New-York tribune., 1893-11-26

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| who WAS probably a daily visitor 1T Guttenpurs am
nightly rounder at the quor-shops anu 80 ne o o1f ~
himself away in spite OF all me uoc.o,s 10 oe othe
| induce him to remain. III ne dlun so " so ~
| hospital, he Is probably deau ho"'
Nr-rsr Is NOT NECESSARILY AN ANGEL.
| English Irish. Germans. Cubans, Scotch, Cana
| dIons Danes a Chnaman. negroes. aye even
| native American white men, were III tiiat anu e.''
adjoining ward. suffering from many ailments ~.
| night the Ch!naman died he was calling Dochs'
"Docly" during great part OF the time' anu '''e
call was responded to each time by the pnysicia"'
| with as unfailing a promptness as thousn "e'e
| a millionaire who had pressed the puttoH. ~ half
Returning the first man he lay here tbe tS doctor
came They make their rounds at w III lle i.o t,7 @
and at haf-past at night. NO one CAM ogppior 20
scribe treatment in the interval or II So no ies
treatment was begun and the patient Was ioaa,, n,
and calling for the doctor He got drk , oi o Ina
mill and = promise that the doctor would soon M ".
on hand When he received like information a ha% te%
hours later he ventured the remark ma III Then
The rursa became angry and told the patent .ia,
If he came in there with the liz rotested that
tne nosplaa,, % nrr;ed in there against his will that
writing for newspapers not run,,s mn - ber kind
ness Then he tossed and tumbed In pain anu Il tne g
nurse went away. He called her as II o,yv WE o and
midnight and while she was walking so"y upp T fia
down the ward with the night supernt%eno9i % sa Of
called several times. but in vain Aiter IN .r pwav
time. the night supefIhifbnbd ,bn bedside and said
coldlv: Il want you to understand thaa wnen veil ,
ri,,h cuperintenlent Is Win me
be calling upon the door post; "o' "'
you" ou,orce for typhoid
rhs wbose s fever was high and who was not
Vet twenty-four hours removed from ,is that it
roundings II is proper to say howeJIes, Is oreea bic
ended here and that thereafter no such dsasree'0'
bitterness was encountered . .h,s ,o,ient was
occSSmpnanIed by violent headache In other cnse
there is pain In the IONS nhart or With vi an account
II esde ;hs snSs ota how
passed the night. Many days ana inS@hts @ ves were
fore he could sleep Half ,mn6n tne II t"s Is provong
CLOS. ,his M recorded on the chart as slept WELL
which is M somS,%ss assp dGne "st n S ~ said his neigh
hor om ONE mn morning leaning toward his Ded'
vhI 1,In intcrpose1 the nurse you slept as peace
fuIIv ~ a kitten for eight hours . ,ode
this remark II was consong to the Pa'',hhe the
as the advice given by certain ,n, uou,T,, GO
woron who was suffering from insotliaa;
non," madam and sleep II or sleep 1t OH.
THE TREATMENT.
1,,,,bol1 is n tedious disease to deal with ana II
,,kes as "A rule from five to eight weeks peio'
the germ is entirely eradlcated from the system" ~
patient regards the treatment as sihP'e'
because all the necessary appliances are a' n'''.
and he witnesses neither fuss nor excite'hen" -
rorso, could not receive such treatment at nome
No matter how rich he might be. Even TO approach
4, u.ould cost from So To 500 week. ana sun !.
could not begin to compare with ths , mix for
~ ,,ecI or So only milk and for three weeks alsi %
nil, vared with a httle chicken broth ana hgni n
hp| tcn There was no suggestion Of medicine anu
as tho time advanced and your temperature srauu-
ally fell. you wondered how II Wis was, ,,o r,tiert,s
WelI il was the baths. Whenever the p''sh,. ~,
,cmn~rotur, reaches O2i2 or anything aboVc .ia' ;
you are plunged into big bathtun' Will s - tIere
- Tho bedside and heated 10 about 20 degrees iisr
,,o,, or kert FOR ifeen minutes two nurses ruDpiis
vour body vigorously. and the doctor si" ,, ,.n,
iced water on your head from bg Fpohse oyga ~
arc 100 weak for "A tub BATH they give you Il sPo"s.
