.
According to statements made by n.em-
bers of the Board of Health she is the
autocrat of the place and has terrorIzed even
DR.. LIE Fevre.
few days ago the operation known in
surgery as laparatomy was performed upon
two women.
While in their weak and exhausted state
Mrs. Forsyth had them removed to ward
that was undergoing repairs.
The flooring was being torn up and nails
were being driven. In this hubbub of noise
and riot the two women lay moaning IN
state OF nervous prostratOD.
They were fortunately discovered by DR..
lie Feyre, who mustered up courage TO DEFY
Mrs. Forsyth and have them removed TO
more congenial quarters.
This "barbarous act of iDhumahity," as IL
Is called by one Of the leading members of
the Board of Health, will, he says, 'cook
Mrs. FOrsytRs goose"
Only yesterday DR.. lie Fevre himself fig
ured IN peculiar affair, which is being
inves tigated by Dr.. ReGens burger
1t appears that Charles Gaab. a laundry
man, died at the hospital late Thursday aft
erpOon from consumption.
His death was concealed from the papers,
but about 8 O'Clock yesterday John Ham,
mond, his employer, learned Of the fact
lie at once gave an order TO McAvoy Il
Gallagher TO get the body and prepare il for
burial.
The undertakers' driver secured the re-
mains, but when he went into the Office to
secure certificate Of death DR.. Le FeyIe re-
fused to give 1t to him.
Take that body back to the dead dhouse,"
he thundered You just wait twepsy-four
hours, will you, before you come around
here"
The body was returned.
Complaint was made to DR.. Keeney.
1t Is needless to state that Dr. LIE Fevre
signed the certificate of death after Keeney
talked TO him through the telephone, and
be was given time to hunt up authorities
for keeping bodies twenty-four hours.
Il don't accuse him Of getting any profit
out OF holding bodies for rival undertakers,
but 1t looks very much as if he had friend
in the business" was DR.. RegensbuIger's
significant remark on hearing of the case.