New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-29
HELPING SICK CHILDREN.
SOMETHING ABOUT BABIES WARDS.
GOOD WORK DONE THERE-SEED OF AID FRox
THE PUBLIC.

| babies hospital Strange ms 1t may seem, up to that
time there been any Institution where scs
| babies, of all human beings the most helpless could
receive the attention OF physicians and nurses, e.
| ceptlng perhaps two at time at some Of ha
| large hospitals Probably nobody had thought Of Il
as a necessity for there generally those ready IA
| help an honest and worthy The Institute,
proved itself, however, absolute requirement 10,
il came into being almost unaided and Is now anne,
of the Post Graduate Hospital at No. 222 Eaa
| Twentiehst.
Every one may not know that the Post Graduah
Iospal is hospital founded for the purpose Of teacI
ing doctors themselves. and 1t was the first instt.
tion ever started with this object in view. Ply sIcam
making specalties OF certain diseases have the ptss
Graduate Hospital in which to study them having
unusual facilities, but mere student enjoys Tia
privileges OF the institution. Infants were sometime
| entered for medical treatment, and 1t became
necessary to have a ward devoted to them and from
the beginning to the present time this department Il
the hospital has been known as the " Babies wars'
For five years the babies cared for In the main
| building but the many Inconvenience surrounding
| such conditions may be readily imagined. Even
strong and hearty babies sometimes cry and poor uus
feeble ones certainly could not be kept quiet, even
with the best of nursing and the babies wards as thJ
became a more and important department Of ths
hospital. became also more trying feature to t4
members OF the faculty.
As I'm the beginning the first babies ward had been
made possible BY generosity OF Miss julia Cooper
who presented TO the management Slooo, 50 II Wa
| through the hclpfuness and cooperation OF womans
auxiliary committee that sum was obtained sufficient
to take the three-story dwelling next the main building
and appropriate 1t solely for the Babies Wards. This
was done three years ago, and since then this small
annex has been overlooking with Infants and Young
children who would have been dead had this place
OF refuge been found for them would have been sun
worse OF 10 the hands OF wretched mothers who couA
not provide for them needed medical advice and
nursing.
1t is hardly necessary to mention that the Babies
Wards provided for the children OF destitute paren
and the hospital is situated in the midst Of the
most crowded of the enementhose districts, 1t meets
the wants OF Just class for which intended No
one visit 1t, certainly no woman the tiny
babies and young Children some OF them suffering from
diseases brought about simply from lack OF proper
nourishment and care without feeling that here Is al
least Institution that has right TO be.
The annex is divided into three wards. The one %
the lower floor is called the Irene" and was estaA
Ushed by lady in memory Of her little girl whose
loss she mourned. The entire second floor Is devoted
to the Z" main ward" and another ward at the top "a
called the Sunbeam" several Of the beds are en-.
dOwed the expenses Of the occupants paid for ssh
year by prominent women. some Of those who have
undertaken this charitable work Ms. ". K Van.
derblt, Miss Helen Gould, Miss Fanny Mccall Mn
Rheuben IIoyt Mrs. Mary Hoyt and William d. Ba,.
hour. Several societies of young girls have also taka
upon themselves the charge Of a bed.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Committee for TIE BabieS
Wards Miss Ella F. Russell, chairman: Mrs.
William d. Darbour. Mrs. Valentine G.. Hall. Misc
Charlotte Winthrop. Miss Georrfana Bergman Mrs
Horace J. Hayden Mrs. J. Henry Lane. Mrs. A. L.
Phillips Miss CGurtlandt Palmer and Mrs. Lavrrnes
Miller. Almost every day some one Of these ladies
may be found the hospital rocking little morsas
HATH r,,Si ahi1 d.op rbotr
th,siasm is unbounded ard it is easy u believe Dr.
Roosa's statement. II wouldn't be possible TO do with
on, the ladies :,
There IS a great sameness about well babies. They
all look mor0tonously alike II is little favor 10
them to chuck them under the cam and to whisper
ba0y talk % them. but II is different with the poor
little objects at the Babies Wards and the nurses
and the Indies who give their time to them further
a noble work. Each to them excep-
ona one. full not only OF pahos. but also Of scier
tifc interest. frGhtfu deformities have been
by the most advanced surgical skill. Three
hundred and twenty five babies have found
shelter and received treatment the hospital within
the last year. and Of course il the accommodation had
been better still greater number would have bsen
benefited.
There ton in charge Of the Babies Ward
under Miss MarS'en. the permanent head They
are sected from various training schools and have
four months including lectures and demon.
STATIONS in reference 10 all varieties OF chdren's
diseases sterlIing milk and other food preparations
The wards open MI hours Of TIE day a"d night.
ard all the days In the year. When il is reported
from the Board Of Health that 5000 deaths Of
young babies in this city during the heated
months it may be realized how necessary hospital
IS for those who survive but perhaps too Ill TO
lencht by the excursions and out Of iowa treats
that many noble charitable institution Of another
hind Is providing.
somo time ago n baby only six weeks old was taken
In az the Babie Wards suffering from most distress
ing lnfrmity. which entailed DEATH but great SUI
fering perhaps for years. \ similar as far 40
known, had never been cured in this country, bus
after remarkable and mos; >hlfnl operation had osn
performed and the infant had received devoted nurS
ing the child restored TO It's parents well and
strong. When the baby had been discharged and the
Professor had delivered his last lecture about the case
before 30 or 40 doctors he said Genilemea you viii
shortly return to Your private practice. relia'
qulshed often at great sacrifice TO come here u study
land from Maine Mexico the good news that
hopeless" Is no longer to be written over The ease 81
their child suffering from such afiction. but tat
ne cure OF baby OF an Italian shoemaker in New orx
has made possible the cure OF little one In the re-
hottest village OF our country
one of the most satisfactory branches OF hospital
relief Is the treatment OF deformcs. There Is really
little regret feel for human being who must die
IL he Is relieved from persistent pain and suffering.
but there Is nothing but PLY and sorrow for The onss
VINO h ave ot,ppea ana delorned NJ 'ne naS pIns
foot made straight and the little human form almost
recreatcd by means OF surgical skill. At time IN
n single ward there three babies ranging ron
three weeks 10 four months Old who operated
upon for hare lips There IS infant at the hospital
nj the present time frchtfilly deormad I'm this wsy
whom tho doctors say IN the OF time will have
perfectly natural features but IL is important tat
op Iatlons for deformty should be performed early 10
hc, and therefore the need OF tie Babies Hospital
There Is rule ut the Babies Wards intended iOr
babies under two but this rule t. sometimes thrown
TO the wind. one exception is made fJr little bessie
who. suffering from the effects OF fall had T. be
IN n vaSd Csdet
the physicians tina, she would have to remain In THIS
position for many months, and II she had had parents
lco y look after her she Mould have been sent home
but the little one would have been doomed 70 stay ff
hours together alone In the attic OF ienementhons
ana the doctors and nurses had the heart 10 senl
her away. She has been n, the hospital more than
year. and little time she tahen on the eliras
ana through the ibeiality OF young girls known
rs the sunbeam Committee she was supplied with tho
necessary appliances for enabling her b. walk and