Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-29
ANCIENT ABBEY A HOSPITAL
DR.. Connell Of Omaha One of Amer
leans Administering to the
Sick and Wounded.
WORK WITH FRENCH RED CROSS
fcorrerpondenee Of the Assoelated Pressl

Correspondence OF the Associated Press0
JULY, March 2s--ln the dormitories
Of the ancient abbey and college Of Juilly,
where Count d Artagnan. the original
Of Dumas hero, slept in 1850, twentieth
century emulators OF the Three Musket-
GERS" are recovering from their wounds
in so much comfort and good cheer, and
under such scientific care. that they
seem glad to be there
with the aid OF distinguished American
surgeons, who have volunteered for the
service, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney is
doing here. through her auxiliary Of the
American ambulance, some of that hos
pital work which the Marquis de Vogue.
president OF the French Red Cross. says
has touched the hearts of the French
people"
Now q Modern Hospital.
Under the direct supervision of DR..
Walton Martin, professor OF clinical
surgery at Columbia university and of
ST. Lukes hospital. New York. the an
cient abbey has been transformed into a
hospital SO thoroughly modern that even
the 700-year-old structure seems to have
been freshly built for IT, A months time
was sufficient to fit IL with steam heat.
sterilizing apparatus, dislnfecting plant,
x-ray outfit. modern kitchen. laundry.
three fully equipped operating rooms and
100 beds, with a possible accommodation
for A0O beds.
Every doctor in the neighborhood being
off 10 the war. the hospital staff Is caring
also for the civilian population. There
are now seventy-five wounded soldiers
in the four wards, and more are arriving
every day. They come directly from the
distributing stations behind the front in
ten auto-ambulances brought from
America, and they are transported so
comfortably that they often enjoy a rest
full sleep on the way.
DR.. COnnelI There.
The medical staff of the hospital is
drawn from the instructing staff of Co
lumbia university, and comprises, besides
DR.. Martin. DR.. Karl Yogel professor
of clinical pathology. and Drs. Connell
of Omaha and Donald Gordon. instructors
in surgery, and Henry Jones, instructor
in medicine.
! DR.. II. H. Nj, Lyle, professor of elm
ical surgery, accompanied by Drs. Hervey
Sutton and Mlxter are expected to arrive
ifoh AtHeflCd SOOnt 10 TelieNe Dr. MarIlr
and his assistants. and 1t is expected
that Prof. George Brewer of Columbia
university. and other eminent American
surgeons will come over later.
Mostly American Nurses.
OF the fourteen trained nurses, one 1,
French, the others having come from
New York under the leadership of Miss
Russell, a volunteer from the Presby.
terrain hospital. French women living II
JULY are being trained as assistant
nurses and helpers. The pharmacy is In
charge of refugee from Rheims. Mon
sieur Possidoni. manager of the Winter
Palace hotel at Mentoni. is the volunteer
director of the commissary department
and the same efficiency prevails Their,
as in the wards.
The hospital has been in operation
only month. too short time for pa
TENTS to be discharged. but all are doing
well. as the Associated Press correspcn-
dent was assured by Joseph Gouspy, sol
Of fencing master of the New Yor4
Athletic club, who came back from
America TO fight for his country. and
who was among the first wounded t.
arrive.