The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-05
4ETTER FROM DOCTOR LYNCH
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of t1eiTIAomps6n fund should have a.
preference at all times, and when YOU
do this YOU viii find the accommodation
entirely too small to care for the sick
and suffering who viii seek refuge in
an institution of this kind.
believe that the hospital through
the kind people of Brattleboro can So
licit funds through entertainments, from
the local picture theaters, from the diff
terent organizations, through picnics
community plays, from the professional
and business men, collection taken
semi annually through all the churches.
and last but not least / believe dlle town
should appropriate a substantial sum
of monep each, wear for the hospital.
The. Thompson fund purchased the
grounds, erected the hospital, equipped
it with spacious operating rooms, pro
vided an A-ray, and brought some Of
the best medical and surgical men from
New York and Massachusetts, who OPP
Grated here. ...-e.s.. ss.-........ .....e... i,
our men have been instructed In tn
special lines and have received train
ing which is found only in the larger
cities. They have been able to provide
themselves with many things they
would not have had, like the X-ray and
necessary appliances which are used in
tleir professions. ~
And ! believe that every doctor who
has had the privilege and pleasure Of
being a member of this sacred frater-
nity, together with every patient who
has received treatment in the Memorial
hospital made possible by the Thomp-
son fund should set aside one day each
year and bend their knees i'm silent
prayer and thank God and the Thomp-
son fund for the many benefits which
they have received. / also believe that
the trustees of. the Thompson Iund
Should be presented with crown or
cold w oh
they have lent to this fund and this in
stitutiOn.
Unfortunately during the last Is or
Is years | have not been a member of
this sacred fraternity, and have not
shared in the education which has been
achieved and have not had an opportu-
nifty to avail myself Of the many in
struments and apparatus which an in
stitution OF this kind possessts. In
case of a Fracture / have had to resort
to the wOodpile many times instead of
being able to select some patent ed
splint WHICH the hospital has provided.
and somR 2,9O0 patients which, | treat
anHuallyga are denied the privileges which
they would otherwise receive from this
institution. 1t is not for myself that
| | have entered this discussion, bue it
is for the patients | have treated and
NAV treat in the future. u-.-s sa
Every citizen of BrattlGbOrO should
! he interested in the public welfare of
his community We all believe in sup
porting our churches and our schools.
and the hospital today is recognized
necessity. You can receive treatment,
your MAJOR surgical eases may be cared
for there and the lives of your loved
ores saved, where. 1t would be a physi-
eel impossibjlity at home. When sick
ness and disease approach us we are I'M
prepared, and the hospital should be
a haven of rest.
But i'm doing this tn public must be
assured that the money is being well
spent. and your hospital must cease to
lie closed corporation.
a. believe that BrattlebOro possesses
gIeat musical talent. We are endeavor-
iis to support a band. and why spend
tie much needed money for outside tai
emit. which must be expensive, when
nsost of us would prefer the talent the
town Possesses. It would tend to ere
ate a better feeling and no doubt the
SERVICES would be rendered gratis know
ing. THAT it was TO be given TO better the
cdifditi6fs OF, the -hoapibals Make Neur
hospital a true servant of the eommU-
nitv and | am sure every citizen win
Cooperate TO make 1t a success,
EDWARD Il. LYNCH.
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