The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-10-08
QUIT THE DEAD WARD.

Here i stt 001O 6Icl<s n lHd4 ulOst
of thepk are a It's FoADly my
las, day xhd6k tim. me- cISlera is
getting Rsee 1is sr 81, Esse hr a., F. !:
convalescent. This IS present
victory. Al thu moment feel almost
sad at leaving the poor, haggarta-look-
ing faces, SO many of them imprinted
with the blue-gray grip of death. Let
hetat this pfohenE bear witness to the
devotion which has heen shown by
the doc.prs and sick nurses in these
trying times.
lregret to say that certain papers,
most all Of them German ones, have
attacked them aud broadly accused The
hospital authorities Of negligence. |
have had an excellent opportunity Of
Judging how the sick were looked
after No other correspondent ever
had such achance, and the Herald can
conscientiousIy say that from Prof.
Rumpf downwards the doctors and
nurses have done their work with
heroic devotion. True, there may
have been delays at first on days
when the carriages containing the sick
blockaded the road leading to the hos
pital as far as sou could see. These
were awful times aud no human fore
Thought could grapple with such q
rush. But almost superhuman efforts
were made, and in very short time
the organization was complete. There
were in those days as mauy ne 600
patients received in twenty-feur hours,
and the rumble OF sick carriages ceased
neither day or night. The doctors
were worked nearly to death and
looked like ghosts. The scene was
| like that in field of battle. All The
sick could not be attended TO at once.
| That was all.
Talk about horsesl 1 know none
greater than Dir. Mauchnt, who has
! worked here III Ward f day and
night. He has been on hand not only
in this, but in two other wards. i can
best speak Of his work in this special
ward. He has toiled necessarily,
always with kindly words of encour-
agement to the poor devils. | use this
term. in most. respectful manner To
those whose lives were ebbing away,
| but whose senses were soothed by q
few gentle words full Of patience,
firmness aud devotion. Now he looks
almost as i'll as those he attends. His
is but one shining example among
many others. So, too. of The nurses.
Nearly all except myself have had
choleraic symptoms.
SUFFERED NO cHoLERAIC SYMPTOMS.
have verified this. have ques-
toned number of nurses, and may
draw attention to the absencc in my
case of any cholera symptoms. l have
! had headache and experienced a
certain WEAKNESS, bit tha, is probably
owing tothe foul al h,ospirere in which
L. have lived in this ward aud the
Hack of the usual out of door hard ex-
ercise to which 1 am accustomed
This says a world for liaffKlne's pre-
tentative.
Having III my early days here In
/ troduced you TO Ward +, lei me now
give You a last glimpse Of it. | am
sitting al a table covereu with bottles
full of camphor, disinfcctanis, wines
brandy, chloroiorul, glasses, itisiru-
ments, etc. Every nov and again The
doctors come in ana give llrtiicine aud
/ injections 10 the patirnts. There are
sixteen patients la front of me. 10
the left is Witt, age 38 years, cook
by profession. Lille has given him a
poor chance. That look is upon him
which we nurses know SO we'll. 1t il
the imprint OF death
Next 10 him is . sailor. aged &C
1 years. He was brought in this ulorn.
ing, very weak and bad case.e Hs
had been i'll since yesterday Whel
you pinciled his skin it remains erecI
and dry. failing in its functions. So
also did the muscles. You put your
| finger in them aud the hole remained
where you had touched. A couple O
salt water infusions aud Prof. Kieb',
injections seem to revive him. But
doubt his leaving ward f. s.,s.s =
4 Ernst Wegmosdt, aged S3 years, is /,
hopeless case. His eyes are CLASSY
and wandering. He has been in ,
l.delirium for three days. With alco
i holics.we can don0tEing. His cheek
are puffed lie raves for the lack d
his usual stimulant. He is kumme
4 drinker. Kummcl il the curse Of Iii,
4 poor here. They get bottle of it 70
two groschen tive cents).
/ There lies Kachetau, aged SO,
labcrer. He is three days case.
4 hard struggle he is making with ih,
terrible pest. lie came here III a higl
| fever. His temperature is good. vii
he pull through? Ii is doubtful, very
Aligroer Lightermenn, SO years old, j
next. His temperature is going down
down, down. He has drunk the pois
onous Elbe water, but WON'T own il
He is alive bur doomed.
i Next is Holtthardt, casus grayissi
mus. aged So years, . gardener. IL,
is alive, but death is sure 70 come dur
ing the night. The doctors say tina
cholera 10 in the earth "a well as in tn,
water. He has dug it up. He Is nov
merely interesting Ne man who ha
had eleven liters Of salt water injectes
4 into his veins. lie breathes. How
long he will breathe is merely a mat
4 ter Of q few hours. Aeard has already