The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24
POLICE NATIONS TAUGHT.
a WEEKLY LEcTURE TO THEM mr.
the POLTCE SURGEONS.
Practical Information which They Are Not
Permitted to IuiIse-The Latest Lrcture
Described The Mntrons Act tor All the
world Lilac school Giria-A-k Questions.

school Keeps now at Police Headquarters In
Mulberry street. This isn't SO strange in IT.
self, rs for some time men have been listening
t. lectures In the school Of instruction; but
every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon tie
place Is tarncd over to the police matruns, and
they 20 there to hear the different police sur.
geons lecture on the dHtics Of n police ma:ron
and the proper treatment of diseases.
There arc sixteen police surgeons, and they
arc going to give n lecture all round and then
begin over again. This Will carry the course
well into the summer months When tho
Police Commissioners saw that more police
mntrUns were necessary. and gave out that u
dozen or more new ones would he appointed.
they also learned that It was necessary that the
women who were about TO enter on this work
sho Id have some special instruction ns 90
what their work Is and how they shall best
do It. The lecture plan Yves hit upon. lr.
:. q. Cook, the President OF the Board 81 po.
lico Surgeons, was appointed to give the first.
which was an Introductory lecture on the du-
ties OF n police matron in general. and he np-
pointed the other surgeons in turn, assigning
to them their subjects. Dr.. VI. Il. Palmer fol.
lowed Or. Cook, talking OF he'uorrEH;es and
how to treat them. DR.. j. II. Nc>litt lcliv-
cred the third lecture, being the emergency
treatment in fractures and d!slocation, md
Immediately following this Dr. u. J. Donovan
spoke on b. nlagins.
10 those who do not know that IL is ALSO
lutclY against he rules for n ro,irr matron 10
administer anything stronger than hot tea.
this course OF lectures will seem u very uscjul
and necessary step; but IL appeals to Others
who happen To know the true state Of things
as q farce. Theoretical knowledge doesn't help
n hysteriral woman. nor dos IT relieve one sur.
feriuE from nlcohoItsin. too much OPIUM, or Il
suustrUke. lnie-s the matrOns are to hc al.
lowed To apply the Knowledge gained from
these full and carefully prepared leg.
lures OF the police surgeons. why should
they tax their brains 10 rcmembcr them, and
why should the surgeons be forced 10 spend 90
much time in getting n lecture into simple
enough. form for th"s" women to understands
Th"re i one promising feature about these
lectures, however, The old matrons, who have
been serving a number of years, ENJOY them. ~
course it l. natural for those applicants who
are now seryir: Il two months probation term
and those who nre patiently waiting on the
eligible list - take an interest In them. for
they have sill another civil service examlna-
ton tn stand, and they take whole rcams OF
notes in the hope that they will get Il few
answers To- the questions they 80 much dread.
DR.. Daniel II. Smith delivered the lecture on
Tuesday afternoon las. His subject was IN
seusibility. and when he took his place ON
the platform nine young women who have lust
entered service on probation. three clicil,cs,
and three old tuld in tie sense OF not bein. re-
Gently appointed police matrons occupied the
benches in front Of him. Al lad note books,
eNcep. the veterans. y, exam" starcs
them in the face and they dropped in merely
out OF curiosity. The new apuOiitces are all
very young.loohing women for such n post.
only two OF them look over 80 years old. and
there were two who cut up ike genuine school
p.r1s until fIn srrT,.,,, Spfl ip r,,titr , y,g,,
That they would probably be questioned on it
on examination. Then they took cupious notes.
one had lair that was slightly reddish and
wore a most becoming pale green skirt waist.
The other was a pretty hruHcttc and hadn't
yet learned that it i Il dangerous thing for a
police matron to wear diamond earrings. They
are such excellent things for a drunken wo-
man to pull at.
las police matrons, young ladies'" began
the surgeon, you will perhaps not lie called
on to deal with cases al inscnsihiiity arising
from causcs other thun apoplexy, or injury to
| rain substance; opium. which includes NOR
lhlne ana laudanuru. alcohol, and sun stroke.
aud | shall! try {" show you how 10, diStin-
necessarily mil of biz words, hard FOR the lay
mind I" understand These ! shall explain to
You. lusen-'Oi',ty me- MS either loss OF con.
seriousness merely. or loss OF sensation in part,
or ne ;%P conditions c"m0inc4.'
viii The diamond earrings nnIged ench Other
and s,s.Ici.
IN disorders Of cousciousncss," lie rontln-
uo,!, I'VE have the cNultatinn OF consrlousucss
the pcrVersaon OF Uoa~c'uuSucss, and the loss
Of cn'4Sr.ou~urss plrtfal or complete"
lie ryplaIurt ,~arptully thc symptoms OF
cn,A. and tic scratching OF the prnriis con.
timed. OCCASIONALLY some one INTERRUPTED
WIN pleas. 20 over that again. DJrtur.'
when l." wa, telling the difference between an
ha.lurirati1n nud an illusion. When lie came
Ia Grlirium. even she Of tL, green .Iirt ,ynlst
stopped swiusiu: her feet and hrat over her
note book.
II reckon we II have more OF Tint TO deal
with DIAN ANYTHING pI-c. She wIi.urrrl IN
her cUinuanlun. 'or al lClI / hny','F ~ her
mind the only drlirium uosSihIr was do'iriWr,
trcmcuS, and what followed was an cyr-li cnCr
to her.
"Dciirium." Cortin led the portor "is n
symutoln very common In many levers. in n
broken. down state uf general health. IA inlnm.
utatiuu of the brain upI The IpcnLrIrr, AMI
also ns n result Of certain rrisnr-. al. In - Ger,
SON rrcoycrir, from nm ]rpiI,itt. ,tttrt. We
lave many varieties or dctir.um
eco slow now" iutcrruutTI nm clfrihlc
FIRST, there is the low ,ruttrr,ns ,tc1ir'um n
exhausted sateS, as in long continued fry"rs.