The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-08

81 the aUtitnNiu~, and it's effects ar, be
lnE watched with much interest
rms was not the only case of extreme
interest that was brought iu by the am
hg-anc' during July and that have prov
~ a great drain upon the resources OF
the institution Frank Popp. an engineer
al the Catholic University. was burned
IN an explosion i'm one of the university
buildings and tHu-thirds OF th, skin sur
face of his body had been shrtveled by
the flames. Although the general rule is
that II one-third OF the surface is burned
death ~ sure 90 follow PUpp is improving
and Will soon be- able 10 leave the hos
Pital
Another interesting case where life was
saved by the prompt response of thu. am
bul2nce was that of Frank GingelI.
whose head was crushed under an ple-
Nator C0uuterweiKht in the Bond Build
inG. tfe had a compound dislOCation OF
the Jaw. three compound fractures Of the
jaw bones. and when the doctors reach
ed him he was strangling TO death with
4 blood clot in his throat 1t was found
necessary 10 wire his jaws together to
permit Of the bones being undisturbcd In
the process 81 knitting and several teeth
had TO be cut out 20 permit of liquid food
being supplied him He is doing nicely
and his recovery is now thought to be
certain.
All Of these cases and the excessive
number that has filled the hospital the en-
tire year have proved an exceptional
drain upon the Sl501O appropriation from
Congress which supports the institution,
ana whatever might have been possible
several years ago it's now said TO be Ut
terry out Of the question to look to the
regular revenues OF the hospital To pro
vide the new ambulance The ambulance
that IL is desired to secure can be Speeded
10 thirty uI forty miles an hour 9nd can
do the work Of more than three horses.
II viii require about SO q month to main
tain II, including the electric current,
care, and ordinary repairs. II would De
at all times ready 20 start out ON a hurry
ND HNn..H IN g -
mum speed would be available from the
start and could be maintained Tor forty
miles
BY recharEing at the end cf each run
il would hc.pussible TO keep the vehicle in
Serviceable condition at all times and to
secure from IL an unlimited amount 81
work Electric ambulances are being in
Produced IN many cities, and the r. suits
tined their adoption The one N use on
the exposition grounds at Buffalo is at
tracing widespread comment.
The July report of the Emergency Hos
pital and Central DiSpensary lust is
sued. shows 81 new cases in the ener-
gency service and SO revisits. making a
total Of A54 cases. In the dispensary there
were 5JI new cases and 1.5+7 revisits. a to-
tai Of Tbs cases Eighty-two patients
were admitted 20 the wards and PISS pre-
SCriptiOns were filed
Including the five deaths from sunstroke
there were only eight deaths IN the insti-
tuition from ali causes and one Of these
was dead before he was taken from the
ambulance.
During the past few days several runs
have been made with the electric ambu-
lance that have eClpsed all previous rec
oruS. Last night seventeen and a half
minutes after word had been received that
a woman had taken opium at 4 Massa-
chuSetts Avenue northeast the ambulance
had visited the house and the woman had
been taken from the third floor 81 the
house to the hospital The run to Thir-
teenth and . Streets northwest was made
IN nine minutes. while the tTip 20 tn.
loop, at the Zoo, was made in tel min
utes, and the return trip in seven and a
half