The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-26
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GREAT CHARITY HERE
What Is Shown BY Report Made by
Or. j ohm F,Winn.

Everybody knows OF MIR. j. Pierpont
Morgan as the king of flnancers, but only
a few know of him in connection with a
charity, colossal IN It's munlficcnce and
perpetual In Its beneficencc. Ills particu-
lar charity Is the building Of the most
magnificent hospital the world has ever
known, and devoted exclusively to the
care OF the deserving working women Of
New York city during that most perious
time Of their lives-child-blrth. Some
idea Of the grandeur Of this building will
DO gained BY stating that It's cost was
81, $4,000 So elaborate are It's details
for the prevention Of blood-poisoning at
the dangerous time referred to, that It
has been called the immaculate white
house," and, indeed, no name would seem
more appropriate after reading Its his
( tory as described and illustrated In the
American Review of Reviews
/ What We started out to say was not
SO much what New York has as what
Richmond has had Tor the past eight
years-not q Pierpont Morgan maternity
hospital, but what Is generally moro faV-
orably regarded by its beneficlarics (be-
cause it does not take them from their
familes)r that is a systematically organ
ICED free medical service at the homes OF
poor and deserving women In childbirth
For this. information, we are indebted to
little pamphlet entitled Tho Report
OIL tlle flTSC SeTlea u oHo LiiouSs'ttSu Se.'o'
Treated in the Outdoor Ohstetrlc De-
partment Of the University College Of
Medicine" IN this city ~
This report was made to the faculty Of
the University College Of Medicine by
DR.. John r. yVinn, u member of the
teaching staff OF this institution, and the
superintendent and obstetriclan In charge
of this department.. 10 HIM. particularly
and to the faculty of the University Col
lege Is due the credit for having planned
and put into successful operation In the
city Of Richmond the first systematic and
regularly organized free service for mater
nifty patients at their own homes In the
South. This service IS performed by the
young physicians In. the e graduating
classes Of the University College of Med
icine, and the good work is dispensed
from two offices. centrally located. one
being over T, w. Hagemann's drug store,
at the corner of Seventeenth and Broad
Streets, and the other over w, g. saun-
ders drug store, at the corner OF Brook
Avenue and Leigh Streets At each Of
these offices or dlspensarles two atten-
dunts are kept IN waiting, ready TO re-
spond to all maternity calls, day or night.
telescope or satchel. containing dislnfeo-
tants. antiseptics. medicines and sterile
dressings Indeed. everything needed for
the modern care of a case Of conflne-
ment.
Regarding its history, as is usually the
case with new enterprises, many ohsta-
clcs wero at first encountered, chlefly
the traditional and tlme-honored pre1u-
dice against medical students, but, In the
course OF time. this prejudice waa en-
tlrely removed by reason Of their hearty
cooperation with their chief, the courtesy.
the professional dignity and the skilful
performance Of their duty on the part OF
tho young doctors In attendance,
The increasing popularity OF this mater
nifty service Is further accounted for by
tho excellent results that have been at
talned. Omtting tho statistical part OF
this report, which, has special Interest for
physic!Rns only. and referring to the
mortality rate, we find that. here IN the
homes of these patients, by the strlctast
observance fnf .antiseptic. precautions, me
death-rata has heen reducad below the
rate recorded IN the average private prac-
tlce, where superior sanitary environ
ments exist. 1t la proper to say that It
is believed by some that this class OF pa
tIents usually treated In such disnensares
possesses some degree or Immunity from
blood poison. This question Is now unoer
discussion In the scientific world Out
of these 1000 cases OF conflnement there
were only five deaths! OF the l,ooo. only
seven were treated In tho hospita--all the
rest were attended In the homes OF the
Individual patients, OF tho five deaths,
two were caused by eclampsia, peculiarly
known as snasms; two by nost'partllm
hemorrhage. known MS flooding, and the
fifth by Il complication of diseases OF two
years duration, ana In no way associated
with tho nflnement,
This exceedingly interesting report
on subject Of great scientific value
closes with a comparison at mortality
rates with similar institutions in other
cities. some of which represent even n
greater number OF hospital or indoor
cases than here reported,
This table Is as follows;
University College Of Medicine. Rich
mond Va, deaths per 1000
University Frauen Kllnik, Berlin. l9,a
deaths per 1000,
Loo.
deaths per LOO
Society of J.yins-n lIospItal OF New
York. Outdoor clinic affiliated With
Plerpont Morgan Hospital, 81 deaths per
] eco.
Tho principal scientific fact brought out