Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-11-11
SOUND WARMING TO
EASTERN PHYSICIANS
INDECENT Sick viii be Sent
Home II They are Not
Supported.
PERMANENT OFfICERS ELECTED


Resolved, That the physlelans ana
authorities IN other sections be stronn.
" cenuured for sending hcaithseckors
70 Albuquerque and New Mexico when
they have reached . stage where they
are beyond help from olimatloal ad-
vantaass, o. are without suaiclent
funds to support themselves for a per-
icd Of al least slx months, and that
tho press be urgently requested 90 give
this resolution the greatest publicity"
The above resolution Offered BY
Maynard Gunsul and adopted By the
meeting which yesterday effected
permanent organization Of the AsHu.
ciatcd Charities % Albuquerque. IL
directed 20 the eastern physicians who
have for years ana SIN persist "a
sending Indecent patients Ia The last
stages OF consumption 10 New Mex
leo and Arizona for the pcop,o of the
two territories 20 support untll they
eventually succumb 70 the plague.
This practice OF the eastern physi-
clans Is the real cause OF the pres
ent ofertaxed condition Of the chart.
table institutions OF the southwest.
and no doubt this resolution will meet
with tho sentiment OF the people Of
this section.
This influx Of INDECENT patients
muat he stopped. and the way 20 get
AZ the evil Il 10 reach ~ roots. The
doctors who are responsible and tho
primary cause should be doak with
Without gloves as far as the press can
handle them. Il accms 90 have been
the custom pf many of the eastern
physicians 10 attend these patients
during the primary stages OF the ais.
ease and until they are Unable 10 get
any more RAJ fees from them thcn BY
popular subscription or by other
means. ship the patienl 10 ono OF the
health resorts Of the southwest The
patient arrives sometimes without q
cent ~ his pocket Sometimes he mEy
hsvo funds enough 10 last him a rev
weeks. When this u gone, he be-.
comes ward OF some Of the Chart.
able Institutions o. the country an.
I'll death relieves his nuifcrlngs, Tor
cure Il seldom effected in such cases.
although they may be given she best
Of care nj the hands of The Sisters 81
Charity or some other organization,
sample on the stairs.
A sample 81 the INDECENT sick that
come 80 Albuquerque was croncnsne
on the stairs Of the cub. when tho
meeting broke up. Ne had dragged
his emaclatod form 10 the foot OF the
stairs. where ho WA discovered by
Maynard Gunsul Mr.. 0unsul asked
him to remain until the meeting
closed. He gpye his name as Albert
Turner, and said that he came from
t'roeport, La, whore he bad bean uIo.
ployed a. a cook and baker. He had
/ NO funds. but had paid his room rent
az a South FIRST street roominE
house for a week Ia advance. His
I case had been diagnosed as asthma,
and he could scarcely speak audlbly.
, Il also have rheumatism" ho said I'M
! a rasplng voice. bat that WAS not his
, whole trouble. The stamp OF the
dread white plague was on his coun.
tenance.
The N0nSectarian Benevolent soci.
/ ETY. took the case IN charge, aud fur
nished the money 20 buy him n meal
ticket.
This was only a sample. ana was
a mid form, compared to some cases
that come 20 the benevolent and health
Oiiicers, az well as the police
Chief o. Police Thon. McMillia -
counts pitlful case which came to his
attention last winter.
he was approached one night by a
man near the corner OF Railroad ave
nue. and First street, who said In a
voice husky with the ravages Of tuber.
cu,oais; 4 have q sick friend down
here wish you would come and see
him"
The oficcg went with the man 10 the
rear OF the old Putney whoiCsalo|
house. where he found man In ihe|
throes Of death. lie lay upon thc|
ground, with hts head propped ID.
against a telephone pCle lie wan
moved 10 the city building, whore hi1'
death WIS a matter OF a couple a
days. The other waited Ia the clta'
few days and then disappearet
when discovered by Mr. McMlllm
these men had fifteen cents betwee
thom.
Officers Of Associated Charities Of Il
Albuquerque. II A
The suggestion made yesterday -
the committee on permanent organixai
tlon TO the effect that succor DO given
10 the poor only nflor they had bco1
In the city for six months Was a good
one. when coupled with the other angH
gostiOn 70 the eject that when a peri
, son comes 10 the city sick and indiE
gent, the mayor OF the city FROM
whence ne came be notified and asked
70 support him, and In the event Of {
refusal to DO 10. that such person be
Immediately sent back 20 his home
town
The communication between the 900
cietieis here and the mayor Of an ease
ern tc.,n or tho return OF a sick per6ot
would brlng tho folly Of sending theal
poor sick 20 the southwest forclbly.
before the people who have beoi
guilty 81 d. and would doubtless have
much 10 90 with stopping n,
These matters were quite fully dis
cusaed a. the meeting yesterday. prq
vl0us 90 the election OF permonol
oiiicerB Of the Az Sooiated Charities.
Rabbi kAplan WAS elected president
Mrs ID. a. earns. vice PRESIDENT
3. Pearlsilne, secretary y. A. Na
pherfon, treasurer.
The matter OF elQctlng director
was left 10 some future date, az wa
the matter Of selecting committed
40 NJ out aud solicit funda 20 moe
the Immediate needs OF the Sisters
hospital aud The Nor. Scctarlan nt
neyOiont society The cOlorad peopl
sent word that they would oooporul