The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-26

spectacle apartment, shelved and filled
with medicine that are put In bottles and
labeled as they are at the apothecarles.
All patients are registered on enterin q
and are visited by physicians twice day.
In the meantime each patient is seen once
each hour by Q nurse. Each nurse. and
there are twenty in all. has an office or
room at the head of her ward in which 10 q
closet of medicines which she dispenses in
ordinary cases. By speaking tubes and
electric bells each nurses room communI,
Gates with the superintendents and
physioian's Offices so that the whole build
ing could be sroused'i in short order If neces-
sary or any advices given without extraor-
binary trouble to either nurse or ply an.
The nurses are all under the auspices of the
School for Trained Nurses of this city and
are given their board laundry. 81 q week
and 800 at the end of two years. at which
time their services are worth from Sl0 TO
$40 week above their board. and In some
cases in excess Of this last amount This
avenue of work for women is one that il
being rapidly pursued. although it's duties
are arduous and its requirements exactlng.
AS the City Hospital is the place where
emergency cases are taken for Immediate
relief. every effort has been made TO expe-
dite the work of relieving them. This IS
done by various ordinations and systems.
For instance. one kind of o wound requires
one kind of @ needle to sew IL together.
while another requires lar different one;
the varieties of needles used are simply
marvellous. and they are arranged in books
and indexed so that any inferno can with
q word of instruction go and fetch the
proper one for the operation. This is also
the case with the surgical instruments. ex-
cept that they are keptin large cases. One
of the provisions OF the hospital is club
room, whore convalescents have access to
the city papers and checkers. At the sound
of the round bell, however, they arc re-
Quired to drop every thing and 60 to their
beds. and stay there until they are dis
charged by the physician on his round.
A crematory for the burning of garbage
has been erected. In other times band
ages etc.. were burned in a bonfire in the
yard. Dogs would haunt the place, roll In
the ashes, and soon after be fondled by
children. Outside the hospital proper Is a
pavilion where infectious diseases are
treated. At present but few cases of scar
let fever and erysipelas are being cared for.
Not long since case was brought to the
hospital which puzzled the physicians.
The patient seemed TO suffer terribly. but
no returns were made by those diagnosing
il. Pretty soon all the internes and nurses
began to scratch, and were soon In an
ernptive state; trouble was at hand. The
COOK and the kitchen workers were In
fected, and the institution was in terrible
toils-it was the Norwegian itch.
There Is an old man who often pleads fol
admission TO the mercies of the hospital.
but is very often refused. He is known az
the blanket crank. He has craved more
blankets. on several occasions until he dis.
tracted the attending nurse. After day
of illness he will insist on going down
town, whore he fills MP on garlic and comes
back In such an ordorous condition that
he has to he fumigated before he can be en-
dured.
Not long since the little boy who was
struck by an electrician on Massachusetts
avenue was taken to the hospital. Severe
amputations had to be made after which
be said he would not care so much did be
not have TO hobble around on crutohes the
rest of his life-he had hardly concluded
the com plant before death came.