Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-09-14
asking him to have my son remov-

| asking MIN 10 nave my Sun lSnof-
ed. Through some misunderstood
ing he wired the hospital to let me
take my boy home, so was obliged
to send second message. On re-
turning to the hospital at 8 p. m.
Sunday, DR.. S. Greeted me with
We'll DR.. we got the order" He
treated me courtouslv and permit.
ted me to prescribe for him and in,
structed the nurse to administer the
medicine as I should direct. The
young Doctor who went to help to
remove him over tn the Hahnne-
man Hospital remarked that 1t was
very amusing to see two glasses Of
Homeopathic medicine in an Alo
pathic Hospital. One of the doc
tors in the Medico Chimugecal Hos
pital was exceedingly anxious to
have him removed after night. ?,
Promptly at 8 a. m. an ambulance
from the Hahnnehan stood before
the door of the Medico Chimugecsl
to transfer Charley to his new quar-
tiers. The contrast was to much
for him. On seeing the spacious
elegant and airy rooms, he exclaim'
edWith tears in his eyes: Isn't this
a nice place!'
The nurses in both hospitals
were the best trained nurses that
could be had in the city. Before
leaving I left cards addressed to
myself, for the nurse to FL out,
giving temperature, pulse, &C., and
requesting her to mail one each day.
I believe that with good treat,
ment and nursing he will recover,
but I have not the slightest doubt
that if I had left him in the Medico
Chi. hospital, he would have died,
and that soon.
1t was truly pitable to see the
crowded wards Of fever soldiers.
Two were in the dead home Mon
day morning, and others were near
deaths door, and many more will
never see home nor friends again.
Among the many parents who
were looking for their neglected
and misstreate1 sons, was man
from CoshocIon, O., by the name
of Squire. After he knew that |
had removed ny son to the Homoe
pathic hospital, he begged me to
help get his boy ian only SOM Grams
ierred. He said he had COED farm
near Coshocton, and was determin-
ed to get him out if it took the
whole farm. We wired directly to
the surgeon, Geo. Sternburg, but
| in his absence we were referred to
DR.. Hughes, of the Philadelphia
hospital, who ordered the suDe1in
tendant of the Hahnnelnan to
transfer him. When the ambu-
lance was sent down, DR.. Shene-
maker refused to honor the order,
and would not let him go. but Mr..
S. is determined to get him out, and
will see the surgeon general in per-
son in behalf of his son. They also
refused to let him see his son.
Must the parents of these sons
meekly submit and suffer in silence,
meanwhile only committing to Him
their brave boys?
It is crime to suffer,
A duty to act.
The sanitary treatment of our
soldiers will be the indelible black
spot in the history of the Spanish
American war. In this enlightened
era of sanitation and preventive
medicines what we have hoped to
be the best has been the poorest.
Spain had an excuse possibly for
the i'll treatment of her sons on &C.
count OF an impoverished treasury,
but in country like ours with its
unexhausted resources and on over
flowing treasury, the war depart
ment can not advance single ex
cuse that will be accepted by the
masses of the people, and when
these much. abused and neglected,
but loyal and brave sons return to
their homes and fresides, and
relate the sad story of their priva-
tons aid suferings on account of
improper food and medicine, all the
result of dudes and men totally in
competent to ill such important
Offices; and to cap the climax when
peace was declared and they voted
to come home, they were called
hard epithets, such as towards, ETC..
by their captains and colonies.
In spite of all the arguments that
can be advanced by the war depart
ment and the friends of the repub-.
lican party to the contrary, not
withstanding. it does reflect and