New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-07

4 nected with every principal hospital OF the city
there fear in the minds Of some that the
ranks of the profession would be overcroWded Not
long after the breaking out Of the war between the
nted States and Spain the surgeons in the Army
recognized the value OF female trained nurses to
for their sick and wounded men. and the re-
port OF Auxiliary No. 3 Of the American Natonal
Red Cross Relief Association shows the value OF
this thoroughly trained organized assistance. The
response OF the public the demands for funds to
carry work supplementary to that done by the
Government during the war quick and gener-
Gus. In a short time SlO' 7s5 was contributed. OF
which 2l.Co came from Americans in Paris
DIR. POLKs ADDRESS.
The speaker Of the celebration was Or. william
NJ Polk who was introduced 10y Bishop Potter as
one who had from the beginning been frend OF
the traning-school. The Evolution Of the Trained
Nurse" was Or. Pok's subject He explained that
nursing = distinct pursuit probably began "neh
the first hospitals were established In India, ABOUT
500 b. e. and after interestingly describing the de-
velopment OF the hospital system through medieval
ages down modern times he continued IN part
Let US now speak of the influence OF trained
nursing upon the science ana AT vi n ne. In &
general terms. medicine as We SEE 1t 'opa', 90.
tripartite association First are those VINO stuuy
tho phenomena Of disease with view 10 IT'S recos-
milton prevention ana treatment seCVnu' tUso
who prepare for use the means or remedies WheIt-
10y disease is met and treated thlrd mos, youiI
selves who put into execution the preventive ana
curative agents, discovered ana direSteu Dy nc ~,
this comprehensive combination. All three nave
made narve. lous progress during the latter nalI
G the m Of the World has
anything commensurate with the gains realized
by each Of these subdivisions OF medicine. , EA-
perimcntat!on and hygiene is the key TO the sltua-
tion. The ready wit OF the commrrcid' d looGn'
as witness the matera medica Of to-day - VIVA
it has produced rom petroleum alone nos" ci,esy AZ
ike rharscteT What Of the animal extracts you
conan ms a
sheep az sweetbrcads? DO you realize use
tanned from this innocent article u diet? And 90
on through the whole range OF animal BIaHuss
forces are being extracted whose power for good
and evil no one has yet fathomed. DO you TeaIIZe
that department Of engineering is DUBBED san
suit Of discoveries in medicine that food inspec-
ton springs from the same source~s n."t, r
ally the very air We breathe, our dally POI oDd
OF food is nearly remotely covered Dy la"s a,.
devices sprung from the discoveries ana pene7's VI
the science of medicine
GREAT CHANGE
And what OF you? Go back with me some thirty
years and enter the wards Of any hospital-beiIe-
vue for instance. whose name you and so prouu-
IL bear-enter a surgical ward. and, viewed In the
light Of what We see to-day one might reaohy
think ne stood I'm pesthouse. Mind YOU inns ap
piled 10 every surgical ward in every hospial dne
picture was more striking ,h'ie' "'
because painted more roughly. - M, ,,us
with every operation. every lnJuI$' "'9 -,
Pyemia septic@ma, known 10 ne az as, as tbore
poisoning" was everywhere. All tell tnaL ~, tHrn
" which
we dare not perform; mysterious danger "hLn
could not he aVerted or controlled lIk'u III III,
simplest operation. and any one VINO Hareu 'nro'
the great serous cavities was viewed WIN drpis
hension ather than APPRECIATION Let Us enter tHr
same hOspftal to-day. What has become OF Una
lurking mysterious danger. blood poisoning some
say Pasteur Cohn and Lister overcame H. D"'
that is as If you said Stevenson devised ihe uIP''
expansion steam engine they showed the way 10
its destruction. but through you II was dsltV.cv
The trained nurse is the smooth, ~cil-rolH".'"
stone which crushed the brain OF mat Golatil sec
now the cheerfulnrss the safety OF tho~" '-iSdHe
wards How truly enviahle the tasks OF surgery
there to-day. because, at last rtspoI7lpIi'y '"i
success or failure is direct and uuquestoncd, ana
IL depends wholly on the surgeon and you, MS
strong right arm. .
And now a word to those who made II possible
FOR NE TO say what have said tonight All th"
have said of YOU envelopes them They gave the
thought the ardor and the means for your creation
and los their WISE tactful and un~eln,h admins
trdton made your cOntinuanc" NOT omN p'@-lp',
bur gave In YOU an example for the many schools
since founded throughout this country. cannot
praise them with fulsome euIogy, canh", us
Criminafe their work. but turn 10 them ana say,
a. the Roman historian said Of AleNanfcrs CON
quest Of the East. lie took courage 10 dtsplse
vain apprehensions" and. further. mat When II
uloa seth God your Master. TO stay your arms ana
heavens and a grateful country will know YOU as
tho founders OF the training schools In America
Before pronouncing the benedicuon Bishop Potter
smoke A few words OF counsel 10 the nurses, and
added: I'VE thank God that you exist. we thank
Won for your ministries. and W bless ana praise
1,od for the wise. brave and constant women Z"
whose initiative patience and courage IL II que
that this great thrOng Is here tonight