Show It 1 A Great Hospital Visit to Ono of tho Loading Institutions of that Class In tho West Looated In Salt Lako City The order ol the Sisters ol the Holy Cross Is on order of nuns whose headquarters head-quarters for the Unittd Staid Win South Dcnd Indiana The special work ol this order Is educatIonal and benevolent benev-olent and consists largely In founding and constructing I schools and hospitals i In the carrying on of its work It Is Independent In-dependent of the Catholic church and Is I governed by its own organization and It Imi schools anti hopitals In different I cities Its headquarters at South rend I U I termed the Mother House The I members cl the order show great dcvo tied to this work while its officers display dis-play much executive ability In May 1875 the order took steps to establish a school In this city and within a short time it was opened for pupils under the name of St Marys academy Not long afterwards the necessity for a hosp til In this city led the Sisters to take steps looklnz to the founding of tuclt an Institution In-stitution A large brick I ding on Jlfh Can street rear South Temple Vnoun as the Livingstone properly was secured for the purpose fitted up and opened for the reception of patients I Soon alter inaugurating their work In this city the Sisters established a school and IK soilnl In Oilen A hospital I wash f stM died was-h Silver Refit Southern Utah but when the town died doan it was Ills conllnLed j The enterprise of founding a hospital in this city met with the hearty approval and operation of the I lending jihj lvS clans several of whom became actively connected with it Dr Allen Fouler Fou-ler look charge nt medical director and j Dir Dcnedct Hamilton I and White coca hid charge ol a ward lor a time In ifSo It wis determ ncd to build a large structure especially adapted t > hospital purposes and ttioreuj > hly modern mod-ern in every respect Ground was blotters in iE3t and the new hospital was opeced for the reception cf patents July i83s The block bounded by First and Scocd South and Tenth and I E eve nth East street was purchased through advice of Bishop Scinlan asa as-a site and the entLe block is owned and occupied i for purports connected with the hospital I rr Rapoics r c r the land are cultivated as gardens and beautiful limns and fruit trees surround the buildings build-ings In a quiet way without ostentation but with that devotion to their wont which has made famous the bitters ol the Holy Cross the memters cf the order or-der connected with this hospital have conducted it utilizing its facilities for the doing of all the good possible No a mercenary motive moves them While the expenses ot the Institution must be met from its revenues the Sisters do their part as a labor of love and the expense to patients is made as low ni possible A few days since the t writer happened rii rened r to be in the I office ct Dr j Joseph S Richards Rich-ards in the Constitution building when the conversation turned upon hospitals and modern surgery and the progress this I city was making I respecting them With a view to Informing the local public I upon this subject the doctor invited the scribe to visit and inspect the Holy Cross hospital frequently but Improperly Im-properly called St Marys hospital The invitation was accepted and on the following fol-lowing morning the writer shattd the doctors buggy during a drive to the hospital THE BUILDINGS I The vehicle was left in a shed in the I rear that Is on the north side of the hospital hos-pital building which wa entered from that side The structure Is ot brick and is about 165 feet long from cast to west and about 60 feet wide from north to south Including a basement and an upper attic story there arc four stories all of good hight and well adapted lur the purposes lor which they ate used The aichllccture I of ht the building tis mod eln and pleasing and the grounds occupy occu-py the whole block of ten acres The entire premises have an air of roomy comfort The doctor led the way from the entrance en-trance along the broad can Idor that I extend the entire length of tire basement base-ment 10 all apartment on that floor and In the ealt end cC the building which IS asort > of office or cepllon room It I was well furnished and on a table in Its center lay a Urge number of copies ef medical magu ne American and foreign for-eign The doctor explained that the ho pital regularly lt receives all I the leadIng t lead-Ing medical periodical Ihe ccntenls or watch are scanned by members of the hospital stair who mett regularly every two week to discuss the same and especially anything new described Inert in inTne doctor led the way from room Ic room and Irom story to story until the building had been thoroughly inspected There were a large number of private rooms some ol them occupied and others tenantless There were three male ward each containing about twenty cots and throe female wards similarly furnished These apartments are all pleasant aory bright and commodious com-modious One of the male wards a large apartment 1 extending clear across the cast end ol the thin story Is peculiarly pe-culiarly beautiful In situation and appearance ap-pearance Its large indols are ornamented orna-mented with 1I0e15 and partially concealing con-cealing the center cast window Is a magnificent growth ot some climbing plant artistically trained The air