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The Canadian Nurse
A MONTHLY JOURNAL FOR THE NURSING PROFESSION IN CANADA
V 01. VII.
TORO
TO, JAXUAR
1001
No.1
AN ADDRESS..
:\Ir. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen,-Some time ago at the reljUest of
the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Yictoria Hospital. I accepted the
responsibility of adclressing the graduating class of nurses for 1910 on this to
them very important occasion.
I ('annot tell you why I accepted this responsibility, but I l'an tell you that
notwithstanding 111:'" appreciation of the honour conferred on me, I have at
times sin<>e felt like hacking out, if I eould have found some ereditahle excuse
for doing so. A creditable excuse. however, did not present itsf1lf, and
as a
result. I am here before you this afternoun with the responsibility still on my
houlders.
For another rf1quest made by the Chairman. and subsc<luently also by
'Iiss Stanley (Lady Superintendent). that I should he hrief, I am Vf1ry thank-
ful. and I trust that on this score my address will be satisfactory.
In looking about me for something to say to
you. young ladies. some
thought concerning certain things or topiC's which interest you pres(>nted
themselves to my mind. The topi<>s which han> appealed to me are:
. 1st. The diploma.
nd. The changed viewpoint of life devl'loped during :,"our training
(Onurse.
3rd. The factors of success in nursing.
4th. The nobility of the nurse's calling.
About each of these topics I will give you just a few thoughts. but promise
tn he hrief, and not exceed the time limit.
1st. The Diploma.
One that particularly interests you on this oCI'asion is the di ploma you
have received, 'Vhile watching each one of you receive a diploma. 1 have
wondered how you regard the diploma?
I -cannot tell just how you regard it, but I will tell you hú\y I think it
should. and should\l-ot be rpgarded. It should not he regarded as an evidemoc
that you know all about the nursing art. It should be regarded rather as a
èredential ur passport from the Hospital Training School to that greater train-
1ng school into which you are about to enter outside or heyond the husIJital.
In the greater training sC'hool
'ou -will find much to learn whil'h you hav"
not yet learned. and also. perhaps. somethings to unlearn. I would suggest
. .J... { f
.1'0 the Graduating Class of Hno of the London Yictoria Hospital Train-
ing School for Xurses. by Dr. H. l\Ieek.
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that you enter the greater training school as children with C'hildlike minds.
lways ready to l
arn and to profit by eaeh sueeeeding experienee.
2nd. The Changed Viewpoint of Life Developed During Your Training
Course.
Another thing which no doubt interests every thoughtful nnrse on tlw
occasion of her graduation (if she stops to think about the matter), is the
changed viewpoint of life which she has developed during her training course.
In the case of the si-ck and the l'itudy of the causes of disease, .she Il1lL"t have
realized a broadening effect upon the mind. a tendency to take a more charit-
able view of life-of the frailties and eccentricities, and even the crimes of
rellow human beings. She has learned to see that good in the individual is
often hampered by heredity, environment. ph
.sical disease.
She has, in fact, learned to see the ullcontrollablp influence behind the
act, whereas the laity may see on]
' the act and its results. This changed view-
point of life every thoughtful nurse, as well as every thoughtful physician.
must experience in studying the influences of heredity and environment (more
particularl
' the environment of childhood). as factors ill the- production of
individuals as we see them. Taking environment to mean "The aggregate
surrounding conditions and influences acting on the individual," then every
idividual. no matter whether a depraved {'riminal or a saint, is the product of
two factors. IH'redit
T and environment. and of these two factors onl
..
This viewpoint of life will grow and devplop with broader and wiùer
f-xperience and a continued study of the primary causes of disease.
3rd. The Factors of Success in Nursing.
Another subject which also. no douht, has had a placp in
'unr thoughts.
and wiJ1 continue to occupy a place, is How.to attain success in your work.
Xow, assuming that a mistake has not been made in the choice of your
yocation (for it must be admitted that occasionally a
-onng woman may enter
and graduate from a school for nursing who may be lwtter adapted for some-
ðt her calling in life).
But assuming- that no such mistake has been made, then the faêtors of
Slleet'SS in your ('aUing are as I see them the same as apply to any other
stn>nnous life work. These factors may be sumllled np under two heading's:
1st. Good physical health.
2nd. A proper attitude of mind towards your work.
Robust health is an ahsolllte requirement for all who would attain a
foremust rank in ;ny strenuous profession. Good health implies not only the
t':1pacity but also the desire for strenuous wurk. It implies also the ,'apacity
for bearing up and not being crushed by frequently recurring annoyances which
one meets.
Yon should consider good IlPaltIl
'our lw!--:1 asset -in fact, a mIl('h greater
and better asset than inherited abilit
.. and should, therefore. by a well
rt
gulated life try to maintain as far as possible a proper standard of health.
The proper attitude of mind towards your calling places your duties in
'your life of service first and foremost-all other things must take seeuud place.
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Rpcreation and rest will be needed, hut hp used to g-in> I'pne\\-ed Plwrgy
f,)r tIll' work ill hand when you rl'turn to it. II(>aIthfnhwss of lIIind önd hody
should not lw impairpd hy \'ain rp
!rpts in tlH' shape of worry.
.nllpath
' for !--:uffpring
'ou should ha\'p. hut this sympathy should 1w
ul'h as to make you do the best
-ou can with HIP knowlpdgp you ha ,'p to
relie,-e \yhile the opportunit,'- offers.
\fÌf'r tlw opportllnit.,- to
'iYe rPlil'f ha....
passl'd in any ilHli,'idllal caç;;p, you should renwm1wr that others lIIa.,- reqmrf'
of you a sl'n-i('(> alHl symrathy unimpaired by uspless worry_
\Yith reg-ard to success in any calling, it may not he possihle [(Ir every-
me to ('o111malHl ,,-hat thp world rails sut'('es
, hut it should 1)(--' possihle fOI'
{-'veryon(' "to do more to ch"serye it."
4th. The Nobility of the Nurse '8 Calling,
One thing lIlUrL' [ ,,-ish to sa
- R ft-'w words ahout is .. Thp nobility of
-Olll'
('alling. '. How frp(lUently one hears such phl'a!--:ps: "The nohle (.alling- of thl'
llluse," or "The nohilit
- of thp nurse's c.alling." But in rl'alit.,- trul' nobility
is 110t in the oc('upatioll. "Iwthl'r sueil occupation lw that of a traillC'd Illlrsp
or ö sl"rub woman.
Truf' nobility will be found only in thl' soul of thl' iwli\'idual.
. It is ön individual charm.
The trainell nurse, likp the physician. ran by s(']f-sö('rifil"e and c1(>yotion
tf) her work. make her life carepr ö noblt' onf'. or by contrary methods slIP <,all
rnake of it one of the most dehased ånd ignohlp carpprs imaginable.
Thp calling of the nurse differs from SOllle otht'r c'alling-s. not in any
sperial nobility. hut in the special opportunitit's offp,red for doing' th ings ("aJ]..d
Bohle.
n is welL tht'rpforf', to haye ('onstantl
' in your thoughts high idt-'als alld
to l"ultiyatf' and dc>\-plop as far as possible> indiyidual nohility that will make'
yonI' lift' earl'er a l'redit to a caning in which !--:() many SlH.h opportunities offel'
for thf' doing' of noble acts and the deyplopmf'nt of true nohilit
" of c>haraf'tC'r.
In dosing. ladies. let me thank yon for your kind attention. and permit
lIle to Sèl
- also. that if eyen one thought onl
' of the ft'w ",hi(."h I höve giyell
:nm 011 tllt-'SP topil"s which concern you and
'our (.hospn work. should daim
sllffif'it'nt mt'rit to lea'"e a" helpful impre!--:s on thf' memon'. I shall hayf' r('ason
to 1w thankful. illdt'pd. that I did a(,(,L'pt on this o('rasion tlw rpsponsihle
pri ,-i1c.g'p of addl'Pssing you.
.
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
THE WHITE CAPPED NURSE.
he is the tlower of womanhood, this white capped nnr!;e whv takes her post
Beside the sick, and lends her strength unto the ones that need it most.
o waning of her conrage high, no mist of tears her true ey('s dim.
'Tis hers to meet the footpad death, and by h
r skill to l'OIHIlH-'r hilll_
::\lethinks she is God's messeng<,r. \yith healing and with bope in sture.
The dew of health for pallid cheeks. the strength to make life glad onct' mure.
Great is thy task, aud thy reward lies not in fame. or broidered pur!--:('.
Hut in the Orpat Physician's hand. so do thy nohlest.
\Vhitf-' Capped Xur
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BLI<:\YETT.
Toronto.
ovemher 13. IDOL
PERSONALITY..
The problelll of the graduate nurse and the friction that ht.r pl'li!--:Pllce ill
the family sumetimes ('au!--:cs, that was so ahly and thoroughly di!--:l'lls!--:eJ during
the series of l1wetings in Toronto in
Iay, always rey()lvpd to the saul(' poillt:.
the Pprsonalit)- uf the X urse.
\Vhat is personality? The Jictiollary defines it as tbat ,,-hie}} ('nn!--:titut(-'
an individual a distinet perH(.)n. 1'lw foundation of our l'ersollalit)" is laid
Iwfore our l'onHcious life begins. \V P- l'ome into tht" world with telldeneies
[rom all the lives that preppded ours as our progl'uÍturs. add to this thp'
impr
ssioll uf all we see, hear or fpel, so we are, in reality. the SUIIl of all this.
{md plug the result uf our response to all we expprif'ue('. ;-md so fashion om.
(
haracters ac('orclillg as we allow impressions of the g-ood. had or lll(liffel>(>nt
to l('an
their emotional imprint on our php;ícal or intel1e(.tual 1Ïn-'-s.
But the friction (granting that it exists, but surely not to the e-xtcut that
,;ome p(
()pl{
illlaginf'), must be due to some defect. in somp individual and wht'
is tllPrc who bas not at least oup hesetting- sin
It has heen said that "a
normal degr
e of 'want of balauce gives personality." and it is tllP nlr.\'ing-
(legrecs of this want. in some directions, that give rise to the widely ({iff(>ring'
personalitips that Wp encuunter. Therefore it must he onr failure to acla pt or
fldjust our laC'k of balance to the lack of balance in thuse we }W('(.HllE" dail.'
;issociated ,,-ith that causes the fri(.tion, and if we must a('eep1 the fa(.t that
we are all mentally weak at some point however Helf-poised. intellig'Pllt. den>r
Ill' even brilliant we may be. it behooves us as individuals to. Hml our WPH k
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
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point and set about to transform undesirable mentality into a (h-'sil'ahh>
apquired character.
"Then people are ill no doubt this want of balance bel'oll1e
a('pentuated
m' exaggerated; it also afflicts the whole household and sometimes extends to
an ever-widening circle of friends and acquaintancps. The nurse must bl>
IH' oil to pour upon thesp trouhled waters. and woe to the nurse who ('a11lIOt
èonstitute herself the oil.
Success largply depend
upon our striking the keynote of the mind..; WP
haye to deal with. Xurses must 'be naturally endowed with that ìllPutal touch
we ('all tact-to give a patient the restful feeling of being' undl'rstood is no
mean asset to thp art of nursing. Do not underrate the in1nclll'e of personal-
:ty; that which eonstitutes one's character is due to the f'alibre of tlw mind.
jfentality is not a fixed thing; we are capable of improvenwnt and by self-
dis('ipline aud eclueation of our mental faculties become the mobil<.> hackground
(If tilt-' various trying scenes in which our profession places liS.
Culti vate a sense of humor; it will help smooth out the rough places.
"'\'i11 IH'lp you over many of the trivial pver
'day annoyallf'eS, the petty things
that prick and irritate until life seems not worth living at times. If we would
let all tllP annoyances of life slide off without leaving their imprint it would
il(' lwttf'r for us. \V p are too apt to It--'t them grate and grind, the frietion
produced ('ausing wrinklps on our facps and \\Tinklps in our souls.
Some writpr has sail}: "Ppoplp are ,vhat they arp hecausp at tIlt-' time
hey must bt-'."
\..bsorb this truth. it will make you wisely indulgent. Each
individual has to live his own life in his own way. If the world is out of
Joint. at"('ording to our point of view. we need to remembpr it is only over-
"rought individuals who fepl it is tllt-'ir mission in lifp to set it right. ""Yl'
('annut reform tlw world. and thp whole complexion of things would be
changed for liS if wp would cultivatp more tolerancp for tlw frailities of
others. Example will do more than anything f'lsp to make p('ople over into
what tht-'
. ought to lw.
Let llS n'lIll--'lllher: ,. He that is slow to anger is hettpr than the might
-:
and he that ruh--'th his spirit than he that taketh a' city."
1. )1. C
\..HR
6
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
REGISTRATION FOR NURSES.
'Vhy do nurses ask for the passing of a Registration Bill!
First. For the adYalH'emellt of the profession of nursing.
('('ond, For the prote('tion of the public.
A young woman decides to be a nurse.
he spn<Ìs to a hospital trammg'
school for an application blank which she fills in and returns. also tllP result
(If a medical examination by a qualified medical doctor. aud a letter from a.
Ilualified ('lergymHn. In dne time a letter comes telling' 11(-11' to report at the
hospital at a given date for duty. After two months prohation a ,,,ritt{}u and
praetical examination is passed. Cap received. Then as a nurse in training
g-radually gets more responsibility, always folluwing the hospital routine. Cp
every morning at six a.m.. dress. breakfast. On duty at seVt'n a.m. Hl>l'ein>
'Iight rt>port. patients' breakfast. medi('in('s. temperahlrps. spullgt-' baths, hed
making, dnsting, arrange Howers, poultices, formulations. surgical dressings.
wrih> up clinical and temperature charts, llouri
hlllellts. ac('olllpan
'ing tIOf'tOl"S
alld superintt-'IHlellt on their round of visits to patients. That is only an
ortlinary morning's work, done under the supervision (If a fully qualifietl
graduate lIurse. Hospital day is duty from seven a.m. to seven p.m.
ight
..Iut.,. sen'll p.m. tu seven a.m.
Ionths of dut
. on medit'al ward,
()llle surgical
ward. private wards. illfediuus ward. oustetrical ward. di<,t kitf'IH>ll. phar-
lIlat'Y. oppra ting theatre day duty, night duty, holida
's afternoolls off dnt
?
(,1 asses, Ip('tUl'f's. study examinations. Finally at tlw end of three
'eèlrs ("OUH'S
graduatiun, at ,vhich a diploma and medal are prt-'sPllted. ThpJ'e W(J han> a
fnll
' qualified ('onscÜ'ntious nurse.
Anuther ,,,oman wants to nursp. SIlt:' goes to a dot.tor. says. .. Uodol'.
'()11
:--aw me takp earp of m
' friend, when she was sick." ,. y t:'s. you took good
('arl-' uf ht'r. gave the nlPdieille I told you and she got Iwtter," .. \Yell. J want
1/) nurse and llppd tht-' work. will you give me ('asps '?" TIlt' (IndoI' (kind-
hearted man). immediately tries to oblige. Is sn('h a lwrson ("ons('iputions '!
he is splling tu tllP publi(. something she has not got. st-'ldom "t a I'heaper and
oftl-'n at a hig-llPr rate than a train('d nurse.
Allotlwr
ollng woman wishes to tpal'h.
he goes to the snperintt>l;dent
of edu<."ation. .. [ loyt:' tea("hing ehildrell and would like a s('hool
" .. \Vhat
ct-'rtifieaÌf> have yon?" Xone, I didu't hot her to take any t:'xaminations or go
to uurmal schuol, I ('an read. write and do arithulPtie." .. SOlT.", hut our
('hildren mllst be taught h.,' thuse propt'rly trainpd for teat.hpI'S. [f -'"ou wish
to teach you must take till' np(,l'ssar
' examinations. and normal training be-
forp the law will allow you to have a SL'hool."
\Y p next have the yuung man who hils Iwen long eno\l
h in a dentist's
offi('e to know how to pnll a tooth. IIow man
' of us would tru....t him wit h
the rare of our tt-'pth? Or how long would the Dental .-\ssociatioll aBo,y
sueh a person to pradi(.I-'. \Ye arp In'oteded. hy law from fraudulent tlen-
tists.
.-\nother YOllng man wishes to Iw a vt-'terinar," snrgf'on. TIp rt>ads books
oÌl tlu-' suhjet.t. TheIl gOt'S to a ranch and asks to trt-'at SOJl}P sid\: t'attle, \Vp
hear thp rancllt'r answpr lWolllptly = ..
Iy ('attle are too nduahle to he en-
trlLsted to tlH' ("are uf an
' PX('ppt (.ollegp trailwd British ('olmHhia pas-';l'd
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n..terinary surgeons." The saBle raneher prohahly PBlploys untrainecl nursl--'s
for his wife and ehildren.
.Just a ft.." words abuut sending- to the old eountry for untraÏlwd or
partly trained nurses for our eoulltry dilo\tricts. It is a hsolutely unllecessar
T
to do so. as the '
idoria Order of District Xurses. with headquarters at
Ottawa would supply every part of Canada with traÏ1wd nurses for the
asking.
Sonw one dear to us is taken seriousI." ill. \\T e (;an "'it h ('onfidpllC"f'
('all in any onp who puts
I. D. to his or her name. It is well known that
the llledieal assoeiation has wpeded uut all the quaeks. and allows only full
'
qualified provindally passed :\1. D.'s to practice.
\Ye engage an untraiIwd nurse at fiftpen a week. Shp takes no respon-
...ibilit
T. ('an not gin> trratment, or do surgil"al dressings. The dodor makes
pxtra visits on that aecount. A trained I11U'SI--' takes rpsponsihility. ('an give
treatment. and do sUl'giea] dressing espec-ially. \Ye lost h.'T pmplo.'"ing the un-
trained nurse.
.\t the present time the graduate nurses arr trying to have a regist ra-
tion hill passpd. and the publie asks" \Yhy?" Beeause we want to he put on
thp saHlI--' footing and givpn thp !o.amp protl'dion f""er.'" otlwr profrssion has.
[n ,vhat way ,viII it advanee the profession or nursing?
First. if the law requires a higher standard our training sehools for
nul's('s wiH han' to train and pass onl,'- nurses of that standard,
l'('ond. For thp working together of all graduate nurses for a thorough
registration. an equal pxalllination. and, if pver lweessar.". the expplling' of un-
worthy memhers.
Third To rpc.pi,"p finaIl
' from tlIP m
di('al a",soc'iation the :--:anH-' rp"IwI"Ì
for our rt'g-istration hilL that thp.'" give to their uwn.
ETHEL JI()RRT
O\",
LETTER TO ST. THOMAS' NURSES.
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8. l!)OO.
")Iy Dear ('hildren.-You have ealled me .'our )Iother-c'hief: it is an
honor to me, and a great honor to eaU ."ou my c'hilclren. Always keep IIp the
honor of thi
hOllorable profession. [thank .'-ou--ma
T I sa.'" OUI' IfeaYt-'uly
Father thanks you for what you do?
. Lift high the royal hamwr:
It
hall not suffer loss. '
The l'o.'Tal ballllPr of nursing, It should gain through eyprYOlle of .' ou. It ha,,-;
t-ained through .'TOU imnH'llsd.'. The old Romalls wpre in SOlll(' l"PSIWI.ts. I
think. slllwrior to us. Rut they had no idpa of lwing good to the si('k and
'.Yt'ak.
.. That ('ame in with ('hristianit
., Christ was tlw author of our pI'oft:>.;:.;ioll.
-.,y (' hOllOI' Christ WhPIl ,ye arf-> good nurses. \V (' cli"hol\ol" Him whplI \n- 1 al'l'
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l'ad or careless nurse
. \Ye diRhonor Him when we do not do our Lest to
relieve suffering-even in the meanest creatur
. Kindness to sick man, woman
and child came in with Christ. TIH'Y uo;;ed to be left on the banks of the great
rin>rs to starve or drown tlH'mselves. Lepers were kept apart. The nation
did ont try to avert or ('ure leprosy. There have been lepers in England.
Jow it is a thing almost, if not quite. unknown.
"There have been great. I may say, discoveries in nursing. A very
remarkable doctor. a great friend of mine, now dead. introduced new ideas
about eonsumption. which might then be called the curRe of England. His own
\yiff> was what is ('aIled' ('(msumptive,' i.e.. she had tubercular disease Ïn her
lungs. He said to her: '
ow, you have to ('hoose; either you must spend the
:lE'xt six months in your room or you must garden every day.' Cfhey had a
wretched little garden at the end of a stl'f'et.) 'Y ou must dig, get your feet
-..'"et every day.' She ('hose the latter, he::ame the hardiest of women, and lived
to be old. The ehange in the treatment of pneumonia-disease of the lungs-
is complete. 1 myself saw a doctor take up a f'hild-sufferer. which seemed
as if it could hardly breathe. carry it to the window. open the window
at the top, and hold it up there, The nurse positively yelled with
horror. Hl> only said: '\Yhl:'n m
" patil:'nt ('an breathe but little air, I like that
iittle good.' The child reeoverf'd and lived to old age. ,X ursiug.' is become a
profession. Trainl:'d nursing no longer an object but a fuet. But. oh, if home
nursing eould he('ome au everyday fact here in this big city of London. the
;)iggpst in the world. in an island. the smallest inhabited iRland in the world.
"But her(' in London in fel:'dillg-a most important hrandl of it-if you
(lsk a mother who has perhaps brought you a siel\: child to 'look at.' '\Yhat
have
'Oll gin:'n it to eat?' she answers triumphantly, 'Oh, it has the same as
,'..,> have (!)' Yes. often including the gin. And a eity where milk, and good
milk, is now easier to gd than in the countn'. For all farnll:'rs send their milk
to London or tht' great cities. A sick child has Leen l'ìl'ut to hospital (and
rc('ovel'('d). You ask what it had: 'Oh .they gave it nothing-nothing.' It
is true. they gave it nothing but mille
Iilk is 'nothing,' )[ilk. the most
llouriRhing of all thing1-/'. Sick men have recoYt:'rl>d and lived npon mille
")1y soul doth magnify the I....ord; and my spirit hath rejoiced in Uod my
:'aviour.' The ninetet'nth l'entury (there was a tradition) was to he the ('ell-
tury of wonWIl. How true thut legt'IHlar
' prophe('
' has been! \Yolllun 'Ya
tlip home drudge. Xow she is the teacher. Let her not forfeit it by heing tlll'
arrogant-thl:' 'e'lual with llWIl.' She does But forfeit it b
' being the help
. met't.' Xow will
'ou let me try to thank you. though words cannot eXI,ress
lilY thankfulnesl'ì fur all your kind thmu
'hts. for your ht'atltiful hook amI
haslu.t of ftO\n>rs, amI kind wislws. all. [
ent from
t. Thomas' Oll hpr birth-
day hy the
isters and nurses.]
"God hl('ss you all and nw.
'oltr l\Iothpr-('hipf. as you art' g()(HI Pllough to
(':ill me.
":\1y dear ('hildrPIl.
"FLORE
( 'E
[(}I IT[
U4\I....E.
"To all our nurst's."
Till .YlIl'siulj Jlil'l'ol'.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
}
THE POSSIBILITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE EDUCATION OF
CANADIAN NURSES.
Of deep interpst to nurse's was the aC('OHllt of the gT(-H
lOUS consideration
of a lifp'R work accorded a member of our profpssion hy the Board of th.-,
Toronto General Hospital. Every nur
e, as wpll as ev{'ry graduate of thnt
institution, may bp justly proud to reeo!!nizp in )Iiss Snively one of our ablest
associates, and should feel grateful to the Hospital Board for sueh kind WlH"lL..;
of apprpeiation followed, as they were, by a token of real ,,"orth.
Tht:> art and scienee of nursing has ÜldeC'd f!(h-an('pd during thp
'('ars in
whieh
liss Snively has stri\"en to "do weU her part." and no words of praisp
are unmerited. There are, however. different
tandpoints from which to "it'w
the BO:1.l'd'8 artion. for instance, without appearing- in the light of envious lwg--
g:ars may not the entirt' nursing profession look forward to a like recognition of
its work hy a "imilar, or even larger, gift to a nl:'edy cause, namely, the higlwr.
or advanced, edu('ation of nurses ùesirous of equipping themselves I,Jr positions
slH.h as the one left vacant by
Iiss Snively's resignation. It has not heen pos-
sible for an nurses to reap the same adv:mt.agps of instruction, and in mention-
ing advantages it is not with a wish to rpflect discredit on tlw Alma )Iater of
any nur
e, being- fuUy aware that other institutions ùo equally good work in tlw
training of nurses without the exceptional advantages one mi
!'ht
UppO
l' to
belong only to large institutions.
N"urses are looking forward with exp('ctation to a new T. G. II., one which
will no doubt hp modern in every departmPIÜ. therefore its work will be mod('rn
also and better educational advantag('s could be accordpd to the Canadian nurst'.
for has she not a right to expect facilities for training unsurpassed elspwl1('I'('?
uch is not our portion at pre
ent. seeing- the graduate who wishps spe(.ial
instruction ('ann(Jt procure it in Canada. Neither are educ[ltional apportnnitif's
for those wishing- to become instructors of nurses obtainable here. qualifications
along that linr being the same as for thp ordinary nurse. Something h:ls alrf'ad
'
hpen sRid on this subject, therefore let me sum up by [lùding, that at no 1wtter
timp or pla<.
c than upon the opening of [I new T. G. H. ('ould we have a begin-
ning for advancempnt along' thf'se lines, neither is thpre reason to believe tha t
the public would disapprove of efforts. or money exppnùed on
u('h a rause hy
the Hospital Board. Indeed it would undoubtedly be [I bpnefit both to hosrital:
Rnd thp publie if other institutional bORrùs. togpther with our Cnin.rsity. were
to inaug-ur[lte and maintRin a department of study ('ompletply ('overing nur:;;ing
and hospital economics, tlwrehy enl:uging e<hH'ational npporhmiti('
for thl'
gr'lduate nurse in Canada.
.:\r.
\. fiIBSOK.
;;1 ()
r[l<lina A \"enue. Toronto.
10
TIlE CANADIAN NURSE.
REGISTRATION.*
This is a subjec't that o('('upies the minds and ('aIls forth the energies of
Hurst's in eVel'
" land. It was some timt:' in the lifp of our profession beforp
Ilm'st's realired their high and 11oblf' calling. But when they did. they strove
,tlHl are still striving with unabated vigor. to place nursing among the profes-
sions and make its f'du('ationa] and profC'ssiona] standards high and have them
ì)rotpC'ted h
' I..egislati\'e Àet.
Looking over tIlt:' diffprent countries, we find that all the States of the
-i Tnion hut fonr han> Registration. and encouraging reports come to us .of thp
'\w'('essful working of tlH' Bills in tlll'se States.
In South
-\fri('a, legal r('('ognition was given to nurses in Itl91, fixing thl'
tandar(1 of trainillg for nnr
el'ì and protecting them and the publi(. fronl
f'ra ud,
In Xl'w Zealand the nurses had tlwir Bill passed in 1901. There a nurse
must first o1,tain her hospital certifieate, tlH'n slH' may sit for the State
....xaminatioll, and if she is suC'C'e:-,
ful. her name is entered on the Government
Rpgistpr and she is given a Registration badge.
In China Wt' find the nurses fornlPd into a Xational As:suciatiun and
arl'angillg a uniform ('urricuhnu for use in all the hospitals. They seem to
have thp right id('{\ and may be in advanl'e of us if VI(' are not eareful.
In (;prlllan
" Hurst's have had leg-HI rl'("ognitioll sincp ID06.
In EnglalHI tllP fight for R(>gistl'ation has been long and hard. but thl'
stl'llgg1p hHS heen lIohly pl'r
isted in hel'allse of the l'onfideH('e of victory
('vpnt uall
'.
IlNe in ('allèHla \Yl' are not pl'rmittetl to unite in a body and seek legal
I'('(.ognition Íl'OI1l the C:Oyprllllwnt of our Dominioll. Educational mpasureS
("ollie uIHI(>r till' ("outl'ol of the Pruvinl'ial GovernlUent. and as Registration for
:11ll'seS is plll'Ply all educational m(1ttpr. thl' lllll'S('S of eal'h Provinc'e lUllst seek
)\'g
11 recognition fl'om l'ac.h Proviw'ia] Par] iament.
Thl' nlll'ses of Outario tried in ID06 to obtain R('gistratioll. hut \\'ere 1ll1SllC-
\'pssflll. Th is is no rl'a'\on wh,'" \\'P should ('alml
' fold our hand,.; and sa
' \\'(-'
\'an't get it. \Ye must tn- again. and again. if npChSar
". in fad. \"e must
k(
t:'p un tr
"illg: till W(
Slll'('(,pd. The G.
. A. O. is an iueorp()]>ated
\ssul'iation
HO\\'. awl so pan comnHllHI a bettpr posi tion.
Let us look at SOlu(' of the rc'asons for \\"anting to sel'ure 1l'
.Óslation:
1. \V (' \yaut to guard ollr profpssiona] standards, otherwise Wt' lose our
'.:1 anding as a profpssion. :\ott' ho,,' ('Hrpfu)]y the standards of the llH'dica]
profps...;ion an' gnartlpd. This is the one that to\\C'lws ours most ll]ospl
'.
o
w'rson ('an ill\'adp th.. fip]d of nH'di('inp who doC's not hold till' pres(.rilwcl
('I'('dt'lltiais.
\Ild rightly so. slll't'l
". But not so with l1S. XO\V any woman.
'.\"I1('th(-'r sht' has st'pn the inside of a hospital or not. lUa
' don a 1l1ll'SP'S uniform
and stylp h"I'sl'lf a tl'ailll'd II\1I'S('. thus imposing upon an unsusI)('(.tiug' puhlil'.
Is this a'\ it should hl"? Is it fail' to th(' woman \\'ho has spf'1l1 thrpp .,"pal's of
strPlH\OU'\ training in H rp('o,!.mizpcl hospital HlHI ('ons('iputiousl.," endpa\'ol'(-'d to
'"õ
\(hll'('ss to .-\ IUIlIIWP .\ssol'iatioJl of \Tidoria HospitaL Loudon.
TIlE CAS
lDL1S NUNSE.
11
fit IWi':'l'lf to lIWl('I'htkl' tIlt' rpsp()nsihilit
, of nursing thl'
iek? :\ot that We'
\'êlJlt to pn'\'l'nt tl)(' lIntrainp(1 woman from nursing: that is not 0\11' ohj(,(,t.
hl' must sa il lIndpr lwr trlH> c'olors. \Y p fppl that shl' will always ha "1' a.
plu('4' and an htHlorahl(' IIW'. but 1pt h('r not 8cck to UP ot}wr than shf-' is.
oJ \\Tp want om' ,.dw'ationa] stawlal'(ls fixpd !o.O that tlu-'rp may he
unifol'1IIity ill thl' JllPthods of training and ill thc 1f'ngth of timc of training
!lllJ'S(>S.
