Little Falls herald., 1914-07-31

nurse IN PREF j bath ii one or
the tubs alongside de Of the tub in which chs
!; !; Mrs. Bolin had been placed, for all-s
other patient. In doing this it is very
apparent that she so sad justed the fau-
Get so that the water became hotter
than it should. After arranging this,
i bath for the new patient she began to-
serve the breakfasts which had been.
brought for the patients in the baths.
She went to Mrs. Bolin and asked ne,
# she wanted some breakfast, to-:
which she replied that she did and she
then proceeded to feed her some oat-
meal. Mrs. Bolin had made no COM
plant that the water was too hot.
While feeding her the nurse notlcea
an unusual expression on her face and
! saw that she was restless and she at
once put her hand into the tub to see
if anything was wrong with the water.
. mediately shut off the faucets, pulled
out the stopper to empty the tub, let
in cold water and called to one of the
other nurses for assistance. There ls-
no evidence that the pain Of Mrs.
DO1lu WdS SUCH Gudt ~ CduSCu AOA
cry out. Miss Korth, the nurse, did
not leave the room except Tor an in
slant to step across the hall at one
time to get some towels and some
fresh gowns and at another time to
to be believed, and there is no reason
I, for doubling it, she was not absent
from the room at any time more than
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, ance so that if patient had cried out.
!; Furthermore the other patients N the
that if she had called out they would
, moning help. AS soon as Mrs. Bolin
was removed from the tub the pny
sicians were summoned and the burns,
all Of which were below the hips, were
!. dressed. There is no evidence that she
; was scalded so that the skin d-opped
! into the bath tub, as has been stated,
Had she not been suffering from
i Brights Disease, which the scalds;
naturally aggravated, she would nave
probably recovered, for, according to
the evidence, the water was probably
; not above 100 or l25 degrees. Mrs.
l.
/ her death being due to Brights Disease
aggravated by the burning. Her fam.
lily were at once notified and given all
; the facts and the coroner was sum-
nioned and the facts laid before him.,
He did not deem it necessary under
the circumstances to hold an inquest
and issued a permit for the burial Of
the body, which was turned over to
the family. A full report Of the case
| was taken down and sent to the Board
Of Control. There was never any in
tent or any desire on the part Of the,
hospital management to conceal any OF
/, the facts in the case, and although DR..
! Welch, the superintendent, the first
time he was called upon for informa-.
tion by the newspapers, was attending.
) a private dinner and was compelled to-
talk from the room in which the guests
were assembled, did not refuse to give
any and all the information about the
/, case which he could, under those cir
cumstances.
/; 1t was an unfortunate accident, but
one which might happen at any time
elsewhere. Whatever blame attached
to anyone must necessarily attach to-
the nurse who happened to be in
II Charge edG CudG tIAAAC, OA0 w WV SssA'
: truthfully or justly say that her care
lessness anywhere near approached
criminality. The Fergus Falls Hospl-
tai has been in operation. for nearly
thirty years, and it has not Only had
fewer mishaps than most any other in
stitution in the country, but this is the
first time that it has ever been under
fire at the hands of the press. When
we stop to consider that under one.
, roof there are 1900 patients aud 25O
nurses, more people than there are in a
good sized village, it is not surprising
that there should be some accidents,
some disturbances, and some quarrels,
but its record has been such that.
!; everyone who has known about it has
been proud Of it and they are justi~
sensitive to any unfair and unseeming
!, criticism.
| ELMER E. ADAMS,
Proprietor Fergus Falls Journal.
President First National Bank Of Fer
gus Falls.
| Fergus Falls, July IA, 1914.
; CULTIVATION OF THE ORCHARD
The main object in the cultivation
: Of a young orchard is to secure the
: fastest, thriftiest possible growth of
the trees, without unduly endangering
them from disease attacks, or from
I1, nninn 3n.