New-York tribune., 1903-03-01

she has been accepted and has begun to take tn
lectures and do the practical work OF the wards
she fails 20 satisfy the authorities that she
going to be q credit to the hospital she must GO
Many giri who fails Of HdmttanCe at the bes
hospitals or who s not success later, goes to one
OF the smaller less exactng institutions COM
pieses her course and is graduated. Such nurses
although they might be only second or third class
Judged by the highest standards. may make
great financial success as there many sec'
ond and third class physicians whom they would
amply satisfy
And don't you ever give the wrong medcines?"
asked the ConvaIescent Patient.
shout of derision went up from the nurses.
She would be jolly stupid" said the angelic
looking nurse. when she could speak for laughing.
silly like that would have been weeded out long
& 1esCEe she had chance at the medeine die evn chest st.
unless she insisted doing it. For instance in the
chest In each chest the Various 6otties are ar
ranged tn exactly the same order, so far as the
sSs OP bs shelf much n Sf the as n0 eoe
the medicines for internal and and external use, the
former In white the latter in brown glass Dot,
disrssard not only the position and color Of 1.-THE the
are also eoos eanE hoW oen Il the medicine
y to be taken SO that If nurse happens to n mss S
the necessary nfornaton is conveyed by the color.
You see. nurse would have to be really very a6-
where 50 many guides and checks were set to help
VIXEN THERE'S AN ACClDENI.
'I had hard day in the operating the day
before yesterday remarked tall nurse. with a
very white skin and eyeglasses. she made
careful selection Of La France roses before
her for the bowl she was filling; But one OF the the
beneSt of Ike cenvaleseent PatientN"was last Eiec
then O Day SS no IN fo Ra Of tine m oPer
st surgicai operation nurse must nTst maHS MAXI
Ssr hands Oa and OF nails for afteen minutes with
brush then plunge them Into sterzng 6dr ling FoWn gI
which must possible fresh one e she nfersed Tsass
hses LEES nen eTHn With he sese
linen nfo t to Ssbh the in front ana
well. 'O EIection lee N Day was very heavy in the
90 busy That We could scarcely snatch ten minutes .tes
for bite at We operated on nine cases tnat x
1sy roS ana wss Dy Ss dead 2sd It ddnt seem
ecF5e zee anRs ys S on
the superintendent came ia: , .o,r,b,o ac-
eidsnt in Madison SQUARE You must report at the
Rs Ten bacR aaS Began again The
pital had received over two hundred cases some nm,
s ten %of. Te Sp e o o Ne
s S Ne fea hed Been 0Sh Sn duty E and
performed nineteen operations.
A BRAVE WOMAN.
But we nurses haven't monopoly of fortitude
and heroism." put in the angelic looking nurse
THE patients are often brave and so IoVeIy!
We've just had illustration in the sixth surgi-
cal ward. She had been suffering agonies for three
months with Inflammation of the, spine The hus,
band gave up his business, the daughter gave up
her school. and they both virtually liyed 6y ner
BEDSIDE. How brave they all were! AS Mada1ne-
she was a New-Yorker married to Frenchman-
grew weaker they pressed the closer IN 9 Pa5son n
her with them. And she! Sitting up on her air
bed, like an empress throne. she received her
friends. read the papers. amused herself with with
novels, and talked and smiled and made merry with
the others On the day of the operation she @ read
her paper as composedy as If shed been waiting
she she was on the operating table the griefstrcken
man and girl chung to each other in sort or
paralysis Of love and fear, but they never broke
down. any more than she had. When the operat-
ing room gave her up. limp and palld and .a her
they scarcely dared bcAeve it. AS for her, her
first thought was to comfort them. and not to
make any trouble for the nurses. Tell Miss Dash
to come and look at me. and then she won't be SO
afraid she sent word to one OF the patients.
called that mighty sweet in her. , -,
''It was spiendid!' cried the Convalescent Pa
tient standing up with excitement. such courage
and such sweetness ought to live! Is she doing
well?'
The angelic looking nurse paused q minute to
pick a huff from her kerchief. And then. No
dear" she said quite softly. she died. She died
this morning while you were having your break
fast"