New-York tribune., 1896-12-26
ALMOST OTT OF MEDICAL AID
A STATE OF AFFAIRS IN HOSPITAL
FOR WOMEN

DISAGREEMENT BEIWEfN HE NPH'>'N '''''
CLANS AND NURSES AND THE TRrs-
TEES. AND MOST OF THE FOR
MER HAVE RESIGNED.
The uosnitaI for Women at No. 2l3 West Fifty
fourth-st IS at present good example of house
divided against itself The majority of the attend
ing physicians. who are most OF them women anu
of the nurses. who are also women. nave Neh'
mentIy disagreed with the Board of Trustees 'fnost
of whom are womcn). and the hospital Is nearly
bereft of medical aid. Dr. Harriet y. Hughes the
house physician and Drs Belle Brown Rita Dun
levy Cornclia Barber Mary +. Bond Louise Il.
Buckholz Jennie T.. Gore. liarri"tte k"atihse'
Louise Iannn. Phcbe !. H. Wait ana Eliza Iaco''
and Dr. Petit handed in their resignations on De
cember 1s when eleven patients were discharged.
They took their departure on Wednesday. after
having expressed their severe displcasurc III NAri
Gus resolutions that do not appear TO haV" hai
much effect beyond serving as channels hrousn
which 10 pour out the wrath Of the feminine phN-
sicians. Five OF the nurses. who coinpalh'u '''i'
they didn't have room enough to eat and sleep
in and positively would not eat with the irec pa
ticnts, have followed suit.
The hospital is Il small one and there are only
seven eight patients III IT at present br' or
della Campbell the assistant house ph,slciah win
Vet another assistant physician whose Identity i
concealed ard whose stay Is only temporary, are at
tending TO their wants.
The reason for the house physicians resignation
it is said WAS the fact that she felt that slight had
been put upon her Dr Sidney +. Wilcox. head sur
eeon OF the hospital took hat She called The I'M
ur-cedcntod step by choosing Dt. Sophie Morsentha!
a graduate of the college for Women connected WIN
the hospital bat in outsider a. his assistant IN ii'u
Of Dr. Hughes. II is also said that ia" attending
physicians departed because they w"r" dlsSa''9''"
with the way Things were being run 10y the trustees
and especially with e. now set Of bylaws which were
!. .t..t.s r...f .f.tt
drew up "a highly interesting expression Of their
grievances IN " hich f. Was alleged that m" bylaws
reduced their functions to machine work. slnI"
machines at That. This document ended with the
resolution chat the hospital is uoihins bat rattle
trap old building. anyway. sud has no innh-,
3D. r. doctors rrei' 90 'u nt~-". WIN tl' N,'p'l' :"
d. Gertrude Iabr.klc Some Of pr HhpilSHi'
enemies say that size Kept h'r place nr,1Hr' av n"'
her eye on Dr Hughes Nt'hh' sho'S. , .,,..a
Tn, woman wrp pat tAai in about inr raw
II don't car. O., ..As who size MI. however 81
added i"' ih. ''H '.-,o' ~ "'. 1,. '.l,.fai
The preside flc Board OF Ftu~i,,. iS Mi'
Helen knoN ..l-p'. and n'' Nj, " Ni..'.in,. 49,
ha. b,,i AnnoIu0''. lar treasurer MN ,i' p,'"
of.st OF SO o Eat. ffff' --"Nrntl-r s'id F'-i'I.
day that the Hoard woula meet D" a i"w d'> !. anu
tll. action un.ll .ff,r Via. W'.i iirs Sh' 'Ni'"l''
rn1t tl. trouble started from ul-IgT''inri. "D,si
the number of usrse- needed .n I'D. A'- pa.
saw. one" said Nine. D'mof"si. and f''r i""
ho,is. uhvs!eiiA Instructions i' 'ntAH" 100 i''',-
She lrnm,dItf,is procured ar,fler. tnd on" "h'h
"a. thought undesirable. ptffi.H'tfy A- d S"i'
finger rendered her unnt Tor NNik. In'h e''''
meuh.r- of thr attending -faM sent ne " commune
cation lib. tA-. . 49,. ,., -. ..l.
.R,-oi,,d. That inc Hospital cannot 90 "" " y '"
a les number of nurses tltl ti" now 'iHP''f '''
Resolved. That fne BOARD ~ Itn-'''7 ',n ,
nuulrit,. Win tl. offending staff .n "i.ii"k "''-
and moi 800 person hereafter . ,..t,
...rf.i- considered lf-.Iuri'uus ana H'ii ".' !"
,,i.notf .1fnm,nt rir f'-lgnAfipus i'I""''4- - '
f,r I'm. fact that ih, ,hsad surgeon 'i'-' am ''.-
side assistant the Board realized ihti ih' n"''.
nhvslcitu deserved the prlViyS" 80 n.Nihs 'll' ~
i,rrenr,. tnlf comes with i1, position ana "',''
havo taken action ou The m i'I iA.' i,I. "
',liI NOT Act at once. The feeling "i ~ i"tr
80, H.. matter Was uf- of tnc causes u' iri i'Sls
iry I mink Tn, fact tuti Dr fnrhr VA,
,'o: rejected dean some i.mr ago hi1 hV'''NS ''
all To- do with fhi- trouble .. ., ,...,.,, ID
~ rattlrirap oil huIi.n1 ~. -"'" ~ i" '', '
,,,''..t ana sh- was asked = 10 had been @ND-
mlftrd t. ih. trustee. . ,. .,,t H.. .,,
~" saia She # hardly mrH ihry "o9ln ID" ~
,i,nro,. 49, mat They I'D say al one nm" Nl'.
,t. ,r,,....- were mot DOCTOR nnd hld h'' NJ"
w., r.nnir,m.rts ~ the hospital y a maii'r Oh o.
Gao, th,r. are s.gtrH. pnNriciAn- ~ goo" s.i''.'
r fb,. R,ard and the trustees Af' iHlis 'o'"1'''"
., r.rforfu their WOik.