The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-14

slept Three NIGHTS.
Being sure that it would cure her I sent for five
more bottles, and when she had taken the sixth
bottle she was sound and well. We now have
hne boy at our house"
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets promote
a hea1tl1v ~o-.7;4;~-7 &C +l-a stomach
in touch, and which stimulates an interest
In their work.
am not speaking for myself in this
matter" said DR.. Graham Il shall not
care TO be appointed a member of a hospit-
az staH should Council carry it's point
l am simply advocating what 1 believe to
De for the interests of the members of the
medical profession here generally as well
as for the hospitals themselves If there
We're more cordial relations existing be-
tween the hospital authorities and the
members of the profession generally more
pay patients would be sent to the hospit-
ais and the institutions would be benefit
ed thereby II would be for the benefit
of the charity patients as well Physicians
frequently have patients in whom they
feel a personal as well as a professional
interest, who have not the means to pay
for their care and attendance. In send
ing these cases to the hospitals the ply
stefan must lose sight of them unless he
is an attache of the hospital This should
be changed and any physician should
have right to follow case in which he
is interested"
How would the city proceed in naming
physicians for the hospitals?" DR.. Ora
ham was asked.
Simply by assigning a certain number
of physicians who desired this work to
each hospital" he replied. 1.-THE assign
ment would be for sixty or ninety days.
or six months, or any length of time which
might be agreed upon. At the expiration
of this time other physicians would be
named and this would be continued until
the entire list of physicians who desired
such service had been gone through WI h.
There is no desire to interfere with the
staff physicians named by the hospital
management, nor to dictate the appoint
ment of physicians by the management in
any way"
Dr. Graham said that there are about
sixty regular practitioners in the
city. of whom probably not
more than half would care to
avail themselves Of this opportunity
The result would probably be the forma-
ton of a large staff of hospital physicians
who would be assigned 10 the different
hospitals in turn.
Suppose the appointees of the city
should not prove congenial TO the. regular
staff physicians?" DR.. Graham was asked.
What would be the result?''
Should such a state of affairs develop"
he replied the city's appointees would
simply withdraw and the result would
probably be that the city would withdraw
it's appropriation. This would doubtless
be followed by the establishment Of city
hospital
DR.. Graham stated, in answer to ques-
ton, that this movement was not directed
against any one hospital but 1t was in-
tended to include all three of the hospitals
receiving city support.
Mr.. George J. Mills is president of the
Board of Managers of the Savannah Hos
pital and is also member of the Board
of Aldermen. Mr.. Mills said that
he was not prepared to say how the
board would view the city's proposition.
He had notified other members of the
board, he said, and they would arrange
to meet the committee from Council TO
discuss the matter.
1.-THE board of managers has nothing to
do with the conduct of the hospital out
side of its business affairs" said Mr..
Mills 1.-THE board selects the physicians
who compose the staff and these have en-
tire charge of the hospital work. The staff
at present consists of Drs. Duncan, Charl-
ton Warning Corson, Owens, Van Marter
and Crowther. There has never been any
complaint so far as I am aware. of the
management of the hospital, and the board
has no fault 10 find with the staff The
staff is sufficiently large for all the pur-
poses of the hospital. Whether the inter-
ests of the hospital would be advanced
by an increase in the staff from outside
sources and whether such accessions
would be likely to be satisfactory TO the
present staff, are subjects for considera
ton The medical profession has its own
peculiar ethics which would have to be
considered in making such an arrange
ment."
Mr.. Mills said that the income of the
hospital from investments is only about
50, 500 and hence the appropriations which
il received from the city and county are
very necessary to its support.
''The appropriations which the city
makes to the hospitals are not large, as
compared with other cities" said Mr..
Mills, land it receives full value iIG service
rendered for The amount expended"
DR. NJ F. Dunn, who Is the visiting ply
stefan at st. Joseph's Inhrmary, said that
this hospital Is under the control of the
Sisters Of Mercy, and that they are the
ones who must pass upon the city's prop
osition Personally, he did not regard the
proposition with favor Each new adj
ministration would have its own friends
to nut upon the hospital staff" said DR..
Dunn, land the results would be likely
TO prove unsatisfactory The arrange
ment which the city makes with the hos
pital is a business one. II gives certain
money in return for certain service. The
citv's appropriation is not sufficient, any
way, to defray the expenses OF the city
patients and other funds have to be
drawn upon for this purpose"
Dr. Dunn said he had no authority to
sneak for the Sisters, but he was disposed
. 10 think that they would not look favor
ably upon the city's proposition.
"A Bad Confederation are troubled
with insomnia