The St. Johns herald., 1896-03-14

The only dime drug store in the world
 is located in South Halsted street, Chi
 eago.
 At this dispensary all prescriptions,
 regardless of the compounds, regardless
 of the labor in compounding, are filled
 for the sum of 10 United States cents.
 The store is benevolent institution in
 a community which previous to its es-
 tablishment stood much in need of be- nevolence; it attracts an enormous trade
 from the patrons for whose benefit it
 was originated. The customers receive the benefit and the drugs, and the store
 manages to weather financial storms, though it might not be able to keep its
 head above water without the more than occasional donation of stocks of patent
 medicines and prepared foods which Chicago manufacturers donate to keep
 the charity institution on its feet
 The drug store is part and parcel of the Harvey Medical settlement, POS,
 21O, 212 South Halsted street, a portion
 of Chicago inhabited for the greater part
 by shabby genteel, too proud to beg, too honest to steal" and still lower class not affected by the aforementioned pride.
 The medical settlement is constituted of the following named charitable in- stitutions: The Harvey hospital, Harvey Free dispensary, Harvey Training School For Nurses, Harvey "out practice, , Har- vey Medical college and Harvey Dime drug store
 Dr. Marshall, Dr. Frances Dickenson and Dr. Fife Lobdell, assisted by Miss Amy Mace, registered pharmacist in charge of the drug store, and such phy- sicians who may chance to have patients in the Harvey hospital have entire charge of the community, from med ical standpoint.
 Other societies take an interest in the poor of this neighborhood; the Epworth league looks to the preservation of dis eased and other souls, and Hull House Christianly endeavors to promote affairs socially, but the Harvey settlement has control from medicinal point of the compass, and judging from its efficient work since the inauguration of its efforts, Jan. l, 1894, it's labors have been crowned with warranted success. The Harvey hospital was opened on that date and started in business with seven beds and four patients, and has since been reconstructed so as to accommodate 30 sufferers. The services of the best men and women physicians and surgeons are accorded patients at a nominal cost and in cases of extreme poverty or accident are furnished free of charge. The inten- tion of the management of the hospital, as is the case in the government of the dime drug store, is to provide a proper place for worthy poor, who do not like the county hospital because of the al- most general aversion to being chased among paupers, resulting from being patient in a free hospital. And there are poor and sick able to afford the cost of treatment and nursing in hospital of this sort who could not pay the ordinary cost attached to receiving proper medical The income from patients at the Harvey hospital does not cover the expense of maintaining the institu- tion. Any physician of good standing is permitted to place patients in the hos pitaL
 Harvey dispensary is for immediate attention to those who sustain acci- dents in factories and others who become suddenly i'll, as is often the case, from living in filth and insufficiently venti- lated quarters, from crowding intotene- ments and such similar causes common to poorer districts of large cities. J. A. Clark, M. D., presides over the dispen- sary and the place is kept open all day. Treatment is furnished at cost which brings it within the reach of even the most poverty stricken, as the charge to sick and injured is necessarily so small the dispensary is not self sustaining. It is admitted this dispensary is one of the most useful and carefully managed in he city.
 Harvey Training School For Nurses furnishes practical and thorough course ] of instruction to women in the care of sick and wounded that they may become | 'killful and efficient nurses in the home | md in hospital wards. Miss Westerberg IS superintendent of this branch of Har- 7ey medical settlement and spares neither time nor labor in teaching those n attendance the art of caring for the tick. The school is prepared to furnish rained nurses for service in or out of own.
 The superintendent of the hospital answers all calls to attend people in heir homes. She is frequently requested o furnish her services to children and ooks to the comforts of newborn babies md graciously assists afflicted families n times of death among their little mes. The "out practice" consists of ad- to children's s wants such as 10 not come in the medical category and S often called upon to supply children's lothing. There are many cases among ,eople in this immediate neighborhood where no fit clothing is on hand for ba- ,ies.
 Harvey Medical college is coeduca- ional and of the regular school of medi- inc. Medical lectures are given even ngs, thus according an opportunity of ttendance to those who are otherwise mployed during the day. The course of is made all the more prac- ical because of the schools connection with the hospital Among the students re found persons of all callings, such s teachers, druggists, clerks, nurses and who have become inter sted in the work. :
 Harvey Medical settlement is in fhA 1