of cheer w Inch the flowers impart Is delightful de-lightful The rooms designed for patients who desire a privacy not obtainable In one of the warn are models ol neatness and comfort and every one wine1 the writer looked Into is nlcly furnished In the rest of the large I hcsa til building build-ing and in Ihe center of the block statics a commodious frame building 4 which Is used as a hospital for contagious con-tagious diseases such as diphtheria scarlet fever etc It is well fitted up is uilhhi coiueniuHiCCiss by the hospital I hos-pital stilt and jet is so situated and conducted con-ducted as to guard ago nst infection thJhn most striking feature perhaps ol the entire istibhsumenr is the rigid scrupulous cleanlimss that is everywhere enforced Tne term cleanliness is lure vsd not only in a surgical but in u housekeeping sense The floors walK furniture and bedding are kept as clean tn they poisibly can be Sleeping dusting and scrubbing are daily processes I proc-esses In all part olhl ii sum on Until within a few ears it has been deemed tre proper thing to have carpets on the floors and pip r in the walls ol rospitas Lut refined null condemns both anu Ibis It I s iiution 10 be in the van of progress is i replacing its carpets with hardwood floors and wall paper with an enamel tib i which can be washed clean like ilas < These changes are in progress In different parts of the build ni And are quite expensive In the halls and corridors much linoleum Is used It li I an excellent floor covering from a hygienic standpoint as it absorbs nothing 1 and Is easily cleaned nothinf SJIYkfi The laundry onJ kitchen are departments depart-ments of great Importance In the former for-mer w hich is In n building outside the hospital proper are cleansed Ihe cloili ing of attaches and patient and the bedding etc while In the ard prepared pre-pared the food ol the attendants nnd employes and of the patients Precise ly the diet required by each of Ihe latter Is prescribed By a member of the hosp tal stan In charge of the case and the same is prepared In the kitchen and Isv evcied properly served No hotel in the city serves belter food than Is furnished to the patients in this hospital A well appointed drug store is I a valuable valu-able feature ol the mutation and here can be obtained or put up on the shortest short-est notice any article or prescription In the drug store that may be required On Ihe top floor I Is a smoking room where male atlcnts I while away the lime smoking playing cards dominoes etc rim OPERATING Roosts But the highest merest attaching to any feature of the hospital centers in the operating rooms ol which there are two in different parts of the building In Ihe furnshings And app lances ef these rooms II I exemplified the wonderful wonder-ful progress modern surgery is making Here are instruments for every conceivable conceiv-able operation on the human body enclosed en-closed in glass cases mil witliln reach on the Instant To describe the several Instruments and the uses of each would require I a volume One Special feature of each oreraling roon Is the table on which the patient Is placed It Is called Markoes improved table I and is i partly constructed 01 glist f l de the other t portions being ol enameled I metal Its structure ll somewhat com phcited and admits ol readv Recess witn instuments to any part of tire tody ol quick and thorough drainage of the application ol all necessary ami septic measures and of Ihe most perfect sure l cal cleanliness a term that his a slgnifi caica of the highest Importance The second table ol this kind offered for sale was purchased by this hospital about a year ago which shows the alertness alert-ness with which every improvement Is sought after u r connection with each operating I room is an apparatus for sterilizing ail fi fabrics used In surgery such as ban das towels napkin etc the Instruments Instru-ments the hands ol the operating sur geon and the apparel I worn by them while operating I theory Modern that surgery nearly all proceeds evil I effects upon follow the I IE a surgical operation are due to microscopic mi-croscopic germs that find Ihelr way tu the bood mail tissues nnd be let n producing I pus fever f f nflanima lion and death and that It a wound can be protected from germs the chances of a grates hat result are enormously aug alerted Pursuant lo this theory In well con uuced modern hopitals the most thorough and elaborate precautions arc taken in to mecllon with surgical opera lions the blood to r or tissues fit acceis The microscopic enemy may exist upon a tonel Hit lint Ihe bandage the hands of the surgeon or even upon the instrument Cause fluently every article and e ery substance likely to come In contact with the ound must be sterilized that is freed Irom microscopic ire I Steriltza Ion II i accomplished by heat 1 Fabrics I are placed d In a receptacle made Xtacle for the purpose and steamed t and surci I cil instruments are boiled In a solution 01 soda before usnu The ciiratinc surgeon pares his na Is cole keeps them scrupulously clean immediately be ecpratiog washes Ins hands repeat edly In I hot water with a soap made for tile pUlpose First he Use water heated to about 1 to degrees tIn some decrees rinc Again and again Is the tcrnnr Attire Increased I until I heat I Kngih I givs its hands a n I r al scrubbing in water heated to about 140 degrees or as