The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-21

of Miss Florence Weir who came with
| them, but who has now accepted a posi-
| ton in New York city. We would speak
also of the donation made by Miss Dor
othy Broadhead young girl residing in
Moosic, who gave an entertainment at
| her home, printed tickets and sold them
| at five cents each, and presented the
proceeds, So, 10 the hospital. Mrs. Ber-
| linghoff and Miss Knapp gave at the
Green Ridge Wheelman's club house a
| euchre party which was a great success.
a bare outline of facts and figures
shows only the practical side of our
work. You who have visited the insti-
| tuition on our reception days must have
| been pleased with the air of comfort
which pervades the wards and private
iooms. Can you imagine the feeling of u
person racked with fever or pain re-
moved from an untidy, Ill ventilated room
| or picked UP after an accident. and placed
| in one of our dainty beds where every
thing works together for quiet and heal
| ing? Surely from these rooms ascends
| many n word of thanksgiving to the donor
or friend who has made all this possible.
If there is one person in the audience
who has not been Interested heretofore,
we beg of you to investigate our needs
and help carry OH the Christ-like work.
We cannot for n moment lose sight of the
fact that our work Is inter-dependent 10
the state and our fellow citizens. The
! appeal for needed assistance Is greater
as our work increases. The call upon
humanity is strong. The board of direc
tors can not stand alone and do the work
We shall give
"Honor TO those whose words or deeds
Thus help us in our daily needs"
The report of the treasurer. read by
Henry Belin, jr., showed that the total
| receipts from all sources for the year
were SIS, 5,7S3S7. while the total eXpendi-
lures were s13.213.39, leaving a balance
in the bank OF S2,576.65.
On motion Of Mr.. Belin the bylaws
were so amended as to provide for an
advisory board of not less than twenty
five of the contributors to the hospital
work, nor more than fifty, instead Of
the present board of ten. This advis-
Ory board is to devote itself to the
work of raising funds for carrying on
the work of the hospital, and is to ap-
point an executive committee of five to
meet with the board OF directors.
DR.. Israel's Remarks.
The first speaker Of the occasion was
Rev. Dr. Israel, who gave delightful
resume Of the history of nursing, which
was first begun, he said, in the mon
asteries and nunneries of the Christian
church. Toward the close of the eish-
teenth century the hospitals and in
firmaries established in connection with
these religious institutions fell into dis
repute. he said. A sad condition OF
neglect. Indifference and ignorance be-
gan to predominant and this resulted in
the starting of the movement which
has finally resulted in the modern train
ing school for nurses.
The doctor pointed out that not until
thirty years ago We're there any trained
nurses to speak of in the country at
large and that not until nine years ago
did the trained nurse come to Scran-
ton He told of the opposition to trained
nurses which developed among the
physicians at first. but which has now
been nearly obliterated. The greatest
danger ahead, he said, is the possibil-
ity of a cooling of the present intense
ardor for educated trained nurses and
a slipping back into the old conditions
of misery and degradation.
The absence of an esprit de corps
among nurses because of their indl-
vidual work, he said, calls for closer
social companionship between them if
thcS "otiu sCCN W piCNC iS-
terioration. In concluding. he quoted a
recent utterance of DR.. S. Weir Mitch
ell, of Philadelphia, who said that the
character of the Intelligence of the
nurse was of far greater Importance
than the character of the intelligence
of the physician.
Speech by Prof. Mohr.
Judge Hand, before introducing Prof.
Mohr, the next speaker, stated that
when n comes to courtesy and fidelity
the homeopathic physicians give allo-
pathic doses.
Prof. Mohr's talk was purely infor-
NAL. He devoted himself to giving the
nurses a few helpful hints from the
standpoint of the physician of expert
ence. The nurse must never consider
herself superior to the physician, he
said, but must obey him implicitly on
all occasions. She is at once his physl-
clan and aide, but must take orders
from him alone.
FIe gave several helpful hints regard
ing the proper dress to be worn by
nurses while out on cases and cau-
toned the graduates against betraying
condolences and urged them to be al
ways on the alert so that any hint
which may be dropped by the patient
or member of the family may be
appreciated,
In conclusion. he said that candor
compelled him to state that the Hahne-
mann hospital in this city is not worthy
of the culture and intelligence and
wealth which he observed here. The
wards are overcrowded, he said, so that
patients who should have 1000 cubic
feet of air space have only between 600
and 500 cubic feet. He suggested that
an aid association be formed for the
purpose of raising funds to erect a
hospital worthy of the city and of the
name of Hahnemann.
The diplomas We're formally presented
to the three graduates by DR.. III. B.
Ware. The young women who received
them We're as follows: Miss Alice Won
Storch, Miss Sumyra Molineaux and
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