bath IN bed followed by vigorous apl,lical%ion % ~
alcohol and a good rubbing down Ihen the i teipT ,r
atur.. comet down. Up IL goes again ana again N m@ I'c
bath until the process Is repeaitu sN , ,i,' rors
,iros egh, times during the twenty-four , hours,
Tho writer has seen "A physician patch up ptoKeii
limbs siaach hemorrnage or PROD. ~, ~. -. h.is
which had penetrated vital part but iet no, h1,d IN
IN. admin lion for that silent minister as when ne
stood around In the stiffness oI 'le ns.., W., s,n
not a sound the spiashing OF dhs @ Ma'i, ns, r
by simple agency Of bath was sI ishng6 n6eS has
that malignant germ Of typhoiI tev', w'iSe ,S line
written on the chart for days and for weeks @ Du,,
ike the recedng tide who's waves st !, DSi. cou, uo
the unnurnb,red pebbles Of the shore II wa culnh h
down although going NY At last 20 was reached.
ana between 1t and l The meTSurg h0yfrg 0yfent ' by
he hand and sail trumphanty, MY boy, you are
not going to die this time
SOME DRoLL SAYINGS
An excellent opportunity was afforded OF study
ing some OF the characteristics Of the patients by
their behavior In the BATH H. Is py no means an
oorocoblc sensation when typhoid patient whose
tcnpera,ure ia lc5-wl,hin two degrees OF what Is
called tho death line IA lifted out or warm bed
I'm the middle of the night and dumped into water
which IL from thirty TO forty degrees cooler. the
yolls and the pleadings and the excuses that are
offered by the different people TO b. let out before
thcv are five minutes in are varied. rs well az
amusing AMI the doctor. together with the nurSrN'
Is obliged ~ times TO smile. Germans. az rue.
rarely uttered a word. II was not that they werr
not 50 sensitive ~, others " vas rather because
they were "scar5d." So accustomed to discipline II,
their own land. they :ear,i prohthy that yrl
would have brought down upon their heads SOM
form OF punishment How this pa,isnce ana M Hen-
control Is onset hy these sturdy Ieuions Whsa
battling with tho out 'iic world any one wn3 f1di'
the newspapers can see The los OF a sus,',ei pcS
viii sometimes drive 'Duichman, nS NJ II
enormously but commonly called To commit SUI
Il have Il bloomln bad tooth doctor. For Gods
saIf. lot m. OUT" said young Englishman.
"Thls win cure your bad tooth. answered the
doctor temporzlnf. o,rr,. sco,cbuan q stone
cutter Il woudna mind a wee drap o whusKey
'ciTrs sp ,ii mn YOU come out said the doctor
An docthor." h. persisted that's terrible ham
NE Xre YOU ready. Nike" the doctor asked Of
"oh. rIr" Mike replied. III Vt don't hurt me any
III thry an shtand IN pain Of ut
II II notable how expert become nny racd,ep c sry
- 10 the best manner OF treating hot aiohe Nplom
fever but all other diseases.
10 you that man over there said one OF
thcfe pointing 10 a st'applng young fellow. twenty
two years old, who had just died in an adjoining
bod
wen II was his strength that Killed i'm" what
he really meant to say was-but why explain an
Another patient dies ."'If they had given that
man plenty Of whiskcy." says rheumatic in1-
vlduai In the corner. who had himself been
walking dlsiillcry or more than one occasion. he
would probably be able to 20 home u his family
to-day. instead OF lyin' dead there And so on.
THE INFLUENCE or ENVIRONMENT
The quletness OF Of these wards where 50
much human suffering abounds Is remarkable
No matter how noisy you were before being ad-
mlttcd. you learn to become submissive ani
silent and acquire the habit OF bearing your suffer
ing without Il murmur. Even deirius patient
who Is raising racket" Will quiet dO"n at once
when the nurse says, "Thatll do now. Such and
so powerful is the influence OF example.
\ few weeks IN hospital ward. either in N"
medical surgical department. even as patient
(Which gives few opportunities for observationl
familiarlzes even the most nervous and sensitive
tcmperamcnts with the appearance of the dying
and the dead
How do you like to be here" The question was
put to "A handsome young woman. educated an,
refined. who had not as yet donned the hospital
uniform. for she was only on probation and her
month was not up. She about to give hy
pDd"rmic injection typhoid patient Whcr he