Xu\\". aJl
' ho
pital, prinltp or oth"rwlsP. may start a training' sc'hoo] fOI'
J11Irsl''\ awl gin-' the nursps ,itist such training- as th('." SI'P fit, and
cnd thp11l
forth with 8 c'('rtifi('atc> whieh may JllPan ]ittl(' or n1Heh. 01' pr;l(.tica)).'" Jlothing,
Training' sehoo]s al'P so Oftl'll orgaJli;æd with no othpl' 1I10ti,'p than the ('OIJlIJ1('r-
c:ial profit of thp O\\"IH-'rs of thp hospital. :\ohll. profpssional lJIotivps han-' JlO
p]a c .... Thus Wp ha\'p tlI(> llursp from thp (1orrpspOII(II'IJ(
P
1'hooJ. an(1 thl' nul'
(
!"}'OIII the privatI> in'\titutioJl. wll1'rl> only 011l' elass of patiput is 1'I'ccivp(l, seckiJlg'
to stand 011 H pal' with thl' nursl' who has Hl)I'nt thrpp stl'l'llHOIiS
'pal's in :1
C'iI'III'ral Hospital. _\1111 thp pit;\, of it is that ,"pry oftl'n thl'sl' nl\rsl's ll\'\'pr
SUSPP(.t that thl'il' training is inferior till tl1\'." sppk rl'('o
.rnitioll hy :-.;01111' 1\sso-
('iat
on that a('('l'pts ollly nllJ'sPs with hi/!:h profpssiolla] tJ'aining' of at lea"t t" 0
-,"PHI'S in a l'l'c'ognizl>d hospital.
This statp of affairs c'an ouly ])1' rp11lp.lipd h
" Lpgis]ati,'('
\I't.
:
. '1'hl'l'p shol\]d Iw a t!1>tinitp standard of pl'c']iminar." P(hll'i1tioll r('qllil'pd
of 1IIo'\\' who would pnter thp nllri
ing profpssion, :\ow I'vpry training s('hool
i" a hi'" 1IIIto itsplf in this J'pg'êu'd. \\'01l]d it lIot })p to thp uItilllatp IU'lIPfit oj
Thp l)J'ofpssion to 11M \ I' IInifoJ"m it
. in th is?
-1-. A\ ('PI'tain JIIinilllllJlI JllIlnhpr of JH'd'\ sholl]d Jw inlpos('tl 111'011 p"I'I'Y
!ll)spital off\'t'illg' training fa('iJitips to nllJ"sPs.
:-4iJ" \'idOl' JIorslp
', slH'akiug- in support of thl' lh'itlsh :\IlJ'SI'
HI'g-istntt iOIl
Bill. said that till' q1lalific'ations of a Jmrs(' shollid uo long-I'I' J)(, at thp 1111'1'('.'"
..f 1 ri \" a tp i IIdi " id W-1ls OJ' ]>I'i \' a tp inlo\t it u t iOllS. 'Y I' ,,'sh to h an' IIlIJ'SpS 1))'01 H' rl.,'
."'qllippI.tl in lIIlI'sillJ.! kllOwl\'dgl'. and WI' wish that to hI' ('pI,ti1ipd hy Stab'
lIal'antpp. Thl' latl' .:\Iss Is]a
tpwart. s]>l'aking ill SIlPIHIJ't of thl' sa III I' Bili.
said :-")INlieal stJldpnts mllst gl>t Uu'ir traiuing' ill hospihds of a ('pI.talll
izp
and ]>ussp
sing ('PI'taill plltH'ationa] fêl(.j]itips. al.d thosp hospitëds IIllIst stl'i(.tJ,"
('onfol"JlI to alld ('al'I'.' Ollt thp gplIPra] PI'ill(.ip]ps of p(hH'atioll dpfin('d h.,' Thl'
(;('nl'ral 1Iptlic'al ('011111'11. 'fhp I'pstllt is that tht->rt' is thl' ,.;;tllll' S,\Io\1t'1II cd c'dll"<1-
tion aIlll JIItwh thp samp IIlI'thod in en
ry lIlcdi('a] s('hoo] ill till' ('uitpd Killg-
dOllI.. Hilt ill thl' l'asp of IIIlJ'S('S. hospitals. hOWI'\'PI' ]al'gl' or slIIa]1. ha\'I'
o-c'all('ll trainillg' s(.honls. alld. as thprp is JJ() sllpPl'\'ising 1'1' c'ontJ'o]Jillg
anthol'ity in thl' nllJ'sillg wodd. 1'\'1'1'.'" hoo,;pih-1] gi,'l's as IIIIH'h or as littlp tl'aill-
jng to JH)J'S(>S as I,,'st suits its 0\\"11 Illpthods of ,,'ol'king. TIIJ'OIlI.dlOlit thl' ('uitl'd
KillgdoJII therp is 110 a('('pptl'd stalltlat'd of tJ'aiJlillg OJ' I"'PII aC'('l'ptl'tl IIlI'thod of
training' IIIII'SI'S. Thpl'p is JlO 1'(>I'ognizpd and gl>w'l'a])y adoptpd systPIII of
4'xamillillg nm'st's ,\"ho han' fillishl'll thpir tr'ailling, and till' 1'('I'titit-atps whi('h
::t'p issul'd by 1""\'I'y hospital yary gl'patly. Hospita] ('prtifi('atps IllaY UII'MU
)llIlt'h or Jittlt.. alld thpir valliI' ma.,' êl\'tually yary fl'om timl' to tiulI' as ditfl'J"('lIt
ml'thods at'l' intl'lHhlt'l'd, This ('olldition of affairs I'pslllts in IHllt'h ('\lnfllsioll
;1'111 it is alrllost impossihJ(' to I'stilllatl' thl' nlh... of êlJJ," gi\"I'J1 l'l'rtific'atp."
12
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
The Select Committee on the Rf'gistration of Xurses. appointed by the
British House of Commons. ag-reed "that it is desirable that a Register of
Xurses should be kept by a central body appointed by the State. anù that.
while it is not desirable to prohihit unregistered persons from nursing for
gain, no person should he entitled to assume tlIP title 'Regi!'ìtered Xurse' whose
name is not upon the Register. This central body should be set up by Ad of
Parliament and its constitution defined in the Ad."
5. Then, too. some means of exercising professional discipline should be
C'stablished, as in other professions. Xow we have no power to exclude frc.m
Ol1r ranks those who bring discredit upon the profession.
Provision will be made for nurses coming to us from other Provinces or
countries. \Yhere there is already Reg'istration. there will, of eourse, be no
\.lifficulty. hut those not registered at all would have to pass the prescrihed
examination test, or in some other way satisf
T the Central Coull(.il of their
standing in the profession.
The aclYantages to be secured from legislation and Registration are:
1. The Graduate Xurse will be accorded her true standing in her profes-
sion. Xu one, not possessing the proper credentials, will be allowed to style
herself a trained nurse.
2. A most important adyantage will be that the public will be protected
'l'Om any imposition. Those wishing to employ untrained women will still
have the priyilege of doing so. but it will be impossible to have any misunder-
standing'. But when a trained nurse is wanted. the public will ha\Te the guar-
antee that no imposition is being practised.
:3. The doctor will also han' the guarantee that the nurse he employs has
the neeessary credentials. for she cannot po.:,.:,ess these \\Tithont passing the
prescribed lxamination and satisfying the Central Council of her fitness to be
a member of the nursing profession.
To accomplish all this we Illust stand together. \Ye must take as our motto
.. "Gnited we SUtceed." To quote again from the late )Iiss TsIa
tewart:
"There must be solidarity in our ranks, ".,. e must move steadily forward with
a definite aim and towards a definite object. There must also be cnhesion in
our ranks. such that there is nu. dissatisfaction. "\Ve must push firmly, continu-
ously. solidly and loyally towards victory, letting all minor differences of
opinion as to details and side issues stand aside till the grC'at objec-t has been
attained and 'we haye plaeed our profession in its proper position.
Iiss Dock says: "Stand by .your professionally edited journals which
are stunch in loyalty to high ideals and can do marvels in ercating public
0pinion. ' ,
"{Tnited we Succeed" must, then, be our motto. and ullited we will
succeed.
BELLA CRO
BY.
Toronto.
EDITORIAL
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
BOARD
Labrador
Miss Mayou. St. Catharines.
Newfoundland
Miss Southcott, Supt. Training School
for Nurses, Gen. Hasp., St. John's.
Miss Gilmour, Grand Falls.
Prince Edward Island
-Miss A. M. Ross, Supt. Prince Edward
Island Hospital, Charlottetown.
Cape Breton
Hrs.. Lornay, Brooklands, Sydney, N.S.
Nova Scotia
Miss PemlJerton, N.S.G.N.A., Supt. Rest-
holm Hospital, Halifax.
Miss Georgina l'ope, H.
{'C., Matron Gar-
rison HOl:ìpital, Halifax.
Miss Kirkpatrick, Supt. l'ayzant Memor-
ial Hospital, Windsor.
Miss Kirke, Supt. Victoria General Hos-
pi tal, Halifax.
New Brunswick.
Miss Hewitt, Supt. General Public Hos-
pital, St. .John.
Miss h.eene, Supt. Victoria Public Hos-
pital, Fredericton.
Quebec
!\Iiss CoUe
', C,N.A., 133 Hutcihson St.,
Mon treal.
;\li
s Collluhoun. C.K.A.. 301 Mackay St.,
Montreal.
1\1iss Emily Freeland, R... .H.A.A., 285
:1\1ountain St.,
lontreal.
Miss Hersey, Supt. ROyal Victoria Hos-
pital,
lon treal.
Miss Lewis, S.C.S.T.S.N., Supt. Maternity
Hospital, Montreal.
Miss G, .M. Molony, Supt. .Jeffrey Hale's
Hospital. Quebec. .
Miss F. 1\1. Shaw, C.N.A. T.N., St. Agatha,
Qubec.
MIss L. E. Young, Asst. Supt. Montreal
General Hospital, Montreal.
Miss 1\1. VernOn Young, M.G.H.A.A., 36
Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal.
Ontario
Mrs. V. A. Lott, B.G,N.A., Brockville.
Miss Morton, G.M,H.A.A., Supt. Gen. and
Marine Hospi tal. Collingwood
Miss MacWililams, R.A.H.A.A., Oshawa.
Miss Robinson, G,H,A.A.,
Bea\'erton, Únt.
JUrs, A, A. Anderson, G.G.H.A.A., 123
Cork St., Guelph.
Miss Deyman, 87 Victoria Avenue, Ham-
ilton.
l\IrSi. Newson, 87 Pearl St. N., Hamilton.
Mrs. Tilley, K.G,H.A.A., 228 Johnston St.,
Kingston.
;\-lIss Trout. R..-\. H..\..-\., Ft>rgus. 0"11L
l\li& 1\1. A. MacKenzie, Chief Lady Supt.
V.O.N" Somerset St" Ottawa.
Miss Meiklejohn. L.S,I.A.A., Supt. Lady
Stanley Institute, Ottawa.
1\Ii
Carson. Supt. General Hospital
Owen Sound.
Miss ;\-1. A. Ferguson. P.G.N.A.. 4,6 Bena-
cord St.. Pt:'tl:'rhoro.
Miss Barwick, T.C.R.N., 644 Spadina Ave.,
Toron to.
Miss De\'ellin, G.H.A.A., 505 Sherbourne
St., Toronto.
Miss Ewing, T.C,R.N., 569 Bathurst St.,
Toronto.
Miss Butchart, T.W.H.A.A., 563A Bloor
St. W., Torontð.
Miss 1\Ic
eil R.H,A.A., 505 Sherbourne
St.. 'l'oronto.
Miss E. R. Greene, T.G.N.C., Hospital for
Incurahles.
Miss Hodg-son, 26 Foxba.r Rd., Toronto,
Miss Jamieson. G.N,A.O., 23 Woodlawn
Ave. E., Toronto.
13
Miss Kelly, St. M.H.A.A., 507 Sherbourne
St., Toronto.
Miss Lennox, T.G.H.A,A., 107 Bedford
Rd.. Toronto.
Miss P. Murray V.H..-\.A., London. Ont.
Miss Barnard, H.S.C.A..-\., 608 Church St..
Toronto,
Miss L. L. Rogers, Supt. SchooJ
Nurses, 424 Huron St., Toronto.
Miss Ali('e J. Scott, G.N.A.O., 11 Chkora
Ave., Toronto,
Miss Amy Taylor, G.S.B., 14 Earlscourt
Apartments, Toronto,
Manitoba.
Miss Gauld, M.A.G.N., 375 Langside St.,
\Vinnipeg.
Miss Birtles, Supt. General Hospital,
Brandon.
Miss Gilroy, W.G.H.A.A., 48 Harriet St.,
'Winnipeg.
Miss Hawley, Supt. Lady Minto Hospital,
Minnedosa. Man.
Miss McKibbon, 375 Langside St., Win-
nipeg.
Mrs. 1->. H. Snider, Supt. General Hos-
pital, Neepawa, Man.
Miss I. M, Stewart, 407 Pritchard Ave.
Winnipeg.
Saskatchewan.
Miss Blal{eley, Supt. Queen Victoria Hos-
pital, Yorkton.
Miss Chalmers, Supt. Victoria Hospital,
Regina.
Miss Heales, Supt. V.O. Hospital, Mel-
fort, Sask.
Miss Shannon, Lady Supt.. V.H., Prince
Albert, Sask.
Alberta
Miss Scott. Supt. General Hospital, Cal-
gary.
Miss M. 1\1. Lamb, Fort Saskatchewan,
Alta.
Miss E. P. Mckinney, C.G,N,A., Calgary.
Miss L. Matthews, E,G.N.A., Edmonton
Miss G, A. Mitchell, Supt. Isolation Hos-
pital, Edmonton.
British Columbia
l\Ih:s Judge. Y.G.X.A.. Box 59, Yan00U\'t:'I".
Miss McDonald, Supt. Provo Royal Jubi-
lee Hospital, Victoria.
Miss Ethel Morrison, T.N.C., 1442 Elford
St., Victoria, B.C.
Miss Evans, Supt. Kootenay Lalce Gen-
eral Hospital, Nelson.
Miss Green, Supt. Gen. Hospital, Golden.
Miss Roycroft, A,A. V.G.H., Vancouver.
Yukon Territory,
Miss Burkholder, Hospital of the Good
Samaritan, Dawson,
The United States of America
Miss Stewart, Teachers' College, C,)lum-
bia University, New Yorlc.
Miss Flaws, Supt. Butterworth Hospital.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Miss Bella Crosby, 41 Rose Ave., Presi-
dent.
Miss E. B. Barwick, 644 Spadina Ave.,
Vice-President.
Miss 1\:1. E. Christie, 19 Classic Ave., Sec.-
Treas.
Miss E. Ross Greene, Supt. Hospital for
Incurables.
Miss E. J. .Jamieson, 23 Woodlawn Ave. E,
Assistant Editors,
Il
S F.
Iadeline Sha \\. Ste. .-\gathe. Que.
Miss Wilson, Supt. General Hospital,
\Vinnipeg,
Miss McFarlane, Supt. General Hospital,
Toron to.
Mrs. O'Brten, 126 McCaul St. Toronto.
Miss Hargnl\'e. B.A.. 16UO Clarkson 81..
Dpnn"I", rol.
Editor.
::\Ii
Del1a ('rosh
'. -n Rosp A \'e.
1 -t
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
OBITUARY
The death oceurred at Ottawa, x"ovemher 6th, 1910, of jliss A. Chesley,
latt' Lady
uperintendent of
t. Luke's Ho
pital. Opt'eased was horn near
Toronto ill 1 >3.JK. and canw to Otta,va with her part'nts during: her childhood.
TIer fHtlwr was the late E. J, Chesle
". of the DepHrtlllent of IndiHll Affairs,
()ttHwa. :\Iiss Chesley hegHn her career as H nurse in 1 K9:
wl1('n she e!ltel'
d
.Johns-Hopkins llospitHl, Baltimore. GraduHting from t hat ill
titution ill 1
9;)
and remained thert' for some time after as lwad nurse. On the open!llg of
S1. Luke's General 1l0spitHl. Ottawa. in Jul
', lð
)8. she took charge as Lady
uperintl'lHletlt and {'ontinued in that capHcit
" until .April last. 1910. when
owing to Sl',-ert:' ilhlf'sS from whi('h she nen
r full.," re(.overed. she was for<,ed
to se'"er Iwr {'onnection ,vith that institution. Although ,'en" il] in the sprin
Hnd t:'arly
umnH"r. she so far improvt:"d in the Hutnnm that all hegan to hope
to
f'(
IWT' regain IIPr former heHIth Hnd activity and IIPr (h-'ath ol'l'urring on
ovelllher 6th last. ,,-as as sudden HS it WHS nnexI)p(.tp(l.
he dif'ò at thf'
hospitul :"he had given her nursing- life for "the plHl'f-' slIP lun-'d," surrounded
h
" the I1I11'S('S ,vho Im"ed amI fl>
peetl'd her. By tlIP nursing profession in
Otta WH IIPr lo
is H"ry nmeh ff'lt.
hl' ,vas rl'adil
" re('ognizf':l as a leHder.
a ""oman of exct'ptiOllHI Hhilit
" and talent. with grf-'at pO\H"r of imparting
IOJO\\-ledgt', Slw ""a-- thf' first Prl'sident of tIll" Ottawa GracIuatt:'
nrses
\s-
s()(,lation Hnd in eOlllIPetion ,vith sf-'veral other nurses was instrllTllelltal in-
starting "('(,l1tral Rf'gistr
- for Xur
es" at Otta"-H. But slH' is most mis
<,d
hy thos(
,YÍ1o IH-'st knew 111'1'. "Iler own graduatf's." whom sl1f-' WH'-; I""PI' ]'p;-d,'"
to a(h.is(' and ('ll('ourHg'l" <,'"er interest<,d in tlH-'ir sorro"'s and jO,n; Hnd rl'ad
'
tu It'nd a sym patIwtit ('HI'. The loss is tlH-'irs. and to-day 10,'"HI tpars of anprt'-
(.iation fh", from t',"pry I',\"P Hnd th'
.," will t:','er he thankful that tlw priyilt--'gp
\\'as theirs to kno,," and train nndpr till' fir
t
lIpt'}'int(,Jldt'llt of 81. L!I!\:p's
nt:'IIf'}'al Hospital.
I
I
TIlt' _\hlmmlt' .-\ssot"iation of Thp Toronto {ì-l'nel'aI ITospital 'nlS dl't'pl
!!l'il'H'd to It'arll of the sudden dt'ath on Üdolwr :!-!th of o Ill' of its valued
mem hp,'
.
I iss Hattie
I('gill.
)Ii
:-;
l('g'ill had ('ollie f,'om
Iexil'o in Sepf<.Jlllhel' for H short holiday and
,,'as prppat'ing' to "eturn ,yJH
ll sIlt' "-as s('iz("(1 ,vith H slight attHl'k of phlf'hitis
Rh(' ,vas Ïinpro,-ing and l'ycrything st:'l'llwd going ,\"(-'11. wheJl slllld('nI
' the ('all
eallJe.
JIiss
rpg:iIl g"Hduah'd in 1 R!)4
lftel' IUH'ing lost a .\"t'êlI' thruugh l'l'-
IH'atl'(1 illnl'sst--'s.
llf-' tlWll took a position iJl th<, Chil<11'('n's rIo...;pihll. Ot-
ta\\-a. \\"h('l'e
hl' l'pJllHilll-'(I till the opening of St, Lukt> 's. ()ttawa, in \\"hi(.h
illstitntioll she ,nl" appointf'd head nnrse in tllP opf'rating room, \YhiJe tl1Prp
I
r:J
TilE CASADIAN NURSE.
13
sill' had a sen'rf-' atta('k of typhoill feypr from tIll' ('ffl'('ts of whieh she al-
"
a.' s snffered.
Tn Dt'l"t'mher. l
JO
. she 'H'nt to Jlapeini, .:\Iexieo. to hl' assistant StlIH'r-
intendf'nt to
\Iiss Thornp, Iwr dasslllatt' Mud fril'ml. IIt-'rf' sill-' stndipd Span-
i;o;h and leëlrned to speak it well.
Un
\Iiss Thorup's r(.sigllatiou in Fehruary. 1
)()0. )Iiss )legilJ \\i-tS
lp-
poil!tl'd to tlw position of sl1lwrint(,IJ(lpl1t. ,,,hic'h position silt--' Iwid at tilt'
t in\(--' of IH-'r death.
(-'\'pral l'lao..;sn:ates. 1Irs. Dayis (ne!' ThOI'lle). Mild sonw friends from
.\!t-'xi('o. Wl-'nt from Toronto to tlw fl1lwr:-d :-\t .\uror:-\ on Odohpr
th. :\Jnny
ht-'alltiflll tim'al trihntps bore tpstimony of thf' 11Ì
h pstf-'pnl in "hil'h th(' dp-
partf-'c} On(-' was held.
)1 iss
J pgill's hright. happy disposition awl indomita hip eOllragf' ell-
dpart-'d her to all who knew lwr.
he wa
hplon-'ll hy ht-'r f(-'llow-workt-'l's.
idolizl'd h
- her patients. an il:spiration to all \"ho l'amp in ('ontad with Iwr
('hN"'Y optimism. an ideal Illll'Sl'. \Yhat must she han' he
'n to tlw famil
'
('irl'le! \YP dppply mourn 0111' loss, hut shp is at pPêll'P ancl for that \"P r('joic'"
To thp f:-\mily. so SOl"l'!
b'-'r('an,J. we tel
dl'r Ol1r most ",in('t-'l'p s
-mpathy,
IN MEMORIAM.
TIlt' CO\'pl'n01S of '
1. 13artholoJllPw\; IIo
pital lIayp plal'l'd a hrollze
tahh't. in memory of
\Iiss l",!a
tewart. in the ('hlll'l'h of S1. Bartholomew-
thp-Lpss. \Y.
mithfielcl (tIll' parish ("hul'l,h of the hospital), It i" phH't'd
on till' pillar [)I'ar the pew whic'h
\Iiss
tewal't o('('11pil'll. wlll'n attl'ndillg' SPl"-
(;il't' tllPre, for so man." ,\ (-'ars. and it "as in al'l'Ol'tlalll'p with hpl' klllnnl ,,
ish
that all." 1\J(,lllol'ial to ht'r should 1)(' in this position. Tht' t:-\hlt't ",hil'h i
of
l'oll\'elltiOlIêlI dpsign. is pngran'ù with thl-'
t('wal't ('oat of a1'lIl
\yith tlll
thistlp. till' national Howpr of
c'otlallcl, on pitllPr sidp. and h('êU'S tilt-' fol-
lowing insl'l'iption: "111 JlplllUl'." of Isla
tt'wart. for
:
.'.t-'al's (frotH 18
7-
HIlO) .:\Iatron and S11pl'l'intplHlf'llt of XUl'sing at St. Bal'thoIOlIlP"-'s Hospital.
",ho {lipd on tlw 6th :\1:-\1'I'h, 1910. This tHhlpt i", Pl'('l,tpd hy tilt' Gm'('I'nOI's,
as a tokc.n of respl't.t and I'stpem. . nigh sal'riflef'. and la hOllJ' \YÌt hOllt pall"'p.
I
n'll to the' dl-'ath.' July. 1010. "- Bl'itish .Jollrnal of
\II'sillg.
1-
16
THE CANADIAS NURSE.
1Eðitnrial
APPRECIATION.
It is 'with deep regret that we
my farewell to our Editor. Dr. )Iac)Iurchy.
who has hren t1lf'
talllwh friend of thE' nurse
so long and who ha
done such
splendid work in establishing Tlw Canadian
urse. "Then Dr. .1\Iac)Iurchy
first consented to do this work, it was with the understanding that a nurse
would be fomid as soon as po
sible to takp it oYer. o:;he has complet
d her
sixth yoluuH'. 'Yhat ('an we say to her oft repeated a
surance that she was
ready always to hand the work oYer to a nurse, hut that \ye ha\'e been
guilty of imposition. Tllf' Editorial Board wish to record their deep appre('ia-
tion of her faithful and painstaking work always so cheerfully done for tlw
.Journal, and her untiring efforts in it
lwhalf. 1lonp-," cannot pa
- for what
she has done. \Ye are glad to retain her for our friend and ad\.iser. for
,,-e know her interest in the Journal and in the nursing profession wiIÌ always
he warm and true.
THE CANADIAN NURSE EDITORIAL BOARD.
The ('anadian Xur-se Editorial Board dl'sire
to acknowledge the kind-
ness and genprosity of )11'. John Ross Robertson, \,"ho so ,Yillingly gave his
aùyice when we wanted to become incorporated and who made that :-5tep ea:-5Y
for us h
- hearing aU the expense incurred. \Ye feel that we cannot be too
gratetul to
Ir. Rohert
on for al] his help in this important work. The Board
("an now carryon tIlt' work incidental to the editing of the Journal in an ap-
proved way. The agreement with The Canadian Xurse Publishing Company
makes that Company responsihll' for the printing and husiness management
ot tl1(' .Journal, and in ex('hange for this they ohtain all the profits oyer and
aho\"e olH'-fifth. whidl goes to defray the expense of the editorial work.
The Board looks forwar<<l to the time when the ,Journal ,,,ill he entirely
llIanagNl h
- the nurses. hut to do this r('(luires money in our treasury. It was
with this ohjeet in \Tip\\, that .. Thp 'Canadian X urse Fund" wa
tarted. It
grows very slowly. If the nnrses of Canada wish to makp this po
ihle, let
liS spt aside a small part of onr income. send it to tlw Trl'asurpr of the Board.
l!) Classic- AYe.. Torollto. and thc...e dsions, tlH'se ideals will not be long in
hel'oming a(.tual faets,
A CANADIAN NURSE HONORED.
The Isahel Hampton Robh Scholarship at Teachers' College, Columbia
rniyerf.;ity :\PW York, \Ya
latE'ly instituted ill memor.,. of the latp )Irs. Hohll.
who did so llllWh for the higlwr echwation of nnrst's. h,'. )ft.s. .Jenkins. of :\ew
York. One of the first to he awarded this scholarship is )Iiss :\Iary Alice
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
17
Smeeton. a graduatE' of Toronto General HospitaL Class '08. )Iiss
neeton
has bpE'n taking the course> in Hospital Economi('s at Tpac}lPrs' College. We
ongratulah' )Iiss Smeeton on tllt' a"'ard and are proud to claim her a Cana-
:lian.
THE ROYAL NURSE.
It is not generally known that. permanently attached now to the Staff
of the Royal Household. is a highly-qualified nurse. This lad
is :\Iiss
Fletcher, R.R.U., who was called in from the Xursing [lome of )Iiss Ethel
)IcCaul, R.R.C., by Sir Frederick Treves when His :\Iajesty had to undergo
his seyere operation almost on the eve of the date originally appointed for
the Coronation. Together with )Iiss Haine::-., summoned from the London Hos-
pital, and now matron of the Home for lnyalided Officers at Osborne House,
)Iis
Fleteher nursed His )Iajecty until his recovery was completed, accom-
panying him on the last stage of convalescence spent on board the Royal yacht.
ince tlwn the Princess Yictoria undenyent an operation, and )Iiss Fletcher
was again in attendanee. )Iiss Fletcher has only recently been ahsent on a
short holiday. hut has rP1urnpd. and will he in ('hief charge of the nursing
arrangements. The King latf'ly hestowed upon her the decoration of the Royal
Hed Cross.
(
ueen Alexandra's interest in all that concerns nursing is well known,
and the whole profession has benefited by her constant support of the Ro
'al
Xational Pension Fund for Xurses. 'Yhenf'ver nursps are called in for duty
in attendance on any members of the Royal family, the Queen is most careful
to Sçf' that all regulations of their hospital or institution as to hours off duty,
r('st. meals. and so forth are most carefully observed. In this way the nurses
are able to give their best attention to their illustrious patif'nts, and those
who haye been called in to nurse at the Palace speak emphatically of the kind
consideration and appreciation of their labours that the Queen in"ariahly mani-
ff'sts.
London Daily Telegraph.
A WINTER HOME,
Á\ neat pamphlet. heautifully and fittingly illustrated. containing an
account of tllP work of the Heather Club, particularly in its ('are of the ten
littlE' chiIdrf'n at the> new Pavilion for children afflicted with tuhereulosis,
has rpcpntly l"onw to hand. The Heather Club deserveo;; unstinted prai8e for
the way in whieh this work has been carried on, and must be justly proud
of those mf'B1 hers who so generously came forward and devotpd two or three
weeks to the ('arE' of thesp chil(lrpn. Xow a "Tinter Home is wantpd for thesp
little sufferers. for it is diffil"ult to crf'ate the prop('r eonditions in thcir own
hon1Ps.
ray this. too. soon be forthcoming for the help and enconragement
of thes(' indefatigahle workers.
1,'"'
THE CANADIA.V XURSE.
THE ST, JOHN'S AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION,
uh.1f-'ct to modific'ation. aUlPndm('nt or approval by the parent as;;;OCla-
tioll at 81. .John's Oatt.'. London. EnghllHL a Canadian branch of the 81. John
Ambulance As:>otiation has lwen organizPtL Tlw mpptings were hdd at Ottawa.
in the offi(.p of Dr,
fontizamb('rt. Director <:eneral of Public Health. Ottawa.
Among these> è\ttending wprp: Col. Ja
. :Mason. 'V. K. Gporgp. Dr. C. À.
lIodgt'tts. Toronto. and )la.1or Lal'e
'-.]ohllston. of ,jlontnal. Oth('rs present
w(>r('; )1.., lh\roltl HI'ulton. :\1. V ,0.. Honorary Commissioner of Canada; espe-
(-ialJ
' appointed b.\' II. R. 11. the Prin('e of 'Vales. U-rand Prior of the Ordpr
of tIlt' IIospital of fit. .John of .Jernsalpm. of whieh the ambulante assoeiation
is tht> working }
od
'; Dr. ::\1ontizambf'rt. Sir Louis H. Dayips. :\11', ,J. :\1. l'our1-
1l('
O. C.)'I.G.. :\f1'. James :\Ianuel.
1r. Geo. Burn. Col. Irwin. C.:\I.G.. J. F.
Ol'dt,. K.C.. and ,jI.., Pred Cook. Ading 8('('rptary.
A t'on"titution was adoptptl. whieh proyides for the estahli-.;hmC'nt of pro-
\'irH'i
d. 10raI and raih\'ay ('C'ntres. LoeaI cpntrp
will be' snbjed to tht l'f'ntral
or p,'oyineial bodi.:s. hut nnorganizNI distrids will 1}1-> und('r the' .1nri
Ji"tion
of tlw ('pntral bod
' at Ottawa, RaiIwa
' t'pntr('
will be s('If-goyprnjn
and
will' ":'pm't ammaII,\' f't) tI,p (,Plltral ('OlIlH,iI.
