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SPENCER F. ROGERS-President.
ALBERT J. McMATH-Secretary.
John W. ROGERS-Treasurer.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-13

makers of ready-to-wear garments, and
that Is the disinclnation of the plump ones
to avail themselves of the consideration
whole-souled manufacturer does turn out
a line of garments designed especially for
the women who have taken on adipose tis-
sue, but ii isn't one woman in ten of the
tention graciousiy. 1t is characteristic
of the human race to want something that
isn't good for 1t, and women are most Of the
time, quite human In this respect. The
stout woman who goes a-shopping and is
shown the garments especially designed for
her will usually fix her eyes on some petite.
frock and wonder audibly Why she can't
be shown that kind of gown. There Is
only one outcome to the situation, for
lovely woman never-or at least so hardly
ever as to amount TO the same thing
realizes her own limitations in the matter
or dress. So the shops ana the manufac-
turers who have made tentative efforts at
suiting the stout woman as she should be
suited become discouraged and give her
up as bad proposition.
But the stout lady may hug to her ample
bosom one comfort. She hasn't all the trou-
bleS. The little woman comes in for share
of them, too, particularly the little woman
who is athletic enough to have acquired a
chest measurement of which she has reason
to be proud. But pride goeth before
tries to find ready-made suit or
coat. When she is buttoned into coat
of the necessary bust measurement she
finds that the garments trail off hopelessly
with the waistline several degrees below
where 1T really ought to be, and the sleeves
leave her in doubt as to whether or not
she Is an armless wonder. The coat that
fits her in waist and arm, which the sales
lady is apt to declare perfect fit, renders
her breathing apparatus superfluous.
Also she finds that she is unconsidered in
the question of modes. When the tall ones
affect short coats, things are not so bad
for the petite damsel; but the seasons that
Dame Fashion DEGREES the wearing of the
trying three-quarter things that were never
designed for any but the divinely tall the
Httle woman finds that she might as well
be Mother Eve for all the attention anyone
pays to her clothes.
She gets no comfort from the salespeople
either Those who do not try to convince
her that the trying, half-long coats and
triple skirts are especially becoming to her
style OF beauty, treat her wants with an
indifference which Is a trifie more harrow
ing than the insistent persuasions of the
interested clerk.
But / want short jacket" protested
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-13

on these medical subjects" continued the
speaker, ''the doctor and the surgeon are
also making rapid strides in their profess
sions. Within the last ten years. and es-
pecially the last year, these professions
have almost undergone an entire change.
What the future will bring forth is hard
TO say. but scarcely day goes by but that
some new procedures in surgery are dis
covered. The result is that the fatalities
are not nearly so numerous as formerly
In surgical operations. The methods of
diagnosis are more exact now than they
were a few years ago. Take, for instance.
appendicitis. 1t is only within the past
few years that this disease has been going
under this name. Before then it was desig-
mated by almost anything the doctor per-
forming the operation pleased to call it.
1t has been found within the last five
years that il is a disease distinct in itself,
and the methods for diagnosing it are easier
and also more certain. People, Of course.
have always had this disease as now, but
its character was not understood and they
were doctored for something else, and in
most instances died. The appendicitis
cases that prove fatal at the present time
are comparatively few when the number
of operations of this kind that are per-
formed is taken into consideration. OF
course, the apparent increase in the disease
is due to the fact that it can be detected
more easily than formerly"
ADMINISTERING ANESTHETICS.
1t generally makes a persons blood run
cold to think that he has to undergo a sur
gical operation, and that he will have to
take an anesthetic and to be unconscious
for hour two. The taking of either
ether or chloroform is always looked upon
with greater dread than the surgeons
knife. The reason is that every one is more
or less familiar with these drugs and knows
that they overstimulate to a certain stage
before they deaden or make the patient
unconscious. During this interval the strug
Cling and the sensations that one previous
ly underwent and anticipated were indes-
cribable. But lately this has all been done
away with. Laughing gas such as dentists
sometimes use, is first administered, and
this is followed by the anesthetic. Conse-
quentiy, the patient is thrown into what is
known as the surgical stage; that is, is
ready to be operated on within three or
four minutes. In this way he feels none of
the sensations that were formerly exper-
fenced.
To prepare patient for surgical opera
ton the doctors begin twenty-four hours in
advance. His diet is changed from solid
foods to liquids, such as milk, broths and
cocoa. Six hours before the patient goes
on the table no food or drink of any kind is
allowed, for it is essential above all things
to have the stomach perfectly empty. Next,
the person to be operated on is taken to the
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-13

Lippincott's Magazine.


