The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-21
TRAINED NURSES
In DEMAND,
No Particular Epidemic, But
There Are Not Enough.
DR.. s. b. POST TALKS ABOUT 1T.
Says the City Is in q Generally HeaIthfuI
Condition-Many Surgeons Among
the Doctors-Fslse Notion
About Whoopipg Cough.

canton who are not employed l do not
know who they are" said DR.. S. b. Post
to News-Democrat man in the course
Of conversation Friday evening. II
have been looking for d nurse for sew
eral hours, at intervals as had time,
and l have not found one yet"
Are there not ample nurses in Can
ton?' was inquired.
NO, would say not" said DR.. Post
Il have list Of about a dozen, proba-
bly, fourteen, but they are all engaged,
and could not engage one of them for
the patient who desires a nurse. The
Aultman hospital has not been gradu-
ating nurses long enough to have sup
pied this section, and some that have
been graduated have moved away, but
there is ample opportunity in Canton
just now for nurses"
rs there an epidemic Of some sort in
Canton at this timer"
Il cannot say that there is. There are
few cases of typhoid fever, but not a
sufficient number to cause unnecessary
alarm. The great number of cases of
sickness just now are cases of acute in
digestion. This is caused by the heat
that we have endured for so long pc
riod. August is the month for cases of
that kind, but there seems to be more
of them than usual this summer. /
think the extreme heat, producing fer
mentation, is the cause of much of the
sickness"
How many nurses are there in Cam
ton al this time?"
"Of the trained nurses / suppose there
are about fifteen. Taking the entire lot
l suppose there are twenty-five. All
n arn httSt To L.,
wants nurse, to find one. think some
system should be arranged among them
SO that physicians could tell whether
nurse is engaged. All the nurses
ought to be registered at some particu-
lar place, cards should be furnished,
and when they are engaged they should
report to headquarters, wherever it
should happen to be located, where they
are engaged and the probable time of
their service. Those who have not en-
gagements might report that fact and
also their addresses, so that there would
be complete understanding among
physicians as to what nurses are en-
gagged and where those who are not en-
gagged could be found. A local druggist
has made suggestion of this kind and
think 1t is good one"
How much do nurses usually COM
mand in the way of compensation"
'They get SIS week, most of them
Some ask only $40, but it runs from $40
| to s15."
THE nurses of Canton are mostly
| women, are they not?"
"All of them, so far as / know"
"Are there any male nurses here?"
Not one that 1 have heard of. Male
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| nurses. They are not so careful not SO
| reliable and not so faithful"
There are male nurses in other cit
ies?"
Yes, but they are not in such de-
| mand as female nurses"
THE nurse business ought to have a
good field in this section, ought it not?"
First class. Do you know that there
| are few cities where so much surgery is
| done in general practice as is done in
| Canton? Well, that is a fact. Most
physicians in Canton are surgeons as
| well. Few of them send for aid when
| surgical operation is performed. At
| ter an operation a trained nurse is nee
| essary. Surgeons do not like to trust
wounds to the unskilled. Hence it Ia
that so many nurses are in demand in
| Canton"
| You do not attribute the demand for
nurses then to the unhealthy condition
Of the citv?"
| "Oh, no; though it is fact that with
the water we have to drink it is a great
wonder there is not more sickness. /
allowed some of it to run into my sink
and the sediment got was something
fearful to behold. / suppose it must
| a ha he,
opening or closing the gates to adhere
to the instructions of the court with
reference to the water that the Shocks
must have, but whatever the cause, the
| sediment was very thick. / understand
the waterworks department is doing
its best to alleviate the condition
am satisfied that it is taking the right
course. That well in the south end of
the city, from which they are preparing
to furnish water, ought to be a good
one. / hope the department will be
successful in giving us first-class water,
as am satisfied it is trying to do"
| Though there is the average amount
of sickness in Canton, Dr. Post gave it
| as his opinion that the general health
| of the city is good. He mentioned that
! there had been death from membran-
Gus Group recently, and said it was the
| first he had noted for long time. The
prevalence of whooping cough was also
| referred to by the doctor during the
| conversation.
II think it is great mistake" said
he, ''for mothers to expose their child
| rem to this disease for the purpose
| of having them get it just to become
immune. 1t is false impression that it
is necessary for children to catch every
| disease to which the flesh is heir, so
they will not have it again. 1t is too
| dangerous an experiment. l presume
| there are many useful citizens who
never went through some of the child
| ish diseases at ALL"