\lrf'ady t1v Canadian Pa,
fi(
naiIwa
' has shown it..; intprt'st in thr work h
' starting' a first aid hralH,h .u
('OBll(' tion \\'i1h its
\ng'lIs shops, Hnd it is now tIll' intpntion I f the COlllpèm
' tc.
pxt"'HI thl' \\"tn-k O\'P" it
('ntirp s,\'sh>m. Thf-' O,'and Trunk Raih\'êl
' and Can-
adian Kol'Ìlll'rn m'p also intl'rpstpd. and tIp. :\finister of Raihn\
Os has undpr-
tak('n to iI1Ì1"'I''Ì tIlt' Int(,,'
.()l()nial.
Offil'I'J"S of tIll' ('(,HtraI eouneiI wt:'rp ph'decl as fdIII""s: PatrH1. tllP (}O\"-'\'-
nm'-(";enPJ'al; Patron('ss. Lad
' O"Py; Yit'f'-Patrons. thr Lieutf'nant-Governors of
thp p,'O\'ir)('('s and tlH' ('olJlmissiont=>J" of the Yukon; ITon. President. Rt. Hon,
:,. 'Yilfri(] LèIlll'ipr: PJ'(>sidpnt of tb:> Con r wi1. Dr, :\Lmtizambert. Dirr
.tor-
(:('n('r:.l1 of Pllhli,. 11 ('aIth : Yie('-Prpsidl'nt'"i. :\1ps;;rs. W. K, nporgr. Toronto. anrl
Gpo. E. Drnmmond. l\font,'(-'-:.tl: TIon. Trf'asnrpr.
h'. Gpo. Burn. Gpncral
fan-
a!!'p,' nf th.> Bank of Ottawa,
Tlw np'\f èH1flua I m"f'1ing- will h,. hnld in Ott:nnl in Ft'hrllm'
', 1 !111, It
is hnpf'd in tlH' npar futnr!' tl) f>\;\tflhli..;h a fal'tnry in Ottawa fl)r the> prorllw-
tion (If tll" snppIips ,wecl('d.
TIIP IwalltiflllIy Hl'tisti(. FlorpnN' Xi,!'htin
!'HI(' CaI(>IHlal'. (Juhlíshpd h,' tllt
n. X. .-\. 0.. Wê\S JJlI1('h ê\Pln'(
('iê\t(
d hy tllP rJm'sps. Only a ff.\\O of tlU'1I1 al'('
'('H. \Yritp to JII''"i,
IilI-Pf-'llê\tt. 7 \y"IJs
t.. TOl'onto. amI sp("ur(' OIlC'. YOII
will he glê\d to pr('''wr\ P t1w photogt'aph.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
19
OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT.
.
""'\ - ..--
i: -.. '.';;- '._
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military
Nursing Service,
The Canadian Permanent Army Medical
Service (Nursing Branch),
The Canadian Society of Superintendents
of Training Schools for Nurses.-
President, Miss Brent, Superinten-
dent Hospital for Sick Children, To-
ronto; Secretary, Miss Scott, Sup-
erintendent Grace Hospital, Toronto.
The Canadian National Association of
Trained Nurses. - President, Miss
Snively, Toronto
neral Hospital;
Sec. Treas., Miss F. M. Shaw, Gen-
eral Hospital, Montreal.
The Association of Hospital Superinten-
dents of Canada.-President, Mr. H.
E. Webster, Secretary Royal Victoria
Hospital, Montreal; Secretary, Dr. J.
N. E. Brown, Medical Supt. General
Hospital, Toronto.
The Canadian Nurses. Assoclatlon.-
President, Miss Phillips, 45 Argyle
A ve, Montreal; Cor. Secretar
', Miss
Colley, 133 Hutchison St.; Rec, Sec.,
Miss Phillips. 45 Argyle .-\ ve.
The Manitoba Association of Graduate
Nurses.-President, Mrs. Bruce HilI,
Corner ÐlIice and Carlton Streets,
Winnipeg; Secretary, Miss Isabea
Gauld, 375 Langside St., Wim1ipeg.
The Nova Scotia Graduate Nurses' As-
soclation.-President, Miss Pember-
ton, "Restholm," Halifax; Secretary,
Miss Kirke, Supt. Victoria General
Hospital, Halifax.
The Graduate Nurses' Association of
Ontario.-Pesident
Iiss Bella Cros-
by 41 Rose Ave., Cor. Secretary, "'\Iiss
Edith Hargya ve, 146 'Yinchester St.;
Rec. Sec., l\Iiss E. R. Greene. Hos-
pital for Incurables. Toronto,
The Victorian Order of Nurses.-Miss
Mackenzie, Chief Superintendent, 578
Somerset St., Ottawa.
The Guild of St. Barnabas for Nurses.
The Brockvllle Graduate Nurses' Asso-
clatlon.-President, Mrs. V. A. Lott;
Sec.. Miss M. Ringer.
The Collingwood G. and M. Hospital
Alumnae Asoclatlon.-President, Miss
Knox; Secretary, Miss .T. E. Carr, Col-
lingwood.
The Calgary Graduate Nurses' Assocla-
tlon.-President, Miss Dewar, 824 4th.
Ave. West; Secretary, Miss Ruther-
ford, 506 4th St. West.
The Edmonton Graduate Nurses' Asso-
clation.-President, M1'8, R. Knei1l;
Secretary, Mrs. Mason, 630 Sixth St.
Edmonton.
The Ottawa Graduate Nurses' Assocla-
tion.-President, :\Irs. Duuglas, 361)
Daly A ,-e. Ottawa; Secretary, 1\1iss
Snow, Kurses' Club. Somerset St.. Ot-
tawa.
The Fergus Royal Alexandra Hospital
Alumnae Association,-President,
\Iiss
Lloyd. Durham. Ont.; Sec.. Miss North
Harriston. Fergus.
The Galt General Hospital Alumnae As-
sociatlon.-Presldent, Mrs. Wardlaw;
Secretary. Miss Adair.
The Guelph General Hospital Alumnae
Association. -President. Mrs. A. An-
derson; COl' Secy.. M's
J. E. Ander-
80n.
The Hamilton City Hospital Alumnae As-
sociatlon.-President, Miss Coleman;
Cor. Secy., Miss Aitken.
The London Victoria Hospital Alumnae
Association.-President, Miss Lyons;
Sec.. Miss Roche, Victoria Hospital,
London, On t,
The Kingston General Hospital Alumnae
Assoclation.-President, Miss Frances
Wilson, Union St., Kingston; Secy,
Mrs. W. J. Crothers, Jr., 86 Barrie
St.
The Montreal General Hospital Alumnae
Association.-President, Miss K. H.
Brock, 59 Park' Ave., Montreal; Cor.
Secy., Miss S. Ethel Brown, 26 Mel-
bourne Ave., Westmount.
The Montreal Royal Victoria Hospital
Alumnae Association. - President.
Miss Grant; Secretary, Mrs. Edward
Roberts. 135 Colonial Ave., Montreal,
The Ottawa Lady Stanley Institute Alum-
nae Assoclatlon.-President, Mrs. C.
T. Ballantyne; Secy.-Treas., Miss M.
K. Gallaher.
The St. Catharlnes G. and M. Hospital
Alumnae Association-President, Mls8
L. Tuck; Secretary, Miss E. M. El-
liott.
The Toronto Central Registry of Gradu-
ate Nurses,-Registrar, Mrs. Downey,
554 COllege St.
The Toronto General Hospital Alumnae
Assoclatlon.-Presldent, Mrs. A. E,
Findlay, 649 Church St.; Cor. Secy.,
:Mrs. N. Aubin.
The Toronto Grace Hospital Alumnae
Associatlon.-Presldent, Miss De Vel-
lin, 505 Sherbourne St. ; Secretary,
Miss Allen, 9 Pembroke St.
The Toronto Graduate Nurses' Club.-
President, Miss Connor. 418 Sumach
St.; Sec. Miss E. Ross Greene, -lIb
Sumach St.
The Toronto Hospital for Sick Children
Alumnae Association.-President, Miss
L. L. Rogers; Cor. See" Miss Isaacs.
Baldwin St.
The Toronto Rlverdale Isolation Hos-
pital Alumnae Assoclatlon.-Presl-
dent, MI!"s Mathieson, Supt. River-
rale, Isolation Hospital; Secretary,
Miss Muriel Gale, Riverdale Isolation
Hospital.
The Toronto st. Michael's Hospital Alum-
nae Assoclatlon.-President, Miss
Power, 9 Pembroke St.; Secretary,
Miss O'Mara, 9 Pembroke St.
The Toronto Western Hospital Alumnae
Assoclatlon.-Presldent, Mrs. McCon-
nell, 125 Major St.; Cor. Secy., Mis&
Butchart, 563 Bloor St. W.
The Winnipeg General Hospital Alum-
nae Association. - President, Miss
Johns, Winnipeg General Hospital;
Secy.-Treas., Miss Hood, 367 Lang--
side St.
The Vancouver Graduate Nurses' As-
soclatlon.-Presldent, Mrs. W. F.
Salsbury, 1340 Burnaby St.; Secretary,
Miss Ruth Judge, General Hospital,
Vancouver.
The Vancouver General Hospital Alum-
nae Association. - President, Mis8
M. Beharrel, Asst. Supt. V.G.H., Van-
couver; Secretary, Miss M. Wilson,
1657 Burnaby St., Vancouver, B.C.
The Victoria Trained Nurses' Club-PresI-
dent, Miss M. McNaughton-Jones
Secretaries, Mis
H. G. Turner and
Miss Ethel Morrison, 1442 Elford St.,
Victoria.
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TIlE CAN AD/AN NURSE.
.
VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES, OTTAWA.
In the Royal Charter of the Victorian Order of
nrses for Canada, one of
the objects set forth is "To supply nursps thoroughly trained in Hospital ana
District Xursing, and subject to one central authority, for the nursing of the
sick who arc unable to obtain trained nursing in their own homes both in town
and countQ' distrids.
The Centn:1l 4\uthority nlPutioned is the Board of (;ovt>rnors.. This is a
body corporate and politic and is cunstituted as follows: His Excellency, thE"
Governor-General, as Patrun of the Order, shall appoint fiyc l1lemlwrs; the
Board of .:\Imlagf'ment of each Ijocal Association having' an annuè11 inconlt-' of at
least five hUJah t'd duJlars. shall appoint one memher, and an additional member
for every additional one thousand dollars of annual income; tIw Canadian .:\Iedi-
c.al Association shal] appoint two members. and each Provincial :\Ipdical Associa-
tion shall appoint onf' member. That is a very representative hody. and it is the
idea of this Cf'ntral Authorit.', which binds together all the 4\ssociations of the
Dominion. Thf'l'P is no division, no East or 'Vest. to tIll' Vietol'ian Order, The
Dominion, the field of tIlt' Order's activities, is one united whoIp, The Oi"der is
one united body. hound together by a lively, loving interest in each and f'\'('ry
matter, affe
ting any of its branches. The nm-ses. once admittt'd hy the Board
of Governors to tllf' ranks of the Victorian Order, become from that time on
memhers of the Orrl('r, and, as such, are bound together by anothei' tie. the tie of
ordership, added to the tip, which binds all graduate nm'ses tog-(
thl'l'. Thl1..; tlWl'E"
is a bond of s.vmI>ath
T, of good fellowship, running through tIlf' lInr...:{";-; of the-
Order, like a g'olden thread, accomplishing what is so dpsired, SO longed for now-
adays-unity and harmony. To the nnrses of the Ordt:'r bt'longs thl' sat're:J duty
of keeping that thread llnlwoken and thus preserving illta(.t tll(' heauty, strength,
and harmony of t11f'ir national district nursing organization.
A pust-grHduate conrsp in District Xursillg-four mouth!o;- -is gin'l] at one
of HIP training centres of the Orùer: Otta\ya,
Iontreal, Toronto, \Yillnipeg. FOl-
full information apply to the Chief Superintendent, Jï
Olllers('t Htl'pet,
Ottawa; to tl1P District
uperintl'ndent. 29 Bishop Htre
t. )Iontreal; to the
Di
trict Superintpndent, 206 Spac1ina .A vcnue. Toronto; or to the District
Superintendent, 14;)
herbrooke Street, "Tinnipeg, ::\lan.
TIlE CANADIAN NURSE.
21
THE GRADUATE NURSES' ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO.
(INCORPORATED 1908).
President, Miss Bella Crosby, 41 Rose Ave, Toronto; First Vice-President,
Miss A. I. Robinson, Galt; Second Vice-President,
[rs. \V. S. Tilley, Kingston;
Recording Secretary, Miss E. Ross Greene, Hospital for Incurables, Toronto;
Corresponding Secretary, Miss Lucy Bowling, 47 Metcalfe St" Toronto; Treasurer,
fiss Mary Gray, 505 Sherbourne St., Toronto. Board of Directors-Miss L. C.
Brent, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Miss A. J. Scott, 1 I Chicora .hoe.,
Toronto; Miss K. Mathieson, Riverdale Hospital, Toronto; 1\Irs. Mill Pellatt,
7 \Vells St., Toronto; Miss E. B. Barwick, 644 Spadina Ave. Toronto; Mrs.
Downey, 554 College St., Toronto; Miss Janet Neilson, 295 Carlton St., ; Toronto,
Miss J. C. Wardell, Delaware Ave. Toronto; Mrs. Yorke, 400 Manning Ave.,
Toronto; Miss M. L. Barnard, 608 Church St., Toronto; Miss Ewing 569 Bath-
urst St., Toronto; Miss O'Connor, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto; Miss
Kennedy, I Lakeview A\'e., Toronto; Miss Jamieson, 107 MÄcpherson Ave.,
Toronto; :\Iiss De Vellin, 505 Sherbourne St., Toronto. Conveners of Standing
Committees-Legislation, Miss Mill Pellatt; Revision of Constitution and By-
Laws, Miss M. J. Kennedy. Press and Publication, Miss Brent. Representatives
to The Canadian Nurse Editorial Board, Miss A. J. Scott, Miss E. J. Jamieson.
Representatives to Local Council of ,"Tomen, Misses Neilson, Wardell, Irvine and
Smith.
The Executive of the G. X. A. O. met at The Residence, Hospital for
ick
Childrf'n, on Tne
clay f','ening, Xovemhcr 22nd; pight members present. After
the disposal of rontine business and the reception of three new membel'S, the
Convener of the legislation Committee WRS asked to give her report. The Com-
mittee had had a proposed Bill drafted, and recommended that we go forward
to try to obtain leg,islation at the next session of the Provincial Legislature amI
that a general meeting of the Association be called to decide the question. The
President was asked to visit as man
' of the Associations of Graduate Xurses ill
the Province as possihle lwfore the general meeting.
The President reported her visit to London. meeting thp nurses of Victoria
Hospital, St. .Jos('ph's Ho-,pital and the Hospital for the Insane; to
t. Thomas.
vv oodstock and Htratfol'd. The nurses are all interested in registration and are
nxious to have steps taken to se
nre it.
The draft of the proposed Bill was read, but discussion was deferred till the
general meeting.
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THE CANADIAN NURßE.
THE CANADIAN NURSES' ASSOCIATION AND REGISTER FOR GRADU-
ATE NURSES-ESTABLISHED 1895-INCORPORTED 1901.
President-l\Iiss PhilJips.
Vice-Presidents-l\Iiss Tedford and l\iiss Qolquhoun.
Treasurer-l\Iiss Des Brisay.
Registrar-l\Irs. Berch, 175 l\Iansfield Street.
Reading Room-The Lindsay Building, Room 611, 518 St. Cathprine Street
"T est.
Lectures-From November until l\Iay, inclusive, in the J[ediro-ChirnrgicaJ
Societ
y Rooms, the first Tuesday in the month, at 8 p.m.
The
olllmittec held the wmal monthly meeting in their room in the
Lindsay Building. Sixteen nurses were proposed for membership. two out of
this numbEr are fortunate enough to he able to pnt R. X. after their namps.
The second If'cture of the season was given in the )Iedi('o-'l::hirurgical
rooms by Dr. Little. His subject was obstetric
. and he dcalt with his treat-
ment for eclampsia. breast treatment. hemorrhage. etc. "T e hope to be ahh'
to give the readers of the Xllrses' .Journal the privilE'ge of reading tilt" wholt,
lecture at a latter date.
There was a large number of nurst's prespnt who thoroughly enjoYptl
the lecture. .As usual coffee and ('ake wen' served beforp the mpf'tillg dosed.
Quite a l1muhpr of nurses attended thf' l('cture giy('n b
. Prof. \Yhitupy.
of Philadelphia, on defedive sehool ehildren. lIe came to Jlontreal to If'c-
ture to tlw Loeal Couneil of \Vomen. The lecturf' was lUuch enjoyed h
. alJ
who Wf're able to attend.
)[rs. Shennan. who has heen ill in the \Vestern Gplwra] for the past
month. is convalescent.
Jlrs. Trail's many friends are sending congratulations to her 011 the
hirth of a daughter. She is now living in P,.inep .-\I1)(>l't. Sash:.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
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CANADIAN DISTRICT
MONTREAL-St. John Evangelist, first Tuesday Holy Communion at M. G. H., 615 a.m
Second Tuesday, Guild Service or Social Meeting, 4- p.m. Third Tuesda:r, Guild Service
at St. John's, 8.15 p.m. Last Tuesday Holy Communion at R. V. H., 6.15 a.m.
Distriel ChaPlain-Rev. Arthur French, 158 Mance Street.
District Superior-Miss Stikeman, 216 Drummond Street.
District Secretary-Miss M. Young, 36 Sherbrooke Street.
District Treasurer-Mrs. Messurvy, 37 Church Street.
TORONTO-St. Augustine's Parish House, 8 Spruce Street, last Monday, 8 p.m.
Chaplain-Rev. F. G. Plummer.
Superior-Miss Brent.
QUEBEC-All Saints Chapel, The Close. Guild service, fourth Tuesda}', 8.15 p,m.
ChapZain- The very Rev. the Dean of Quebec.
Superior-Mrs. \\Tilliams, The Close.
NURSING IN PARAGUAY.
A
hort time after I reached the Chaco I had a rather seriou
illness,
when I was carefully ànd lovingly tended by an Indian woman, one of the
most advanced Christians. who had been carefully taught simple household
work. I resolved to do what I could to train this women to nurse her fellow-
women and to care for the
'oung children on the stations; and it has been
a real joy to see the interest she has taken and the progress she has made.
She was held responsihle for reporting cases of sickness and was expected to
bring any child or unwilling patient up for treatment. For an Indian. she
is a strong woman .with a good deal of influence over her people. She has
heen my companion and assistant in nursing work for some time. and
through her I have gained a knowledge of the women which I
hould have
found difficult to acquire otherwise. She can be trusted to undertake sim-
ple nursing duties. and even to tak(' a temperature. 'Ve fe('l ollr
time is better spent in training Indian 'Yomen to nnrse the Indians
be their capabilitie
ever so small and the standard of efficiency reaclwd but
a low one. than doing all the work one's self. and ke('ping the women fre('
from all responsibilities. Xo people will rise if never given any responsibility.
-(Extracts from a nlus("s letter).
Rev. C. A. Seager has kindly cons('nted to give his illn
trated lecture
on "British Columbia" and "Th(' Hospital Boat Columbia," in th(' bas('-
ment of St. Augustine'
Church on .:\Ionday, .Januar
' 30th. at B p.m. _-\ll
nurses are cordially invited to attend.
-!
THE CANADIAN NURSE
,
fly
tallnp
l1dl nf (@uirt
"PATIENCE. "
Patien<,e, that perfect self-control which cnahles us to bear the heat
and toil of the day, the wear and tear of life; to give back a gentle word
to the rongh and ungracious, to wait. to plod on, to endure-how difficult
thi", virtne is to acquirt
!
I do not mean indifference 'which does not carc. or resignation which
does not hope, but the patience which wails and hopes, feeling that the
reward will come one day, that the silver lining to the ('loud is there. and
that it will sh0'\' itself one day if we only wait. }}atiC'nce ean earry wo;
ov('r a mountain where impatience would kid\: at a 1ll01('-hilI: it is tIll' great-
pst help in life, but it takes a grand natnre to lw pel'fpetly patiplIt.
To be patient with the stupidity. ingratitude. irritahility. and failing
of others, and the shortcomings of onrseln:>s, seems diffienIt, and we sonH'-
times need all onr will-power to keep ourselvt's under abRolnte eontrol; hut
to be patient ,,
ith the small worrie!'t of life is more diffic'nlt. Patient IWoplc"
will wait quietly withont working thcmse!\'cs into
ul nnnecesRary fury.
and instead of making everyone else impatient. they. with their patience.
,,'hich is sc->lf-coutrol. will make th(-' way easipr for otlwrs.-Thc' XUl'sing-
l'imeg.
THE CAj\/ADIA
V NURSE
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THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK
CHILDREN TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES, TORONTO,
Officers of the Alumnae Association of the Hospital for Sick Children
Training School for Xurses, Toronto:
Hon. President-:i\Iiss Brent.
President-l\Iiss Lina Rogers, 33
Iajor St.
First Vice-President-.Miss .:\1. Ewing, 569 Bathurst St.
econd Vice-President-::\Iiss A. Robertson, 182 \Valmer Road.
Recording Secretary-:\Iiss
Ionk, 664 Ontario St.
Corresponding Secretary-l'Iiss B. Goodall, 666 Euclid Ave.
Treasurer-l'Iiss )1. \Vilson, 47 Brunswick Ave.
Directors-l'Iiss E. Jamieson, 107 l'Iacphf'rson Ave.; )Iiss Charters, 425
Carlton St.; l'Iiss G. Gowans, 5 Dupont 8t).
Convener of General Business Committee-l\Iiss Ewing. 569 Bathurst St.
Convener of Sisk Yisiting Committee-l'Iiss G. Gowans, 5 Dupont St.
Press Representative- ,Irs. H. E. ('luttprlnwk, 148 Gracf' St.
Canadian Nurse-l\Iiss 1'1. Barnard. 608 Church St.
Invalid Cooking-)Iiss
Iary Gra.". 505 Sherbourne St.
Central Registry-l\Iiss :\IeCuaig. 603 Ontario St,;
\Iiss Gray, 503 Sher-
bourne St.
GRACE HOSPITAL ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION.
President-l\Iiss De V ellin.
First Vice-President-l\-liss l'IcKeown.
Second Vice-President-
Iiss :Mc
Iinan.
Secretary-l'Iiss Allen.
Treasurer-l'Iiss Wixon (by acclamation).
Board of Directors-l'Iiss Carnochan, l'Iiss
Ionery,
Iiss Soane, :Mis8
Etta l'IacPherson and :l\1iss Thompson.
Social Committee-l'Iiss Shatford, l\Irs. Corrigan and l\Iiss Webster
Sick Committee-:Misses Irvine and Gibson.
Convener of Programme Committee-:Miss :Mel'Iillan.
Convener of Press and Publicity Committee-l\Iiss Bell.
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF THE HAMILTON CITY HOSPITAL.
President-
Iiðs I. )1. Carr, Asylum, Hamilton.
Vit'e-Prt>sident-l\Iiss Lucina 1'1. \Vatson. 87 Victoria Ave. E.
Secretar;y-:Jliss E_ D. tHreet, 200 Hughson St. X.
Tn>asurer-l\Iiss Lewella Hannah. City Hospital.
Corre-,;pollding Secretary-l'Irs. l\Iarg:aret Reynolds, 87 Yietol.ia Ave, S.
Executive Committee-l'Iiss Kate Dressel, 52 Charlton Ave. E.; )[1S8
.:\Iargaret \Vall,-er. 200 Hughson St.
.; :\Iiss Hallie 1\1. Coleman. .J amps Ht. R.;
::\Iiss Annie P. Kerr, \Vest Avenue X.; :Jliss E. F. Deyman. 87 Victoria Ave. So
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION, TORONTO GENERAL
HOSPIT AL,
President-
irs. Findlay.
First Vice-President-
Iiss Ellis.
Second Vice-President-
Irs. H. RichIe.
Corresponding Secretary-l\Irs. Aubin.
Recording Secretary-:Miss Janet Neilson.
Treasurer-l\Irs. Pellatt, 7 Wells St.
Board of Directors-l\Irs.
IcPherson, l\Iiss l\-Iary Roberts, :l\Iiss Cowllng.
Conveners of Committees:
Sick Visiting-l\Iiss Brereton.
Registration-l\Iiss Bella Crosby.
Programme-l\Iiss l\1. E. Christie.
Social and Lookout-l\Iiss Kilgour.
Press and Publication-:Uiss Julia Stewart.
Central Registry-l\Iiss Kate Snodgrass, :Miss H. B. Fralick.
Canadian Nurse Rf'presentative-l\Iiss Lennox, 107 Bedford Rd.
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL
,TORONTO,
1'r(--'!'.;ident-J1Iiss 1'ow\'r, !J Pemhroke
t.
First \'ïee-Prpsidc'nt-:\Iiss 0 'Connor. St.
Ii<.'lla(--'l's lIospital.
Second YicP-1'rp
iùent-
liss R
-al1. -!!J1 Broadyiew A n
.
Speretar.,--
Iiss 0 '
Ieara.
, 1'emh1'okp St.
Tr(--'asl1r('r-
Iiss
laeXe,'in. 68li Euclid A y('.
Board of Dirp("Ìol's-)Iiss t;-l'pene, Hospital fOt. IlIc.urabl('s:
Iis:-- KelI.'...
tiO Em'lid Aye,: )liss Blaney, :37
Onhtrio Rt.
.8ec.-TreHs. Sick Benefit Fund-
Iiss U'( 'OUlIO"
Repr('
elltatiYes on Centnil I-h>gistr.,- COllllllittl'(>----J)Iiss Gr
f-'lle and
ris,.;,
Kimmdt. -ll R
mn He h 81.
H t'IH'('sC'ntati H' .. TllP Canadian :'\:11 r!-.p "-
I is
tllhht'l.fipl d. I IOIllP II os-
pitaL Glouef!ster St.
THE CASADIAX NURSE.
7
HOSPITALS AND NURSES
:\Iiss ::\IcLeod, V.O.
., has been appointed Superintendent of the Rosamond
.:\Iemorial IIo-;pital,
\lmonte, Onto
.:\Iiss Steeves, V.O.X., is in charge of the Queen Victoria Hospital, S\\all
Ri,-er,
lan.
Jliss Kier has left for \Yinnipeg, and i
to be on the Vi
torian Order Di
-
trict
ursing staff there.
.:\1i5s
\l. .:\lardonald, l''-.O.
., is ill charge of the Yarmouth District.
.:\liss Helen Boyle. '1<', has secured a position in Hubbard .l\Iemorial
Hospital. Bad
--\.xe. Jlich., anLl :\1iss Rose Hargitt, of the same clas::ì in a hos-
pital. Ithat:a,
ew York.
liss Alice HaIrison. dass '10.
t. Joseph '8, I..Jondon, who has been ill
since her graduation in June. is now able to begin her duties. London is to
hp her fidd of labor.
Of the class of 19] O. St. .Joseph's, London. ::\Iiss Ali(>e Harrison. .:\[is
ophia Flynn. :
\Iiss Verda Fotheringham. .:\Iiss .:\Ielissp (Hto. and JIiss Lottie
Kenny, have deeided to remain in the city, where they have every prospeet of
heing successfully employed.
.:\lis
Gertl'ud(> Connor, 309, and :
\[iss Katie .Jamps. '10,
t. ,Joseph's.
Londou. haTe cllO
en Flint. l\Iich.. for their field of lahor.
Iis
It'pnp
impson, '09. is home on a vi..,it to Iu-'r parpnts. She has hl'f'n
very succpssful in Pontiac. :\1ich.
.:\1rs. 01'1' (nee Halbhans) is spending somE' wPpks in En
land and on
the Continent. /
A rommittep of nurses has been formed in Cal('ntta to organi/.e an 1111 India
Xlln;ps' ':\lplllorial to ::\Iiss Florence Xightingalp.-Briti<.;h .Tournal of Xnrsing,
.:\Iiso.; Hatch. graduate Toronto Genpral Hospital. has hE'pn appointed to
the staff of School Xnrsps. This gives tlIP Snperilltpndent of School Xl1rsps H
taff of thrE'e.
.:\Iiss Trout. Lady Superintendent Royal Alpxandra Hospital, Fergus. is
convalescing aftpr an operation for appendicitis.
:\liss Ri('hmond. I at<-> of the General )[plllorial Hospital. Xew York. has
1wen appointf>d
upprintendent of Xursps Ht tlIP Roospvplt Hospital. Xew
York.
Thp Indiana State )1edical So(.iE't
- ha" asked tilE' Indiana State X ursl'S
Association to eo-operate with them along the line" of education and legisla-
tion on the ,york of prpventable hlindness. and also in the work of securing
medical inslwction of SdlOOls. (Ameriran Journal of Xursing). This is surp-
ly the ideal wa.'- of dt'aling with these prohlems whi('h cll'p of df>f>p interpst to
11Ot11 profp!';!';ions. .:\ra
- otl1Prs follow this goorl pxampJp!
:
\Iiss )1. A. Ellison. who has frequent l
' writtpn for" TIlt' Canadian X nrse:'
(,HIled at tlIP Editorial Officp. Rhe is on her wa
' haek to London. England.
Rfter a lpngtlwnpd sojourn on this rontil1Pnt. rlnring whiC'h timp she has visitE'd
R great malJ
. hospitals and gleaned mlleh informMion ahout tllf' nursing
profpssion.
riss Ellison rl'prpspnts tl1P Xnrsing .:\rïrror. of London. Englanrl,
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
On the evening of June 8th, the new St. Peter's hall. Loudon, Ont., was
crowded to witness the graduation exercises of, and the presentation of
diplomas and medals, to ten ,young ladif's of St.
T oseph'8 Hospital rrraining
School for Nurses.
The graduates were as follows: .Miss 'Sophia Flynn, :\Iiss Tena Breen,
:\Iiss Verda Fotheringham, .Hiss Alice Harri
on, :\Ii
s Lottie Kenny, of Lon-
don, Ont.; l\liss Helen BOJTle, :\Iiss Helen Howitt. Guelph, Ont.; 1Iiss Katie
James, Rodney, Ont.; :\Iiss
IeJissa Otto. New Hamùurg, Ont.: )Iiss Rose
lIargitt, Goderich, Onto
They were seated on the stage which was beautifully and arti;tically
decorated for the occasion, while the speakers of the evening and a number
of reverend clergymen, were on an especially erected p
atform in the pit of
the auditorium.
Rev. Father Aylward, Rector of 8t. Peter's Cathedral, the chairman, in
his opening address, congratulated the young ladies on their success. and
spoke to them in words of advice, now that they had launched out on their
career.
.:\Iiss Sophia Flynn was the valedictorian and her clever rendition of thp.
essay brought forth an appreciative applause from the large audience. :\Iiss
Flynn spoke with much regret on the death of Dr. John D. \Yilson. He
was a firm friend of the nurses, she said.
