The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

IN tho operation, q THIS plan? Not Il
al, for tho net income Of tho railroads
81 es w ayas equity 81 o n rs ow
much my \, more than sufficient to p ~, the
a onna II met {, income would ne greatly In
ton and mutual confidence and interest
between I1ys the railroads and the people;
be Automatically reduced
4 Wages Of employees would be Increased.
,rhe. railroads would be managed ~
tho ablcst experts.
beyy w wesd g e OFT Sn. q RS'I's Street.
The pro1leHRn SS9 9gSla h e soMIy Gesd;MAw.
4 Ben. Va.
The New Almshouse or Hospital.
Editor OF The Times-Dlspatch
air,--Trom your editorial OF ycstor-
day It stu appears, that you do not
understand tho almshouso and hospital
situation that tho Committee on Re-
solve.
No one has ever suggested tho idea
q buii .e!, an "almshouse on tho city
no protection from fire." as you indl-
cato. I do, however. maintain that tho
idea of placing tho colored almsllouse
Consideration. and tho IDEA should not not
BIO opposed by imaginary reasons,
which have no foundation In fact.
The chief difference betwccn tho po-
sition OF Mr.. Gunst and myself is that
Mr.. Gunst thinks the city should first
| build a new combination almshouse
and hospital and then hospital for
teen years later; but my position is
that q hospital for. white and colored
should first be built. and then n col-
ored alnishouse. Mr., Gunst would per-
Nm ia thn tyfY of f1,n lry,u1 |, pttun
and hospital in tho same building, but
| / Insist that there Is urgent necessity
l OF separating as soon as possible tho
two !nstitutions--the hospital from the
| almshouses.
thoroughly agree TINT the present
| colored almshouse, and particularly Its
hospital department.. Is a disgrace to
! moro, think that the hospital facill-
ties afforded at tho white homo, which
has handsome appearance exteriorly
and interiorly, Is also a disgrace to a
civilized community, In substantiation
OF this, refer you to the findings OF
ne regent . INQUIRY into the affairs OF
tho CITY Home. and signed by MIR:
i Gunst himself and other members OF
the subcommittee
!, 90 "CWc tnd) In the list furnished
by the resident physicians to show
those under treatment and the disease
4 for which they are treated, It appenra
that In thirty-thrce per cent. OF the pa
tients, excluding maternity cases. the
I ubScuHEu5 COnultlOn Is elmer UNKNOWN
or very indefinitely ascertained
II "a There IL no permanent record
kept IN tho institution or elsewhere
to show what treatment, or even that
any Waa ever given any patient.
(s) There is no record 70 show that
any surgical operations have been pcr-
formed. who operates or the result Of
the operations. although operations are
frequently performed.
co mo medical history is kept OF
the patients. This IL recognized az
! an essential feature Of every well-reg-
l2) "From the annual report OF 1905
; 1t appears that there We're In the hos
pltal (not almshouse) department two
whoae only recorded trouble was that
9 they were INDECENT! Twenty-nlna
. (2s) Of these died with no other re-
: corded disease.
: the fact that he serves the patients
8 more in the capacity OF q consultant.
= and that tho actual and direct care
g OF the .sick Is in the hands OF the resi-
d5j irhe chief physician visits the
!. institution daily. He is the sole cons
{ sultant for every variety OF disease
y and, as a rule, performs such major
i operations as are done.
(16) '"rhe three resident physicians
:, serve for one year and simultaneously
y enter and leave tho service.
! (l7) "They enter upon their service
Immediately upon graduating from the
y medical colleges without having. had
& oftent!mes any practical , sxpeirieinee
g explain the many cases which the,
, suddenly assume charge of and to in
: struct them In the many details g
prast'ca w - Sa 90 e en-
(2D ''rhe resident physicians have
i full charge OF the preparation an;
i dispensing of drugs, notwithstanding
IS the fact that they have no training II
& MIN ru,a
2. p CAS- aThe realdent physicians hav
!, not tho time. as they state 70 ely
y to the patients the attention and IN !.
70 service that they would like to CIV
y and thai the patients require.
0t (23) "In tho ambulance service, q
= now arranged. It is practically 1mpos
y. that medical and surgical attention
rs ne essary for tho prompt and eftlclcn
re relief OF such cases.
~ CAD 1T sometimes happens that g
= the resident physicians are unavoidable
aqt absent from the institution at the sam
~ time. u,
" G25) "rhere is no laboratory OF Z.
Pc rosconical examinations, which lon
M ago was found to be a necessary pal
~ OF every hospital to aid In the diagnose
80 of obscure cases,
r. graduate or trained nurse ~ the r.
81, 81 stftutlon, Tho other, white nurses e, el
y, W tered without experience or trainlnl
=. ana since lncN uANc HAN nv 81
~ course Of Instruction.
les 129) I'm the male white hospltl
e. ward the attendant is on dYty On day "a, an
W white patients distributed In three
ny four wards. IIe 10 to be commendne
cts for his aonscentI1us and sel thsae y,
-. fortunatos under his charge, hut y
&c. Impossible. even II he had tho trainn
III to glve all the patients the e., atten nj
- they frequently re1ulre. me san
re- ~, might be said of the nurse IN chnrt
az Of the white female hospital wards
,e CSC IN the eolore add aepa ass ece t.
n,v than that in the white.
''e ~ Ia1) "The only nursas or attendan
ant in charge OF the. pat'ents at night q
OF those who have been on dMty al! Gay
IDS IINNION G.. WILLIAMS.
IN Alternates for Jurors.
81 Editor of The Tlmes- Dispatch:
inli s,r enactment OF law adding