Brother" said a member of the flock to
the shepherd, II wish you would drop in
at my house some day on your rounds. I
feel like it would do me good to have a
good pious talk with you'
The pastor kindly assented to the re-
quest. and a few days later was seated in
the little parlor conversing with the good
lady while awaiting the return of the good
man from the fields.
Suddenly there arose a great commotion
at the barn. Horses ran madly about the
lot. the geese cackled their loudest, chick
ems flew into the trees, and the solemn
conversation at the house was interrupted
founded black niggers, why don't you come
here and help put up these cussed horses
Hurry up, i tell you, or I'll punch your
miserable hides with this potchfork, you
blamed black rascals. Whoa. Jack. you
PA, pal! shouted his daughter, running
towards him, "Pa, the pre-
Shut up your bag: Mandy. and get back
in the house, Or
but, Pa. the preacher is In the house"
After a short and very quiet interval a
heavy step sounded on the porch, the front
door was pushed open. and the brother
came in singing joyously:
Amazing grace. how sweet the sound.
That saved wretch like mel
once was lost. but found
Was blind. but now / seel'
He happened to glance into the room
where his guest was seated: then, with out
stretched hands, he greeted him heartily,
exclaiming IN utter astonishment. why,
brother. l had no idea you was anywheres
about here or l wouldn't a been a-singin'
so.'
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-13

HE short, stout woman was pant
ing audibly by the time she
reached the platform of the little
interurban station. She famed
herself with her wristbag in an
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-13

In Indianapolis Institutions Patients Find
Themselves Made Comfortable and
Their Stay is Accompanied by
Many Agreeable Features

anesthetic room, which adjoins the operat-
ing room. The last named place the patient
is never allowed to see for doctors and
nurses in their long white gowns, together
with the array of instruments all laid out
on trays would generally cause a nervous
shock that would prove very injurious to
him. The anesthetic room bears no re-
semblance to anything surgical excepting
in the hardwood floors and tilng walls and
ceiling. 1t is a very cheerful-looking place,
but there is a MISUNDERSTANDING cabinet
at one end of it which no doubt arouses the
suspicion of the patient. This cabinet con-
tains the chloroform and ether. There are
also three other shelves filled with bottles,
and in these are the restoratives. The
name of the contents of each bottle in large
letters is across the front. These are to be
used in case the patient should collapse.
After the subject has become perfectly
unconscious he is taken into the operating
room. This is not large room, but there
is space enough for every one to get around
comfortably in It without getting In each
others way. 1t is generally made oblong
and the windows, which are located near
the top of the wall, are very numerous, and.
together with the skylight that takes up
quite large space in the ceiling, furnish
a flood of light that is one of the necessary
features in an operating room. The walls
or this place are made of white tiling.
Arranged around the room are small cabi-
nets with different solutions and medicines,
and there is also larger cabinet I'm which
the instruments are kept All of these are
made of heavy glass, which is set into an
iron frame that 10 painfad ubita Oooupv-
ing the center of the room is the much
dreaded operating table. 1t is not large,
and the frame is made of iron and the top
of glass. The top is adjustable, so that
the person upon whom the doctors are
operating can be put in any required posi-
tion. The table is also set on rollers so
that it can be moved about without trouble
The room as whole presents a very bright
and not unfavorable appearance, and it is
hard to realize the amount of suffering
that has taken place within it's walls.
Everything that is used in an operation is
first sterilized so there will be no chance for
a germ to lurk anywhere. The gowns and
caps worn by the doctors and nurses, to-
gether with the instruments and even the
hands of the people who come in contact
with the subject must first be put through
this cleansing process. The gowns, caps,
instruments and bandages are put in an
apparatus called sterilizer. This is an ar
rangement made of heavy copper and is
shaped like a barrel 1t rests on its side
and Is connected with number of steam
pipes. The door, which is at one end, is a
rather complicated affair and so constructed
that when it is closed not particle of air
is admitted. All the things before men
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-13