Dr. \Y. J. Tillman, on behalf of the doctor, addressed the gradu
tes, gIV-
ing them some good sound advief', to guide them in their future work.
Iajor Beattie and Senator Coffee were the other speakers of the evening,
The diplomas 'were conferred by Rev. Father Aylward, while )Iajor Beattie
presented the medals.
This was followed by the bestowal of the flowers of the many frienùs
of the JToung ladies by ten little girls. They entered. loaded down with :flow-
ers and singing, "\V e have come from Flowerland." Four times did the lit-
tle girls have to make trips with their arms filled with :flowers, and when after
the last time, they seated themselves, one at the feet of each graduate, the scene
was indeed a Yf'ry beautiful one. and quite the most attraetive feature, winning
the enthusiastiC' plaudits of the audience.
At the end of a very pleasing and well rendered programme, thp grad-
uates and their immediate friends adjourned to the hospital, where a dainty
I uncheon was served.
)Irs. Tighe (l\Iiss Alice Flynn), class '03, Rt. .Toseph's Hospital, London,
has passed through a very severe illness of three months' duration. Her many
friends win 1)(' pleased to learn she is rccoyering and win leave the hospital
in a short time.
"The
urses Journal of the Pacific Coast" for N ov('m bel' is a beautiful
Florence Nightingale ::\Iemorial Number. It bears witness to the appreciation
of the nurses of California of the foundress of nursing whose memory tIH
Y
haye thus honored.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
9
A Good Nurse
follows the doc tor's directions, but
when his visits cease, patients depend
upon the ju:lgment of the nurse to
suggest aids to convalescence.
The experienced nurse advises
Scott's Emulsion
10-68
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THE CANADiAN NURSE.
\liss )1. S. Rundle, the .. Isla Stewart
cholar." from
t. Bal'thololllew's
Hospital, London, England, at Teachers' College, Columbia lTniversity, Xew
York, has received the unexpected honor of the a\\'ard of a sdlOlarship of
$100. The news that this had been conferred upon her "'as eonullunicated to
)liss Rundle by the Dean ot the College. It is part of a scholarship of $
50
endowed by l\Irs. Helen IlartleJT Jenkins for the cuming
'ear. in memory of
Irs. Hampton Robb. and has been divided between an Ameriean student and
)Iiss Rundle. It is an honor indeed to hold scholarships endowed ill memory
of our two noble and revered leader:;; on both sides of the Atlantic.-British
Journal of Nursing.
At Swan River, far north in l\Ianitoba, the V. O. planted in 190-!, one
of their Cottage Hospitals. Capacity eleven beds.
\. t our first graduating
exercises we were fortunate to have with us jliðs .:\lackenzie, Chief I-Ædy Su-
perintendent, who was making her tour of inspection through the \Y est.
\f-
tel' the chairman's address, the Florence Xightingale pledge was administered
to the graduate, :\Iiss Downey, by one of our pastors. :\Iiss jlackenzie pre-
sented the diploma and a wee maiden presented a bouquet. )liss Offord, ::;u-
perintendent of the hospital, then made a few remarks bearing on the help-
fulness of the Directors and the IÆdies' Hospital
\id. jIiss :\Iaeh:enzie gave us.
in her clear, concise way. a very interesting address, touching chiefly on the
many forms of work now open to the graduate nurse. Dr. Edwin Bruce
spoke to us of the arduous duties of the nurse and her helpfulness to the
medical profession. The programme was interspC'rscd with music and at its
dose dainty refreshments were served.
The
urse's Residence of the G. &
L Hospital. St. Catharincs. which
has been remodelled and consIderably enlarged was opened on \Yedllesday
afternoon.
From 4, to 6 0 'clock the huilding upon which great improvements have
been made. was thrown open for the inspection of the publil:. and everyone
who visited the various apartments were loud in their praisp of the improve-
ments which have been made for the comfort of the nursing staff.
The Ladies' Aid Society, under the direction of .:\IeRdanlf's' .f. G. .:\Ioore.
H. E. ) [eSloy, R. G. ,V. Connolly, and \V. J. Robertson. reeeiveJ the visitors
and served light refreshments in the dining room.
The Truste
s were represented by President Robert :\IcLaren. Secretary
.1. B. :\l('Intvre and Treasurer John :Marshall, and .:\Iessrs. H. E. :\IcSloy,
:\1. Y. Keati
g and .J. G. .:\Ioore. All the members of the nursing staff were
present.
jirs. Robert )Iills will, after the funds of the Ladies' Aid are exhausted,
complete the furnishing of the Nurses' Residence. David .:\Ii]]s. Esq.. of Kew
York, sent a clwque for $1.000 for the new hospital. He sent a ehequp for a
similar amount before.
:\Iiss Bruce is nursing a case of typhoid at the G. & .:\1. Hospital, St.
Catharines.
.:Uisses Gilmour and )[cDougaI are doing private nursing in Xpw York.
.:\Iiss Emma Roberts. of Stratford, has gone to Xc\\" York to take a
post-gradnate conrse.
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:\Iiss L. L. Rogers, R. X.. Buperintpndent of School Xnrses 7 Toronto.
gave an interesting adùress in the stndents' lecture room of Yictoria Hos-
pital on the evening of Xovember 11th, on medical inspection among the
school children. A large number of nurses and the members of the Board
ùf Health, Board of Education and Hospital Trust were present. :\Iiss Rog-
ers came to London at the special invitation of 1\Iiss Stanley, Lady
uperin-
tendent of Yictoria Hospital, for the benefit of the Board of Education, who
are considering the institution of medical inspection in the local schools.
1\Iiss Rogers st a ted that it began in 18-!2 in Paris. Fran
e. ' · The first
city in America to adopt it was Boston, which inaugurated the system of
daily inspection in ltì!H. The idea was taken up by Chicago in 1b93, and when
an epidemic of measlps and scarlet fe,'er broke out in Xew York in 1896.
the Department of Health of that city assigned im5pectors to investigate the
conditions of the schools. The result of the inquiry showed that a number
were ill with contagious diseases contracted in the class rooms, where over-
crowding, bad air. etc.. favored infection.
"In 1897, Xew York appointed 130 inspectors at $30 per month. At that
time their duty was to examine all children sent by the principal or teach-
ers, but in 190
this system was reorganized. and the doctors were requested
to make a routine inspection of each class room. The result of this was a
serious depletion of the rooms. and to remedy this it was suggt'-;ted that a
nurse be appointed tu snpplement the doctors' efforts.
:\Iiss Rogers then told hQw this plan changed the whole system h
' keep-
ing thp child in the school under supervision and treatment. whieh proved
so valuable that the cit
. approrriated $:10.000 for a staff of nurses the follow-
ing year. This led to still another revision in the system. ao.; the nnrses were
requested to make a daily inspedion.
"On April
J, 1m 0," continued :\Ii
s RogPl's. "the Board of Edu('ation
of Toronto appointed thrpe nurses. Each nurse has a group of four schools.
which she visits regularly. The minor contagious diseases are treated in
school. if the parent eannot do so at home, and the parents are visited to
urge care for tho
e requiring medical attention. The nurse not only aids
in getting the children hack to nOl'mal condition, but is constantly aiming
at prevention hy
e('il1g that the pupils keep their bodies <-lean. that the
clothing i
changpd as often as possihle, that the teeth are brushed carefully
to pre"ent decay, that the finger nails are cut and kept ('lean. and that
the hair is regularly washed and brushed. ...\.dvice is given to the parents
as to the hetter methods of living. the proppr food to be used. to allow fresh
air and sunshine in the room. and to sleep with the window open."
In dealing with the benefit., derived from this effort, :\Iiss Rogers said:
,. By making better eitizens of these children we diminish the numher of in-
sane asylums, have fewer jails and poor honsf's, and hf'sidps that. WP shall
have a healthier and nobler generatiun tu look forward to. n
Lantern sliùes. illustrating the working of the system in Xpw York cit
.,
,\'ere shown and explained.
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1r. \Y. \V. Gammage, )11'. C. )1. R. Graham. )11'. \V. T. Strong and In-
spector Edwards also spoke, the latter stating that he had been making a
study of medical school im;pedion and fa'"ored the system outlined b
)liss
Hogers.
The Board of Education have taken steps to have a nurst-' appointed
for the schools of London.
The \Yillnipcg Free Press says: The resignation of J1iss \Yhittome. Super-
intendent of the Dynevor Indian Hospital. ,yhich has been pending since last
spring. has heen acceptcd. In looking for a SUCCf'ssor the board has offered
the pusition tu Jliss Anna A. lIa wleJo, of the Indian )Iission. Fort-a-lå-Corne,
Saskatehe\\ an. )[iss Hawley is a graduate of the class '04: of the City Hospital
TrainÜlg 8chool. \Y orcester, )Iass. After graduation she occupied the positiun
of
ight Superintendt'nt and later Assistant Bl1perietendcnt of
urscs at thf"
)lemorial Huspital, in the same city. A Canadian by birth, jliss Hawley re-
tm'ned to Canada and took a post-graduate course in distriet nursing with-
the \
ictorian Order, Ottawa. Last .n-'ar )Iis
Hawley took up mission work
amongst the Cree Indians and has been eminently suet-'ssful in hcr chosen line.
and it is considcred that the boarJ will be fortunate if it secures her services_
JIiss Hawley has deeided to rplllain on .James Smith's Resen-e. Fort-a-la-
'iorne, at the reqlll'st of the Department of Indian Affairs. which has shown
its apprel.iatioll of her servi('es in a praetical manner.
A new building. costing $:'W,OOO, is ht'ing adrlt-'rl to the General and
:\Iarine Huspital', Owe11 80und. The institution will be thoroughly equipped
with all modern appliances. large operating room. with tiled walls and
Hoor, sterilizing roum, etc.. and ,yill when finished aec-ommodate seventy-
five patients.
The regular meeting of The AhuunëW Assoeiation of Toronto Gel1t-'ral
Huspital Training- 8('hool for XlIfses, \Va,.; held in the Lecture Room of the
llrses' Residence on Friday aftprnoon. December 2nd.
\fter the disposal
of routine business,
riss
eilson introclueed the following resolution which
was pa
ðed unanimously: "That an expression of sympathy he sent to )Iis:o;
Uiekson, Lady Supprintendent of tht' Hospital for ('onsumptin:ð at \Yeston.
and her nurSl
S in tllPir prescnt straits. and that they be assured of our un-
llualifieLl atlmiration of their ('ourageous conduct 011 the night of December
1st. Such conduct ret1eets f'redit, not only on themselves. but on all nurses."
)1rs. Cumming's then gave a most interesting and instrl1(.tive addrpss on
Go\-ernment Annuities, The nurses mUl'h appreciated )lrs. Cummings' lucid
explanation of this s{.heme. which is instituted for the henefit of the wage-
earnt-'r. To un(lt-'rstand a selwnw of this killd is to bf'COIlW intf'rested in it
and the nurses are apt to do as the speaker askf'C1-help to spread the know-
ledge of this plan whicll makes indeppndencE:' possible for an.
Lethhridge should be proud of her new thirty-seven roomed solid hrick
and stone hospital. which is ahsolutE:'ly fin-'proof, and those who have not al-
read
- illspectE:'d tlw new Galt hospital should without fail do so to-morrow
hetween the huurs of two and six 0 'cloek \\-hen thp huilding' will hp open to
thp puhlic- for insppetion.
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The Boston Children's Hospital has established a Social
f'rvice De-
partment under the direction of one of its graduates. The work includes both
hospital and out-patient department cases.
The Superintendent, l\liss :\1. )IcDermid, or her assistant. :\liss G. Lvon.
are ideal hostesses and deem it a pleasure to show visitors through the n
allv
rooms and explain the various contrivances. Besides the
uperintelldeI;t
and Assistant 8uperintendent there are seven graduate nurses and six pupil
nurses in connection with the hospital.
The first floor is practicalJy given over to men's wards, private rooms,
SUll parlors, lavatories, bath rooms and a 'ward kitchen.
The electric lighting throughout the building is most attractive and the
automatic buttons. especially designed for use in hospitals control the va-
rious lights, which are attached to the ceilings in C'lusters, they arf' bronze
with square Colonial frosted shades. Each ward is also fitted with an enamel
medicine case and large bedside screens, the latter are used to completpl
'
surround a bed where the patient is very ill.
At either side of the main entrance and across the front of the building
are sun parlors, and more cheerful rooms. could not be imagined. Extra largp
single doors open from the wards into the sun rooms and when a patient is
recovering and so desires hi
bed can easily be wheeled into the sun room.
Arm chairs, rockers, and a reading and writing table complete the furnish-
ings of these rooms and in one convalescent patients will be permitted to
smoke.
On both the first and second floor are serving rooms or ward kitc llPns.
which really must be visited to be fully appreciated.
On the second floor besides the women's ward. whiC'h is directly over
the north ward on the first floor and whiC'h is its dupliC'ate. is a large SlJn
parlor across tllf' front of the building, here the furnishings arf' wicker and
lounging chairs, couches and rockers. invite one to rest awhile. There are
also large linen closets, bathrooms. lavatories. three prÏ\Tate lwd rooms. a serv-
ing kitchen and the operating department, which takps up the entire north
corner of the building.
One of the private rooms has been furnished h
' )Ir. Xaismith. vice-chair-
man of the hospital board, and one b
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plectric contrivances for night operations. A large glass dust screen protef'ts
the table from any dust which might ('ome from the radiators. Off the operat-
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The hasement is eompl('ted with three large rooms whit'h will be used
for wards and attendants rooms. also ::t large store room and the furnace
room, wherp there are four furnaces, t".o small ones for heating hot water
and for the sterilizer and two large ones for heating the lmilding. A locker
room ,,,ith twenty-seven s('repned compartments wlwre patients clothing is
placed and fumigated.
The linen for the new hospital has been donated by the Ladies' Aid.
Other donations are an pight-pipce toilet set from Kirkham Bros. $10,00
from "JIr. J. Furman, and the A. R. & 1. have donat('d to the huspítal all
the coal that formed the base of the Laurier Arch.
A meeting of the Florell
e
ightingale .-\!-;sociatioll \yas held at the Resi-
dence of the Sick Children's Hospital, Thursday evening. O('tober 27th. TIlPrp
was a large attendan('e of nurses present. After the usual business of the
Societ
. had heen transacted )Ii
Kpnnpdy, the President, spok(' ('IO({llPlltly and
feelingly of the death of the late Florence
ightingale. rl'lw next meeting will
take place earl
' in January, and ('ae-h member present was a!-;ked to bring in
two new members, and it was decid('d the meeting would be of a social nature.
A mee6ng of the .Alumnæ .\ssociation of tlw London Yictoria H08pital
Training School for Xur
es was held on the evening of Uetober 14th, in the
reception room of the Xnrses' Home. Addresse:-; \\pre given by Dr. RpaborIl.
l\'1iss Crosby, President of the Graduate XlUS('S' .\s
ociation of Ontario. and
"JJiss :::;tanley, Lady Superintendent of Yictol'.1a Hospital. Dr. Seaborn gave a
most interesting address on "rrhe Str(mg :\Ian and Hi'S Debt," whi
h we hope
tu send you later. l\Iiss Crosby spoke on .. L('gislation for Rpgistratioll of
Nursl's," a suhject most important to all nm'sPs whose pr()fe
':5ion is dear to them.
:
\fiss Crosby's visit was especially enjoyed by all. \Ye trust we may have the
pleasure of hearing her again very soon. .:\Iis.<;; Stanley spoke on "Registration"
also, and emphasized the Ile('es
it
. for this step. ':\[iss Roche, Viee-
resident of
the Association. voiced the appreciation of the mef>tin
to the sprakrrs III a
hearty vote of thanks. Refreshmpnts were served at the closp anù a most
enjoyable social hour was spent.
It is encouraging to find that our journal is appreciated in far distant
India. The following is from a letter received from a gnnhwte of the T. G. H.
who, with hrr husband, is doing mis
ionary work there: "TIlE
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E is much
appreciated by the Canadian gr;-Hhwtrs in India, and I look for\\'arcl ('agerly
each mon th to its arrivaL"
The social gathering of the nur
e;o; of Toronto, under the an spices of thp
G. N. A, O. Ex('('utive, held at the home of
Iiss (ira.)'. 30:) Rherbournp Btreet.
on Friday evening, October 28th, was a delight to all prf'sent. The committee in
charge was gratified that so man
' took advantage of this opportnnity to get
better acquainted with onr anothpl". The musical sel('dlons r('IH!t'I'('d by .:\1 iss
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A MONTHLY JOURNAL FOR THE NURSING PROFESSION IN CANADA
V 01. VII.
TORO
TO, FEBRUARY, 1911-
No.2
POLIOMYELITIS.
By ELlz.\BETH R. l\IILI.ER.
Graduate of the Children's Homæopathic Hospital, Philadelphia.
There are few diseases that have 8S pathetic sequelæ as poliomyelitis, a
disease about the essentials of which physicians are still in the dark.
It is only within recent ypars that the disease is known to be a transmissible
()ne, and only very recently that so much is being done to combat the paralysis
following, for it is undoubtedly the early diagnosis 'with intelligent and early
treatment that is giving such gratifying results.
Physicians in general, and pathologists in particular, alarmed at the appal-
ling amount of cases recently recorded. particularly in Penns)'lvania, are bending
ever)' effort to find the canse and prevent the spread of this truly horrible dis-
eåse. A recent article in the J ollrnal of the A.nterican "ßledi,cal _-1ssociation.:
gives us some valuable infonnation. The general rules for disinfection should
apply to this disease, at lea
t until more is knnwn of its cause, for where so much
8uffpring and disability are involved, surely one cannot be too careful.
As it is difficult to find nurses who have had experience in nursing patients
ill with the disease, a. recent experience might be of value. Even physicians of
years of practiee are having their first case, or arf' watching the progress of
<-mother's.
l\Iy first case in the acute stage was a patient I attended about four years
ago, when it was first called a germ disease. This was a child of twenty-two
months, tllP attark a very severe one presenting marked cprebral symptorns and
a left hemiplf'gia. Tlw ehild died, although antitoxin had been administered.
It was while nursing a case of typhoid fever in one of our mountain sum.
mer resurt
. that the attending physician informed me that he had a case of
poliomyplitis. He was particularly distressed as it was a very severe case, and
WHS the child of ypry intimate friend
of his. Too mUf'h eredit cannot be given
the physician ill attpndan{'p for his qui{'k diagnosis (it was his first case) and
his intelligent treatnwut, Hnd to the mother for her exceptionally
,wod ("are of
her boy.
It was after the Heute stage had p
u.;sed Hnd the time had arrived wlwn SYH.
tematic treatment be given the mus
les thHt I was transferred to the rase, m
dut). being to give massagE' and electricity. One of the worst phaðes of the
disease is the sor{'ness of the muscles, the slightest touch causing the most excru.
eiating pain. so it is easily seen why the child dread
any motion or manipulation,
thus seriously handicapping the nnrse.
Children liye only in tllP pr{'sput. the future does not. {'on cern them, so one
must first win thpil" confi(lence. the first few treatmeuts must he of the simplt'st
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kind, causing as little pain as is possible, gradually, as the confidence is gained,
advancing to the more severe treatment. The child in lluestioll, a boy of twelve,
had an exceptionallJ
severe attack, with an unusual amount of soreness-thf'
hand could not be turned or the fingers lifted without making him cry. One
must remember that one is not handling a simple case of paralysis, where the
patient can be rolled to any position and held in place by cushions. It was im-
possible to turn the boy to the side as it meant pressure on some sore spot, the
arm or leg a fraction of an inch awry, will give the acutest pain.
A nurse in such a case has occasion to use every art of which she is
capable. In turning the boy, an ordinary bed pillnw was used, adjustéd close
to the side, the upper edge coming to the shoulders, the opposite side was grasped
firmly at shoulder and hip, and a quick turn made so that he was flat on the
pillow. Arms and legs were straightened, head turned to one sid-e, a roll placed
under the feet to relieve the pressure on the toes.
The back can then easily be rubbed and pressure on those parts relieved.
In making the turn to the back, the pillow is again grasped by the edges, the
patient gentl
. pulled to the edge of the bed, then reversed, presto, he is again
on his back. As soon as possible a cot was put up downstairs. He was laid on
a bolster, with his father to carry him and someone to hold up the feet, the
transfer was accomplished with little discomfort.
The morning treatment was given in mid-morning, a nap or at least a rest
taken, dinner at 12.30 or 1 p.m., then a transfer was made to a mnch be-pillowed
armchair, on which he was pulled to the porch, where he spent the rest of the
day.
A very light supper was the rule. I read to him till treatment time, and then
he was again carried upstairs, where the windows were always open.
The nurse displays not ouly ta
t, bu1 her real ability in the manner in
which she approaches the child, and thus gains or loses the confidence of the
patient and family. If one has had the dentist hit a jUJ?ping nerve in an ach-
ing tooth, one can the more readily grasp the child's point 'Of view and be duly
f'onsiderate. There are two extremes to be avoided, false sympathy and harsh-
ness. one is as injurious as the other. A child cries easily and one must learn
"to discriminatf' hetwf'pn rf'al and bogus pain, for they are quick to know the weak
places and "work" either the nur
e or parents.
'-rhis boy cried very easilJ'-, so in heginning: treatment I told him not to cry,
hut when the sore place!'; were reached to say "stop." qui
kly, and I would
then pass on to the less sf'llsitive places. It was thus I began carefully, slowl)',
gaining a little very day, until a more genf'ral and deeper massage was givpn.
The same rulp applies to the f'lectril'it
., as it is reall
those first few trf'atments
that are the arbiters of a nurse's success.
Thf'n at first the mother sat by the bed and talked and encouraged, latf'r.
when moved downstairs, we had the evening ('oncerts while treatment was guing
OIl, all joining in. thus diverting- his mind and making' the hurt less in evidence.
The parents can be of much help to the nurse for if they not only grasp the
fa('t themselves, hut help the child to grasp it. that a. cprtain amount of hurting
is neces!-;ary, but that it will be made as light as possible, they can he of inestim-
ah]e value.
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53
The massage at first should be very light. consisting mostly of stroking,
gradnall
. the deeper muscles can be manipulated, but too much cannot be said
against heavy
houlder movements and twisting the muscles, as they do no good
and are exceedingly painful. The patient must be encouraged to help as much
as possible in the use of extensors and flexors, no amOlmt of manipulation can
take the place of motion from headquarters. Extreme and harsh methods cannot
be too strongly condemned. Children are usually very amenable to reason, and
the nurse who gives treatment so severe as to occasion two people to hold the
child in place, i8 little short of brutal. One cannot handle such a patient, or
give even the lightes1 treatment without some pain, but gradually this is reduced
to a minimum. and finally entirely disappears.
I found that by making much of each little improvement, calling the mother
in to see how much better the arm could be moved, or the back arched, or an
erst-while sore spot touched ,\\iithout pain, again in the evening telling the father
of the wonderful improvement, the twist of the arm was a wonderful feat; all
these were immense helps and made the rhild willing to do more. Then he was
not allowed to be a baby. he was a man in the making, must be considerate of
his mother and the nurse, was not allowed to speak disrespectfull
.; in other
words. his infirmities were no excuse for ung-entlemanly ronduct. After five
weeks of treatment the hoy was able to stand alone, and after I had left the
case I heard that he could walk. by pushing a chair in front of him, which, con-
sidering the extent of the paralysis and the extreme soreness of the muscles. is
Jittle short of wonderful.
Guard ag'ainst unnecesRary fatigue or hurting. :l\Iake al] movements quickly
and deftly. Consult the patient as to what angle is least painful. Be patient.
but firm. Do not hesitate to rewRrd or praise, likewise to entertain. The..<:.ìe, and
more, will a skiJIful and gentle nurse ao. and sucres,,,; is sure. for we no longer
consider the paral
i.,is permanent.
'Mild and simple calistheni
should be started as soon as p'Ossible, improve-
1nent must follow improvement, and g-radually the disused muscles brought into
pla;y.
It seems like diseonraging work, it requires infinite tact, unbounded patience,
skill, and gentleness, with a knowledge of how to make the weary hours go by
quickly: a game of checkers. of parchesi, the reading of entertaining and instrm'-
tive books-avoid sensational literature as one would the plague---but what con-
scientious nurse, haying' a real love of service. 'would not be willing to stand t}w
te
t. to hclp these poor afflirted children, literally. to help l, to make tlw lame to
'walk. "-Tllt Amf'l'irnll JnunlQ[ of SU1"sing.
\Ve E'xpeeted to publish a report of th(' sppcia] ml>f:>tÌng of thp Graduate
Xnrses' Association of Ontario held December 30. 1910. in this numher. TIlt'
report is not yt't )'pady. so it will apppar in the ::\Iarch XUUlher.
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TIlE CANADIAN NURSE.
THE LADY STANLEY INSTITUTE "COURT OF HONOR. H
)I
T inauguration of the system here was based on the knowledge of its hav-
ing been an a
kI1owleòged success in :\IcDonald College,
t. Anne de Bellevue"
Que., where all pupils are under a system of self-government. Last Christma
I obtained some knowledge of their self-governing system, and later on by the
kindness of I\Irs. l\Iildrew, Housf' ::\Iother of the College, obtained full particulars.
I became intensely interested in this s:ystf'm of controL not only h(i('ause of its
presenting a feature of progressiveness along the lines of diseipline, but becausE"
of its departnre from antiquated and morbid idf'as regarding wlwt constitutes
discipline, especian
T the disciplinp of Training Schools for Xurses. which' though
not resembling that of juvenile sehools to the extf'nt of eat-tnils and flogging'
possesses features tbat might. ]wtt('}' be eliminated in consideration of the fact
that pupils iri a Training School for XUThPs. ac
ording to rl'gnlation. must be of
mature years, and possessing the highest motin's, and to whose honor
u('h an
appeal as this system of self-government emboilies. must eH11 fmih t}u-' desireJ
response. Therefore, after mature eonsidf'ration of tllf' pros. and eons. of
establishing this system here, I ultimately decided to give it a test. notwithstand-
ing the difficnltips to its better regulating in the ne(,l'
sity of pupils moving from.
one department to another, the tf'rm of night duty. the continuous arrival of
new probationf'rs, and the departure of those grHduated, at irreguhtr intervals.
However, some of these difficultips may be surmounted hy a patIent working out
of the plan. Our Court of Honor was organized on the 14th of October la
i:1
'when all thc pupils were made members of the Club.
\.n explanatory address
was made, embracing thp ohject and method of this syst<..1m following whieh the
rules and regulations of tht' Training School were read. Aftl'l' the I.eadi.ng of
the Constitution officers were elected in accordance.
CONSTITUTIOX o-P THE CorRT OF II OK OR.
I. The Court of Honor shall consist of all Illll':-:il'S n>:-;iòeut :HI Thf' r
ad
Stanley Institute.
2. The purpose of the Court of Honor shan be the 1(J
?H[ maiutenHuee and
observance of becoming conduct, and of the Trainin
::;clrool rulec:; and regula-
tions b
T each individual nurse. and by the nnrses as a body. To make them self-
governing responsible individual
of tbe
ehool. dependent upon themsl-'lves for
the maintenance of aU that is just, and in keeping \\ith standHrc1 rl-'quirpJlll'llts.
To broaden their field of interest, and f'ultivHte their percf'ptiun of the npeessity
of law and order that they may be g-oyprned by their own eonscipIlce aud knowl-
edge of right and wrong. To stimulate and cultivate the growth of seIf-relimH'l-'.
self-respect, self-d{'nia1. responsihility, truth and charity as in hnnOl" bOlmd.
3. The Court shall meet once a month, 8 p,m., first Fridè\Y in each month, to
elect officers who shall constitute the Exet"utive Committee, Mud Committee of
\ ppeaJ, and conferenf'e. These shall hold offif'e until their SUt"c(-'ssors Hl"'e choseu.
4. (a) The offieers shall eOllsist of a President-('hosPll f,'om the Senior
class. A Se
l"('tary-chosen by the Exef'uti-ve from among- its memhl'l"S. <-fnd rep-
resentatives from each corridor in the Institute-two on eath Hoor.
(b) One Representative or Proetor. as she is ealh.<l. frotH I'èll"h Hoot". shaH
retire from office each month.
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55
5. (a) The Executive Committee shull have general oversight of the conduct
of all members.
(b) It shall deal with all reported violations of the school rules and regula-
tions, which can he properly dealt with by the student body; and
(c) It1'\ decision shall be final-with this protection: that every pupil shall
have the right to appeal to the Court of _\ppeal and Uonferenc
.
6. There shall be a Court of Appeal and Conference, composed of th
upf'rintendent of Xurses-in her absence of the A
istant Superintpndent-to-
gether with the President and Secretary of the Court of Honor.
7. The members of the Executive Committee are considered to be always on
vigilance duty. excepting when ill or ah;ent. For such period when off active
âuty. the member concerned shall, with the concurrence of the President, appoint
a snbstitnh-> without her
elf being fully relieved of responsibility.
8. (a) Thf' minutf-'s of every IDf'eting shall be kept b
l the Secretary and read
.at the following meeting', and all record,; shall be preserved.
(b) Only members of the Executive Committee shall be admitted to the
meetings of the Exe
utive Committee-excepting on occasion of a report being
made by a nOll-member or by invitation of the President.
{c) All mattf'l'S of husiness such as the making of motions and the sending
of official noticE's shall be decided by the majority vote.
9. (a) The ex-Presidents of the Court of Honor shall be ex-officio members
()f the EXf'cutive Committee with full powers and privileges, and may be invited
to the ExecutÏ-vf' nU'etings.
(b) The tf'rm of office of President shall be two months. The term of office
of Representati,"e shall be two months.
10. "Cpon request of the Executive Committee a joint meeting shall be held
ò
. the Court ()f Appeal and Conference, and the Executive CommitteB.
11. ..AJl1euLlments to the Constitution of the Court of lIonor can be made by
<) two-thirds vOÌl' of the members present, at a mef'ting of the Court of Honor in
general sessions. ...\ special meeting to be called for the purpose and held after
two days' notice, with a copy of the proposed anwnduwnt, whi
h has bef'n posted,
together with a notice of the meeting.
12. K otice of tlw regular monthly meeting-s, and "pecial meetings of the
Executive sha]] be hulletined at least twent
"-foUl' hours in advance.
13. ...\11 reports of misconduct and violation of rules shall be made to the
President, who shall in."truct the Secretary to notify the guilty member to appear
before the Court a t a spf'cifipd time.
14. Representativps of Second Fluor sh<1.11 eal"h in turn act as door sentinel
.after 10 0 "clock p.m.
1;). l\If-'m1wrs Hnd officers shan be alike liahle for penalty, and may at any
time Uf' I'f'pm'tèd by any offi
er or mf'lllhf'r of the Cluh for violations of its rules.
.A
IEND:\IEKTS.
16. Thp l1H>mbel's shan pay a month]
. fN' of fin' f'pnts, to he used for the
1Hlrpose of I))"O\oidillQ: flowers for llll'mh
rs \\"11(-'n ill.
