The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-29
PUlLIhG CHARGES
ARE WITHDRAWN
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- >aEs ssrnRr> rsspu>r e.
aIs.l AND Miss NtsN ,gLE.
AlLEGES INCOMPETENCE
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After sp68ertips nemetpes ensl,tol IS
aiat1 offseiais Is the ei2 Heiae 1asI'i~
sssl to rigid ere&s eSsmiuatjon.
Thomas Fullias reeently discharged
naiae ri thai lHsiitatiae. withdrew
his ,saarse that ins rad been injected
intp thC eeiHs ia q typhoid fever pat
tient ana followed MS with9rawsA
with & dfanatsCeliY bitter statement
charging reutFai incampy tpIAey 10 the
hospital staff ana declaring that he
49, becn discharged through spite
As7fk" be8ss4e the Committee on ite-
lief of the teo,r Monday night.
Hniing aeelarcd fhats he He longer
WISHED reinstatement rs . nurse u
have decidsd Re take my discharge
a. {suai said he I admit that
wa incompetent 81 were the others
/ " III keep my feelings 10 myself.
Is concluding lhe probe, which was
sensational and marked hS eensid-
eralsie bitterness on the part Of pull
ing the committee adopted a resplu
ton reading. Tho committee is sat
ISi3ed that nc lnk was Injected bat
that therapeutic agent applicable to
the disease with which the patient
MAS suffering and prescribed by the
attending physician was used
Later. AZ the request of Councilman
Hirsh berg. an amendment as adopt
ed declaring First Assistant Superin-
tendsnt Sneok 10 have been indisarest
" hen h" remarked to "A nurse that the
preparation leoRed Ike inn
scores Dr. taheli
Especial criticism WAS directed to-
Mard Supe rintandeut Eabeli and Miss
sena i,Ie the head nurse, hy Pulling.
think Miss Venahie has done me-
fs4.s ssgA,. \, a ffs.4
taieeu has been hiding The mistakes
af the institution behind my attlie-
tion- saying that, having been an ill.,
mate of an insane asylum. / WIS not
Il man TO tsse believed, II WIS al I'M
Just. unmanfy and uugentienan thing
10 do II is true that I Nus committed
~ an asylum ii was not nay fault
or my misfortune, 1t Was purely rhy-
steal and no disgrace.
nr. Gahei leaped to his feet as
Pulling concluded his statement. and
In the midst of his utterance he he
came silent and. biting his tips. re-
sunaed his seat
told OF his employing nf at the home
and said he had been commended for
his work by Dr. Gabell and by Miss
Ida Bagbas who wac acting ar head
nurse In the absence Of Miss Nenabie.
AHEu MISS t9HGbtt returned, ne @aiD,
his troubles had started He charged
that she had discharged him without
cause. and added that she bad not
conducted herself properly with other
nurses or Nith patients, with both
III whom. HI naid She freameniIX
found fault
He then got down to the charges
that ink had been given To- Ealstrt
Harhena, who came IL Richmond with
ctteus and WAS stricken With "
ptaaia fever while here.
Repeating the story. which has al
ready been published In these col
nnaits, he concluded is saving "a do
not mean that there was any criminal
intent. ,l,ut 1t was q grave error
Drug Changed Color.
Numerous witnesses were then call
cd, who stated That the preparation
which had been administered always
turned dark when exposed to the air,
AIR. Shook admitted having said that
the preparation looked like ink, = bat
declared that be made the remark
casually ana without meaning. Coun-
ejiman Hirshherg read from the label
ai the bottle containing the solution.
saving that the solution changed from
water color 10 pink. and then to a
darker color.
Dr, George Ben Johnston, Of the
visiting staff. declared that the soiu-
tion might turn black as ink when
exposed. He also said that even If
Ink had been injected It would haze
had no serious effect beyond produce
ing an abscess.
Miss Nsnable Mas called 10 the
stand ana said that Pulling had been
discharged on the recommendation Of
Dfs 1satsen because he was ndolent
and Of absolutely NO assistance.