hot as can be borne Ilus itcnlizitlon and ittetidant precautions are signified by the term surgical cleanliness As subjects of newspaper articles surgical sur-gical cperatlons and 1 other features of nosp tal experience may ordinarily be regarded as of doubtful propriety But hey are quite justifiable at times aud the writer believes that good will come 01 a description of a lew cf Ihs cases Shown at the lIoly Cross hospital b cause it shows that this city Is well advanced ad-vanced in surgical sc ence and the most modern hospital facilities SOUR OF THE PATIENTS To show the kinds of cases that are being treated the Holy Cross hospital a few will be described But before doing so I will here state that In no case Is the patients name mentioned In connection with the operation he or she may have undergone This is as It shoud be lor many are sensitive about their ai mints and would hesitate to take hospital treatment treat-ment II It were other he A married lady In Ihe lemale ward had suOered distressing symptoms Including uterine hemorrhage the usual treatment treat-ment failed and another examination was made resullhg In the ciscieryof whit Is technically called ectopic gestation gesta-tion Conception la I the fallopiiu tube had taken place and the fee us had begun be-gun to grow In the tule distending It enormously II not promply disc iv ered and corrected such a CDnJi bn must result In death to the patient Tne remedy lay in the removal of Ihe tuba with is I unnatural growth The excis on was mads through an opening In the abdomen rigid surgical cleanliness cleanli-ness cliatac eilziiiit the operation throughout Tliu resu t was completely successful Them was no increase In the patients temperature Ihe wound healed nicely und quickly without T ilrcp ol pas and in a few days she was abe to leave her bed In the same ward was a young lady wh < > about ten days p eyious to the scribis xisr had been operated ipon for appeniiicitli When the abdom net cuuy was opened it was found thit the appendix hid burst di > chareng Its pots jnous csnten and that the mtcs line were submerged pus The abdominal ab-dominal cavity and its entire contents were thoroughly Hushed until absolutely cle < n some ten gallons of sterilized fluid i being consume tld I in the process Tire cleansln f Completed the abdominal i Incision ws sellea up with due regard lor drainage and the patient stints slipped a possibility ol recovery Her 5 Symplon unproved until she was soon out or danger nnd when the writer saw k her her condition was that of advanced convalescence During her i 1 ties alter reaching the hospital l careful record was kept of her temperature sjmptoms food etc rOI In the t mate ward lay a man past middle mid-dle ae who had been operated upon for double hernia A long incision nail been made a few Inches above and parallel with each groin nnd the proper handllnz and treatment given the Intestines Intes-tines The ordeal had been a severe one for the patient but his highest temperature tem-perature showed but n slight elevation 1 aud that lor a short time only When the writer saw him his wouns were nearly healed and his condition was excellent ex-cellent Another patient In the male ward was a well built Intelligent looking young man whcse home was in a rornole part or the State He had longsufTjfed with hit left thigh and at length came to the hoiDitil for treatment Two long longitudinal longi-tudinal Incisions u etc made in the thlgn on the under side disclosing the bone which was found iod dlsclosinr necrosed There was also Inflammation ol the marrow Inside of the bone Well I dont see how you can get at the marrow in a mans thigh bone to treat it remarked the writer O that is eaiyJ rep led one of the hospital i surgeons 1 we do not regard that as a diflicult matter There U no cavity in the human body which we do not reach The writer witn sied the dressing ole ol-e young man limb 1 he Inch ions through which the bone had been scraped and tire necrosed portions of It removed wero healing nicely and the ntitnt was found lo be doing very well with excellent prospects cf a sound imbAnother Another case h the male ward II I a most remarkable example of what modern mod-ern surgery in the hands alone of its ikilllul exponents can accomplish The iitient i man of small stature and dark omplexorl come years under mldclc age ws crushed between ho cats The pelvic bone war broken in two fit a CeS and forced against the bladder In such > a way as to cut an J tear that organ I literally to pieces and sipirate it from the urethra There were other severe internal injuries and lacerations The man was taken to the Hospital of l he Holy Or on anms hlzid and the abdomen ab-domen onened up by tire operating sui geon and as soon as he saw the internal condition of the patient and the nature ol his injuries he decided that there was no possible chance of eicape from immediate Im-mediate death and to prevent him from dying on the I operating table the abdomen j CIast Ja CI domen was quickly i sewed and Ihs pant i pa-nt was put lo bed Next day hew 11 still alive To defer leimini was to let him die very soon wmle In an operation in view ot Lit viality I there remained the remotest possible chance nfllfe The abdomen was again opened up the viscera thoroughly thor-oughly cleansed and the conte ts of the abdominal cavil pjt in as good a condition con-dition as poislble