17. Eaeh llH>mher Rfter "he has l){'('ome an a('l't'ptf'd pupil of tlU' S('huol shall
1)e oblig{'(l to Wf'ël l' tl1(' Court of Honor pin.
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
18. One evening each month-apart from the general meeting-shall be de-
voted to an entertainment for and by the members.
19. Each month there shall be added to the Lady Stanley Institute histor
y.
brief sketches as occasions may afford, by members chosen for that purpose. Thesl?'
articles shall be preserved and placed in order by an historian and a.
sistant his
torian elected from the members.
20. The Programme Committee shall consist of three elected for the term
of one month, whose duties shall be the arrangmg 9f a programme for each
monthl
T entertainment.
FORMAL CLOSING.
C. C. H.
L. S. I.
We'll do right
or
We'll know why
For we are in honor bound
:My! 1[y! l\Iy!
A "Code of Penalties" appli
able to certain oft'ence
which may be dealt
with by the student body, is in process of formation.
Though this method is yet in its infancy, the effect so far has been produr-
tive of calm and order. The pupils seem to have taken on an attitude and bearing-
indicative of pride in being controllers of their own actions, and considered
worthy of living up to the standard required of them. This attitude seems to
lend dignity to the entire situation. The relationship between the Executives of
the
chool and the pupils, under these conditions, must necessarily 1)('> one of
good-will, harmony and confidence, and therefore the eliminating of many dis-
cords and waste of nervous energy. vVe all of us who
ave been pupils of a
Training School lllU"it appreriate what this means as compared with the form of
discipline prevalent in Training Schools the world over, which admits of COll-
ditions that are mostly the outrollW of vanity, and of self-Hatisfaction on the part
of the one in authority, and slcppless nights of weeping on the part of tbp pupiL
The few exceptions which call for strenuous disciplinp are not wurth thl?'
sacrifice involved; the cheer and_ confidence necessary to the development and
fostering of the higher prin
ipals innate in human nature. :\Iucb has been lost
and cruslwd which might under the proper stimulus have develoIJed into worth
examples. The discipline of the Training Schools of to-day as those of the pHst
has a reputation all its own, which reaches far and widf' the nnin.rse uver'. and
such that many worthy women rHther than submit to it, deny thelllsplves thp
coveted course in training. It is not to be supposed that a woman capable of
the responsihilities which necessarily devolve upon her in the care of the sirk
should submit to discipline whirh might be applicHble to a child. The funda-
mental principle then of this method of self-government is thHt the pupil is
put on her honor, and governed by her conscience which must natur-ally develop
to higher ideals under the stimulus of confidence imposed in hpr standard of
justice. Ch'ilizpd laws make civilized pt-'ople, for it is thus thHt their standard
1".; attained. J.Jet ns individually pledg"e ourselves tu the promotion of all that
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is conducive of happiness. good-win and cheer in this busy sphere, where noble
woman works physically and mentally far beyond what should be demanded of
her brother.
IARY A. CATTON.
Lady Stanley Institute Training School, County of Carleton General Protestant
Hospital.
ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL, NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C.
This institution has been in existence in the city of New Westminster since
1862. The first building had accommodation for HLout thirty persons. The only
gentleman who was a member of the original Board, living to-day in New
'Vestminster, is l\lr. ,,-.-. J. Armstrong, ex-:\LP.P. for the city. Xew 'Vestminster
increasing in population, as a natural sequence, the old building outlived its use-
fulness, owing to age, and a new building was erected on the present site in
Sapperton in 1889. This building, which is of wood, cost something over $25,000,
and has been added to considerably. In 1901 and 1902 it was amalgamated with
the ,Vômen's Hospital, and the huilding has done, and is doing, a lot of very
good work. but the present Board feel that it is necessary to commence construe-
tion at once on an up-to-date brick and stone building, cllpabll' of furnishing
accommodation for at least one hundred and fifty patients.
Plans and specifications have been prepared by the architects, :\Iessrs. Birds
& Bla
h.ïIlore, of Yan<'ouver, who were awarded first prize for their plans by
:\fr. F.
I. Rattenbury, of Victoria.
The Building Committee of the Board have had several meetings. to which
they have called in consultation the medical staff attending the Hospital, as
well as the Lady Huperintendf'nt; and the Board feel that they will, when the
building is completed, have an up-to-date hospital in every particular, capable of
accommodating one hundred and sixty patients, but to pay for this modern
structure it will he necessary to raise $200,000. The eity of X ew 'Vestminster
is to contribute $30,000 and the Provineial Govl'rnment have kindly promised
$20.000; $50,000 has been promised by friends of the institution who are not
l'esidents of the city, so it will now be necessary tu l'aise $100.000 from thUSl 1
who arf' eharitahly inclined to complete the construction of tlw new hospital.
and a further $2;).000 will be needed for furnishings.
,y f' feel sure that the residents of the rity, as well as the district, will come
tu the assistanl'e of the Board uf
Ianagers, su as to enable them to ('omplete the
('onstru
tion of the new hui1ding. which is so !'m(lly needl'd. owing to the popula-
tion of the cit
T. as weB as the district, increasing by leaps and bounds.
It wiII he notified, by referring to onr flash statemt'nt for tl1P nine months
ending .March :.n
t last, that the management have kept well within their in-
come, eonsistel1t with efficien
y, as far as they could do so, and in the olll
wooden buildin
which has now outJivpd its usefulnes..
.
The sitp is a splpndid one. Yer
' eommanding. with a bf'autiful yiew, healthy
and sanitar
' in (-'very rpspe(1t. \Vp haye seven and a half a(1rps of ground, aU
in splendid l'ondition.
'Ve havp at pr('sent a Yer
' effici('ut staff of nursps and a flompl'ÌC--'nt medieal
staff. \\7 e haye a training school for nurses. and tlw nnrses who havp g-racluatpd
since 1901 are all occup
.ing very promÏIwut positions in t}w ditfprent hospita1s
of the Provinf'e.
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
The ROJTal Columbian is governed by a special _\ct of Incorporation. passed
by the Provincial Government in 1901, and the persons appointed from time to
time as members of the Board of ::\lanagcment are a body politic and corporate,
The Board of :l\Ianagement consists of twelve persons, four to be appointed by
the Lieutenant-Governor-in-CounC'il, four to be appointed by the City Council of
Xew Westminster, and four to be appointed by the \Vomen'8 Oouncil of New
\Vestminster. T'wo members are appointed for two years and two members for
one year. Retiring' memhers of the Board are eligible for reappointment. The
Reeves, for the time being, of municipalities lying wholly, or in part, adjacent to
Xew \Yestminster, shall be ex-officio honorary members of slwh Board.
The Loeal Council of \Vomen have given great a
sistance to the manage-
ment, as well as the ,,-romen's Auxiliary of tlIP Hospital, who furnished the new
maternity cottage, whieh was built three years ago. "Ye have also a Red Cross
Society for young girl:--, who have already collected sufficient to furnish a chil-
dren's ward in the new hospital and have undertaken to collect for the purpose of
maintaining a certain number of children in this ward.
The staff in 1901 consisted of a House Surgeon, a Lady Superintendent, a
Head Nurse and four pupil nur:-ies. The daily numher of patients was about
fifteen. During tlw fall of ]!)()2 the number of nnrses in training increased from
four to ten.
In 1904 the Board of .JI<magement decided to do without a House
urgeon.
They appointed a graduate nurse to take charge of tlu> operating room, and it was
found necessary to again increase the number of pupil nurses.
In 1908 a new maternity cottage was built, with accommodations ror twenty
patients. It is wel] furnished and up-to-date in every respect.
Two years ago tllf' Xurses' Home was opened, providing eveQT comfort for
the nurses in training.
During 1908 three isulation cottages were built. These fiye building'S cost
over $30,000.
The staff at present e()nsist
of: Lady Superintendent, lIead Xurse, Snrg'i::-al
Xursf>, .JIaternity Xurse, t\\'enty-two nursf'S in training, with the usual help for
kitchen and laundry pUrpOS(18.
At the present tinw the B. C. Electric Raihn\y give a twenty-minute SP1'-
vice to the hospital, hut before the new huilding is complett'd a fiftt'l>n-lliinutp
prvice is promi:-;ed,
HOSPITAl.. ST.U'F.-Thf> Board wishes to report their entire satisfaction with
the management of tlIP institution hy l\fiss :Um'tin, Lady Hnperintendent. effi-
C'ient]y and economi("al1y. as far as eirC'umstHnf'(>s ,,"onM [wl'mit. as weB as the
nursing staff, who a
sistpd the TJad
T
nperintt'ndent in the discharge of her
duties.
)fEDTCAI.. ST.\li'F.-The BO<\l'(l wish to thank tht' mrmbel's of tlw medieal staff
for tlle advief' and assixtmwe in the preparation of Hw plans for tlw new hos-
}>it<\l, as wd] as for thr lr,.tnrt's given to the nurse's during the year just enell'd.
1'11(' following' extra(.t is taken from the Grand Jury's presentment rpgard-
ing the f'ondition of thp pnhlie institutions in the eity of Xl'W 'Ye:-;tmillster.
This is what tIle,T Sil\T with regard to the Royal Columhi<\u Hospital:
"R()
Ta] Col
mlbiall Hospita1.-This institution is in ,'ery cHp<th]t' hands:
thl' huilding, hOWl'Yt'I'. i", entirely inmlL'lluate. The .Jury finds that o,,-iug to th('
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59
lack of accommodation undesirable cases eorne in touch with others in a way
that should not exist. 'Ye would also recommend that children should be sepa-
rated from adult patients.
"", e were sorry to have an expression from your Lordship to the effect
that the recomuwndation of Grand Juries usually found their way to a pigeon
hole. 'Ye would humhly beg that your T.Jordship will use his influence to keep
this presentment from meeting a like fate. "-From Annual Report 1909-1910.
THE CALENDAR
The Legislative Committep of the G.
. A. 0., feeling the necessity of
some missionary work lwing done in the Province hefore the
nrses' Regis-
tration Bill i
again introduced in the Legislature, and as in this practical
world of ours money is one of the first requisites in any work, suggested
that a calendar and a post-card with picturf' of Florence
ightingale be is-
5ued. the former to sell at twenty-fixe cents and tlw latter at five cents. The
was done Hnd the resutls have been most gratifying. At first there was some
difficulty with the publishers and the nnrses in ('harge of the work were
driven nearly frantic with telephone ealls as to ,. why that ,.alendar had not
arrived yet." However. they fi.nally did arrive and they were so artistic.
in their sepia tones that our friends all comhined to make life more happy
for ns b
" telling us how pleased the
' were with them.
,. Kit," in thp ..
Iail and Empire." put in a little plea for her readers
.. to help the girls "ho help us 'when ',"\ e are down and out." \Ve thanked
her for this. t-'xplained our mission and sent her a calendal'. 8he responded
with a long paragraph whieh made us all devoted admirers of her and her
column. There were many responses to her appeal from both men and wo-
men all over the countr,\". A man who read it. middle-aged and '1uite thread-
bare, called to get a "Florem'e Xightingale calendar to st-'nd to his nipce. a
graduatf' nurse in the
tatf's." Ow:> .'"oung lad." eal1ed and got one. Xext day
her mother came for ninf' more. One lettl>r from a little girl asked for a
(.alendar to send to he I' mother who was a trained llurSf' and who she
knew would like to have tlw picture of Florelwe
ightingale. An Englishman
wanted a pietnre of the 'Woman" who harl lwen
o kind and done so much for
the soldiers of my country."
And
o the letters poured in, some touching and some most matter of
faet: some with postage and more without. How wp Iparned to apprpciate
tlll--' postage. as e\'ery cent ('Ullnts in onr fund.
'Ve had to give a second rush order for five hundred and they are Iwarly
gone. Although f'ven Yt-'t in the middlp of January hardl
' a day rasse
without an order (.oming in for onp or morp. The post-pards are also going
well and to help this We are offering a hargain- -six for a ({UartH. This
next 'year we are
dread:,' planning another calendar. which Wf' hopp to ha n>
ill time to supply all the clPlllalld and we would ask our friends not to lIuy
Hn
T ('alendars for] 912 until the.'" hayp spen ours.
Ll-CY B. PELL.\TT.
('onn-'Ilel" of Lpgislatioll Comm ittt.('
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
THE EVERLASTING EXAMINATION.
Because we remember so well the feelings of the "Pro.," the J'unior, th('
Senior, therefore do we call it Everlasting. Still, there is nothing like courage
and common sense and a sense of humour, and these delightful remarks, by
some clever examiner in the Australasian Nurses' Journal, are the very thing
for our dear readers who may have examinations to fear. It is called "Ex-
aminer to Examinees," and is as follows:
If you nurses would only look before you leap, or think before )'ou answer
questions, what a difference it would make to the examiners.
You were asked how you would proceed to wash a helpless patient. What
did you proceed to do? Wash ordinary patients, wash very dirty patients, and
only very, very few, wash a helpless patient. Only one describes the way she
would manage to take helpless patients out of their garments. :1\1ost of you
sf'emed to have run short of garments. and do not mention them at all.
Like the garments, the paticnts seemed to have run short of eyes. as only
one nurse seems to have noticed they needed attention.
How many sheets could you make out of 100 yards of calico, just the
exact width?
How very clever some of you were, and how extravagant others. When
I get 100 yards of calico 72 inches in width, if generous as to material, I
manage to make 33 sheets and (me dressing towel. If not quite so generous
as to material ] manage 37 sheets. Now will you believe me if I tell you
a secret?
Note the great difference in thinking out" Household :1\1anagement. " Some
very clever onf'S among you managed to obtain 100 sheets, others 50, others 30,
others 80, others 12, and one only managed 11 sheets. Beds are 6 ft. 6 in.
in If'ngth; how she managed with sheets 10 yards in length, I cannot tell.
How many pillow-cases can be made out of 50 yards of calico, just the
right width for a case 35 inches 7
I can manage to make 50.
Some of your number managed 20, others 30, others 40, and one was clever
enough to manage 500. How I wish I knew how she managed it? What a
stock of pillow-cases I should have in my cupboard.
\Vhat is the allowance of sheets per bed? Nurses. like doctors. differ in
opinion. Some of you changed your bed once a week. others twice, and others
not at all.
How would you protect your health when nursing a "Consumptive Pa-
tirnt?" Some of you do it so nicely. protect yourselves so very well. that the
patient is If'ft to die comfortably or uncomfortably, just as he pleases. Some
of you burn every unpleasant thing. I have wondered so much where you havIJ
burnt them. Was it in the kitchen stove or dining room fire
Very few of
you seem fond of taking a bath, or if so. dislike to mention the fact.
DeRcribe the various ways of taking a temperature. and what precautions
you would take.
Some of you can take temperatures in a perfert way, and some havf' given
your patients rather a seVf're time.
One of your number gave her patient (a child it must have been, becaus('
th(> temperature was taken in the rectum) an enema every time she took its
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
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temperature. X ow fancy or imagine that patiE'nt having its temperature taken
eYE'Q' two hours. 'Vhere is the child now!
Rome of you guard against hot water bottles, bags, tins, foments. ice-bags.
f'tc. :\lost of your patients were to be trustE'd. Only one seems to have met
those dreadful people who rub the "thermometer" up to 110 degrees, or placE'
thE' "thermomE'ter" wrong end in. What would you do if the patient ate the
bulb of tlw "thcrmometer, " or retained the broken half of same in the rectum'
You did not divulgt:'.
If a child in your ward swallowed a shilling, what would you do'
2\lost of )'011 derided to do most silly things. If a child in my ward hail
really swaHowed a shilling and was quite comfortable. I should send for thE'
doctor and leave him alone. If the child was black in the face. I would hold
him up by the heels. shake him, smack him on the back to encourage him to
cough the coin up. or othprwisp help him to breathe until the doctor arrived
A nurse that gave the child. supposed to have swallowed the shilling, an emetic
()r dose of castor oil without the doctor's order. is a dangerous person.-:\I. F. S
PERSONALS
:\rì
Ida Coulson. of Sudbury, spent a few days in Toronto in Dpceml)pr.
::\Iiss Thèl'esa Regan, Rt.
ri('hael's Hospital, Toronto, has hf'en appointed
Supprintelldent of the 'Yelland County General Hospital. "... e wish hcr all
suc(>e.ss.
ri
Po\YCl' Slwnt Christmas with her sister in
IontreaL
:\Iiss Ella Shaw spent the holiday season in Toronto.
::\Iis...; Ali(>e Sindair. graduate T. G. H., Class '01, spent a shurt timp in
TOI'onto, on her way to join
Iiss :\Iacfarlane, Superintendent of \T êHlconver
(jeneral HospitaL
Iiss
\.nnie 1. Bl'own (T. G. II.), was called home suddenly from Sew
York on account of the illness of her father.
Iiss Thomson. lTeml
nl'sl' of 4\nnex. Toronto G-eneral Hospital. is f'njoyillg
two months' holiday.
Iiss Z. B,'Üduun. head nUl'se of the Rouris Ranitarium. is sppnding tllP willtt'r
with her parents in Allan Park.
::\[is-. )Iclsaae. Prpsident of the
-\mE'riean .Tournal of Sllr"illg' Company,
('ontinup!,\ her tour. 8he has yisited many As-.ociations and has aecomplislwd
much in inereasE'd in tel'Pst, better organization and more E'tIel>ti H' work. \Yh<t t
a wondf'rful illllwtus to pl'ogres
all along the Jine will this work be that
l is'S
fcIsaa(' is so thoroughly doing.
)fiss ('mip ls tlw lIPW Superintendent of thp R, :\I. aull (:. Hospital, Port
4\rthur.
Iiss Cadp is a graduatf' of the G(->uel'al II ospital. Y o\1ng'stown. Ohio,
and has hp(>n somp Yl'ar
in Toronto.
fiss Codp, g'radunte of S1. .Joseph's Hospital. London, is doing: prinltt' 11111'",-
ing in Port _-\ l'thul'.
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
THE SCHOOL NURSE,
School Nursing in Toronto is now on a regularly established basis and
an interesting report of the nurses' work has appeared. Sinre the system
was organized in :\Iay the nurses have made 1.079 visits to homes. 809 visits
to schools, 46 visits to dispensaries; 56,412 inspections were made in school
41 children were excluded with contagious diseases-these were found in
the classes, somf' desquamating, others with marked rash of scarlet fever or
measles. Through the nurses' efforts 26 children had glasses fitted, 35 had
tonsils and adenoids removed and 86 had teeth filled.
Tooth brushes are provided by the Board of Education. which the child-
ren may have for five cents. .A.. number who would not huy them at the drug
store can get them from the teacher at this reduced rate.
:The nurses on the staff at present are: :\Iiss Ella J. Jamieson, ::\Iiss Alice
M. Robertson, Miss Nellie Hatch, Miss Amy C. KillaJy, Lina L. Rogers, R.N.,
Superintendent.
A post-graduate course of one month has been started in Toronto to
enable nurses to broaden their experience and prepare themselves for posi-
tions of this kind. This will help to obviate the difficulty of getting nurses
who can orgainze this work in towns starting it. The first nurse to avail
herself of this opportunity is }Iiss Ida ::\1. Boyce, Graduate of )Iiami Valley
Training School, Dayton, Ohio.
THE LADY OF THE LAm.
At Chelsea, under the lime-tree's stir,
I read the news to a Pensioner,
'That a noble lord and judge were dead-
"They were younger men than me, .. he said.
1 read again. of another death;
The old man turned. and caught his brl'ath-
"She's gone
" he said; "she too '1 In camp
\Ve raIled her the Lady of the Lamp."
He would not listen to what I reacl.
But wanted it certain-"the Lady's d(>ad ?'
I showed it him, to remove his doubt,
\nd added, unthinking. '"The Lamp is out."
He rose-and 1 had to help him stand-
Then, as he saluted with trembling hand,
I was ahashed to hear him say,
"The Lamp she lit is alight to-day,'"
-P. S. (Londun El'Cllillg Xru.:s.)
The
lllstralas ian KUl"sC S' J 0 llrnal
63
EDITORIAL
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
BOARD
Labrador
Miss Mayou, St. Catharines.
Newfoundland
Miss Southcott, Supt, Training School
for Nurses, Gen. Hosp., St. John's.
Miss GilmoJur, Grand Falls.
Prince Edward Island
Miss A. M. Ross, Supt. Prince Edward
Island Hospital, Charlottetown.
Cape Breton
111"8.. LoI'nay, Brooklands, Sydney, N.S.
Nova Scotia
Miss Pemherton, N.S.G.N.A., Supt. Rest-
holm Hospital, Halifax.
Miss Georgina Pope, R.R.C., Matron Gar-
rison Hospital, Halifax.
Miss Kirkpatrick, Supt. Payzant Memor-
ial Hospital, Windsor.
Miss Kirke, Supt. Victoria
neral Hos-
pital, Halifax.
New Brunswick.
Miss Hewitt, Supt. General Public Hos-
pital, St. .John.
Miss Keene, Supt. Victoria Public Hos-
pital, Fredericton.
Quebec
Miss Colley. C.N.A.. 133 Hutclhson St.,
Montreal,
Miss Colquhoun, C,N.A" 301 Macka
' St.,
Montreal.
Miss Emily Freeland, R. '\ .H.A.A., 285
Mountain St., Montreal.
Miss Hersey, Supt. Royal Victoria Hos-
pital, Montreal.
Miss Lewis, S.C.S. T.S,N., Supt. Maternity
Hospital, Montreal.
Miss G, 1\1. Molony, Supt. Jeffrey Hale's
Hospital. Quebec.
Miss F. M. Shaw. C.N.A. T.N., St. Agatha.,
Qubec.
Miss L. E. Young, Asst. Supt. Montreal
General Hospital, Montreal.
Miss 1\1. VernOn Young, M.G.H.A.A., 36
Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal.
Ontario
Mrs. V. A, Lott. B.G.N.A" Brockville.
Miss Morton, G.M.H.A.A., Supt. Gen. and
Marine Hospital. CoJllingwood
Miss MacWililams, R.A.H.A.A., Oshawa.
Mi:ss Hobinson, G.B.A.A.,
Beaverton, Onto
Mrs. A. A. Anderson, G,G.H,A.A., 123
Cork St., Guelph.
Mis
lt
man, 87 Victoria Avenue, Ham-
Mrs. Newson, 87 Pearl St. N., Hamilton.
Mrs. Tilley, K,G.H.A.A., 228 Johnston St.,
Kingston.
1\1iss Trout. RA.H.A.A., Fergus, Ont.
Mis" 1\1. A. MacKenzie, Chief Lady Supt.
V.O.N., Somerset St., Ottawa.
Miss Meiklejohn, L.S.I.A.A., Supt. Lady
Stanley Institute, Ottawa.
Miss Cal'>!On, Supt. General Hospital
Owen SoJund.
1\Iiss 1\1. A. Ferguson, P,G.N.A., 4;6 Bena-
cord St., Peterboro.
Miss Barwick, T.C,R.N., 644 Spadlna Ave.,
Toronto.
Miss Devellin, G.H.A.A., 605 Sherbourne
St., Toronto.
Miss Ewing, T.C.R.N., 56S Bathurst St.,
ToJronto.
Miss Butchart, T.W.H.A.A., 563A Bloor
St. \V., Toronto.
Miss McNeil R.H.A.A., 505 Sherbourne
St., 'l'oronto.
Miss E. R. Greene. T,G,K.C., Hospital for
Incurablps.
Miss Hodgson, 26 Foxbar Rd., Toronto.
Miss Jamieson, G,N.A.O" 23 Woodlawn
Ave. E., Toronto.
Miss Kelly. St. M.H.A.A., 507 Sherbourne
St., Toronto.
Miss Lennox, T.G.H.A.A., 107 Bedford
Rd., Toronto.
Miss P. Murray V.H.A.A., London, Ont,
Miss Barnard, H,S.C.A,A., 608 Church St.,
Toron to.
Miss L. L. Rogers, Supt. School
Nurses, 424 Huron St., Toronto.
Miss Alice J. Scott, G.N.A.O., 11 Chic ora
Ave., Toronto.
Miss Amy Taylor, G.S.B., 14 Earlscourt
Apartments, Toronto.
Manitoba.
Miss Gauld, M.A.G.N., 375 Langslde St.,
Winnipeg.
Miss Birtles, Supt. General Hospital,
Brandon.
Miss Gilroy, W.G.H.A.A., 48 Harriet St..
Winnipeg.
Miss Hawley, Supt. Lady Minto Hospital,
Mlnnedosa, Man.
Miss McKibbon, 375 Langside St., Win-
nipeg.
Mrs. P. H. Snider, Supt. General Hos-
pital, Neepawa, Man.
Miss I. M. Stewart, 407 Pritchard Ave.
Winnipeg.
Saskatchewan.
Miss Blakeley, Supt. Queen Victoria H,}I!Ip
pltal, Yorkton.
Ml$ Chalmers, Supt. Victoria Hospital,
Regina.
Miss Heales, Supt. V.O. Hospital, MeI-
fort, Sask.
Miss Shannon, Lady Supt.. V.H., Prlnc.
Albert, Sask.
Alberta
Miss Scott, Supt. General Hospital, Cal-
gary.
Miss M. M. Lamb, Fort Saska.tchewan,
Alta.
Miss E. P. Mckinney. C.G.N.A., Calgary,
Miss L. Matthews. E.G.N.A., Edmonton.
Miss G, A. Mitchell, Supt. Isolation Hos-
pital, Edmonton.
British Columbia
Mìss Judge, V.G.N.A., Box 59; Vancouver.
Miss McDonald, Supt. Provo Royal Jubi-
lee Hospital, VICtOria.
Miss Ethel Morrison, T.N.C.. 1442 Elford
St., Victoria, B.C.
Miss Evans, Supt. Kootenay Lake Gen-
eral Hospital, Nelson.
Miss Green, Supt. Gen. Hospital, Golden.
Miss Roycroft, A.A. V.G.H., Vancouver.
Yukon Territory.
Miss Burkholder, Hospital of the Good
Samaritan, Dawson.
The United States of America
Miss Stewart, Teachers' College, C<>1um-
bia Universlt,y, New York.
Miss Flaws, Supt. Butterworth Hospital,
Grand Rapids. Mich.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Miss Bella Crosby, 41 Rose Ave., Presi-
dent.
Miss E. B. Barwick, 644 Spadina Ave"
Vice-President.
Miss M. E. ChrIstie, 19 Classic Ave., Sec.-
Treas.
Miss E. Ross Greene, Supt. Hospital for
Incurables,
Miss E. J. Jamieson, 23 Woodlawn Ave. E.
Assistant Editors.
Miss F. Madeline Shaw, Ste, Agathe, Que,
Miss Wilson, Supt. General Hospital,
Winnipeg.
Miss McFarlane, Supt. General Hospital,
Toronto,
Mrs. O'Brien, 126 McCaul St. Toronto.
l\Iìss Hargrave. B.A., 1600 Clarkson St..
Denver, Col.
Editor.
1\Ibs BeUa Crosby, 41 Rose Ave.
64
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
tEðttnrtal
VANCOUVER, B.C.
An effort is being made by thC' Vanconver Graduate Xurses' Á-\ssociation to
organize all the nursp'S of the PrO\Tlnce for the pnrposf' of securing- an A:.-t of
Registration for whieh appliC'ation will he nUlde to the Government of British
Columbia. The obj('(,t is to raise the stnndard of nursing in the Provinre and
to protect the publi<' from being imposed npon b
T nurses who are not properly
qualified. The Act is not designed to prevent an
Tone from engag'ing in the work
of nursing, but simply to mnkE' it possiblE' for those employing nurses to dis-
tinguish between trnined mpmlwfl:, of tne profession nnd thosp who have not the-
requisite qualifications.
811 ThurTow Strpet, V
mconvE'r, B.C.
ReTU JVUU E,
Hec. 'Yo (:, X. ...L
\Ve wish the V. G. X. A. every success in its l>ndea\Tor to sl!
urp Rpg'istratioIT_
This :,'Ubject is E'ngaging the thought of tlw nwm bel's of the IwofC'ssiol1 a Il ovel
the Dominion. l\Jakf' TIlE C.\N.\DL\N X"L'HSE your mouthpieee and let it help in
l'very possible way. Th.tt is its miS'
iou. Help it to fulfil that mission.
THE "FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE" PLEDGE.
., I solemnly pleilge myself before God and in the prcsenee of this a
sel1lbly
to pass my life in pTIrit
T and to pra
tise my profession faithfully. I will abstain
from whatever is df'leterious and mischievous. and will not take or knowing'l.\
administer any harmful drug-. I will do nIT in my power to devatp till' stRlldHrd
of my profession and will hold in C'onfid('nce aU personal U1HttpJ"S committed to
my keeping, anù all family affairs c(\ming to my knowledge in tllt' prm.tir'e of my
('alling. \Yith loyalty I will enrleavor to aid the- physician in his ,,-ork Hl
d dp\"otp.
mysE'lf to the w('lfare of those committ(
d to my care. T'
INTERNATIONAL NEWS.
Sister _\gUE'S Karll, President of the Internatiomd ('ollm.if of Xursl'
. llê1
('ompleted her translation of "_-\ History of XUl'sing." hy
liss Xutting .lUd
Iis!'; Dock, into the German langna
e, anù the book will he on sa II' at the lwg'in-
ning of next month. \Ye congratulate Sister KarlI on the a('(,OlnplishllH-'nt of
this important piece of work. anù th(' German nurses on tIll' opportnllity stH' tws;
placed within tlU'ir rf'af'h of studying the history of their p}'of
's";Îon ill their own
language.-Britislt J OlL1ïwl of X lll'sing.
NOTICE.
Any suhscriher who has not been reeeiving her jourmll l"l'g'llTarly ,,-ill cOlIÍPl"
a favor on the Board of Directors by communil'ating with the
p('retHl'Y or
Editor. There has been considerahle difficnlty in this rt'gard tIll' past year owiug'_
doubtl('s,<o;, to chang'e of publishers. \Ve want to C'orre.'t this. Lt't us ha\t" the
names and addresses of those who fail to gl"t thp journal. Snbsl'rihel's will pleHse
send any change of address promptl.y, so that no lllllUht'l"s lIIay hI' mjss\:,(!.
THE CANADIAN },-URSE.
65
NORTH DAKOTA UNIVERSITY.
GRAND FÜRKs.-The preparatory eourse for nurses at the Cnin__'rsity of
North Dakota began its work with the opening of thp college
.ear, September 2
.
The COUThe is
imilar to that
iven at Teachers College, Columbia Lniversity, Xew
York City, and is of one year's duration.
