Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-08-04
Miss WohIgemuLh's Address


Miss WOhIgemuth's Address
In any easy conversational style,
Miss Margaret Wohlgemuth, Superin
tendent of the Emergency Hospital,
gave an interesting talk outlining the
great and immediate needs of the hos
pital. She said;
1.-The needs of the Emergency Hos
pital TO Annapolis and environs are
neither fully recognized nor appre
ciated by but few people There are
some families who have been espe
cially benefited by having the life of
a dear one saved and they do all in
| their power to assist. Unfortunate
ly, they are in the minority. / say
unfortunately only in the sense as it
applies to the welfare of the hospital.
Naturally | wish i'll to no one, but
sickness and disease are as inevitable
as death itself and too many of us
while enjoying good health forget that
some day we may need the care and
attention a hospital affords.
How Hospital Got Its Name
THE hospital had its inception some
| Is or 20 years ago in the minds OF
some public-spiFited women, because
Of the frequent accidents that oc-
CARED during the building of the
new Naval Acadefhys You all
know the way II began, hence its
name of Emergeney, and an Emer-
gency Hospital it is. though its scope
has broadened considerably, as hard
ly a week passes that an accident is
NOT brought anp Now during these
days of "fiivyering" there is scarcely
Sunday that someone does not seek
the aid of the institution. We continue
to receive cases from the Academy,
of the civilian workmen.
A Case In. Point
II might mere mention a case which
we have Just recently discharged
man was employed on one of the new
buildings in December, 1919 He fell
from the roof landing on his side
on a concrete floor, receiving badly
fractured arm. He was rushed to the
hospital, the hemorrhage stopped anG
wounds dressed. Later a specialist
from Baltimore was called in to per
form the operation, because the X
Ray had disclosed that he had a very
bad injury indeed. Today he has Z
comparatively good arm, stiff joint
but had the hospital not been here
ne perhaps might be minus an arm
through infection. if alive.
1.-The surrounding country lays
claim to much OF our services, and
not infrequently are we called upon
to take in patients for immediate
operation. Another hour or more
may mean the life Of the patient, OF
at least more serious condition.
Beginning And Growth OF VI. W.
"You are all more or less familiar
with the beginning and growth of oul
maternity department. 1t is now one
of our biggest assets, because all o.
these patients are pay patients. We
have never been able to induce any
one to endow any free beds and the |
State does not allow enough to care
for those patients. We are all agreed |
that nation is only as strong as the |
people behind it, likewise a race only |
as strong as its young. Hence the |
great endeayor to prevent the exceed |
ingly high rate of infant mortality
and one of the largest factors in this |
race is TO give the infant the proper /
start in life it should have The
comfortably fixed can provide for
these things but the poor can not. A /
word to the wise is sufficient To my /
mind therefore, a free maternity ward /
is as important as any other free
ward For a hospital to best serve
the community. there are quite few
important factors to consider
The Hospital A Business
1T is a business to a certain ex-
tent and can no more succeed than
any other enterprise that continually
utters the cry of poverty. It should
be on sound financial basis. not
just enough to make ends meet BY
'robbing Peter 10 pay Paul. but
little surplus on hand. In continually
developing newer and better ways of
alternating suffering and effecting
cures unless you can keep abreast