The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-28

sumo their oncrous duties. md they perform
them with fidelity and zeal that are rarely
done under the stimulus OF desire for self.
Improvement. not for money;
This side ID, Of TIE J., story + not generally
work faithfully done beyond the half dozen
items in each days newspaper that an am
to the hospita Attention IS aroused only 81
the occasiona error. or By the picturesque end
It is sometimes urged by critics who are ap-
the hands OF older m en- In order that mistakes.
Foa Due Se S nder
more experience and knowledge; and OF equal
Sb to be An od sneb man aa EaS
MS hospital could pay would By self-oon.
fessed failure. and any eNpsctation OK better
pointed. Such extraordinary exertions as are
made by the Young ambulance surgeons IN
continuously only by the young. the vigorous,
the enthusiustc. y they were not earnest and
He e eqt Tor WON the Gsroaefs jury ysstas,
who should attempt to take the place Of one OF
days. be in rs pitnble condition as II he had
acted as a substitute Oh ono Of our af!iege
rS2tsSs TAI q Is ma se' at 81
most always tho same: fracture OF the skull
sober man arc thought to be those, Of drunk
tsn,,ntion thut for each Of these mistakes there
are hundreds OF cases il, which the same judy
j. or asa harm
nom. it. 4 ho defence has a much.
broader and more solid -four ieunda It on
and are now being made ,eyerywhnre and by
the most experienced. and they will doubtless
lions and our knowlelge have their present
limitations. Tho science and art of medicine
has not yet made i n1ssiye t" rsc1Snze
or surely to disc! inmate between, some Of its
symptoms and those Of alcoholic intoxication.
doubtful cas-. should be taken TO the hospital.
we replythpt that very course is the zone one that
take is made in cases which. after duo "onsd-
GRAFTON. have been Thought not to te doubtful.
Thodouhtiu cases which aretaken are never
heard OF side tho hospital. and yet they are
10 be counted by the hundreds. Upward OF
10 per cent of the patients brought in by am.
Ire %c"E But 1 RIM s" ss
not pretsma to take "s care Of the drankcn they
drunk, or violent; Or abusive. but they DO not
from an otiiciu stntoment made by tho Grand
Jury last july. A committee OF five members
was appointed TO make u thorough exa'nina:
ton OF the ambulance system of tho city of
New York That committee reported us foi'
lows: ,,.
can only say that we found in their ambuiancN
equipment AMI IN their administration 81 the
service only that which calls tor our hearty
'We note with contemplation a feature that
seems universal in the hospitals nnmedntthe
private opest Ia wit: that the ambulance
doctors are ali graduates, and that they are
not detailed for ami ulnncs service until after
they have performed blk months OF active duty
IN the hospital wards.
"In all these hospitals both private and
public. we found admirable equipments tor
the performance nf the important labor dis
charged bythcm. and n comm endRble zeal to
be very prompt in responding to the demands
for the service.
While we find very much TO commend re-
garding the ,responso by all hospitals 70 am
bulRnce calls on them, we are com PEELED TO
criticise very severely the present lack Of ade.
uuato official means of conveying prompt
for an ambulance"
Very respectfully. CHARLES lCBuRSEf.
LEWIS A. bTIMSoN.
NEW YORK. March 2I. 1892