\t the end of the yeal', if the student
has successfully completed the courses of study specified in the curriculum and
manifests an aptitud<:> for the work of nursing, she will be acbnitted to one of
the affiliated training schools for two year
' further study. At the expiration of
that time, the successful student will receive from the Cnive
ity of Xorth Dakota
a diploma in nursing. The first semester offers the following courses: Anatomy,
physiology. hygiene. and sanitation, chemistry, dieÌ("tics and psycholog
-. The
second semester: General bacteriology, chemical physiology. pharmacolog
., soe1-
olog-y, household and hospital economiC's, and principlf-'s of nursing. All courses
are especially arrangpd and taught from the standpoint ()f a nurse. the latter two
of the second semester and dietetics in the first. by the director of the course,
Bertha Erdmann. R.X. Although this course is in connection with the College
of :\Iedicine, it is an integral part of the rniyersity orgêmi7ation and under the
control of the director, who is also a member of the faculty. Four students have
matriculated: they are enthusiasti.3. interested, and doing good work. Among'
the affiliated institutions are: The Augustana and Presbyterian Hospitals, Chi-
cago: Trinity Hospital, 1Iilwaukee. \Yis.: St. Luke's, 8t. Paul, ::\Iilln.: BeIlenH-'
and Allied Hospitals, Xe\y York City. Applicants must be at least eighteen Yf-'ars
of age and have the equivalent of a first-class high school education.
This is the second rniyersity which has made nursing one of its dppart-
nwnts. The University of )Iinllesota was the first. an account of which appeared
in the
-\.ugust nurnLer of THE C.\.K.\DL\X X-GR
E. And why -;hould not this he
the ruk? Xurses work as hard to secure their diplmnas as tlw nH-'lllber
of other
profe
sions.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE MEMORIAL FUND.
A meeting was held at Grusvenor House on Friday. October 2
th. to ('011-
sider the steps to be taken to formulate an Imperial :\Iemorial to the late :\Iisl'o;
Florenc(' Xighting-ale: Admiral Lord l'harh
s Beresford. K.r.B.. ,,-a:\ in the l'hair.
[rs. Joseline Bagot, R,R.C., spoke of tlw work of
riss Xightingale in the Crimpa,
of her wondprful power of organization. how rapidly under her direction order
,,-as brought out of chaos, and ('omfort rpignpd whprt-' hefore had ht'en unlwanJ
of misery.
Capt.
rark Sykes spoke of the re:-;uJts of her work and th(' everlasting
benefit it would 1)(' to the human rí\('f'. a:o; ('yery traÏJH-'d nurl'-te carriell her spirit
to the hedside of the sufferers whom she tended.
::\Irs. Dacre Crayell. the oldest Xightingale pl'ol>HtiOlwl'. also spoke. Finally
it was decided that a committee should he fOJ'med to c'cHlsider the \"ê\riOllS sC'henH-''-;
proposed. and upon thp sng-g'estion of :\Irs. Bl-'CUorc1 Fenwi
'k, tlw ('()mmittee \\"HS
g:iven power to add to it" nwmhers. so that the C'hif-'f nursps' organization should
he consulted. Visc'ountess IIelms('ly proposed thHt mure women should be pla('t-'d
upon tll(' committee. as the llaIllC'-; IWIlpo..ed "-ere with hut ol1e' e
c{-'ption nlPll.-
St. John's 1l01lsl Xrl{'S.
66
THE CANADIAN NURSE,
HTHE NURSING MASQUE,"
This is a pageant on the Evolution of Trained Xursing to be given in LOll-
don. England, on Feb. 18th. ::\Irs. Fenwick, who works so indefatigably for State
Registration, is the moying spirit. The British Journal of ..Vllring says:
The processions in preparation' for February l
th, will. however, give to the
public a very good idea of the immense importance of trained nursing to every
section of the community, and the devotion of the noble wonten who have tended
suffering for centm'ies with little appreciation or recompellse.
It won't do to tell too many secrets, bu
of the four sections into which the
Pro
ession of .l\Iortals will be (liyidf'd, the first will bring us down to th
middle
of the 19th century; it will be led by Agamedp the Fairhaired, mentioned in the
Iliad, "who knew all drug's so many as the wide earth nourisheth, " and will end
\vith the grpat Elizabeth Fry. between whom will come the most celebrated of
fhose innumerable great hearted saintly women who by their compassion sweet-
ened every centur
r. It is much to bf' regretted th<-1t with so little time at itg
dispos<-11 the committee will find it impossihle to include in this proces."ion the
)Iilitary Knights, Templars, Teutonic and of 8t. Lazarus, but the Brothers of
Pity we must have. Spl'tions 2, 3 and -! will be headed by distinctive banners
inscribed" Education," "Xursing and the Community." and" StaÌf' Registra-
tion. ,. and JIiss F. Sleigh has this work in hand. The three Petitions will
hriefly touch on the edu<,ation. practi<,al work. and right to legal status of
trained n ur.ses.
CORRESPONDENCE.
1'0 the EDITOR OF THE C.\N.\DL\N
URSE:
Dear 1\fadam,-I want to give you an account of my work, of \Yelfare
ursf', and I will try to make it as interf'sting as possible.
It is now over a Yf'ar sinC'e the l\'IC'Clary 1Ianufacturing Company engaged
me as \Velfare Nurse. and during that time I have found my work very interest-
ing. There are 1,080 men and women employed at the factory, and it is my
duty to visit or care for an
T sick memher of the families of these employees, and
to report any unhygipnic conditions in thf'ir homes. These people are allowed
to ('all on mf' any hour during the day and, and in very urgent cases at nigh:.
I have regular hours for visiting outside patientR and the faptory. There is a
small Enwrg-ency Hospital connected with the factory, furnished ,vith everything
needful for emergen
y work. I have reported since Xovember, 1909, twenty-six
major accidents, others being slight cuts; one hundred and ninety-seven house
calls, and five hundrf'd and seventy-five cases at the factory.
Besides providing' a nurse to look after the health of their employees. the
C'ompany have providf'd a dining room and lunch counter where the men can
gf't a meal for ten cents.
\lso a library, containing alJout -tOO volumes and
magazines, open at noon hour.
Miss Croshy, of Toronto, called on me. and seemed quite pleased with my
work. i\'ow I must close, wishing yon a l\Terry Christmas and Happy
f'W Year.
Yours tl'llly,
13
Central Avenus. ()Il
S.) 1\[. REYXOLDS.
OFFICIAL
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
DEPARTMENT.
67
"
: .
?d.'r;-
&C .'. :'J-".,
1'_
-- ......
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military
Nursing Service,
The Canadian Permanent Army Medical
Service (Nursing Branch).
The Canadian Society of Superintendents
of Training Schools for Nurses.-
President, Miss Brent, Superinten-
dent Hospital for Sick Children, To-
ronto; Secretary, Miss Scott, Sup-
erintendent Grace Hospital, Toronto.
The Canadian National Association of
Trained Nurses. - President, Miss
Snivel
., Toronto General Hospital;
Sec. Treas.,
liss F. M. Shaw, Gen-
eral Hospital, Montreal.
The Association of Hospital Superlnten.
dents of Canada.-President, Mr. H.
E. Webster, Secretary Royal Victoria
Hospital, Montreal; Secretary, Dr. J.
N. E. Brown, Medical Supt. General
Hospital, Toronto.
The Canadian Nurses' Assoclatlon.-
President, Miss Phillips, 45 Argyle
Ave, Montreal; Cor, Secretary, Miss
Colley, 133 Hutchison St.; Rec, Sec.,
Miss Phillips, 45 ArgYle Ave.
The Manitoba Association of Graduate
Nurses.-President, Mrs. Bruce Hill,
Corner Ellice and Carlton Streets.
Winnipeg; Secretary, Miss Isabel
Gauld, 375 Langside St., Win;tipeg.
The Nova Scotia Graduate Nurses' As.
sociatlon.-President, Miss Pember-
ton, "Restholm," Halifax; Secretary,
Miss Kirke, Supt. Victoria General
Hospital, Halifax.
The Graduate Nurses' Association of
Ontario.-Pesident Miss Bella Cros-
by 41 Rose Ave., Cor, Secretary, Miss
Edith Hargrave, 146 Winchester St,;
Rec. Sec., Miss E. R. Greene, Hos-
pital for Incurables, Toronto.
The Victorian Order of Nurses.-Mlss
Mackenzie, Chief Superintendent, 578
Somerset St" Ottawa.
The Guild of St. Barnabas for Nurses.
The Brockvllte Graduate Nurses' Asso-
clatlon.-President, Mrs. V. A. LoU;
Sec.,
\Iiss M. Ringer.
The Collingwood G. and M. Hospital
Alumnae Asoclatlon.-Presldent, Mi
s
Knox; Secretary, Miss J. E. Carr, Col-
lingwood.
The Calgary Graduate Nurses. Assocla.
tlon.-President. Miss Dewar, 824 4th
Ave. West; Secretary, Miss Ruther-
ford, 506 4th St. West.
The Edmonton Graduate Nurses' Asso.
clation.-President. Mrs, R. Kneill;
Secretary, Mrs. Mason, 630 Sixth St.
Edmonton.
The Ottawa Graduate Nurses' Assocla-
tlon.-President, Mrs. Douglas, 366
Daly Ave, OUa wa; Secretary. Miss
Snow, Nurses' Club, Somerset St" Ot-
tawa.
The Fergus Royal Alexandra Hospital
Alumnae Association.-President. :\liss
Lloyd, Durham, Ont.; Sec., Miss North
Harriston, Fergus.
The Galt General Hospital Alumnae As.
sociat/on.-President, Mrs. Wardlaw;
Secretary, Mißs Adalr.
The Guelph General Hospital Alumnae
Assoclatlon.-President, Mrs. A. An-
derson; Cor Secy.. M\sfi! J. E. Ander-
son.
The Hamilton City Hospital Alumnae As-
sociatlon.-President, Miss Coleman;
Cor. Secy., Miss Aitken.
The London Victoria Hospital Alumnae
Association.-President, :Miss Lyons;
Sec., Miss Roche, Victoria Hospital,
London, Onto
The Kingston General Hospital Alumnae
Assoclation.-President, Miss Frances
Wilson, Union St., Kingston; Secy,
Mrs. W. J. Crothers, Jr., 86 Barrie
St.
The Montreal General Hospital Alumnae
Assoclation.-President, Miss K. H.
Brock, 59 Park Ave., Montreal; Cor.
Secy., Miss S. Ethel Brown, 26 Mel-
bourne Ave., Westmount.
The Montreal Royal Victoria Hospital
Alumnae Association. - President,
Miss Grant; Secretary,
1rs. Edward
Roberts, 135 Colonial Ave" Montreal.
The Ottawa Lady Stanley Institute Alum-
nae Assoclatlon.-President, Mrs. C.
T. Ballantyne; Secy.-Treas., Miss M.
K. Gallaher.
The St. Catharlnes G. and M. Hospital
Alumnae Association-President., Miss
L. Tuck; Secretary, Miss E. M. El-
liott.
The Toronto Central Registry of Gradu-
ate Nuraes,-Registrar. Mrs. Downey,
654 COlIege St.
The Toronto General Hospital Alumnae
Assoclatlon.-Pre8ldent, Mrs. A. E,
Findlay, 649 Church St.; Cor. Secy.,
Mrs. N. Aubin.
The Toronto Grace Hospital Alumnae
Associatlon.-President, Miss De Vel-
IIn, 505 Sherbourne St.; Secretary,
Miss AlIen, 9 Pembroke St.
The Toronto Graduate Nurses' Club.-
President, Miss Connor, 418 Sumach
St.; Sec. Miss E. Ross Greene, 418
Sumach St.
The Toronto Hospital for Sick Children
Alumnae Association.-President, Miss
L. L. Rogers; Cor. Sec., Miss Isaacs,
Baldwin St,
The Toronto Rlverdale Isolation Hos-
pital Alumnae Assoclatlon.-Presl-
dent, Miss Mathieson, Supt. River-
ralel Isolation Hospital; Secretary,
Miss Muriel Gale, Riverdale Isolation
Hospital.
The Toronto st. Michael's Hospital Alum-
nae Assoclatlon.-President, Miss
Power, 9 Pembroke St.; Secretary,
Miss O'Mara, 9 Pembroke St.
The Toronto Western Hospital Alumnae
Assoclatlon.-President, Mrs. McCon-
nell, 125 Major S1.; Cor. Secy.. Miss
Butchart, 563 Bloor St. W.
The Winnipeg General Hospital Alum-
nae Association. - President, Miss
Johns, Winnipeg General Hospital;
Secy,-Treas., Miss Hood, 367 Lang-
side St.
The Vancouver Graduate Nurses. As-
soclatlon.-President, Mrs. W. F.
Salsbury, 1340 Burnaby St.; Secretary,
Miss Ruth Judge, General Hospital,
Vancouver.
The Vancouver General Hospital Alum-
nae Association. - PresIdent, Miss
M. Beharrel, Asst. Supt. V,G.H., Van-
couver; Secretary, Miss M. Wilson,
1657 Burnaby St., Vancouver, B.C.
The Victoria Trained Nurses' Club-Presi-
dent, Miss M. McNaughton-Jones
Secretaries, Miss H. G. Turner and
Miss Ethel Morrison, 1442 Elford S1.,
Victoria.
68
THE CANADIA..N NURSE.
OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION, TORONTO GENERAL
HOSPITAL.
President-1\1rs. Findlay.
First Vice-President-Miss Ellis.
Second Vice-President-1\1rs. H. RichIe.
Corresponding Secretary-1\1rs. Aubin.
Recording Secretary-1\1iss Janet Neilson.
Treasurer-1\Irs. Pellatt, 7 'V ells St.
Board of Directors-1\Irs. 1\1cPherson, 1\Iiss Mary Roberts, 1\1iss Cowllng.
Conveners of Committees:
Sick Visiting-l\1iss Brereton.
Registration-1\Iiss Bella Crosby.
Programme-l\1iss 1\1. E. Christie.
Social and Lookout-1\Iiss Kilgour.
Press and Publication-:Miss Julia Stewart.
Central Registr;y-:Uiss Kate Snodgrass, 1\Iiss H. B. Fralick.
Canadian Nurse Representative-l\Iiss Lennox, 107 Bedford Rd.
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK
CHILDREN TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES, TORONTO,
Officers of the Alumnae Association of the Hospital for Sick Children
'1 raining School for Xurses, Toronto:
Hon. President-1\Iiss Brent.
President-l\Iiss Lina Rogers. 33 :i\Iajor St.
First Vice-President-.Miss
1. Ewing, 569 Bathurst St.
Second Yice-President-1\Iiss A, Robertson, 182 'Yalmer Road.
Recording Secretary-::\Iiss :ðIonk, 664 Ontario St.
Corresponding
ecretary-1\Iis8 B. Goodall, 666 Euclid Ave.
Treasurer-l\Iiss 1\1. 'Vilson, 47 Brunswick Ave.
Directors-l\Iiss E. Jamieson, 107 l\Iarpher:-;on _\ ve.; 1\Iiss Charters, 425
Carlton St.: 1\Iiss G. Gowans, 5 Dupont St.
Convener of General Business Committee-l\Iiss Ewing, 569 Bathurst St.
Convener of Sisk Yisiting Committee-1\Iiss G. Gowans, 5 Dupont S1.
Press Representatiye-1\Irs. H. E. Clutterbuck, 148 Grace St.
Canadian Nurse-)Iiss 1\1. Barnard, 608 Church St.
Inyalid Cooking-l\1is8 :\Iary Gray, 505 Sherbourne St.
Cpntl'al Regi8try-
1i8
:\1cCuaig. 603 Ontario St.; 1\11s8 Gray, 503 Sher-
bourne St,
GRACE HOSPITAL ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION,
President-1\iiss De V ellin.
First Vice-President-Miss 1\IcKeown.
Second Vice-President-1\iiss :Mc1\Iillan
Secretary-1\iiss Allen.
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Treasurer-:Miss Wixon (by acclamation).
Board of Directors-l\Iiss Carnochan, Miss l\lonery, Miss Soane, Miss
Etta l\IacPherson and l\Iiss Thompson.
Social Committee-l\'Ciss Shatford, l\tlrs. Corrigan and Miss Webster
Sick CommiUee-1\'Cisses Irvine and Gibson.
Convener of Programme Committee-1\1:iss Mc:MiIlan.
Convener of Press and Publicity Committee-Miss Bell.
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF THE HAMILTON CITY HOSPITAL.
President, JIiss N. J. Burnett. 4
:3
Iain St. East; Vice-President, .Mrs.
A. 'V. Ke",son, 87 Pearl St. Korth; Rpcording Becretary, :\Iiss D. E. IStreet.
200 Hughson S1. Xorth; Corresponding 'Secretary, :l\Iiss Etta )Ic'Leay, ::\Iountain
Sanitorium.
Executive COlllmittee-Mrs. Jfargaret Reynolds, 87 Victoria Ave. S.;
\Iiss Ida Ainslie. -1:) Bay
t. S.; JIiss Bertha ::\Iiller, 87 Victoria Ave. '8.; l\Iiss
Elizabeth Aitkin, 198 Hughson St. K.; :
\[iss E. J. Deyman. 87 Yictoria Ave. S.
QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S IMPERIAL MILITARY NURSING SERVICE.
\YAR OFFICE, LONDON, S.\\T., December 16, 1910.
The follO\ying laay has re
eived an appointment as Staff Xurse :-
Iiss E. 1\1.
\Yhittall.
Transfers to Stations Abroad-BLACK U and L C
l\L-\.TRONS.
:Uiss J. Hoadley, R.R.C., to
Ialta, from :\Iilitary Hospital, Curragh.
PROMOTIONS.
The undermentioned Sisters to be .:\Iatrons :-l\Iiss
r. .:\1 ark, :\Ii:ss T. G.
\Yillctts.
The undermeutioned Staff Xursl
s to he Sisters :-Jlis;oi .:\1. Davis, :\Iiss E. K.
KabelTY.
E. \Y. BECHER,
l\Iatron-in-Chief, Q..A.LM.X.S.
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL,
TORONTO,
To be :Kursing Sisters (!';upernumerary) :-:Mi
s )Iabel Clint, 10th October.
1010. :\ri-ss Flora Harriet 'Vylìe, 12th October, 1910. ':\Iiss Louisa Hortense
Parlee. 13th October. 1910. :\Iiss Laura May Hubley, l:>th October, 1910.
To be a Xnrsing Sist("r (supernumerary) :--J(iss Charlotte :\Iacalister, 20th
Spptember, 1910.
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fly
tallnp
tll of (@uitt
Give me my Scalloþ Shell of Quiet
jJIy staff l!f fll"ith to 'Itlalk llpon
l(y scriP of joy, immortal diet,
Æfy bottle of salvati01E,
,J1"y gmfm of glory, hopePs trræ gage
Am: thus r n taR
mY' pilgrimogeÞ
Blood must óe my óodyF s óalnte
.
}'I/o other halm will there he gi'i!en;
IVhilst l1ry soul, like quiet palmer,
Tra7.-rr'lleth f(y;f){lrd th(p fa ld f!f Hea'l'ell.
Jry soul 'Zml! óe a-dry bejöre,
Bllt,. aftcr, it '(fIlii thirst 110 more.
The Call of the Woods.
'''''hen you are tired ministering to the many wants of the sick, and things
seem to go all wrong, take a day "off," and go to the country where nature is
all harmony ann. unison, and there Jet your body relax and your soul expand
and rest; often the spirit as well as the body requires rest.
The green mountains will speak their message, the waterfaH its music, listen
to it
rhythm; ftuwers invite your admiration and give
'OU in return their
sweetest perfunw: the sky above is clear and restful.
Natnre i
all giving, for the scene of young growing tIlings, tbe Q'entle rlL
t-
ling of the lflaves, songs of birds. all is soothing to tired nervfls. To a nurse it is
the freqnent rontact with irritating, and often nncongeneal. forces, 'which con-
sumes the vitality, and leaves us, as we say, "limp" and nervous.
Nursfls. I think more than anyone else, require this nature dh'el'sion, as our
work keflps us confined very much indoors. Try this outing sometime and see
the effe
t.
Jlyra IsúlJ(l .'ttcl'ens.
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(ïl1r
ltilð nf
aiut
aruabali
CANADIAN DISTRICT
MONTREAL-St. John Evangelist, first Tuesday Holy Communion at M. G. H., 615 R.m
Second Tuesday, Guild Service or Social Meeting, 4 p.m. Third Tuesday, Guild Servi
at St. John's, 8.15 p.m. Last Tuesday Holy Communion at R. V. H., 6.15 a.m.
District Chaþlain-Rev. Arthur French, 158 Mance Street.
District Superior-Miss Stikeman, 216 Drummond .Street.
District Secretary-:\Iiss M. Young, 36 Sherbrooke Street.
District Treasurer-Mrs. Messm"vy, 37 Church Street.
TORONTO-St. Augustine's Parish House, 8 Spruce Street, last Monday, 8 p.m
ChaPlain-Rev. F. G. Plummer.
Superior-Miss Brent.
QUEBEC-All Saints Chapel, The Close. Guild service, fourth Tuesday, 8.15 p,m.
Chaplaz'n- The very Rev. the Dean of Quebec.
Suþerior-Mrs. Williams, The Close.
'The Canadian Distrìct Council of the Guild of St. Barnabas, cOhsìstìng of a
Chaplain, Superior, Secretary
Treasurer aud five members elected by the mem-
bers of the District, meets three times a year in :l\Iontreal. to read reports from
the Branche:s. to make any regulations for the benefit of the Guild and to con-
duct any bnsÍIlt--'ss which may be brought forward. Some time ago it was sug-
gested that it would be advisable for the Canadian District to have its own con
stitution. After much consideration R form was drawn up and submitted to the
i3ranches in Canada and to the Council in England. ,Vith one pxception it "'as
approved aud confirmed, and at the meeting of the Canadian Dist ict Council on
December 181. 1910. its adoption "vas proposed br l\Iiss ::\1. Y . Young, seconded
by l\Irs. .:\Iessuryey, and carried. These by-laws. while quite in keeping with the
Constitutions of the -Guild, allow certain changes in the regulations to suìt the
differences of life and thought in Canada.
After this we shall to a great extent conduct om' own affairs and all com-
munications from the Branches of the District will be made to the District SC'c-
retary, who will transmit them to England. Thi
will make us more self
reliant. It is to hf' hoped that before long we shaH be requested to form other
Branchps, so that the Canadian nurse may enjoy the privileges of the Guild of
81. Barnabas in all the great centres of the Dominion.
AXXIE STIKE
rAN,
District Superior.
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
THE GRADUATE NURSES' ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO,
(INCORPORATED 1908).
President, Miss Bella Crosby, 41 Rose Ave, Toronto; First Vice-President,
Miss A. I. Robinson, Galt; Second Vice-President, Mrs. \V. S. Tilley, Kingston;
Recording Secretary, Miss E. Ross Greene, Hospital for Incurables, Toronto;
Corresponding Secretary, Miss Lucy Bowling, 47 l\letcalfe St., Toronto; Treasurer,
liss Mary Gray, 505 Sherbourne St., Toronto. Boal-d of Directors-Miss L. C.
Brent, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Miss A. J. Scott, II Chic<:ra..\ Ye.,
Toronto; Miss K. Mathieson, Riverdale Hospital, Toronto; 1\Irs. l\lill Pellatt,
7 \Vells St., Toronto; Miss Jessie Cooper, 30 Brunswick Ave., Toronto; 1\Irs.
Downey, 554 College St., Toronto; Miss Janet Neilson, 295 Carlton St., ; Toronto,
lissJ. C. \Vardell, 171 Delaware Ave., Toronto; Mrs. Yorke, 400 ManningAve.,
Toronto; Miss M. L. Barnard, 608 Church St., Toronto; Miss Ewing 569 Bath-
urst St., Toronto; Miss O'Connor, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto; Miss
Kennedy, 1 Lakeview Ave., Toronto; Miss Jamieson, 23 \Voodlawn Ave., E.,
Toronto; Miss De Vellin, 505 Sherbourne St., Toronto. Com'eners of Standing
Committees-Legislation, Miss Mill Pellatt; Revision of Constitution and By-
Laws, Miss M. J. Kennedy. Press and Publication, Miss Brent. Representatives
to The Canadian Nurse Editorial Board, Miss A. J. Scott, JIiss E. J. Jamieson.
Representatives to Local Council of \Vomen, Misses Neilson, \Vardell, Irvine and
Smith.
REGISTRATION.
This very important suhject is receiving the thoughtful attention of nurses
in every land. In the different Provinces of Canada, '
teps are being taken to
place the profession on a proper recognized basis. The Graduate Xurses' Asso-
l"iation of British Columbia io;; in the midst of a vigorous campaign for registra-
tion. 'fhe Graduate Nurses of Xova Scotia have just one more step to take.
:\Ianitoba is working along the same line with good effect. Ontario is striving to
interest all her nurses in this great question and to bring about united effort to
secure legislation. The account of work, suecessful work, from other lands is
encouraging. Xote the following from The Brit ish J olll'Hal of ...Y ursing:
The Bill for the Btate Registration of Trained Xnrses in Denmark has been
approved by the Commi
sion appointed to consider its provisìons. Among the
principles incorporated in it are (1) the restri
tion of the use of the term
"registered sick nurse," and the limitation of State recognition to those who
have obtained the State certificate: (2) only women holding the State certificatp
may be appointed to responsible positions in institutions which are training
schools for nurses. Thf' curriculum includes two months' preliminary training
and three years in an institution ('onnected with one of the State-recognized
hospitals. It proyides fur a two years' period of grace after the passing uf tht-'
....\ct. and for its revision within five years of its passiug.. The working of the
Act is placed in the hands of Committees of Public Health. The Bill at present
recognizes a
'ear's hospital training as a qualification (in addition to preliminary
training) for district nnr
es, but we hope this may ùe altered hefore it becomes
law, and the same standard be adopted for all UUl'SP".
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73
\Iiss )Iary
hore has received the appointment of Distrirt :\Iissionary Xurse
on the IndÜm Heserve, under the Xew England Co. This is the seniur missionary
:,ociety, incorporated in 1611, with head office in London. England. :\liss
hore
enterð un her duties .January 14th. Her headlluarters will be at Ohsweken, Onto
The Reserve is twelve miles square. The nurse is provided with a horsp and
tl'ap for h('r use while making her official visits.
....-\.. Branch of the Order has been organized at \'ïctoria, B.C. The Home
Xnrsing Soeiety has amalgamated with the Victorian Order. The nurse will
enter on her duties there, early in February.
The Toronto Branrh has placed a nurse in the western part of that city.
This makes the third resident nurse in the parts of the city more diðtant from
the Central Home.
The Vancouver Branch is extending its activities. TheJT have placed a nur:-;e
in Fairview. thus heginning the resident nurse plan in that city. They are
planning to build a largpr home for the nurses, to be called the Florence Xight-
mgale Home.
The reports from the Cobalt District are very promising.
.Jliss l\ra
Tou has left for Shoal lÆke, .Jlan., 'where she will be III eharge of
the hospital. .JIiss J ean
cott will be her assistant.
.:\Iiss Bertha
teeves is in ('har
e of the Vif'torian Hospital.
wan River, )Ian.
.Jliss Elizabeth 'Vill has been appointed nurse in charge of the Edmonton
District, to slpceed .JIi
:\IcCulloch, who resigned January first.
:\Iiss Am:,. Claxton has received the appointment of
istrict Xurse at
-canðu, X .S.
A post-graduate rourst' in district nursing-four months-is given at one
of the foul' training centres of the Order: Ottawa, .Jlontreal, Toronto, 'Vjnnipeg. '
For full information apply to the Chief Superintendent., 578 Somerset ::;treet.
Ottawa; to the Di
trict Superintendent,
9 Bishop Htreet, .Jlontreal; to the
District
uperintendent. 206
padina A venue, Toronto, or to the District
Superintendent, 1-!::> Sherbrooke Street, \Yinnipeg. .Jlan.
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
THE CANADIAN NURSES' ASSOCIATION AND REGISTER FOR GRADU.
ATE NURSES-ESTABLISHED 1895-INCORPORTED 1901.
Presiden t-l\Iiss PhilI ips.
Vice-Presidents-l\Iiss Tedford and l\Iiss Colquhoun.
Treasurer-l\Iiss Des Brisay.
Registrar-l\lrs. Berch, 175 .Mansfield Street.
Reading Room-The Lindsay Building, Room 611, 518 St. Catherine Street
\Yest.
Lectures-From Xovember until .May, inclusive, in the l\Iedico-Chirurgical
Society Rooms, the first TuesdaJ? in the month, at 8 p.m.
The regular monthl
. committee meeting and lecture were postpon
d till
.f anuary 9th owing to the holiday seaRon.
Iiss Hersey, Superintendent of XUl'ðes. Royal Yictoria Hospital, kindly
invitpd the m(>mher
of the C. X. A. to hear
Ii
s Crosby speak un "The Cana-
dian Nursp" and "Registration and "That it jleans to the Graduate Km'se:'
If all the nurses knew what an interest
Iiss Crosby has and is taking, they
would do their share by subscribing to it now and make this new year a
l>èUlller one. Coffee and cè:tke were served at the clü::;e and a very pleasant half
hour spent he fore the blazing log fire. which we ,,-ere loath to leave.
Iis
Handall, gJ'aduate R, Y. II., Sup(,l'intendent of è:t hospital in San
Prancisèo. bad the pleasure of hping present at a reception for
\Iiss ..\ndrews
PI. G. H.), in \Yinnipeg. on the occasion of her approaching marriag-e. \Ye art>
always glad to welcome back our graduates and members and learn what tlwy
are doing.
\Ye extend our sympath
- to .Mr. Howard \YilJõ;on in his great berpaVl'nH'nt.
The late
Irs. \Yilson (nee \Yillson) was a
raduate of St. Paul's General Hos-
pital.
Iinnesota. She lean
s one little daughter.
jlm'h sympathy is felt for :\Iiss Yan Buo;;;kirk in the death of Iwl' father,
Dr. Van Buskirk. of ::-;1. Thomas, Ont. )liss Yan Buskirk will not rdUl'll to
('(lutinue her ,,'ork for some time.
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75
HOSPITALS AND NURSES.
:\Iiss Angela
lcIllhargey, graduate of St. Joseph's Hospital, Chatham, \\ho
has been engaged in hospital work in Detroit, resigned her position and will do
private nursing in the city.
:\Iisses T. Blonde and Pearl Dickinson. Class '10, are doing private nnrsin
in Detroit.
:\Iiss Xellie Gilmore, Class '10, intends going to Chicago with her brother,
Dr. Gilmore. to do private nursing.
:\liss Jean Lundy, Class '10, registered in Chatham for private nursing.
:\liss Jean Gilmore, who has been ill for some time at her home in LucknO\\-,
is reported much improved.
.:\Iisse.s Grace floy and Rose Ta
le, graduates of St. Joseph's Hospital, Chat-
hmu. are doing private nursing in Port Huron.
Ii'5s 4\.' X. Ireland, graduate John H. Stratford Hospital, Brantford, lu'1s
received an appointment in the Galt Hospital, Lethbridge, Alta.
liss J. 4\.' Gibson, graduate of ){oose Jaw General Hospital, ha
been
appointed Superintendent of thp Gt'neral Hospit.al. Kincardine, Onto
\Iiss Kirk (R. V. II.: :\lontreal), who was Superintendent of the Children \;
:\Iemorial Hospital until the first of October. is with
liss Guernsey (R.V.H,),
who was her assistant for the last year, taking a trip on the Conttnent. They
expect to spend Christmas in Rome, and will visit England before their return
next spring or summer.
