The sun., 1898-11-27
NORS[S|aHOkANlIY'
Hanespathic Hospital, Where
MSS Sweetman is dangerously
III, is q Training School.
a REMARKABLE INSTITUTION
Was Planned, Organized and
Placed in Service For Hos
pitaf Purposes lin Little
Over Two
as Months.
Lying dangerously i'll in the Honeo.
pathio Hospital in the city is Miss MARY
Saars,et man a trained nurse. 't"


Dweetmsn trained nurse. '"
Miss Swee.man is one Of that large
ar,ny OF nurses who volunteered 10 give
W their lives in every instance where
the life OF q soldier in blue might be
mxed.
:, Many retdtned from the hospital on
The baitle6eld 10 die, many were seized
with drssd disea-e and joined tl'e an,
nuille, sble caravan along with Wounded
herses. 4
There are also csses, like that Of Miss
Sweetnanr which woke the heartfelt gym
pAtby OF, every lover Of good deeds.
Hiss SweetlHan was educAted fora train.
"a nurse at the homeopathic Hospital
which during it, short iifs has turned
odt the best trained nurses serving hn-
nanity to-day. 81 Ig ys?e,v7 3.
When The war broke out she Mas sent
to Tampa, Fla, and later TO other camps
10 nurse the fever stricken heroes. Tie
var over SHE returned home bat was un.
able 70 shake of the grasp Of the dread
fever disease. Recently she grew worse
and 10 nov in the Homeopathic Hos.
pital.. :"
This institution which furnishes the
best ,rsined nurees in this section OF the
county is . remarkable institutiun in
view Of the unusual rapiditX wnh which
il was planned, orga1ised and pus into
service. T.. t3lst. Ie. ..
The initial step in the establishment Of
the HonG',pa hlc Hospital Of Delaware,
vas n.ade by The late Mrs. J. TAYLOR
Cause. ~. b.
Il had long be n the cherished desire
Of MIR. and Mrs. j. Taylor .tiause to estab-
lish y hv.pl,a, where thOse rquiring
medical and surgical aid might BE- treated
according TO the Homes 'pathic system OF
n.vuicati n. In the tall VI 1887, the op.
poltunny tor the establishment OF such
an institution seenIed ~ favorable thaj
Mrs. Cause addressed y communication
u the homeopathic physicians Of Will
m,nglon, offering to contribute the sum
of 81, 200 toward the establishment Of y
hospital to be conducted under hoMGo-
pathic auspices.
On the evening OF November Is, 1887,
4 meeting WAS held ut the office of DR..
o. N.gendank, the offer was accepted,
M organization effected, and a board Of
managers, composed Of t~enty.seven
hdlcs selected, who were named by the
pl,yslcians present. The ladies' an.
bounced as the board of managers were:
Mrs. j Taylor Cause. Mrs. L. kitlenger,
Ms. u. W. Stone, MIS-. Z. h. Slmyth,
Mrs. q. w. Weldin, MIS-. Harlan Cause,
Mrs. II. q. Robinson, Mrs. Th"mas Dnr-
hng,o Mrs. Z. N. Trump, Mis-. }. W.
H. Watson, Mrs. J. b. ParIlIalee Mrs. Z.
W. Pusey, Mrs. Joseph Belal, Ms. w..
N. Owen, Mrs. s. ". McCaulIe!, Mrs.
L. W. Menuinha.l, Mrs. j. II. CraistOn,
3lrs. Il, ). Capcie, Mrs. f. 5. Garrett,
Mrs. A. Negendank, Mrs. U. +. Rudolph,
Birs. Thomas II. Savery, Mrs. Il. 5.
Grubb, Mrs. Benjamin Needs, Mrs.
James Bailey, Mrs. Joseph Pyle and Mrs.
Joseph K. Pnill,ts.
On November 10 these ladies organized
the Board Of Lady Managers OF the
homeopathic Association "i Delaware
anu eected the following officers: Presi'
dent, Mrs. J. Taylor Gau-t; Vice. p' esi
dent, Mrs. L. Klllenger; Recording Sec
relary, Mrs. Il. W. Stone; Corresponding
Secretary, Mrs. e B. ouiyth; Tr asuIrr
Mrs. 4. Wesley Weldin. In II lew day
Mrs. CAUSE purchased the property al
tile corner of Snallcr.,ss avenue and Val
buren, street known tl,.n as Heald'i
H>geian Home, aud at a meeting If IT,
managers, helu Nove,nbe, 81, 1887 Mis-
Cause oifenu the property rent Tree u
january !. 1889, for hospital purpus, s
at the end of winch time, if desirable
the Bard Of Managers might Durclias
it. T.e generous offer was gladly ac
cepird and ON june l6, 1883, the man
ayers purchased the building f.om Mis-
CAUSE.
IL is encouraging to mute that in elevel
days af,er the ply slcians had organized
and IN seven days alter the b 'ard Il
Managers had ursanlzed. a sultabI
building was obtain, d 10 hospital pur
pores.
Sume alterations were deemed neces
sarv tor the better accommodation q
patients, and When these had been effect
Ell The institution was opened for ting r.
ception Of patients Oh February 10. 1885
Tie first palirnt was admitted ON Fet
rua'y IA, 1883. " the surgical depart
nient.
Tie Board Of Managers eStabDislle
three departments-tle Medlcai, III
Surgical and t. Maternity. Tllgss othe
departments lave subsequently, bee
auued-Gyn@co!ogical, Eye ai'd Ear an
Dental.
The number of patients having ~
creased to such an extent, II AsvD "
cane apparent that additional aceOn4
datiun and facilities for hospital pul
poses were needed. Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Cause again showed their devotion t
the cause by promptly erecting, furnlsl
ing and eqnipplng AZ large two-stOr
bulIdlng, designed for hospnal purposes
and ple,ent Il 1t to the Board Of Maj
agrls, Unfortunately Mrs j. Tayu
Gals :, the woman to whose benevoIenc
and unllrlng Zeal the origin ana esaI
lislmrnt vi the hospital is largely du,
dil not long survive It's permanent es
tabIishuient,, but the structure remains
nionuulrDt sacred IT, her memory.
A t.Hin,ng school for nurses was estal
lislitd several years ago and over fit
yoiiw women lave been graduated !
trained nurses. The school now has te
NURSES ~ truining. A regular course I
lectures is given by the Hom9"path
physicians IF this city to tie class I
nnrees from October to April. There
practical work for the, class at the bee
side and in the hospital. The nurst
are sent ont TO care for private patient
at the call Of physicians or Of the public
and during tile year now closing the d
vrord fnv thair sorviTLa hos py cnaded th