geon. When asked if the work was not
done all right he answered yes, and added
that he was also well satisfied with the
charges, but said, Hang it all, he whistled
all through the operationl"
AS to the nurse, the patient never knows
where she comes from. When he opens his
eyes after the effects of the anesthetics
have worn off she is there beside his bed
offering cooling drink or a dose of medi-
cine. 1t seems TO him in his wavering OF
consciousness that she has always been
there. and it is he who is the late arrival.
Young women often think that nursing is
very romantic work. and on account of the
tinge of mystery which surrounds it IL is
very interesting to them. They find. how
ever, after going into ii. that the work is
decidedly practical and often laborious and
undesirable. In the first place. they have TO
make up their minds to a long course OF
study. for ii takes three years TO go through
the training school. However. they
given ample opportunity to find out wheth-
er they will like IL or not before they are
permitted to go to school, At the Indian
apolis City Hospital they are put on a two
months probation. and If they pass this
satisfactorily they receive their caps. which
means that they are taken into the school.
When the nurses finish school they are
given a diploma and $50.
There is only one kind of visitor that
is considered at the hospital, and that is
the cheerful visitor. The one who can listen
to the patient and sympathize with him
and not act as though 1t was his last min
ute on earth, is the enc wanted. The
patient who has been operated on Graves
sympathy and the association of some one
he can tell his troubles to. and the caller
who can listen to these In a goodnatured
way, and then laughingly tell him that he
is doing well. is the one who always is well
come. Another visitor who is welcomed by
the convalescent is the one who brings
eatables. The article may be inferior to
something scorned by the invalid's appetite
when he has his health, but the thought
that il is something strange, and that IL
was prepared expressly for him, gives an
especial relish to IL.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-13

thus caused running the mercury up. This
is only one of many instances of this kind.
These hospital fiends hear the doctors
speak Of certain symptoms that charac-
terize diseases. and they will initiate them
SO closely that a skilled physician cannot
always detect the fraud, and will often be
three or four weeks in ascertaining that
the patient is only shamming. There is also
a class of these fiends who like to have
operations performed on them for the rea-
son that they are given an anesthetic of
chloroform or ether, and they like the eff
fects of these drugs when given in quanti-
ties large enough completely to overcome
them.
THEY SEEK ADMISSION.
1t is apparent that il these people like the
life in the hospitals well enough to feign dis
eases to get into them there is nothing es-
pecialIy dismal or horrible about the life led
there. At the indianapolis City Hospital the
big windows on every side of the building ad-
nit plenty Of light and sunshine. The hard
wood floors. spotlessly clean. and the number
of patients who are well enough to be sitting
around talking and laughing present a very
comfortable and homelike picture. The doc
of a hospital is gradually disappearing
among the better class of people, and that
more OF them are having treatment there
every year. 1t is also true that people come
to hospitals more now for surgical opera
tions than formerly. They are beginning
said an indianapolis physician, ito under
stand better that such things can be done
much more easily and with considerably
less danger there than in their own homes" +"
This doctor went on to say: 1.-The lay
man now knows much more about medi-
cines and surgery than he formerly did.
He Is also taking an interest In those things
which a few years ago he thought he had
no business knowing and were only for a
medical man to understand. The knowledge
of medicines and surgery that he is acquir-
ing is lessening his fear of surgical opera
tions and bringing him to understand that
to go to a hospital is not certain death,
and that a person can go there and come
out alive.
while the layman has been reading UP
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-13

ward their treatment, and If they are able
to pay nothing they are taken care of just
the same in the three big public hospitals
here. The average person who goes to
hospital takes a room that costs about $40
a week; this gets him a very comfortable
and convenient place. to stay, with good,
suitable board.
When one considers the doctors fee, he
finds that there is no regular price for his
work, and, as a young physician said, it
depends greatly upon who the patient is,
and upon the skill of the operator. He
said also that he had seen in the East a
famous surgeon perform an operation for
which he received $1,000 from a wealthy
man, and the next day he went through
with a similar operation upon a poor man
for which he did not ask a cent. man
who had spent good part of his life in
hospital, in speaking of this, said: 1T
may be that living about in hospitals has
given me opportunity to see another side
of life from those who have paid some
hundreds of dollars for consultations and
who have sunk half q fortune In drug
stores; but so much generosity has come
to my neutrality-suspicious. giving of
skill, time and money on the part of 'high-
priced" physicians. who are generally
classed as grasping, that cannot see them
in any other Hight than as generous whole
souled men who are willing to do all in
their power to relieve the sufferer, regard
less of whether they will receive any pay
or not"
THE SURGEON AND THE NURSE.
Then there is the hospital surgeon to
dor GrrY oS Tr1lo rQ
Of one type of men. They are quick of sight
and swift and easy when using the knife.
OF course, a surgeon apparently has no
nerves, and yet in this regard he is as
high-strung as thoroughbred horse. When
preparing for an operation he is impatient
and restless until everything is In readiness.
but as he takes UP his knife and begins
work this all leaves him. Not long ago a
man who had an operation performed on
him was swearing vengeance on the sur
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-13