:\li
s
IcKay, a graduate of the R. V. fl., )Iontreal, who was assistant in the
operating department of that institution before going 'Yest, is now in charge of
the operating department in the General Hospital, Vancouver.
:\li88 Randal (R. V. II., :\Iontreal), who has been for some years in charge
of St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, where they intend building a new hospital,
is now in Canada; her trip East is for the purpose of gathering information as
to the latest improvements and methods in the hæpitals on this side of the
continent.
liss lJUcim-J :\1. 'Watson, graduate H. C. II., has been appointed Dispensary
Xl1rse for the Tuberculosis TJeague in Tjondon, Onto
:\liss Ida :\1. Carr, Superintendent of the Hamilton Asylum Hospit.al, has
been transferred to Brockville.
:\[iss Kate
radden who for three years was Supervisor of thp Xew England
Hospital, Boston, has hpen appointpd I.Ædy Superintendent of the Hamilton City
Hospital.
Iiss Trout. Lady Superintendent of the R. A. H.. Fergus, has resuUlpd
her duties.
We regret to learn of the death of Jli
s Lucy B. Fisher, one of the
\ ,",soriate
Editors of the Xurses' J ollrnal of the Pacific Coast, and Second Vice-President
of the 4\.ssociated Alumnæ of the (Tnited
tates.
\Iiss Fisher was a pioneer
worker in all nursing affairs of the Coast. Hpr spp('ial work, latterly, was for
the prevention of tuberculosis.
hp will be greatly missed by her friends and
as
ociate.., to whom we tender onr most sincere sympathy.
On November 14, 1910, a meeting was called for the double purpose of
organizing a Graduate Nurses' Association of Berlin and 'Va terloo, incl neling
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
all graduate resident nurses who have trained elsewhere, and an Alumnæ Asso-
ciation of the Berlin and 'Yaterloo Hospital Training School for Nurses. By
the courtesy of l\Irs. Bm,'man, Superintendent, the meeting was held at the
Hospital, through whose efforts the organization has been formed. The object
of forming the association being to encourage a friendly spirit, for mental im-
provement and instruction and maintenance of the honor and standing of the
profession. On motion ::\Irs. Bowman was appointed to the chair, and :l\Iiss
Georgie De Bus to act as Secretary, pro tern. A Nominating Committee was
appointed, consisting of :l\Iisses Hendrich, Gies, Kaiser and De Bus. The result
of the business of the evening was the election of officers, formation of by-laws
and constitution. The officers for the year are: Hon. President,
Irs. 'V. A.
Ziegler; President, l\Irs. Â. Foster; Vice-President, l\Iiss Louise Henrich;
Recording Secretary, l\Iiss Kaiser; Corresponding Secretary, l\liss Eva Border;
Treasurer, l\Iiss Gies. Registration is to be at the Hospital and a uniform rate
for nurses' fee was fixed upon. A large number of nurses were present, and
we trust the same enthusiasm will be shown throughout it") existence.
The annual graduating exercises of St. Joseph's Hospital, Port Arthur, will
take place December 22nd. The names of the graduates are: :\[iss Agnes Ârm-
strong, Fort 'YiIJiam; )liss Alice Guiry, I..ândsar;
\Iiss Florence .:\IcCrea, Cobalt:
l\[iss Gracia )IcDonald. Parry Sound.
The Children'8 Hospital, 'Vinnipeg, now in course of construction. is to be
completed earlJT in June so that the little sufferers ma
T have its shelter and
care in the hot months when epidemics ,vork so mu
h misC'hief.
The three days' bazaar held for the benefit of the Building Fund was the
most successful ever held in 'Yinnipeg. the handsome sum of $10,:500 having been
cleared.
Thirteen thousand per:;;ons visited the bazaar as recorded bJ'" the paid admis-
SIOns.
In addition to this sum E. A. :Jlerrill. of
Iinneapolis, un
aturday presented
the ladies with his cheque for $2.000. 'l'he money is to endow a cot in the new
hospital in memory of his daughter, Constance
[errilI. :\11'. )[errill is the father
of
[rs. C. D.
hepard of this cit
;.
SaturdaJ'T was rather the climax than the con{'lusion of the event, and th("
afternoon and evening saw the rooms and the galleries filled with a busy throng.
Later in the evening all the goo<lo;;; not sold were disposed of by auction, Hon. T.
Mayne Daly, H u
!'O Ross and George Carruthers striving for premier honors in
the role of allC'ti01lPCr. 'rhe verdict of the audiencp was to the effect that the
T
hroke even.
The sale on'r, servers and st'rvpd. in thousands gathered into the rotunda
and with the singing of "God Save the King," and giving three cheers fOl.
Peter Lyall, Superintendent 'Yilson. and their helpers, declared the second annual
Children's Hospital bazaar at an end.
:\Irs. J. P. Jansen has the honor of planning and managing this most suC'cess.
ful bazaar.
A meeting of the graduate nurses of PeterLoro was held in the Y. 'Yo C. Â.
on the afternoon of December 13, 1910, when an excellent address by .Miss Crosby
wa
enjoyed. Tlw suhject of reg-istration for nUl'ses was dwelt upon, anù a
paper which has heen thought most justly to meet the needs of all, read. A plea
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for THE ('AK .\DL\X X URSE appealed to our pl-ltriotir instin(.t, and we remembered
with shame that our only Canadian journal of nursing was struggling along
without our full support. Then a few words in behalf of the Graduate Xurses'
As..;oeiation of Onhll'io reminded lIS how very e,-H;y it is to becom{' narro"., and
to be satisfied with very much le!-,ð than the best for our protession in our own
country, .J1rs.
Iillar (nee .JIiss Coleman) former Superintendent of
icholls
Hospital. was appointed a delegate to represent us at the general meeting of
the association to be held êlbout the la
t of the month in Toronto. A hearty vote
of thanks was tendered
Iiss Crosby, and we felt that ht.'r
oming had done us
good.
Petl'olea. Ont., bl'cumes the possessor of a splendid hospital. picturesquely
situated, and perfectly equipped, b
. the gpnerous gift of its citizen,
rr. J. L.
Englehart, C'llllil'lllHn of the Temislmming and Xorthel'n Ontario Railway. )11'.
Englehart ha
donated to the town his beautiful residence, valued at over $50,000,
and gronnds ('oyering' some thirty acres, as a memorial to hi
deceased wife. Hp
has. moreon"". (lonated $5.000 to be de\?otell to remodelling' the structure for
hospital purposes. The institution will be known as the Chm'lotte Eleanor
Englehart Hospital and ,yill become the property of Petrolea on December- 31st,
the s
und annivers;.-lry of .Jfrs. Engll'hart's death. Dr. R. 'Y. Bruce-Smith.
Provincial Inspector of Hospitals. who has returned from an inspection of the
property and plan
for reconstruction, said last evening: ., It is a most gpnerous
gift. The property a.., it stands to-da)? could not lw replaced for over $100.000.
It is absolutely ideal for hospital purposes. with its spacious building, series of
fh.e b
ltonies and magnificent grounds.. There is not a finer building for it"
size 011 the f'olltillellt, amI the town of Petrolea will have perennial causp to
thank )11'. Englehart." )lost lasting than bronze or marble is the monument
that ministers daily to human suffering.
The
-\masa 'Yood Hospital. St. Thomas. Ont.. is to have an extension in
the near future.
'rhe Illinois 8tate Association of <1raduate Xurses is arranging' a series of
lectures on questions of interest to social servic;e workers.
At the recent meeting of the Indiana State Board of Xursp Registration.
held at Indianapolis, forty-four took the examinatioll.
The pre.-;entê1tioll of the medals and diplomas to the graduate nurses of the
1911} c
a.ss of the ""estern Hospital Training 8chool for Xurses,
Iontreal, was
madl' in the hospital buildings on Dorchester street. on Thursday,
üvember
24th. The large waiting room of the Outdoor Department was transformeù by
a wealth of bunting', etc., and the formal presentation aUtI speeches were dispusC'd
of here J\Cfore tlH' social portion of the programme was pr(t
eeded with. The
President of tlw institution.
rr. Peter L
.all, presided. Ill> emphasized
the great need of a new Xurses' Home and appealed to the ladips
present to help by every means in their power the efforts that are now being'
made to prO\.iòe' for WOnlPll who are devoting themseh'es to such honorable work,
a suitable resideul'e with those two great es.sentials. lig'ht and space, After
words of advi('f' from Dr. James Perrigo,
Ir. T. Gilday and others to those
nurses who wt>re passing out of the school the diploma
and medals werp handed
with suitahle word:;; to
Iary A. S('ri\'pr, Elizaheth Kpf'ch,
Iuriel Pickel, Isabel
.Tennings.
lcllH'l Drake and )Iarian Xa
h. "Thp other half of 1910 clas.'i having'
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received their certificates earlier in the year. A special gold medal had been
presented bJ'Y a generous friend to the nurse most proficient in all branches of th('
gentle art of nursing, and this was handed, amidst loud hand-clapping, in which
the fellow-nurses heartily joined to :\Iiss
rarian Nash. A hanc1some book, as a
:-;pecial, was also presented to :\Iiss Clare \Yiggett. Both these young ladies
appeared to be equally as popular with the school as with the powers. An
adjournment was thcn made to the Nurses' Home, where refreshments were
served and vocal and instrumental music gave enjo)'ment to all, the singing
of
rrs. C. H. Cameron being particularly pleasing. \Vith due regard to the
thoughts of an early to-morrowan "Auld l.Æng Syne" brought a thoroughly
enjoyable evening to an all too early close.
:Miss Beatrice Doherty, a graduate of the \Vestern Hospital of )Iontreal, and
formerl)
in charge of the operating room at that institution, has now been
appointed in charge of the l\Iiners' Hospital, Coleman, Alberta.
)Iiss Croshy, who has been visiting the Alumnæ Associations east of Toronto.
addressed the meeting of the Alumnæ __,..\.ssociation of the Royal Vi<'toria Hospital
in the
urses' Home of that institution on Friday evening the 9th., the members
of the Nurses' Association and of the Alumnæ Association of thp ,jlontrel-ll
General Hospital werp invited to be present. She interesÍ{>d the members by
her ac
ount of what tlwy had been doing and proposed to do with the CANADL\X
.xumms' :\IAGAZINE, and also gave a brief sk('tch of what steps the
, ill Ontario,
had taken towards registration for nurses.
At tbe meeting of tlll' Executiye Committee of the Vau('onVtr Graduah
XU!'Sps' AssoC'iation and an Exe
utive Committee from the B. C. ,jledical ...\8S0-
eiation, held on Thur
day evening, D('cember 22nd. a draft was made of an Act
of registration for nur:')ps for British (
olumbia. which was approved of by thosp
present. This _\d to be finally voted upon will
o before thp mpmbers of the
VI-lneouver Graduate
nrses' Association, the ...\lumnæ Association of tllt> Van-
l'ouver General Hospital, the Trained Xnrses' Association of Vic.toria and others.
A spp('ial meeting fOl' this purpose wiII he held on \\
ednesclay, Decf'mbC'l' 28 at ts
p.m. at the .surses
Club. 1357 Barclay street.. The memberH earnestly hope that
all graduatc nurses intercsted in this movement will make an effort to be present
at this m('pting.-Daily Prot'illce, Vanconver.
Thp ladies of the Cowan ,jlission gave their customary tea nud enterÌêlin-
ment to thp patients at thp General lIo
pital, St. Johns, :-\t:'wfoulldll-lnd, on
Decemher 23rd. and a pleasant time it proved to be for all ('oncerned. Too much
praisp eanllot be given these ladies for the valuable assistance rendered the sic'k
I-lUÙ suffering at the hospital. For
-('ars, in season :md out of season, they pay
regular calls, bringing words of good cherI' to the unfortunatps seeking health
and strength. They also disppnse literature, fruit, etc.. and otherwise demon-
strate their object which is to make the bed of the suffprer as ple:i-"ant as possible.
They expect no re\\-ard, but they receive the thanks of those who, although living
in the homeland, are without friends or relatives to visit them. They had mil de spe-
(.ia] prepm'ations and not only providpd dainty teas but had gift., of books. hand-
kerchiefs, gloves, for an tIH' inmatps. Therp were <10]1<;; for the t'hihlrl'n, toys for
tne boys and pipes for the men. Xot a single patient was ove1'lookcd or negh>ctl'd
from the youngest to th(. oldest. As many of the patients as possible were
takC'l1 to th(' 10'.\"('r ward. wherp a concert was given. among- thOM> :tl.;
âsting were
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Rev. CphiII.
Iiso..; (:oodridgc, .Jliss llerdel',
\Iiss Le"Jlessurif'r. .Jliss Anùerson.
1)1'. Keegall. (llJ hehellf of tilt-' hospital, thanked the ladi('s for th('ir kindness in
prewiding such a pIC>Hsnnt time. The institution is undergoing constant changf'
and impruVl'nll'nt. and before t\\"U years it. is hoped to havp it in first class COll-
dition. On(' of tIll' improvements is a new home for the nurses. work on which
will start in the spring, It will hI' prpcted a few feet from the hospital anù the
intention is to make- it as comfortable ns possible. Each nurse will have a room
to herself, and the dining room and
itting' rOOlll'S will he a'S modern as is pos-
sible to make them. The doctor pnid a glowing tribute t.o the young ladies, who
for ability and aptitude cannot be surpns.sed. During his recent. visit to the Old
CountQ-, the doctor purchased a ne". kitchpll outfit, which is the latest on the'
market and will grf'atly facilitate the labors of the nurses. The laundry was a11.;0
a wonderful improvement. Xurses Lilinn Heid, l\Iarg.ar(
t Hackett, )Iyra Taylor
and Bride Hayse \\"ere tlwn presented 'with cprtificates. they having passed their
years' examinations with grpat credit. The staff consists of Superintendent.
Xight Superintendent, Office Hister, Theatre Rister. three 'Yard Sistprs, one
taff XUl'se and twenty-six nurses in training. The singing' of the Xational
\.nthcm brought this most plf'êlsant afternoon to a close.
Thf' r('g-ular monthly meeting of the Central Registry was held :\lollday.
December ;). uno. In the nhsen('e of the Convenor. "JIiss Kennedy kindly took
thp ehair. The He>g:istrar's report 1:ihU\\'ed 17;) calls for Xovember, an increase
of 48 caUs O\'el. Xovembpr. 19m). Several I-lpplications for the position of
Rpgistrar were received, but as
Ii
s Ewing had b('ell appointed for three months.
t1wse were hpId ewer until after the December is.<;;ue of TIlE CXN_\DL\N XL'RSE.
It was deeided that the committee appoint registrar, and Registrar chouse her
assistant. Lah>r, at a spf'ciaI meeting- lIPId Decemher 8th. it "'as decided that both
Registrar Rnd Assistant Registrar be Graduate Xurses.-Rose !:\1. Kimmitt.
On Friday, De('emher
Hh. tlw regular monthly mpeting of the Alulllll.l'
\ssociation of tlH'
rontreal General Hospital was held in the Xurses' Home of
the
I. U. II. "Jliss Co\n>n. First Yiee-President. oceupie::1 tlw chair.
-\fter tIll'
routine businpss "Jli
"JL V. Young read an interesting- r('port of the annmtl
meeting of thf' Loca] ("'1oun<'il of 'Vomen. :JIiss Crosby, Editor of TIlE C
UL\DI.\K
XeR
E, adùressed us, g-Ï\-ing: a very intpl'('sting aceount of the
tarting and obje!'t
of the journal. it=-, histor
' (-111<1 difficultil>s. The nurses were urged to takp all
interest in the journal. both by suhs(,l'ihing: for it and contributing to its 1)ê\g"C".
Dr. Helen "JI <:I('"J1 UJ'chy"s work for the journal in the past was warmly praised b
'
:\Iiss Crosby. Dr. Camphell gave a most intf'resting I-lddress on "Children's
Diseases." Tt'a \\"as then served and a socinl half hour much enjoyed h
. all
pre<;;ent.
At tlH'
\ nnnal "Jfec>ting of the
\lunma'
\s"o('iation of thp Hamilton Cit.\-
ITospital tlle fol}.)\\.ing- officel:s were elected :-Pr('sident. "JIiss
. J. BUrJwtt. -l:
:
.Jfain
trept East: Yire-Prpsident. .Jlrs. A. "T. Xewson. 87 Pearl Rtrpl't Xorth:
I:ecording Seeretan'. "JIiss D. E. Street. 200 llugh.,on Street Xorth: COl'l'l'-
spullding Re:'retl-ll'Y, 1fiss Etta "JlcLpay. "Jlountain
anitorium; Exp('uti,'e-
"Jlr,;. jfal'g-arc>t I{eynolds.
7 Yi(.tnria Avenue'
outh: "Jfiss Ida
\inslf'e. 4:) Ba
-
tr('et
outh: "Jliss Bertlw
Iillel'.
7 Yietori<l Avenue South; jli1:is EJizabeth
\itkin. If)
TIII!!ho..;on Strept XOl'th: E. .J. De
ïwm. 87 Yirtoria "'\VPllUP
outh.
\t the .Tanw\l'
- llwetil1Q' of the' Alumna'
\ssorintion of tJw 1'Ol'onto (}pneral
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Hospital Training School for Nurses, those who attended had the privilege of
listening to a talk on registration given by:l\Iiss Crosby, who demonstrated then,
as she has done on many a previous occasion, her fitness to be onr chosen mission-
ary in the legislation campaign. Step by step she went over the points in the
proposed bill, and when, after an eager discussion of the subject, the meeting
came to an end, not one of her hearers but felt she was "\viser and more enthus-
iastic than ever on the question of registration.
A Chrismas tree was held under the auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary Board
of the London Health .Association, on December 23rd, at Byron Sanitorium, fol-
lowed by a con('ert by l\Ir. C;yril Dwight-Edwards and his pupils. Shpriff Cam-
eron acted as chairman, and Rev, J. Lakster, of First Pre.sb
-terian Chur
h.
delivered a splendid address. Others who took part were )Irs. Adam Be
k, )Iiss
Chapman and
Iiss Edith )lcBride.
l\Iiss Barbara Gilchrist, Class '10, Victoria Hospital, I.Jonclon, Ont.. has been
appointed School Nurse by the Board of Education. She will take a course of
training with ::\Iiss Rogers in Toronto before commencing her ,,'ork here.
Christmas eve at the I.Ædy Stanley Institute was a very enjoyable one for
the nur:;;ps and house surgeons of the Protestant General Hospital, Ottawa. A
Christmas tree was arranged on the platform of the large le
turp hall. and besides
the numerous presents to the nurses from friends, both inside and out of the
Institute, there were numerous toy presents for each. which were placed on tlw
tree to afford a snprise as wen as contributp fnn to the evening. Santa Claus
was real and live and rpsplrndent in full regalia. and also a surprise to thp
nur:;;es. The jingle of bells approaching acted as a stimulus and in a few
moments commotion reigned supreme. The discords produced by the tones of thp
various musical instruments such as mouth organs, hand organs, whistles, etc., etc.,
did not in the least detract from the joyousnes
of the occasion.
\fter the gifts
were all distributed supper was served-a most elaborate supper, which was pro-
\"ided as a treat to the nurses by .Miss Rose Fleck, who takes a kindly interest
in the nursps and hospital in general. Dan
jng. games and music completed the
evening's fun. Three ('heel's were given for ::Uiss Fleck and threp cheers for
Santa Claus who, when not sliding down chimneys and de('iphering the minds
and wish-books of mortals, is just )Tr. Charlps :\r('
ahb, a philnnthropic r"f'sideut
of the city of Ottawa.
The rf'gular monthly meeting of the Central Registry was held )[onday,
.J autHlry 9, un 1, :
\Iiss Fraliek in the chair. The Registrar's report wa:s read
and shows the Registry to he steadily growing. At present thpre i1re four huu-
dred names on the registry. There were 1b7 ('aIls during De
emlwr, an increase
of :-n calls over December, 1909. The financial statement for the month was a
follows :-
Balm]('e in Havings Acconnt... - . . , . . . . . . . - . : . . . .
Ba]an
e in Cnrrf'nt ...-\c('ount.. . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Received for Fees, Charts. {'Ì('. . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . .
$1,083.09
374.40
116.13
$1.;')73.64
Dishnrsf'ments for Dp('emlwl'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . 269.66
Balance, . .. . ... . . . . . .. . .................. $1,30
3.Ð8
The Canadian Nurse
A MONTHLY JOURNAL FOR THE NURSING PROFESSION IN CANADA
V 01. VII.
TORONTO, :\IARCH, 1911
No.3
DIETETICS.
The subject of .. Dietetics" as part of the training school curriculum has
within recent years demanded recognition as being of primary importall<,e in
the equipment of a nurse; for upon the kind, preparation and amount of food
-in the feeding of a patient-depends more than upon the kind, amount and
preparation of drugs administered. Cntil a very recent date, in the history
of nursing, practically nothing was known of dietetics by the most skilled
nurse. aside from the slight knowledge of cooking and serving a few dainty
articles of food. 'Yhile we may all be unanimous in the opinion that a
patient enjoys his food if cooked to his liking, whether prepared or not by
scientific calculation as to its caloric value, etc., yet we must agree, by our
present knowledge of things as hased upon scientific experiment. that food in
its relation to disease and the requirements of the body must in some degref'
necessitatp careful sf'leetion, to the obtaining of the bf'st results. This selec-
tion must he based upon more than the patient's individual taste for certain
foods, ur his appetite for certain quantities. These in themselves are factors
of some l'onsideration, independentl)" of what is scientifically calculated to be
in harmony ,vith the expenditur
of the body, the nature of the disease. and
the powers of as!':imilation. )lore and more the importance of proper diet for
the sick is being impressed upon the medical and nursing professions. The
nursf' of tlw present and th
future, as an important factor in the progress
of this hranch of medical treatment, is expected to eIluip herself with hoth
theoreticë11 and practical knowledge of the subject. It is necessary that she
should be familiar with the proximate principles of food. in what percentage
each is contained in the more common kinds of food. to what particular needs
of the hod,\" each contrihutes, and thf'ir <,alori<, value; how f'af'h is a(.ted upon
by the digestive ferments. and what the amount of output of waste from the
body should be as eompared with the intake of food. thus estimating the
pOWf'rs of ingestion. The metril' system of ,figures is found to he invall1abh-,
in making these calculations. Tn most text hooks on this suhject <,an he fonnd
tahles uf approximate and equivalent measurps. su('h as;-
1 07. =:30 grams
1 dr. = 4: grams
[f a dif'tary allows a patient four drams of butter for hrea.kfl-lst. and it is
estimate(l that 1 gram of fat equals 9 calories, then four drams of butter, being
pqual to sixtpen grams of fats, equals 144 cë110ries. Foods whi{'h contain in
certain proportions all or a numher of the prineiplps. must lw("<>ssarily ])f'
anaJYZf-'d: for instuJ)('f'. in the f'stimating of the eu10ri(. '"ahlf' of a slil'P' of
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
bread weighing so many grams, a certain percentage will be carbohydrate
,
a certain percentage proteids, and a certain percentage fat, salts and water.
It therefore devolves upon the nurse to figure out the number of calories con-
tained in the whole.
The do('tor may call upon the nurse to make up a dietarj" allowing so
many calories per day, or allowing so many grams proteid, as in case
of
nephritis; so many grams carbohydrates, as in cases of diabetes, and so many
grams fat, as in certain gall bladder cases; and will expect the nurse to make
up the dietary, alIo'wing for one week's food. Every nurse, upon her intro-
duction to the caloric theory, feels that she is confronted with a most compli-
cated problem, but after combating a few of the fundamentals, the rest seems
quite simple, and 'with additional experience becomes very interesting. The
work of analyzing does not often devolve upon the nurse, unless she chances
to be employed in the laboratory for the purpose. In hospitals and medical
schools prepared tables are used. These set forth the percentage of proximate
principles, and the number of calories contained in a given amop.nt of each
kind of food. In Tuft's l\'Iedical School, Boston, a very complete table is
used: In line with the different food:s and their values are blank spaces for
the daily records to be made. There is also a colulllll devoted to miscel-
laneous data. Another very useful table is that prepared by Drs. Joslin and
Goodall, of Boston, giving a lÜ;;t of fruits and vegetables. classified according
to their percentages of sugar. This table is used principally in making up
dietaries for diabetic patients, the recording of sugar and urea output each
day, total intake of water proteids, ('arhohYlhates and fats.. and thf' daily
weight of the patient.
Standard Table of Calories.
1 gram carbohyrlrate=4 calm'if's
1 gram proteids =4 calories
1 gram fat =9 calories
1 gram alcohol =7 ('alories
The potential energy of food is measured by the amount of heat which
('an be obtained by its complete combustion, and is expressed in units of heat
or calories. A heat unit or calorie corresponds to 42;).5 units of work. Thf'
English heat unit is that amount of energy required to raise the temperature
of a pound of water 1 degree F. It:s mechanical equivalent is 772 units of
work-that is to say, the same amount of energy will raise 772 pounds 1 foot.
,A small calorie is that amount of heat requireù to raise the temperature
of 1 gram of water 1 degree C. This heat, or energy, is produced by the intake
of food, which causes the increase of combustion in the body-proùuction of
one-fifth energy and four-fifths heat. It is supposed that in tllP system the
fats and carbohydrates are burned completely to carbonic acid and water,
but the proteids If'ave a residue of urea, therefore tll(' objec.t of limiting tllP
amount of proteid food in ca
es of nephritis. It is estilllatf'd that only 7;)
per cent. of the calorimetric value of proteids is of ph
-siologic'al value. and is
h
' far the most important constituent of food. It may he argned that with
an excessive amount of food f'onsnmed, therf' should he a rÍ!-H' of temperature,
but not so. In health. with increased prodnction of heat In the hody, there is
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
105
increased loss of heat. Similarly, on a warm day, when there is diminished
loss of heat
there is a correspondingly diminished production of heat.
In disease, the temperature is increased mainly by tissue disintegration
and the inactivity of the excretory organR, which fail to eliminate the waste
products, and consequent interference with the mechanism which in health
operates to equalize the two processes. The diet, the atmospheric temperature.
the activity of the sweat glands, the amount of moisture in the atmosphere,
the amount of work done, and the body in health or disease are all factor
to be considered in the estimating of heat production and expenditure.
Lad:y Stanley Institute, Ottawa.
IARY A. CA TTOX.
STERILIZATION IN PRIVATE WORK.
I have seen so often, both in American and Canadian nursing journals.
inquiries about the methods of sterilizing necessary articles used in private
practice. Some of the methods in use are, indeed, very crude.
Ha ving nursed for a number of years for a doctor 1.:d1O has a large COUll-
try practice, and who performs a great many operations in the homes of his
people, I, like other nurses, had to devise some means of sterilization. This
set me thil1king. and the result is, I have patented a sterilizer which has
proved more than successful, and is highly praised and recommended b.v all
the doctors and nurses who have seen and used it. The nnrses who have it
say they would not be without it for any money. It is also invaluable in ob-
stetrical work.
Figure Xo. 1 shows the sterilizer open, as it is placed in a Xo. 9 boiler
(ordinary wash boiler used in private homes). The sterilizer has been madl'
to lfit a common wash boiler, as this is an article usually found in any homf'.
Figure Xo. 2 shows the sterilizer folded, with the ff'et removed and placed
together, shown b,)' (x) in Figure No.2.
The sterilizer is made to fold, so that it occupies very little space, the
feet being made removable, thus forming a flat object, which can be carried
very easily in the ordinary grip. It is light, durable and inexpensive.
The wash boiler requires about one gallon of water, or enough so that
the water does not bubble 'Up through the perforation:-;. the steriliÚng being
done by steam.
After having parcelled the articles for sterilization in the ordinary \ya
',
place a cloth over the top of sterilizer and fill t11<> space with articles. then
,
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
cover parcels with another cloth. Place the boiler cover on very tightly and
'3team for fifteen or hventy minutes. water boiling hard all the time.
A m
rse can have everything sterilized for an operation of any kind in a
ver
' short time. and with no trouble or worry. Any further information will
})f1 gladly given by writing to me.
JAXET P. CRAL11ERR Gradallte Xllrse.
200 London Road, Sarnia, Onto
To The Canadian .Kurse:
I think we o'we The Canadian Xurse a lett
r, for it was through it that 'n
have at last attained our desired wish. lIow(.ver, -we are not writing bl'camw
"
e feel it a duty, but rather a pleasure, and if we
all write anything of inter-
est to the many nurses who read The Canadiaa Xurse, we shall feel amply
rewarded.
It is over a year since
Irs. Kipp. Corresponding Secretary uf the \V omen's
Home :\lissionary Society of the Presbyterian Church, Toronto. had an article
put in The Canadian .Xurse, asking for nurses to go out to the Ill'W mission
hospitals, which are being built in our 'Yestern lands.
::Uiss 1100re and I applied. hut it .
was not until the following :\Iay that \yp
were asked if 'we would be willing to go to Telegraph Creek, B.C., to take
charge of a mission hospital. 'Ve both decided to go, and hegan to make al'-
rangements to go as soon as we 'Were needed.
\fter a few anxious weeks we
received word that we had to be in \r ancouver JUl
T 15. thence to sail to
"Trangl'll. Alaska, where we were to take passage on the river boat. Port
Simpson. which would carry Us to our destination. The river hoat makes only
a few trips up the Stikine River, its regular route being up the
h:t--'f'lHl. and
the ship from Vancouver also calls at "Trangell just at statt-,d timps. so we
had to try and make connections.
Vt,T e left Collingwood. Unt" .J uly 2, going hy wa
T of Uwen
ollnd to Fort
'Yilliam. then('c to \Yinnipeg by train. After spending a day in 'YinnipE'g'
with my brothf'r, and a l'onp1e of days ,,-ith my youngest brother. in KÎ11ders-
If'Y, Sa
k, we hurried on to Vanf'ouver, and arrived there on the morning of
the 13th. 'Ve 'were accompanied by my brother from \Yinnip(>g'. and had also
l1ad a kind friend. Rev. George .\rthllr, missionary at Y egreviJIe,
\lta.. \dth n!{
from Owen 'Sonnd to \Yinnipeg. so we were well looked after.
\Ye made such a hurried trip through the "Test that we did not see mm'l1
of that grt'llt eonntry, but we hope to see more of it in the future.
\Ve left Yan('ou,'er on the .night of the 16th. in company with Dr. and
:Jlrs. Inglis and two c-hi1dren. who had heen out for a murh-ne(-'(led vaC'ntion.
aftf'r spen(lÍng five
-ea"s in Telf'graph Cref>k :Jlrs, Inglis is a gradllate nllr
p
of :\Iorden.
