The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-22
- ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT.
simmons for Head of St. Jamc.
Dispcnsary.

UEs
Dispcnsary.
,u,a board of lady managers of ST.
-, iDspensary held their March meet
49, yesterday at the dispensary building
rvesr Broad street. The meeting was
fua OF spirit
ding the recent changes in the
,...sceary by which DR.. Sidney J. Lam
eormer president, and DR.. E. R. Cor
one of the staff, resigned to take
-,.,,f5os on the staff of the Savannah
[I,.rifal it was the desire of the board
here be no further discussion. While
chs natter is one which affects the dis
,rssrv and especially at this time, it is
r,, Que the board has to deal di-
.., with. and the members did not de-
s.rs 10 take it up in an official way. The
business transacted was routine and was
M, of unusual interest.
Another member of the dispensary staff,
D~ James G. Van Marter, Jr., has re-
signed and his resignation has already
bf,n received. Quite a lengthy letter was
sent the staff by DIR. Van Marter in which
h. gave his reasons for resgning which
is more directly on account of his init
mate friendship with DR.. Corson and Dr.
Taner against whom it Is claimed there
were unpleasant illusions by reason of
their leaving st. James and going to the
savannah Hospital. 1t is generally known
that the designations were regarded jeal-
olsly by the remaining staff, some of
whom expressed themselves quite freely
and were not inclined to regard the de-
parture of two of the former leading
spirits of the dispensary in keeping with
the solicitude and friendship that had been
expressed by them all along for the in
st.tution and the objects it was ultimately.
intended to accomplish.
An undisputed fight is on between the
two institutions. The object sought is to
Ultimately open the hospital to all reputa-
bic physicians who may desire to visit
charity patients there. AT present there is
a regularly appointed staff, the members
OF which alternate in duty. The founders
of the dispensary think it right that this
alienation should be among all the ply
scians who may be assigned to duty Pc
rodically. They regard the present meth
Cd Of conducting the institution exclusive
With this object, therefore, 1T Is probably
more apparent why the remaining staff
look on the departure of their former col
leagues with commingled surprise and dis
appointment.
Those now on the dispensary staff are
Dr. George H. Stone, DR.. st. j. B. Ora
ham DIR. W. E. Fitch, DIR. r. L. Latti-
more Dr. A. B. Simmons, DIR. ]. W. DAN
4 iel DR. ] Lawton HERS and Dr. j. D.
n Paige. The resignation of DR.. Lanier will
necessitate the election OF a president
which will be taken up soon. Several
among the staff are prominently mention
4 ed for the place, and while all are consid-
q cred good men, DIR. Simmons is prom
N lnently mentioned, and it is not improb-
able he will be selected
Quite a quantity of drugs will be pur-
n chased soon with which to supply the dis
n pensary. This is for the purpose of hav-
ing drugs on hand with which the physi-
clans can compound medicines and thereby
aid the dispensary both in point of ex-
pense and convenience. This is a new de-
a parture, and while tentative to some ex-
tent little doubt is expressed that it will
prove profitable.
Speaking of the expressed belief that
the managing board of the hospital APP
pointed DR.. Corson and DIR. Lanier on the
stan with view to weakening st. James
DE W. w. Duncan, superintendent of the
hospital, said there is no enmity by the
hospital against the dispensary. He had
heard remarks concerning the appoint
ments and the purpose of the managing
board in making them, but he could say
tnere was no desire to injure the dispen-
a sary If anything, he said, il was to ex-
tend courtesy and recognition to the dis
81 pensary staff by calling them to the hos
pital.
As to the claim that the hospital is ex-
elusive in its management, DR.. Duncan
SAID there is no institution in the country
where so many liberties are extended out
side physicians. Any physician, he said
can send pay patient to the hospital and
nave all privileges, such as nurses, use
III OF surgical instruments and other accom-
modations that are given the hospital
II staff.
NJ AS for the charity patients, DIR. Duncan
believed it impracticalble to even consider
IA dispensing with the staff and relying on
n physicians generally. He said he sees tc
IL that every charity patient taken to the
hospital is given the best possible atten-
uoh and does not believe this can be prop
cry accomplished by appointing an un-
necessarily large number The hospital Is
IA not the place to find clinical material he
sand ana if this is the object desired, the
m cay physicians might be dispensed with
n winch would give am unbounded number
o. patents to physicians generally.