The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-12

that "Dominion was given him,
lAnchietG), over the elements and all thai
dwell therein. The earth brought forth
fruit at his command, and even gave up the
dead, that they might be restored to life
and receive baptism at his hands. The
birds of the air formed a canopy over his
head to shade him from the sun. Fish came
into his net when he required them. che
wild beasts of the forests attended him or
his journeys and served him rs an escort
Wind and waves obeyed his voice. Fire
at his pleasure. undid the mischief which i
had done, SO that bread which had beer
burnt &c cinder in the oven was drawn
out white and soft By his interference
HIS barret-cap was cure for all diseases
Of the head.
HE WAS vICE-cHRIsT,
yet such WAS his humanity that he called
himself 9 vile mortal and an ignorant
sinner. Any one of his cillces (white
shirts) was an eficacious remedy against
impure thoughts. Water poured over one
OF his bones worked more thar two hun
dred miracles in Pernambuco and more
than thousand in Southern Brazil, and q
few drops Of it turned water Into wine, al
at the marriage in Galilee.
Some Of the miracles are commended as
being more fsnoiful and
N MORE ELEGANT TASTE
than those which are recorded in the scrip
turesu
The closing sentence is especially rich.
But Notwithstanding the supernatural
powers of Padre Anchieta his hospital was
G very poor one having neither drainage
nor ventilation, and directly overlooking
the old city burial ground, of which
patients in their beds had perpetual view,
and needed no further nlOmento mort sug-
gestions from their spiritual advisers. Its
accommodations being totally inadequate,
the directors, early in the present century,
determined TO remove the cemetery to
Ponta da CRiu, and TO build new hospital
on its site.
THE CORNER STONE
OF the present magnificent edifce was laid
&c 1870, but II took thirty years to build it,
and 1000 900 milreis. II is of granite and
brick, two stories high, forming a rec
! tangular parallelogram and covering an
area OF 10000 square metres Nothing less
than an especial visit can give one an ade-
quste idea OF its magnitude and COM
pieteness. The floors are of native
woods, polished and oiled; the walns-coat-
ing of gay colored tiles. There is a splendid
marble-paved entrance hall, still more
splendid reception room, and a gorgeous
saloon Of the Emperor where business
meetings are held. The dispensary and
chemical labritory form a very large de-
psrtment, as daily average of five hun
dred people, not including the hospital
patients, are supplied, gratis with 1nedi-
cine and advice. There is an operating
room, with an amphitheater Of seats for
attending medical students, an instrument
room, a chapel, dissecting vaults, a dead
] house. and of course the usual compliment
Of store-rOoms, kitchens, reception rooms,
private apartments for the officers, nurses,
ETC., and everywhere the most scrupulous
cleanliness is apparent as well as the
most perfect order and dicipline.
CAPACITY OF THE BUILDING.
The vast building seems to be all halls
and doors and windows, as is necessary in
so hot q climate. Some of the patients.
lying in their beds, can look out upon the
beautiful flower gardens and waving palms
OF the inner court yards, and others have
Incompatible views Of the loveliest bay in
the world and the dim peaks beyond. The
total capacity of the building is 200
patients, and its statistics show that it re-
ceives from $4,000 to Is, 600 every year. Be-
sides the twenty five wards, each of which
contain Ihirtytw beds, there are great
many private rooms for the reception of
those patients who are able to pay for
special attendance. For such the exceed
ingly moderate price is SL50 per day for
private room, medicine, constant attend
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vices Of the best physicians in the city.
The doors Of Santa Casa" are open day
and night for the reception of the dis
tressed, and the most wretched need not
seek influence or recommended
ton to be admitted. There are
wards for women and children
as well as for men; and black and white,
Christian, heather aud hereto, receive
alike the very best assistance within the
! nj n
nations Of the earth are not represented
among its patients, aud especially numer-
Gus are American and English sesmen. No
sort OF distinction is made, beyond that OF
sex and stage OF disease and one sees black
faces and white, yellow faces and brown.
lying side by side.
TIE INTERNAL SUPERVISION
of the Misericordia is in the capable hands
of a Mother Superior and her flock Of
sisters" Each nun has charge of Ger
tain work or portion of a ward Most Of
them are old, wrinkled and care worn,
some coarse and hard-featured, a few
younger and more attracuve-yet all are
beautiful TO see in their womanly devotion
to the helpless, their lives of unreuuited
toll for the good Of strangers. l am sorry
to say that the hospital statistics show that
about one in seven of ell who enter here
die; but that is not large average con-
sidering the deadliness of the climate to
foreigners and the fact that were il not for
the holy house" the other six would
probably find graves at Csju. Yellow
fever, the frightful scourge of Rio re-
sembles the cholera in India in this
respect, that you may be per
fectly well one day, and not only
dead, but buried the next. In bad seasons
the death rate is not considered unusually
high at 200 per day, and in favorable times
- ~Tl
with 1t recover. Since its first appearance
here, nearly half century ago, il has not
missed a summer visit. The drier the sum
mer the worse the fever, and in very dry
years 1t always takes an epidemic form.
Naturally foreie ers suffer from il much
worse than the natives, but the lattar make
up for their comparative exemption by suf-
fering terribly from smallpox. leprosy, ele-
phantiasis and other terrible diseases.
ELEPHANTIAsIs.
Cases OF contagious diseases are not
treated at the Misericordia, but are sent To
one or another Of the branch hospitals.
Lepers go to the Hospital dos Lazaros at
San CnristavRo, and smallpox people TO the
refuge at Gamboa, which is dedicated 10
Nossa Sonora de Saude. A bout the
strsngest and most loathsome disease
have heard Of is that called ''eieuhantia-
sis" the name being derived from the
enormous tumors which ii causes to arise
on the lower limbs, making the disteaded
flesh hang down in flaps and circu-
lar fold, like the legs of an elephant.
Notwithstanding the popular belief that
the horrible deformity is contagious, one
may often meet oTsthe streets of any Bra
lillian city man or woman dragging along
leg swollen TO many times its proper pro-
portions, or sitting on q church step sx-
posing the gangrened members to view as
plea Of charity. Many years ago the
Count of Cunha transformed an old Jesait
convent into a hospital for the especial
treatment Of elephantiasIs. 1t was placed