One drainage tube was inserted In the abdomen a lew Inches below the navel and another was passed up into the abdominal cavity through an opening made In the peilmun To the surprise of all familiar with thecae the-cae the patient survived the operation and gave some heps of final recovery So ski fully was Ihe sutg oil work done and so thorough was the surgical clean inejs observed that unfavorable symp toms were prevented to a great extent The bladder grew together the crushed bones knit and the wound hea ed so that the patient when the wiiter saw him was able to go about with the aid ol crutches The wilier wltnesed the dally dress lug The patient removed his clothing and stretched himself on the table cited for the purpose An attendant held up a large fountain syringe fi led with a fluid for flushing Down the center ol the abdomen was a large scar showing where it had been opened but Ihe incision in-cision had healed nicely with the excep tion ol an opening about the size of a bullet hole which had been kept open for drainage and cleansing I purposes Into this opening the svnnie pipe was inserted In a depth of two or three inches and Ihe lloid was allowed to How freely The patient laughed and joked i and seemed to suffer little or no discomfort discom-fort from having file Interior ol his abdomen ab-domen flushed this way This case would be regarded as a marvelous mar-velous one In any hospital In the world Some month since one ot the stall performed I in this hospital an operation i f which a feiv months ago would not have been ventured by tire most daring surgei3 It was the removal ol the uterus and ovaries from a pregnant patient pa-tient in whom those organs had become diseased 1111 a manner and to an extent that lelt no other alternative The patient pa-tient recovered from the operation and at the present time Is I enjoying excellent health The organs that were removed ve were preserved m alcohol and are included in-cluded in the collection ol surgical specimens speci-mens in the hospital Of every medical case that enters the hospital a careful record Is made which includes not only the history of the case while in the hospital but also before the entrance of the patient It covers the patients whole hie and even the history of hit family tn respect to diseases that reirrect iagisetfha Yt C members of it may have had Often the pan history ot the patient or of his family aids very much In making a cor lect diagnosis and consequently In effecting ef-fecting a cure Pathological and bacteriological ex n Amlnallocs 010 made 01 substances and discharges oblaloed Irom the bodies 01 patient 1 very Important aid 10 correct cor-rect Uiagnosls and tredmellt The laboratory I la-boratory provided for this purpcse la fridtclfls thorou hly modern and complete In Its furnishings amI applhnces nnd em hraces to 1cropho rcgr p h I apparatus by means 01 which pootograxparfalu croscoplc liIe and objects may be taken and examined al leisure This Is 1 another an-other great advantage which science Ins lately get to tho medical professlcn in treatment ol diseases and ol which the Hospital I of the Holy Cross promptly availed llslf Other additions to the scientific appliances ap-pliances will shortly be made and will Include an Xray apparatus as soon as It shall be suflicl nt y pCected for lroC tlcal purposes which will likely be In the near future THE STAFF The medical and sursical stall of the Hospital of the Holy Orals was organIzed JP arfIr A ofeWgrsta ized April Bill 1896 by the Sisters as trustees and by the ccnsent and f pprpv al of Ihe Mother House the lollonlng appointments were made Medical in director Dr Allen fowler surgeons Drs J S U chares and P A Nilesand Ucchara f gynaccologiils 11 I Kccgh physicians Drs f II Dr D Root and another yet to be named ocJ list 1 and aurist Dr M A II Hughes I house surteon Dr L P McCilli The Sister Superior hn general charge of the entire hospital end all Its depart nints and afliirs including its finances Her position is one of great responsi ii Ity and in some r specis Is analagous to that ol a military officer In command ol an important ditaciment During the tuelvj months that have elapsed since the pres nt staff was organized or-ganized there have been performed In lu hoipital 103 ml r opjrations that Is those in which the abdomen has been opened In only five cases the patint I died the remain nj 97 resulting in recovery re-covery During the mis years next pie ceding the organ zlion of Ihe present stuff there ocurred in the hospital 100 SUC1 operations twa less than have been had In the single year just closed These figures Indicate That the patronage ol the hospital Is increasing rapidly under the new organization Tne figures here given refer only to the class of operations named and have no relation to the great number of oilier surgical and medical cases that have been treated at the hjpital during the I yearThe object In submitting the foregoing Is threefold To give the credit that is 1 due to a most worthy institution and l the faithful work to whom j it owes its existence to inspire the afflicted with hope and courage by showing Ihem what modern surgical skill and appliance appli-ance may do for them and to convince afflicted persons In our Slate that it Lls not necessary to leave it in i order to have ds r fctl tli tl any kind of a surgical operation performed per-formed C cr |