The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-01-17

court into larger room rlxeo up as
a chapel The Chinese has his house
turned around just as he has every
thing -backards. Above the
chapel is the woman's ward, and all
we can say for this is that it is COM
Portable, 70 rthe money gave out too
soon. 1t needs new flooring and more
light, but they will come later. Cross
ing the second court on the sides of
which you will find the drug room
and laboratory, you enter the wait
ing room from which the patients pass
into the clinic rooms, these were all
one big room but we divided 1t;
ulease note that the patient must
bass through the chapel to find the
doctor. Above the consulting rooms
are the private rooms for the men and
the operating room. The operating
room is the pride OF the hospital for
il is as white as white paint can
make it and as clean as Chinese
will keep it. The Chinese have little
idea of cleanliness, and the most en-
lightened only half believe what you
tell them. Back of this third large
division, seemingly tackled on as an
afterthought, is large room which
is used as a third class ward for men.
OF course all this has no resemblance
to a homeland hospital, but from
Chinese point of view it is great, and
really it is clean and comfortable. At
ter the building was provided, instru-
ments and drugs must be bought and
here none but the best will do for
without good material and tools no
workman can do good work. The
building together with first order for
drugs and instruments took the APP
preparation for the year and now the
work must depend on itself for the
years running expenses.
Listen to these prices and see what
YOU think of them: remembering that
| am giving it to you in Mexican and
YOU can divide each amount by two
to find out how much good respecta-
BILE money it makes. For $1.OO per
day you get a private room, medicine
surgical treatment and meals; zoe.
a day gives you bed with treatment
and meals in the second ward; while
for % cents day you get a bed and
meals in the third class ward. This
sounds so little that probably you
will laugh, but remember that many
who come are not able to pay over
! % cents and have to be given all they
need: and many of those who have
plenty seem to hate to spend it at a
hospital. We think it best to let those
who can, pay the actual cost of the
medicine in order to be more able to
give to those who need it. True as it
is that the Chinese as whole are for
the most part destitute, still there are
J those living in luxury beyond that
| the Americans aspire to. For things
| that make show such as a pair of
gold rim glasses they don't mind pay
! ing, but unless he is suffering he
| likes his money better than medicine.
had some interesting operations and
outcall trips-interesting because they
give you an insight into the Chinese of
/ it all. Our first major operation, and
one that attracted good deal of at
I tention, was done here in the study be-
fore the hospital was ready, with the
patient lying on two pulpits. The kind
and number of instruments necessary
were not available, but on account of
the condition of the patient the doctor
was afraid to wait any longer. The
trouble was an immense tumor that
covered the side of his face and neck.
The tumor had been growing seventeen
years and weighed, we found after re-
moving it, about four pounds. The
lady next door, who is a graduate ply
stefan, gave the anaesthetic. Our cook
was first assistant, Mr.. Hern, the pre-
siding elder afterward called in, was
second, the coolie held the patient on
the narrow table, | managed the in
struments, and the doctor was a goose