Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-22
OUTSIDE PATIENTS.
BUSY MORNING SCENES w A NEW
YORK HOSPITAL.

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Scenes That Are Touching.
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dries Glen anon. Hi. liz
handares ar,l;nd III. ,....... .--.., ...-..r,
with swift and sr.=rfui f. ana is..s
the man from the ~ta.f. I-..s..l tl,..it.,
| flash
| Come AGAIN Tomorrow " ice ..r,. AMI
! then again: Is there ANYBODY ul.L.....s-
| entys Anybody under seventy. s.y.r.,e-
one. seyentv-,wo''-
| That is tie vvav it coes on for Iau., in
! termiuablv. it seems to the watcher. II.
! there anvbodr under"-
| It i'm the SURGEONS room, Of n trs.,s.3l
! where the daily focl If yvorrfa.l I.r,,,,,i.
| tv is being, carried IN by the tide of dis
| tress to be cared for and haD5a1ad r,ba~.
! ara a dozen SURGEONS there and a. 1r4v4
| two score or more Of r,,riarts TIL ov-,,or.
! of crushed zkuIis rokan limbs b-.,f.sl
| faces and slasI.aj or BURNED ell o., H.
! into the room in "ba+cbes ,, Tho nv,
| numbered NJ the Too- Iiko cbocL-al -
! and they ar ord for - tLeir ,,7.,,F,,r
! co-,,as arouD3 y, i g.. n : -.
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80 S,-''. 80, i,'o-,o.o,iCl-7 T'S con
80 '''e S1'.'' - H''e
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= = 80 9'-e OF me IH". one sees mere.
Ne people are nearly al! o. taeil poor
,' eEp.I"1,'! poor ineE cannot cannot SHOT me
iuAur! OF private PhE-lclah' however Sc
we're 'helr "olhcs' OF however eager tIey
are to get back to their work; and 30 they
| come and stand in line, waiting for their
numbers to be called, that they may so up
and suffer, perhaps great deal. that after-
| ward they may suuer less. They are VI al!
| ages, IN rags many oil them, some OF them
! lmpluS on Clutches some OF them with
their heads and faces swothed deeply IN
bandaSeS, some OF them win hands
wrapped around and around until they are
as big as feather pillows, some OF them
| with feet crushed and mangled, and all Of
| them miserable and suffering. And among
them are the white aproned, swift fling cred,
hurryInS surgeons, dressing wounds b. the
dozen, dressing some OF them maryeluusly
quick, and always going on to the next
without pause, with no tremor at the
! touch Of any wound, however deep or foul,
and with no witch of the lips at any cry
or fiinching from pain.
Is there anybody under eighty FIVE,
EghtJ-six, eighty-seven- So. here You
areI No; go to the next table. You cans be
dressed here; you are infected. Is there
anybody under eiGhty-eights"
There IS a short pause; then, sharply
"Eighty-nine! Is there anybody under
ninety? All, here you are. Let me see
: your card" for every patient has a card,
on which Is written = little history Of his
reception at the hospital has trouble and
now he mas been treated w here 5 your
cardF'
No answer 20 this.
where's your card, card, card:'
, Stli no answer.
| "Cant speak English, eng
Then follows a series Of pantomime. The
card Is Eshed OUT the patient Is placed on
the Stool anu Oh come the oahdage' from
has hanu- Inc surgeon fingers move so
lightly and rapidly that before one knows
that the man mas oeen touched he has
| supper on ms STOOL 70 tne hoor' ana on his
knees WIN his stomach pressed close to
the s'ool' ms eyes shu5. ms teeth locked
anu ms one "hUle nam cltncnea ana quiF-
stInS ll'S MS pam " me his ound Is
--o Us NV CpsAeu tiLs nH' IL
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~ 70. ~ - IN up h'S
nIin IoI-i q - anu
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a -e !, - 10 'Hs en-! u wi
e'-tt ile.,l - ie'' W
Non'e "S@in "a! a -e-t .oiiloiio"; Sd!
there anybody
II Is Coy TINS time. -" men the linen