New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-13
STILL BUSY AT THE HOSPITALS.
NEW CASES or HEAT PROsTRATlONs CONSTANT
LY BEING SEN INA SURGEON AT
ST VINCENTs OVERCOME.


ST VINCENTS OVERCOME.
The hospital wards Of this city axe still crowded
with hundreds Of cases OF heat prostraton. Some
of the physicians In charge were beginning yes
terday to feel the combined effects OF the OPP
pressivc weather and the constant strain they
are compelled to undergo for the present attending
the patients Dr. NJ. W. O'Gormar. acting house
surgeon of St Vincent's Hospital was Frustrated
by the heat and racked with severe convulsiors
for three hours but is the road 10 re-
covery. Three physicians have been added
to the ST Vincent staff and a number OF ne"
orderlies are at work. The rush or heat cases
there was at its height yesterday. and many OF
the patients were reported to be In dangerous
condition one OF the who had been brought
,u under the influence OF hea: developed symp-
toms of having trifed with an influence OF an
other sort, and made his escape from the "aru
in scanty attire. after AZ attack OF dehrium
tremens. He captured and led back whiie
Tribune reporter in the building His vigor-
Gus steps on the return march were a strong con-
trast TO the attitude of the poor fellow who was
taken in just after him, carried helplessiy on
stretcher The hospital has been so crowded In
the last few days that the authorities have been
Obliged to turn two outhouses into wards, and
make up a large number OF beds under awnings
in a yard connected with the hospital They ex-
pect put up big tent there shortly when VIII
insure ample protection from rain.
The superintendent of the House Of Relief said
Yesterday that the building filled from cellar
TO garret. The day was not productive or so many
heat cases for the hospital stan as was Tuesday
however which brought them sixty-four calls
of the lS4 cases OF heat prostratIon cared for at
the hospital during the hot spell. only twenty
have been fatal including those who did not reach
its doors alive. Nineteen physicians are now at
work in the House OF Relief, but me bulk or the
bor falls on six OF them. tho four members or
The house staff and two OF the attending phys-
clans Dr L. Stimson and Or tonnor
The New York Hospital though stu crowded
had q somewhat lighter list Of heat prostratons
,,as,ardav than was the Tuesday. The
factors are putting the more serious cases through
the ice baths regularly, and the results are en-
couraging The ten members Of the house stan
ma tbc orderlies and nurses are showing no signs
Of prostratior vet , ,,, n, H.,
nitai presented a busy scene yesterday. -Four diff
f,rnnt wards are in use there. each with "A stan
Of four or FIVE physicians. who are Kept so busy
bour after hour that II would not be surprising II
sorn. of them should give out AT any moment
I,,,,utv SuDerintendent NJ J. Rickard Is constantly
80 work in the pavilion. The supply Of ice each
a., Tor the hospital IS about nine tons out Of
,bss twentv-fcur patients brought to the pavilion
hw eo o'clock Yesterday afternoon only one had
1iod and ne was at deaths door when taken in.
1rhe women patients are not admitted TO the
.vilion or are any cases other than heat pros
trations