New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-19

DR. sHRApy TELLS THE RED CROSS
NURSES WHAT TO DO.
rnrpr--ys PAID TO WOMEN VOLUNTEERS WI
90 FORTH WITHOUT MONEY AND

90 FORTH WITHOUT MONEY AND
WITHOUT PRICE"
The odor OF disint.ctants strong In the air
yesterday afternoon as the door Of tile little Red
Cross Hospital No 233 West One-hund:edth-st..
swung open 10 admit tho constant stream OF nurses
and applicants who besiescd It's portals Just in
side was Miss Eva Dnworth. tho head nurse OF the
hospital, in her pretty white uniform. standing
watch over the tiny office where the doctors wee
busy vaccinating tho accepted nurses who had
heretofore failed 10 receive this attention.
Were you vaccirated Saturday, suddenly
oueried Sister Betina' OF everybody who entered.
The paror was filed TO its utmost limit with
nurses anxious 10 hear what Dr. George +. Shrady.
consulting surgeon OF the Red Cross Hospital. had
20 tell them regarding the general management
Of the wounded
The difference" seid the doctor. between civil
and military surgery is marked by tho conditions
that surround either On the battlefield you
have almost nothing at hand. All is confusion.
every wanting 20 Re helped at once. and tho
quicker you get around IN a systematic way
the better You will find men under horses or
under cannons suffering intensely from shock.
This is usually due 10 hemorrhage. and the great
cry is for water. which is the FIST treatment for
shock The pain be relieved by hypodsrmio
injections. Soldiers when shot usually fall for
ward on thei- faces. and often they are smothered
in the grass before they car be turned over 10
get fresh cir. Your first work is 10 turn them
over and II II IS leg or arm injured. put Il into
position natural as possible The pain "a from
distortion and II the fractured limb IS pulled out
perfectly straight the muscles will act as sp'Ints
unit! * be bandased.'
Dr. Shrady then gave explicit directions for tho
s,opping OF hemorrhages by plugging or bandag-
ing and the application OF spllris. which may Re
improvsed from musket and handkerchief.
stone. sticks, even r'isp OF hay. binding II
Special stress laid upon the necessity 0, fur
nishing all the water that wounded soldiers ask for
de CNn4 ga "a n
ing pluck in soldiers" said the speaker Nothing
Is more rrosrat!ns ian the loss Of netve IN shock
nam maj ONLY a woman knows now 10 give 10
ne best YOU can under every condition an angel
can DO no more" In this connection Dr. shradv
70 TIE nest bird" at home
Women doctors, he said. I % no, belie.. IN:
,, surgery belong TO those have more brutal
instincts taan the gentler sex.
count OF Gsleral Grants dependence upon human
sympathy All good nursing in MS last illness say
here was little difference between the drummer boy
IN the held and the great general in the do"ny bed
William r wardweu. president OF the Rcd Cross
Hospital, spoke on The Ethics OF Humanity and
,ae duty which you have been taught t:.,h b
way But there is sim higher position than fol-
owing mere duty rneye Is that inner feeling the
that only woman can give Yo1 may BE. be- sailed
as sacred trusts until the time you discharge
the duty pu, uyon you. Such The ethics OF hu-
mainly No man stand here and look In your
fscc w.hou. feeling profound respect tor the SENT
rrent that has inspired you 70 take up iris aiduous
work I can only wish that He who holds the des.
TIMES OF the Nation IN HIS hand may keep you ana
prescrve you
Mex Wednesday az p. m all who have dehnitey
decided to be put or the enlis men ro are 70 meet
the Red Cross Hospital. when President ward
we'll VII swear In the novitates. wao VIII make
formal promise when accepted into full sisternood
abide by the rules and regulations Of the or1ef.
Mrs. Lesser. known as S!ster-in-ch'ef Betuna be-
Ing asked by an interested woman why pay s re-
ceived by the Red Cross nurses. who faithfully ZEN
de- their best services 10 the country In the caro-
~ rs sick and wounded. answered:
Simply because II IL volunteer service ana no
IS asked TO go they offer their services IN me
cause ~ humanity