The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-10
TO CARE FOR THE SICK POOR.
ST. JAMES DIsPENSARY ADDED TO
sAVANNAHss CHARITIES.

The Institution Organized by Physi-
clans and to BE Opened This Week.
The Aims and Purposes of the In
corpOrntOrs-The DiSpensary to BE
Practically Free - To he Also
Training school for Nurses.
S. James Dispensary for the Medical
and Surgical Relief OF the Poor has been
added TO savannahs list Of charities. The
Institution will be opened this week, prob
ably Friday, in a building especially fitted
for its needs and purposes, at West Broad
and Charlton streets
The Incorporators and trustees. who
constitute also the medical and
surgical STAFF of the dispensary
have in view the relief Of the worthy
poor who are unable to pay the regular
medical fees for treatment and are willing
and able to pay the nominal fee necessary
for drugs and dressings and the running
expenses of the institution.
The incorporators believe that Savannah
has a sufficiently large population to war
rant such a charity, and they have sought
to model the dispensary after those which
have proved so successful and so produc-
tive Of good in the larger cities. There is
undoubtedly in Savannah a large element,
both white and colored, dependent upon
daily wages and small salaries, which will
be only too glad to avoid the stigma Of
pauperism by paying the fee Of p
cents required It is the charity which
encourages this independent spirit and
which discourages the supineness Of the
tramp or the vagabond. which has been
found most productive of good. It is for
the worthy poor, therefore that the dis
pensary is organized, and the
incorporators and active work
ers will make every effort
to limit their charity to this class and 10
avoid the dispeusary abuses which have
crept into certain institutions elsewhere. \
The STAFF hopes to carry It's influence to
the homes of the poor and to endeayor to
inculcate a more sanitary and hygienic
living. This is a work which can be made
more productive of good even than the
mere prescribing for the sick who present
themselves at the dispensary.
As stated in the charter the dispensary
will seek to provide instruction for the
many ignorant midwives upon whom
large number Of the city poor are depend
ent. By suitable instruction. by registra-
ton, by the awarding Of proper certificates
of qualification after examinations, the
staff hopes TO weed out the Objectionable
element in this class, and to provide
corps of midwives for the poor, who will
be in touch with the physicians, and upon
whom they will call when professional
skill is demanded. If they can at east be
taught not to medic, to do nothing, much
viii have been accomplished. This work
is especially called for with savannah's
large eolored element.
The physicians. who have undertaken
this work give their services free, and the
fee OF p cents goes to the maintenance
and Improvement Of the institution. There
are many such institutions all over the
country, started in a simple and modest
way. which have grown to be great factors
in municipal prosperity, and have proved
productive Of great good. They have been
met by a hearty and generous support,
both from the cities and from the charita-
Die persons who are TO be found in all
communities. To such support and ala
the physicians look with confidence. They
have no thought Of antagonizing in any
way t44t t4l5L-AlS EldElLleS OF the CITY, but
rather TO aid them in every way they can.
They hope to reach class which the hos
pitals and the city physicians cannot
reach, and they earnestly ask the public
10 aid them in every way possible to carry
out this object.
The ineorporators Of the charity are Or.
E r Cors0n. DR.. S.. J. 3. Graham. Dr.
Ralston baltimore, DR.. J. L. Hers. Dr.
4. B. Simmons, DIT. G. II. Stone, Dr. J.
y. Paige. DR.. J. ". Daniels, Dr. s. J.
Ianler, Dr. Fitch and Or. Van Afarter
They are also the medical staff and one or
more viii be in attendance at the dispens-
airy daily between II and o'clock. the
hours for the reception and treatment Of
patients. The dispensary building has
been modelled and arranged In separate
rooms for the treatment of various dis
eases. There viii be at the outset seven
departments: Eye, ear. nose and throat:
genital Urinary and skin; children: uerv-
Gus diseases; gynecolOgy; medicine: surg
cry. The arrangement Of the building has
been according to the ideas OF the ply
eic.ans VINO have undertaken the charity
ana who have themselves equipped the
dispenssry.