toned are put into this and the steam is
turned on at fifteen pounds pressure for
fifteen minutes The operating room is
scrubbed ten minutes before the operation
takes place with a solution of tincture Of
green soap, which kills all infection. The
surgeons and nurses wash their hands and
arms to the elbows in a solution something
similar to that with which the floor is
washed. When all this is completed the
patient is ready TO operated on. Those who
are in direct attendance, besides the ply
sicians doing the work, four nurses.
One is the nurse in charge. two are known
as the first and second assistant nurses.
and the fourth, who is not disinfected, does
the work around the room, such as scrub
bing the floor, carrying solutions and so
on. This place is generally taken by nurse
who is a probationer. The time required
for a person to remain in a hospital after
an operation is, of course, determined by
the kind of an operation he has gone
through. With appendicitis it generally
takes from twelve days to three weeks, but
If complications set in it takes much
longer.
THE INDISPENSABLE DOCTOR.
To the patient in the hospital there are
three people absolutely necessary to him.
They are the doctor, the nurse and the
visitor. The last named is generally thought
to be OF no consequence. and as doing more
harm than good. His place, however. is at
the convalescent stage and not during the
serious part of an operation or illness. The
doctor Is the first to be considered, and
there is no relationship earth like that
which exists between him and his patient
When it is taken into consideration what
the education of this gentleman entails,
what an endless amount of study and re-
search he must go through, the risks that
ne must necessarily take, and the self-con-
troll balanced by compassion he must pos
sess; when it is remembered that he is con-
death and disease. it should also be remem-
bered that he is a man of much stronger
nerve than the majority of people. In ad-
dition to all his professional requirements,
he must have a fund of wit and humor at
his command SO that as he makes his
rounds in the hospital wards the patients
will at least feel there is something in life
besides suffering
The cost of surgical operations is often
wondered at, for one person says they are
very expensive. while another contends they
are not. IL one rents a private room i'm a
hospital, as the majority of people do, ii
they have any means at all, he will find
that he can get one anywhere from Sc a
week to s25. The renting of a room does
not, however, include the doctors fee, but
simply pays for the room, board, nursing
and surgical dressings. With charity
patients they pay whatever they can to-
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-13

@1HE short, stout woman was pant
ing audibly by the time she
reached the platform of the little
XN2NI interurban station. She famed
- herself with her wristbag in an
effort to regain the breath she had lost in
her brisk walk.
I'm going to town to see If can find
some clothes / can wear" she confided TO
an acquaintance who was also waiting for
the cfty-bound car, land I wouldn't have
missed this car for anything, for it's a
task that needs all the hours of the day
that can put on II. Every time do 1t
vow I'll never try IL again, but deep down
In my heart, even while I'm vowing, /
know that as surely as spring and fall roll
around III be off again on my old search
for ready-madc clothes"
"well, why shouldn't your queried the
other woman wonderingly. I'm sure
everybody wears ready-made things now
adays. and unless you're more than ordi-
narily finicky there's no reason why you
shouldn't. too.''
The stout woman waved a protesting
hand
My dear, 1t isn't because I'm finicky-I
haven't q bit OF the old-fashioned prejudice
against ready-made garments; I'm entirely
too busy a woman for that. But it's sim
ply that I can't find any garments that
ever were ready made for me, and IL
were as wise as am busy I'd give up the
trying. Why we stout women are over
looked by the makers OF women's clothes
I can't see; but II does look as though
every one OF the whole lot had a personal
spite against the woman whose inches
mount up above the average. for they never
pay any attention at all. / try on suit
after suit. and the one that meets at what
/ datter myself is my waist line. says all
the way down the back aud owns several
superhuous yards of sleeve; those that fit
across my bust show wide expanse of
shirtwaist farther down, and in the rare in
stances when do discover a skirt with a
skirt band anything above twenty inches
and manage to struggle into it the skirt
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-13

GATH is not popular. It has its
disadvantages. Its delights are
problematic. 1t has an uncertain
ty behind 1t which is not promis-
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