The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-20

The experience OF the ambulance sur
geons are as varied as those Of a news
paper man, and like the newspaper man,
also, not one hour of the tWenty-four in
a day can be safely laid aside as his own.
He must always be ready to answer the
call for help. and in snow, rain, or shine
he stands ready to respond to the cries Of
the suffering. At all hours Of the day and
night these cries come TO tim, and they
come from high and iowly alike, from
saint and sinner. He can make no eX-
ception in any case. His treatment Of the
outcast must be the same as that OF the
welI-to-do and the higil-born.
Ambulance calls are always for emer-
gency cases. Some are trivial, others i'm
portant, but a quick response is always
given Frequently there are a number
of calls at the same time, and the
TWO surgeons are kept moving at a Lively
rate in order to relieve the needs OF the
patients.
In recent months the demands upon the
ambulance corps have greatly increased.
So much so, in fact, that the department
has urged an increase in the number Of
physicians, SO that there might De no
delay in attending the wants OF the sick.
Amid the Notwithstanding scenes, the
wretcEled surrounding, the grim enFirons
Of the work that devolves upon the young
physicians, the spark of humOr and the
crop out. and it must be a sad case,
indeed. that wipes out the sense OF ap-
probation Of the situation from the mind
of the attending physician.
CITIZEN ON y JAG.
Take, for insglnce, the belated citizen,
who has been ~ut on a quiet jag. He IS
lust full enough to feel gay and in the
hun1or for a practical joke. He wants
to go to his home, many blocks away; the
cars have stopped running; he is tired
and happy thought strikes him He goes
into the office of a neigtlboring livery
stable and rings up the ambulance.
Within five minutes It IS at the door,
and when the surgeon IN charge mas OUT
what he is wanted for, he gets away as
raDidIv as he came, and doesn't get in q
humor 10 enjoy the Joke until next oay
some time.
we were called the other night to at
tend a woman who had taken laudanun.
said Dr. Gills, last night, 'and after SUP
jecting her to heroic treatment and siV-
ing her another chance upon lie, she
turned upon me and said:
Well. you may be an ambulance
driver all right, but YOU are blamed
,:sht far from being u doctor
1--WE meet with rebuffs frequently,
said DR.. Fisher Often people decline 10
allow US to treat them because we are
connected with the City Hospital, ana
they deem II DSlO" lllclI dlSL41tL 90 ~
treated as charity patients
1.-THE other day man fell off street
car and was knocked into a state OF in
sensibility. We carried him out TO the
CITY Hospital and brought him around all
right. When he regained consciousness,
ne looked up at us and around the room,
and said:
Where in the mischief am -
"'At the City Hospital l replied.
..'Where in the devil is that?'
That's a portion of the almshouse.
The devil you say, Give me my nat
The idea Me in a charity hospital. Let
me out of here
1--WE let him go
WHAT SHE: ATE.
There was a big crowd around Wo-
man on Broad Street the other night, re-
marked d.. GIllS, They thought she tlad
taken poison and was about 10 die ana
something like ten people went 10 as
many phones and sent us hurry calls.
When I got there I examined the wo-
man. but could find no indications OF
poisoning.
:. What have you been eating?' I asked
Jest CT quart er butterEliIk and six
plates er cabbage. an er Scotch herrin,
da,s awl.' she said.
.. My goodness. that's a plenty, I said.
and then gave her the proper treatment
and she recovered"
.One morning about O'Clock" pat IN
Dr. Fisher, II was called TO Fulton TO
attend a man who had been seized with I
a sudden attac. of something tina. the
people In the vicinity thought was awful
I found him on the floor OF d drugstore. |
Two able-bodied men had gently lifted |
him from the hard dirt in the street and |
placed him on the soft boards OF the |
floor. He was limp and motionless.