New-York tribune., 1900-10-07

Of relief to those " who e do no feoTe d
both of these principles and their manaeerg an
parently are not land never have been( in the
whereby better conditions shall prevail In a large
uegree and for various reasons they have become
Is probable that nearly nehalf Of the inhabitants
medical treatment That this is wrongfjI State of
anaIrs and produces an unfair competition with
parualIy supported by charitable donations admits
~ In, no 9uesuon That It is also extremely pauper-
lzlhg IN It's tendencies is equally true.
The far too large number Of already existing
dispensaries has made such conditions possible.
Our statesmen IN Albany have realized that this
evil should be remedied. at least be al
lowed 10 increase, and a dispensary bill was
passed recently whereby it will longer be pos
sible to conduct dispensary without having OBJ
tained license from the proper authorities There
will probably be difficulty for honorable an
institution St. Bartholomew's Church to re-
ceive this license. The building will not only be
elegant, but II will be equipped with all the latesr
improvements and implements. assuring a thorough
hygtenc and scientific working. Furthermore
have doubt that only most competent physicians
Will be engaged to give their services 10 the IN
stituton. Thus the convenient location. the eIe-
gance of the building and the excellent medical
and surgical care will attract selected clientele
Perhaps the jority the patients Of the future
St Barthoomew's Dispensary Will he able 10 pay
and would pay could they not get valuable advice
conveniently Tor nothing. On the other hand, the
sufferers truly in need will often be crowded out by
this so-caed better class Of dispensary patients.
But there IS really need in New-York for
another free dspensary and clinic for general med
ica and surgical diseases. Let those interested in
this new enterprise consult a number OF our best
known physicians and workers Of the United Char
irv Associa ton as to the need of the contemplated
institution I am sure the 10 the inquiry
will be. No more dispensares no more clinics
We already have too many of them"
In the description Of this projected institution
for the relief of human suffering it is distinctly
stated that there will be a small room for the
detention of patients having infectious disease
who get into the dispensary by mistake"
And it is just for the patients having infec-
tious disease particularly those suffering from
tuberculosis that shelter is needed. not 70 speak
of proper sanatorum where these people suffering
from preventable and durable disease should have
been taken before their cases became hopeless.
For the more than ten thousand consumptive poor
living in the tenement districts Of New-York there
Is virtually nothing done. The public hospitals ara
crowded with patients suffering from acute dis
eases or accidents. What spare beds they have
are always occupied by the few consunptives TO
whom adnittance had been promised so long.
Cases like the OF Dennis Kenney. con-
sumptve in the last stages of the disease who was
discharged from the Metropolitan Hospital on Sep
tember = and found the next day in very
precarious condition at Forty-1fth-st and First
ave. are more numerous than one would think
possible. The only difference between this case
and the majority lies in the fact that Kenney had
@ oeen in hospiaI WINE nundreds or consumptives
never been received in any Yet should not
tails for their unwingness to take chronic con
sumptves into their wards They know that a
ranged insttutions for such cases can d fscti1s
work Furthermore. experience has taught that il
is very unsafe 10 put consumptive in the same
ward with patients suffering from typhoid fever
pneumonia or other acute diseases No Is |
more IN danger OF taxing tuoerGuIQsls from mis- /
consumptive neighbor in the ward than patient |
or even recovering, from typhoid fever
or rs some % other +ea1 eg go large civ bosDts
for the exclusive treatment Of the consumptive |
VIII very rarely take tubercuous case. The few |
can scarcely accommodate five hundred OF these
invalids. What becomes Of the rest? Those who |
these sufferers in their tenement homes The Wis
tor viii see more misery caused by this one dis
lark rooms the poor consumptive lives. often with
ne pr0bet 1000 an sieep some Fattbfni T,e+1
u comoatlng thIs is a. Home ~ r IN
sufferer and IN the majority OF cases contracts the
he faithful wife nursing a consumptive husband
n the last stages Of the disease and on examining
ncipient tuberculosis. II there are children they.
gnorance or carelessness 81 the sufferer and to the
cceptivity to disease Of badly housed and under
onelessly III AVA hita} N wbeTa he roi,Id ba r1g5
nfeotion which constantly endaneers the lives OF
Indirectly save perhaps many valuable lives ,,.,
lospftal for the advanced cases OF pulmonary tu-
erculosis-is needed in OF near our city. but OF
quaI urgency is the creation of country sana-
orium at not too great a distance from the city,
where patients suffering from incinient consump.
ion could be taken and cured The reDorts or
European sanatoriums and Of the very few OF our
urn country which treat early Of pulmonary
are indeed highly encouraging some
ave 81 some 70. and some even 81 per cent or |
ures and this after a relatively short so1ourn In
Thase sanstoriurns are not only healing insttu-
ions bur thev are schools OF public hygiene Pa
ients remaining few months In such sanatoriuul
rfI receive lessons IN proper living, in sobriety
nd above al will learn how 20 take care OF
and how not to propagate the disease
y as nslg ne 81 scb near the city OF New