The herald., 1893-12-21
THEY HAVE DONNED WAR PAINT,
Kings Daughters Are After
Dr.. Hagan's Scalp.
Proceeding gs at the Supervisoral In
vestigation Yesterday.
A Student, 1t Is Alleged, Was Allowed
to Gain Experience at PAtients
Cost-Ths Cat and the HUI
man Heart Episode.

Some 40 or 80 ladies thronged the su-
pervisore' room in the court house all
day yesterday, together with about lOo
men. The ladies were mostly members
of an association called the "King's
Daughters" through which society the
charges OF neglect and mismanagement
we're fret formulated against DR.. Martin
Hagan, at present superintendent OF the
county hospital. These charges bore
the name OF Edwin L. Clarke as their
sponsor. District Attorney Dillon con-
Quoted the prosecution and the defense
was represented by W. NJ. York.
One OF the principal charges was that
woman named Alice Warner, was
handled in 30 slovenly manner in con-
fnement that she was permanently IN
jured as consequence.
This operation was performed by DIR.
Hagan's son Ralph, a student OF medi-
cine, and this was his first case in OBJ
stetrical procedure.
Another story was that big tomcat
belonging about the premises had peen
seen to make a supper off a human
y.
Hagan had obliged patient afiiicted
With heart disease to work as an attend
ant in one OF the wards until the illiated
man dropped dead from over-exertlon.
THE MATRoN's STORY.
Mrs. Redd;ck, who had been matron oi
the hospital for year and half under
DR.. Brainard, the former incumbent,
and for three months under DIR. Hagsn,
was the fret witness called. She testl'
fed that in the Warner case she said she
was there and that DIR. Murphy, resident
physician, aged about % years, with
practice of two or three years, mad
charge OF the case in connection With
Ralph Hagan, son OF the superintendent
On the day of the woman's accouchmenI
she was ruptured and Ralph Hagar
sewed up the injury, but after three o.
four days the stitches broke. The pa
tient was given all the attention posi-
Bile. She had fever. but afterwards go
we'll. 1t was the practice in the hospi
tai, the same as in former admlnlstra
tians. to have students. and residen
physicians take special charge OF cases
and each took patient in turn. AS Il
food. it is carried to patients in larg
tray, with smaller trays, filled arount
with hot water and the whole covere'
and carried to the table, then to the pa
tients. 1t is imprecticable to always ge
the food to them as hot as it should be
The only thing witness found to com
plain OF was that there were not enougl
nurses most OF the time, and che ofte
had to carry the food herself. One Q
the nurses had been discharged and an
other quit to take another place. VIII
ness had been left with 80 much to d
that she was Frustrated with overworh
She considered the fcod good in quaiit
and there was plentNof IL, but 1t was
little too monotonous to have the sam
- bill of fare right along, such as mea
- hntter and vegetable;
DIR. Post was Hpo-.-ea.as, (
quite young man and has been practit
ing medicine about a year. He wa
there as student and assistant. II
was called in once for consultation i
the Warner case after the rupture ha
broken and found the patients tempera
ture up to l05. He had no further con
nection with the case.
The cleanliness at the hospital was
question of opinion. Some might regar
II as kept clean and others not. Tn
came was true as to the quality an
quantity of food, and in the administrs
tlon OF medicine, doctors differ. III
thought DR.. Hagan's manner might b
little rude but that might be owing t
natural dignity. This witness evidenc
was in the same non committal strai
from beginning TO end.
DR.. MURPHY.
DR.. Murphy was the third witness
He is graduate of the Los Angelo
County college and is about 23 years old
He was four months with DIR. Haga
and before that with DR.. Brainard at tn
hospital. He stated that in the az
couchment referred to above, the woma
was delivered by Ralph Hagan unde
witness direction and in his presence
A rupture was not an unusual thing
In taking the stitches he had directe
young Hagan, and the only reason the
broke loose was defect in the cstpu
used in the suture. The same thin
might happen to the best OF physicians
OF course the temperature of the patien
rose after the break, and during his alb
sence DIR. Post was called in.
"The food ia not home cooking, but il
as good as anything get in the restau
rants now Witness said he was dem
onstrator in one of the colleges here
As to the medicine given, doctors differ
Some give one thing, some another anc
others none at all. Speaking OF the al
legged lack of cleanliness at the hospital
he said there was one time, three O.
four weeks ago, when the upstairs hat
not been scrubbed as it should be anc
he had spoken Of it. Since that tim
the proper scrubbing has been attendes
to. He testified the same as precedin,
Witnesses as to the serving of food ant
water.
nAt this point recess was taken til
afternoon.