The sun., 1900-12-28

Davis kiokod hru Then spme ono. got =
sheet and twisted II around Ililliard- neck
10 the bathroom and pat him under the shower
bath Win all hi clothes on lho' dragged
him alorE the corridor bumpius hi head
Dean. lnoF here | think IN. fellows DYING
I,aNls ron past Win big sponge and then !
9enard som" ono i',sphon% t'r q do,tof ,,Il
telepb me several tunes and ak Il that autopsy
had been done vet
Miunock identified tho accused nurses
after illlIard', death he said. he deolded
70 Tell who he Na- because b" WAS AFRAID they
20. question. from VII Anderson Minnock
said that llll.ilrd at no tim" resisted the
uurs"s
"Dd YOU hear HilHard accuse any Of tho
nurses Of abusing him" asked Assistant
District Attorney NClntyro
Il heard iIlhaTd cry out Finish me at
once Aren't YOU ashamed replied Min
Coroners Physician Donln testified that
tiii.ard's death was due 4" asphyNla and
.trsnsI.ns. br f1' Donln said, Would have
CAUSED tie injury TO tho throat. There
were bruss on tie head which looked ss
II they had D"en made oy the fist The tn
quest was adjourned with Dt. Donhn still
on the stand
The letter sent by Commissioner Keller
10 tho Health Board Yesterday, with reference
to. ,he heavy mortality among foundiings.
asked what becam" of three babies and one
older child certified ~ having been dis
charged from the Contaglon hospitals in
1901. but about whom he could learn nothing
from those Institutions. except that the records
showed that the childran neither died nor
we're returned TO the Infants AsvlUm on
Rand,ll'- Island The he'tuition "discharz zad. =
the Commissioner wrote. seemed usually 10
be- mere assumption lie cited III" records
2 years we're taken 20 the hospital on North
Brother Island from the Infants A-yuni
on Rnndsll's Island in 1900 Twelve died
DISCHARGED Eight of the twentv-fuur we're
fouudlngs and all these died ol"ght babies
sent To ths Willard Parker Iio.pl'al six
Chlldr"n over wears old sont to North
brother Island, four died. five were returned
and one was discharged The Greater
mortality among sick foundlins-i as com
pared with that among orphaned or d"st !;
tute children. the Commissioner aid. prompted
him to ask for Information relative 20 the
infants comparative ability to withstand
In hi, letter 10 pr Charle, l. Da-n. Prcs!-
dent OF the Bellevue Medical DO 'rd, Mr.. Keller
At the last mceting OF the Medical Board
Of Bellevue Hospital you will remember that
appeared before you and made inquiry AS To
whether or not there We're abuses IN B"lleN le
Hospital that you knew Of. and asked your
board for suggestions to improve the service
in the hospital The Discussion that followed
the general result was the assurance by your
body that BELLEVUE Hospital compared
aneraI yt mt" Of treotWent IN Baiiey,Ia was
SATISFACTORY 10 the board since that meet
ing unsusprcted conditions have been dis
,bInseu, ,b ma ~ ,hn Mills trnining school q,
crvsItv md ne ylect and while these charges
have noJbeen legally proved to be true they
I,s, ~ ha cNnd,ct ~ tIe n,irsos in Dal.vlia
IIospitsi tLat i have taken measures to cor
"inCdcrtaI TO the investieation Of the
,r,a- ~, w, ,T. Mills Trainiug ~ hooI Nm. g"n
eral era. charge hl. been made that ,he doctors
ol bc'cEut n"ai',"L ,i,,os ,.,,Inct ,b.p,e, pa
ana u.maily refuse - listen To- any comp,aint
from ,he uatient Of III treatment by a nurse
ir i'm ph.lt YIN III v,4ifor OF IN" state hoard
6aes asS snt tSat ~ the mr. interest. Of ,he
patient, in bellevue Hospital h5ye -, been sub
naynS acc. ,% , m bedside nsfun
non hSs IN has1 a|fnaI pnarS cbapgs smS
lhenioers ol we 'rrjoas 'lcrtJjs Dyandernd io III
yior reSyiE" tees t"T b insane in Bellevue Ho.pitai
Iah'ipu ioI VIZ h ~ L. ,i,,'1a is o{yen 90 ~
anu .iiae , 700 anIc1nInlic ward in the use Of the
nIseS IN the MGono'c warn III '"' N'' VI '"o
N'P'v In view t;;V Of these charges would ask your
6osrn !" mag ,h nI aT T for o0 cor
ING poluiS' Mt'h s,,,S "a n, tba ro,rec
trGnons u ev''s Sd, a'r a,readv in" in vnur hand.
,h" body intra1,cu D{ tr,meut w" % of ui,ai ,he wa
ana ,urs,Shi car' Ihu uI''"''"' VI ''e pa
tients IN Bellevue hHsp'tnt p'tnt,-,o,to, s,i,.o, 90
"ftrst- VIVA, u nhe mas', ~, Srn ,r ~ ",
me house s,an s,ant- WI tba " trent,nen, ~
ndividua! neM,b"Is IN ~ treatment o'
Seconded the lntcrCs' ~ " u-,''l't ~, IT,,
verted To tnc Spcc,,,,,nt..a ,,ontaa yiiL RelIarua
medical colleges '"huec,ru N'I b,llr, We
Hospital In tbs conneCuon would nSk 4
rerort .nf re sxHC' inhtIiuGGrS "i hrds'd"
lnstructoR, d.u %, tn'',"i t t,,.',
there any limit as 20 ~" hninhcr OF Stuu", :
th0t may be faken tnrouRh, Narn unu"r
Instruction. J. mere any nm, 20 thI nuinh'r
of tlno- In d thW SstuI,- - lius te tch'h
through any one WHn N IN, u r., ,rMu,- M