Ian.. so we felt Wf' had fonnd a kindred spirit. "T e wpre Yer
-
thankful to meet thpnr. as we were not eertain if Wf' would have to make
the trip alone.
'Yf' reached "Trangell. Alaska, on the night of .July 18. and H
the riVf'l
hoat was waiting, we intpndt.'d leaving .Tul
- 20. hut what wa:-; 0111' dismay.
,vhcn. on awakening on the morning of the 20th. we found that tIll' dodor\
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little girl had developed measles. \Yhat was to be done? One thing \Ya
cer-
tain-we could not all go; so we talked matters over, and finally we aU de-
cided to stay, for the river boat was to make a second trip the following week
\Ve transferred our baggage from the hotel to a private house, which wp
werp ver
' fOl"Ìlulate in securing from the Preshyterian mini::Üer of that plac!:'.
The doctor thpn decided that it was best for him to go alone the following'
week. for the ho
pital was not nearly completed. and we would he lInahlf' to
begin work.
After two weeks of quarantine, :\Irs. Inglis made the tr'ip. taking the little
girl with her. and left :l\Iiss :\Ioore and 1 to look after the little hoy. ',",10 had
developed measles the previous week. In all, we spent four week
in 'Vrangell,
but we enjo
'ed the rest. although anxiolls to get to our destination. \Y rangell
is quite a pretty little plB-ce, the only objection being the amount of rainfall.
One seldom :-,ees a sunshiny day. Une thing I admired wa
111(' hf'autiful
nn-
sets. and Jam sure it would be hard to ,find an
.thing morE" heantifnl. Thp
colors "er
so gorgeons. and yet they seemed to harmonize perfc(.tly.
Bnt Wf' Wf'rf' glad to on('e again start on our jOIll'IIe
'. "T e left ".. rangell
on the e,'ening' of Angust 1í, and arrived at Telegraph {'l"pek on thf' mOl'lJillg
of tlw 21st. Xeedless to
;ay, we were heartily weleollH'd h
- Dr. Inglis awl
wiff'. for tl1P
' hall never hcfore hf'pn separated from that pre('Îous ho
'.
The river hoat having made its last trip whf'n
h'S. Inglis left liS. we 111-1<1
tlu-' honor to lw passengprs on the first trip of the gasoline lallll<.h. .. Tplt'g-raph
of "Trang!:'n. '" whir-h was built spef'ially to play hehYt'en the
two ports.
Yery sma}] it 1001\:f'rl ('ompared with tIll' large Anwl'i(.an "
sspls whi('h ('al1l-'<1
at 'Ynlllgf>lL anù small. eVf'n, l)psi(h
tllf' rin'!' hoat. Hilt 'Y(' 111-1<1 no othl'l'
Hlterllatiyp, lInl.,ss it was to takf' passagf' on a mlll'h smallpl' lalll1ch.
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
f"fhis was the first season a regular launeh had been running. :m it 'YUS
hailed with delight.
Our trip from 'Collingwood to Yancouver, thence to \Vrangell. we thought
grand, but the scenery was not to be compared with that on the trip up the
Stikine. Those never-ending mountains, just the distance away to be appre-
ciated, the river twining in and out and around the mountaim
. were indeed
sights worth seeing and remembering. I cannot begin to deserihe the heauty
of it all. I think one has to see it for one's self, if oue wants to l'eally l1ndl'r-
stand the grandeur of it. But that was not what we came fOl', although WI'
felt thankful that we had had such a pleasant trip.
The hospital 'Was not ready for us when we arriyed, SO we aceepted the
kind inyitation of the doctor's fall1il
', and took up our above with tlWlll. In
the meantime we came up to the hospital, and did what we ('ould in the way
of oiling, painting, etc. The work on the building was done by amateurs, but
I must say they have done splendidly. Dr. Inglis, with the aid of several other
men, has certainly done his duty to the building.
\Ve ,vere somewhat disappointed to learn that it was not a mission hos-
pital, the people of the town wishing it to belong to the town. 'Ye, uf cuurs
.
are supported b
T the 'V omen's Home )Iissionary :::)ociety of the Presbyterian
Church.
'Ye are quite proud of our little hospital. It has t'ight rooms, besides cel-
lar and attic. I shall try to give a short de
cription of it, but feel I can't do
it justice.
It is a frame building, tinned on the outside, whieh from a distance looks
very much like brick. There is a verandah rtll1Uiug along the west and south
sides, which at some future time will probabl.y be made into sun parlors. There
are four rooms on the lower floor, besides a hall running the entire length from
west to east. The operating room and bathroom are on the north side. while
the ward and kitchen are on the south of the hall.
The rooms are all tinned inside and painted, The operating room is white.
while the other rooms are painted in delicate shades, the hall heing cream. The
woodwork and fioors are oiled. and the whole presents a dean appearance.
There are four wards on the upper floor, two intended for the Indians.
Each ward is large enough for two beds, and one for three in an emergency.
One room is reserved for 'white people, but we are privileged to nse it when it
is unoccupied. Then the fourth we reserved for a sitting room. hut perhaps
our plans will have to be changed when the building is completed. The up-
stairs wards will not be tinned, for funds ran low; hut] think it will be done,
if possible. in the near future. For the present, they are
overing' the cdling
and waIJs with cotton. with a wainscoting of oilcloth. That ma
' seem very
odd to the pf>ople Jiving in the East, but if you knew llOW difficult and expen-
sive it i
to get material up to this far-away pla('e, yon would think as we do,
that they do rt>markably well. Of COTIr:se, it is against onr strict teaching of
asepsis. but circumstances alter cases. (Just now we are using the operating-
room for a sitting room.)
Th
river is open to navigation 811('h a short time each f{ummer that it
Sf>ems impossible to crowd the wants and needs of twelve months into that
short time.
TIlE CANADIAN NURSE,
109
\Ye had a formal opening on tIlt> nig-ht of
eptembeJ' LJ. There were
twenty-three present. but,
tnlllgp to say. the BIen were in the majority, there
lwing only se"en WOlUen. two of whom wpre half-hreeds. wives of white men.
\Ye had the building nicely decorated with flowers. beautiful flowers, too.
which had been kindly sent us by all in town ,vho had any to give. \Ve also
had some very pretty autumn lea ,'es, and I must not forget to say we had the
dear old flags, Union Jack and Canadian. \Ye were unable to find maple
lea \'es. but there is a shrub here which has leaves similar, so you may be sure
we plucked as many as we could. After the meeting a dainty lunch was served,
and everyone went away highly delighted with the en'ning, and also with
the building.
Our nursing will be chietiy alllong the Indians. Their homes are unfit to
nurse in, and therefore they have provided a hospital for them. Our first
patient, an Indian woman, came in on September 2;). Since then, up to the
present (December 5), we have been kept busy. Our last patient left two
weeks ago, hut )Iiss )Ioore is 011 'private duty. nursing the wife of the manager
of the Hudson Bay store. They are rejoidng over the arri\'al of a bahy girl.
\Ye take turns in nursing and housekeeping. for we thonght we could manage
nicely without help. and therefore save expense.
The Indians all suffer. more or 1(,8s, from s
'philis. but the strange part
is the
' can't he made to see the cause. They also suffer, in a great man)' dif-
ferent ways, from tuberculosis. hrought on by trying to live as the white
people.
1'hey are quite an intelligent class, yet are r.ather unsatisfactor.v. They
are 4.uick enough to imitate white people along different lines. especially vice,
but it is quite a different and difficult task to teaeh them the wrong of it.
They have splendid opportunities in the wa
of hunting and trapping, hut
they do not take adv'antage of them. Occasionally they go out and shoot
moose, mountain sheep or some wild fowl. They have no idea of the value of
money. If they hê1\'e it. they 8ppnd it fred,\". If the)" haven'1. it doesn't
worry them.
Vl e get all Indian grant from the Government of a dollar a da.,' for eYery
Indian patient. 'Ye also chê1rge them. but whether they will all pay remains
to be seen. They are similar to tlH' white people. They could pay if tlwy
would-at least, the majority of them.
\Ve also get a Government grant of thirty dollars a month for tllP tele-
graph linemen. which we receÌ\'e whether we have a patient or not. Thl'.\"
have the only ward on the lower floor. hut it has Iwen unoccupied so far.
Altogether. Wp have had six Indian patients. with a few others coming ill
for treatments and dressings, but [ think, in future, the dodor will do them
at his office.
I fear 1 have already tried your patiencp h
' writing su('h a l('ngthy lettpl'.
and one which will give
You very little idea of the place and work after all.
Although this letter wi]] he late for thp Xmas hoJida,\ s, .n>t Wt-' hoth join
in wishing all thl-' readers of Tht> Canadian Xm'se a \'eJ'y joyous Xmas and
Happy Xew Year.
Telegraph Creek, B.C.
E. BAKER.
llO
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
THE SCHOOL NURSE,
The School Nurses of Toronto have considered the question of uniting
the Public School Nurses of Canada for mutual help and co-operation, and
for this purpose have organized "The Canaùian Public :::;chool
urses'
\..s-
sociation." It is earnestly hoped that all Public School
urses will be inter-
ested, and \'fill become members. Further particulars will be given in next
number.
The following nurses are taking the post-graduate course of one month
in Public School Kursing :-:\Iiss Ida
l. Boyce,
Iiami Yalley Hospital, Day-
ton, Uhio; :Hiss E.
1. Paul, :::;mith Infirmary,
taten Island. .xew York; :Hiss
E. 1\1. )Iacallum, :::;t. Luke's Hospital, Chicago;
Ii
s ß. Gilchrist, Victoria Ho
-
pital, London, Onto
Iiss Gilchrist has been appointed School X urse in London. Ont., and is
taking this course to rfit herself to organize the work there.
':\Iiss BOJ"ce, from the viewpoint of an onlooker, speaks thus :-" There
are so many ailments among the school children that I have wondered what
the end would have been if medical inspection had not been adopt pd. It may
be that conditions are exaggerated by the infiux of foreigners. The system is
good. The nurse must be keenlJ" observant always. and :soon learns to report
in concise form aU cases of suffering or defieienc
", which are referred to the
doctor for diagnosis. The nurse reports these conditions to the parents with
the object of ascertaining if anything has been done for the {'hild, and, if not.
to try to secure for him the attention he needs.
"I was much impressed by the rapidity with which the nurse makes her
inspeetions and notes defects: also by the anxipty of the {'hihlren to assist tIlt'
nurse. The heads of the department may feel discouraged at times, hut WhPll
we look over records and note results, I think they should feel glad.
,.
Iy last impression is that tllP benefits of medical inspection will not be
apparent for some time. hut the system tends to give the cit
" men and WOlllt'n
of a better dá
:S, both mentally and physi('ally.
Another Nurse writes: -
., That an entire family of SCH'n should be so poorly clad as to pre-
vent them attending school during the severe weather seems incredible in a
c
ty like Toronto, but such is the condition of affairs in a home in the KQrth
End. visited ret'('ntly by one' of the school nurses. Of these seven children.
five are of school age. and \\'hen the mother. armed with credential!': from tht:>>
nurse. \"Îsited the tit.'" relief o!TI('f' for the llecess.ary clothing, she wore her hus-
band's old oYl-'rcoat, her hare feet thrust into a pair of men's hoots. Yet
his is only one of many sueh to he found in t.hat part of our rit
. known as
.
Iulf"ktown.' TIlt-' father of this family. though wi1lingo. was unable to gf't
more than two or three hours' work earh day."
The British Journal of Xursing says:-"The
(.hool Xurse has ('ome to
stël
r. If school Ilursing is to he the force for good in the devplopment of a
higher standard of h
'giene ill the schools. and in the Jiyes of the ('hildren.
whieh it is confidently hOlwrl it will he. tllt-'n the lllU'SPS ('ngaged in this im-
portant work Hlust be piekl'd ,,-omen, skilled and expel'icl1ePlI as 1I11I'SPS. tad-
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
111
ful and hroad-minded. as all pioneers in a !WW hranch of ,york lUU..;t be if
they are to break down prejudiees aud OYerCUme the obstaeles alwa
Ts met
,yith in th:..' pë-Jth of progress. There at'e exceptional opportunities of useful-
ness beforè the
c-hool XIII'se. and the standard of lIational heaJth nUlY he
raised through her agency."
SHOCK,
..
hork is a sudden depression of the vital powers arising from an injury or
a profound emotion acting on the nenTe centres and inducing exhaustion or in-
hibition of the yaso-motor mechanism." In shock the abdominal
,'eins are greatly distended and the other "eins of the body may be over-full :
the arteries contain le
s blood than normal. and an insufficient amount of blood
is sent to the heart and to the \'ital ('entres in the brain. In other words, in
...hock there is a deficiency in the circulating blood. Shock may he
light and transient, or it may he se,'ere and prolonged, and it may even pro-
duel' almust instant death. Shock i:-, more severe in women than in
men, and in the !Jen'OliS and sanguine than in the lymphatie. in thos(, weakpned
by suffering than in those who are strangers to illness.
The treatment of
hock is simple amI mostly passÌ\Te. HI' (>areful to do
nothing whieh can a.ùd to the existing sIlOek.
In moving' a patient, be gentle with him. Do not permit a hroken bone to
gonge into the flesh and nerves and blood vessels needlcs
]y.
Keep him quiet on his Lac-k, with head low.
\ ppl
T artific-ial heat.
Givt' morphine h.' podermically for the relief of rain and to quiet tIlt' men-
tal agitation. The h."osf'ine-morphine comhination is lwst for this {>nrposf'.
Give Htrychnine (1-:20 grain) to re\'ive the heart. lldion.
Give h.'l)odermi(' or intravenous injections of f.aline solution to till np llie
hlood v
>sst'ls. A tropinp and ergotine will contract the sma11er hlood yessels.
Adrenalin chloride will raise the hlood pressurp.-Hritish .Journal of Xursing.
Answers.-A nurse in charge of a large operating room writes: "1 han>
had no experience with silkworm gnt kept in 83 per ('ent. C'at'ho1i(. acid
solution, hut T rertainly think any snturp from s1wh a solntion would hp most
irritating. 'Ve sometimes keep ours in a 5 per cent.
olution for a few da.y!õì,
hut this is C'arefu11
' rinsed off before the gut is used."
Please tell me the best method of changing mattress with patient in lwd.
To turn and change the mattress while a patient is in bed. take off tlw
spreaò and upper hlankpt. Fold the upppr sheet all(llo'wer hlanket ha(.k o\,pr
the patient, Unfasten the lower sheets and roB them tif!htl
- tin the ro11",
touch the patient on each side. Take hold of tht' rolls and lift the patient
from the bed. while the mattrt'ss is heing turned and repla('{-'d, Then }f't tJw
patient down and tuck in the f'lothp
. This is af'(.omplislwcl morp rp
dil
T
and quickly by having three per
ons. Two will lw requirf'd to lift the pati(:>nt
and a third to pull out the mattress.
If "Superintendent" win kindly spnd her address to the {'ditor's offi(.(>.
some material wi11 he forwarded diredl." to her. The addrl'ss has 1)('(>11
mislaid.
112
TIlE CANADIAN NURSE.
The Graduate Nurses' Association of Ontario-Proposed Bill.
Section 1 is -omitted, owing to its length, but, in brief, it advises the ap-
pointment of fifteen representative nurses of the Province, who will form the
firs t Council if the bill becomes law.
2. The objects of the Association shall be:-
(a) T-o promote and increase by all lawful ways and means the knowledge,
skill and profession of its members in all things relating to the business or
profession of nursing, and to that end to establish classes, lectures and exami-
nations, and prescribe such tests of competency, fitness and moral character as
may be thought expedient to qualify for admission to membership.
(b) To take, purchase, hold, sell and dispose of all and any goods, chat-
tels, lands, tenements and hereditaments, and any real or personal 'Property
whatsoever, and any interest therein which may from time to time be neces-
sary or convenient for the purposes of the Association; but the Association
shall not engage in trade, or so deal in land:::) or any interest therein, but may
receive, manage and invest voluntary contributions and donations, gifts or
devices from members or others as a benevolent fund for the benefit of needy
or non-prosperous members, or the families, including families of deceased
members'; provided always that the said Association shall only have power
to acquire and hold such real estate as shall not at anyone time exceed an
annual value of $10,000, and shall have and hold such real estate only so far
as the same shaIJ be nec{'ssary for the purposes of the said Association within
Ontario.
(c) To acquire, by purchase or otherwise, and to print and publish, or
cause to be printed and published, any newspapers, periodicals, books or leaf-
lets that the .A.ssociation may think desirable for the promotion of its objects.
(d) To borrow and raise money in such manner as the Association may
think fit.
(e) To do all such other lawful things as are incidental or conducive to
the attainment of the above "bjects.
3. An annual meeting shall he held for the election of the Council of the
Association, and for such other business as may be brought before such meet-
ing, at such time and place, a
d under such regulations and notices as by the
By-Laws shall be determineJ; J1nd in default of such election being held at
the proper time, the existing Co ./.ncil shall continue to act until their succes-
sors shall be duly appointed.
4. (1) The Council of the Association shall consist
of fifteen members, aU
of whom shall be graduate 'lurses, and all members of the Association, residing
within the Province.
(2) Nominations of candi<l.étte::r for election to the Council must be in writ-
ing, signed by two members of the Association. and must be lodged with the
secretary at least fourteen days hefore the date of the annual meeting.
(3) A voting paper cQntallling the names, alphabetically arranged, of the
persons nominated for eJ .a-ction to the Council shall be bent b.\' mail to each
member in good standin!J' at least ten days he fore the date of the annual meet-
ing, and the C'oun('il shv.ìl be elf'cted h
y means of snch voting papers, whether
the members voting be present at or absent from the annual meeting.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
113
(4) All vacancies which may occur in the Council, by death or otherwise.
in the interval between two annual meetings. may be tfilled by the CounciL
5. The Council shall elect from among its number a President, two Yice-
Presidents. a Secretary and a Treasurer (the same person being eligible for
both the last-mentioned offices), and shall appoint a Registrar and such other
officers as may be provided for by the By-Laws.
6. The Council ma
T fix an entrance and annual fee or subscription to be
paid by all members. and may vary the amount from time to time. and no
memher shall he personally liahle for any debt of the Association beyond the
amount of his unpaid fees or subscriptions, as aforesaid.
7. (1) The .Association may make By-Laws for,-
(a) The administration, management and control of tllP property. busi-
ness and other affairs of the .Association.
(b) The conditions of membership in the Association.
(c) Thp election, appointment. f-unctions, duties and remuneration of all
officers, agents and sprvants of the Association.
(dJ The appointment of Commi1tees and their duties.
(e) The calling of meetings, regular or special, of thp Association or of
the Committee.
(f) The fixing of the necessary quorum and pro('edure in all things at
such meetings.
(g) Generally for the carrying out of the objeds and purposes of tlw
\s-
sociation.
(2) The Association lllay alter and vary an
" and all By-Laws from time
to time. but no such By-Laws or an
" amendments thereto shall have force
or effect until they shall have he en approved ë-Jt the annual meeting of tlw As-
sociation or at a special meeting callpd to ('onsider the same.
(3) Any such By-Law shall be liable to he f'ancellpcl hy an order of the
Lieutenant-Governor in CounciL
8. The Council shall have authorit
" from tinIP to tiuw to pres('rihe a cur-
riculum of studies to he pursued hy the students. to determinp tlw fittwss and
moral character of persons applying to he examined. to prescrihe the subjects
upon which candidates for certifirates of rompeten('y shall he examined to fix
standards of skill and competpIlf'Y. to estahlish a srale of ft'es to he paid hy ppr-
sons applying for examination, to appoint examiners. llefiIH' their duties and fix
their remuneration, and to make such rules and regulations (not contrary to
the provisions of this ...\('t or thp R.\"-Laws of the Association) in respert to
examinations as may he pxppdient. Tlw Coun('il shall hold pxaminations at
least once in each year. .
9. The Association ma
. t'stahlish lef'tl1rf'S HI1(1 ('las:..;('s of stl1dt'nts in nurs-
ing and other kindred suhjt'rts. and ma..\". suhjed to tlw approval of the Lieu-
tenant-Go'"t'rnor in {'ouncil. make larran
empnts with any rnivprsit
". ('ollege.
Hospital or Training Rehool in Ontario for the attendance of students in nursing
at snch le('tures or classps in an:," surh {Tniversity. College. Hospital OI' Training-
School as JIla
- ('ome within the ('onrse of suhjpds pres('rihed h
" tlw rnlf's. B
"-
Laws and rpgnlations of the
\ss()(.iation. and ma
". snhj(>('t HS :-1fr\
r''''!:Ii(l, agre't'
with an
. such Cniversity. Coll(>g'P. Hospital or Training
('hool for tll(' nse of any
Lihrê:1ry or
rnsl'lUn. or propert
. helonging to or llndf'r the ('ontral of sl\eh {Tni-
114
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
n'rsity, ('oJIege. Hospital or Training
ehool, and may affiliate with all
snch
(Tniversity. College, Huspital or Training Sehool, and may enter into all arrange-
ments ncel'ssal'Y for such end, upon sueh terms as may be agreed upon.
10. The head office of the Assoeiation shall be at the City of Toronto, in
tbe Provinee of Untario, but ma
' he changed from time to time by lly-Law
of the Åðs0ciation to anJ' other place in Ontario.
11. Ever,y member of the Assoeiation shall have the right during the con-
tinuauce of his membership to use the designation" Hegistered
urse," aud
ma
' use alter his or her name the initials .. R.
.," signifying " Registered
.:\ Ul"se. ' ,
12. (1)
o persun shall be entitled to take or use the designation 01
.. Registered
urse" or the initials" H.N.," either alone or in combination
with anJ- other words, or any name, title or description, implyiug that he or
she is a Registered
urse, or any name, title or initials or d('scription, im-
pl)-ing that he -or she is a Registered Nurse, unless he or she is a mem bel' of the
Association in good standing and registered as such. Any person using the
name, title, initials or description contrarJ- to the provisions of this'se<'tion
shall be liable on summar.r convidion to a fine not exceeding $;)0 for ea('h
offence.
(2) Any SUill or snms received from convictioll
and l:fine
as aforesaid
shall be paid immediately on the recovery thereuf to the Treasurf->r of the
\s-
sociation.
(3) The Couucil may institute and assist ill .-my prose<-ution WHIpI' thp
provisions of this Act, anù may use the funds in the treasury of the A
soeia-
tion, in cuuDe:dioIl 'with sueh proceedings. ur any persun lllay illstit ute any
such pru:-weiltion, amI the Couul'Ìl may allot such portioll of the fint' to such
{1Pl'son as it may deem expedient.
13. (1) The Council shall callS
to be kept hy the
pcretal'Y or Hegis-
trar. a book or l'
gister, ill which shall be entered ill alphabetical urder the
names of all members in good stauding; and those lllE'mlwl's only whose names
are inscribed in th
book or register aforesaid shall l)p dCf'med entitled to thp
privileg-e of membt'rship ill the Association; anù snch hook or l'Pgister shall at
all tilllt'S he suhjeet to inspeetion hy any per
un free of charge.
(2) Buc:h regist
r. ur a <-up
- of the ...ame duly certified by the
e('retar
or Registrar, shall he prima fa(.ie evidence in aU courts and before all perS-Oll
that the person-- therein specified are memhers of the .\s:-:ociation in good
standing. and the abSellCI' of the name of any perSUll frum suc:h huok shall bp
prima fa<-ie evideuee that sueh person is not a member of tlll' ...\ssoelatioll.
1-1. The Asso<.,iation IlIay by By-Law provide for the suspension or expul-
sion. on complaint and after due pnquiry, of any mem}wl' for misconduct, or
fol' violatiun of the l'llle:--; l)r By-Laws of the '
\ssúeiation.
];J.
\IlY membet' of the AssoeÏation sunUlwuetl to attend any COllrt. civil
or criminal. for the purpose of giviug eviùence in a professiona1 ('apaeity. or
in CUlISl'q tll'nt"e of profpssional sen'itps rf'ndered b
' SIl(' h mem her as a llUrSt"
shall he paid for each day of attendaní:e at such eonrt, ill addition to travel-
ling expellses, Hw :'\êtme- WltllPSS fees as art' pa.\Table to a duly (llHtlifi"d llledica
(ll'aditioner.
lOll/Ìnued 01/ page I30
llf>
EDITORIAL
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
BOARD
Ntewfoundland
Miss Southcott, Supt, Training School
for Nurses, Gep. Ho
p., St. John's.
Miss Gilmour. Grand Falls.
Prince Edward Island
,Miss A. M. Ross, Supt. Prince Edward
Island Hospital, Charlottetown.
Cape Breton
Irlrs.. Lornay, Brooklands, Sydney, N.S.
Nova Scotia
Miss Peml,erton, N.S.G.N.A.. Supt. Rest-
holm Hospital, Halifax.
Miss Georgina I J ope. H.KC., Matron Gar-
rison Hospital, Halifax.
Miss Kirkpatrick, Supt. Payzant Memor-
ial Hospital, \Vindsor.
Miss Kirke, Supt. Victoria General Hos-
pital, Halifax.
New Brunswick.
Miss Hewitt, Supt. General Public Hos-
pital, St. John.
Miss Keene, Supt. Victoria Public Hos-
pital, Fredericton.
Quebec
Miss CoUe
', C.N,A" 133 Hutcihson St.,
l\1ontreal.
:.\1iss ColquhuulI, C.N.A., 301 Mackay St.,
Montreal.
Miss Emily Freeland, R. \ .H.A.A., 285
Mountain St., Montreal.
Miss Hersey, Supt. Royal Victoria Hos-
pital, :.\lontreal.
Miss Lewis, S.C.S.T.S.N., Supt. Maternity
Hospital, Montreal.
Miss G. M. Molony, Supt. Jeffrey Hale's
Hospital. Quebec,
Miss F. M. Shaw, C.N.A. T.N.. St. Agatha,
Qubec.
1!.11SS L. E. Young, Asst. Supt. Montreal
General Hospital, Montreal.
Miss 1\1. Vernon Young, M.G.H,A.A., 36
Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal.
Ontario
Mrs. V. A. Lott, B.G.N.A., Brockville.
Miss 1\1orton, G.M.H.A.A., Supt. Gen. and
Marine Hospital. Collingwood
Miss MacWililams, R.A.H.A.A., Oshawa.
trliss RolJinson, G.H.A.A.,
Beaverton, ant.
Mrs, A. A. Anderson. G.G.H,A.A., 123
Cork St., Guelph.
Miss lJeyman, 81 Victoria Avenue, Ham-
11 ton.
Mr&. Newson, 87 Pearl St. N., Hamilton.
Mrs. Tilley, K.G.H.A.A., 228 Johnston St.,
Kingston.
Miss Trout, R.A.H.A.A.. Fergus, Ont.
Mis::. M. A. MacKenzie, Chief Lady Supt.
V.O.N., Somerset St., Ottawa.
Miss Meiklejohn, L.S.I.A.A,. Supt. Lady
Stanley Institute, Ottawa.
Miss ('arsoll. Supt. General Hospital
Owen Sound.
Miss M. .\. Ferguson, P.G.:!\.A" 4.6 Bena-
cord St., Petertoro.
Miss Barwick, T.C.R.N., 644 Spadina Ave.,
Toronto,
Miss De\"ellin, G.H.A,A., 665 Sherbourne
St., Toronto.
Miss Ewing, T.C,R.N., 569 Bathul'13t St.,
Toronto.
Iiss Butchart, T. W.H.A.A., 5
A Bloor
St. "r.. Toronto.
fiss
fc
(>i1 R.H.A.A., õ05 Sherbourne
St.. Toronto,
:\Iiss K R. Gl'p(>ne. T.G.X.C., Hospital fur
Incural.lu'.
:\fiss Hoùgson. l
Foxhar Rd.. Toronto.
Miss Jamieson, G.N.A.O,. 23 "-?oodaawn
Ave. E., Torontl).
Miss Kelly, St. M.H.A.A., 507 Sherbourne
St., Toronto.
Miss Lennox, T.G.H.A.A., 107 Bedford
Rd.. Toronto.
Mi
s P. Murray V.H.A.A., London, Onto
Miss Barnard, H.S.C.A.A., 608 Church St.,
Toron to.
Miss L. L. Rogers, Supt. School for
Nurses, 908 Bathurst St., Toronto.
Miss Alice J. Scott, G,N.A.O., 11 Chicora
Ave., Toronto.
Manitoba.
Miss Gauld,
LA.G.N., 375 Langside St..
Winnipeg.
Miss Birtles, Supt. General Hospital,
Bra ndon.
Miss Gilroy, W.G.H.A.A., 48 Harriet St.,
Winnipeg.
Miss l\layou, Shoal Lake.
Miss MrKilJbon, 375 Langside St., Win-
nipeg.
Mrs, P. H. Snider, Supt. General Hos-
pital. N eepa wa, Man.
Miss I. M. Stewart, 407 Pritchard Ave,
Winnipeg.
Saskatchewan.
Mi
BlakfLley. Supt. Queen Victoria H"s-
pital, Y orkton.
Miss Chalmers, Supt. Victoria Hospital,
Regina.
Miss He ales, Supt. V.O. Hospital, Mel-
fort, Sask.
:\Iiss Hawley, Fort-a-la-Corne.
Alberta
Miss Scott. Supt. General Hospital, Cal-
gary.
Miss M. M. Lamb, Fort Saskatchewan,
AHa.
Miss E. P. Mckinney, C.G.N.A., Calgary
Miss L. Matthews, E.G.N.A., Edmonton
Miss G. A. Mitchell, Supt. Isolation Hos-
pi tal, Edmon ton.
British Columbia
Miss Judge, V.G.N.A.. Box 59ï Vancouver.
Miss McDonald, Supt. Provo Royal Jubi-
lee Hospital, Victoria.
Miss Ethel Morrison, T.N.C., 1442 Elford
St., Victoria, B.C.
Miss Evans, Supt. Kootenay Lake Gen-
eral Hospital, Nelson.
Miss Green, Supt. Gen. Hospital, Golden.
Miss Roycroft, A.A. V.G,H., Vancouver.
Yukon Territory.
Miss Burkholder, Hospital of the Good
Sa
laritan, Dawson.
The United states of America
Miss Stewart, Teachers' College, Colum-
bia University, New York.
Miss Flaws, Supt. Butterworth Hospital.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
:\Iiss Bella Crosb
', 41 Rose Ave., Presi-
dent.
Miss E. B. Barwick, 644 Spadina Ave.,
Vice-President.
Miss M. E. Christie, 19 Classic Ave., Sec.-
Treas.
Miss E. Ross Greene, Supt. Hospital for
Incurables.
:\1iss E. J. Jamieson, 23 Woodlawn Ave. E.
Assistant Editors.
\Iiss F. :\ladeline Shaw, Ste. Agathe. Que.
Miss '''Uson, Supt. General Hospital,
Winnipeg.
Miss McFarlane, Supt. General HosVital,
Yancouvel',
Mrs. O'Brien, 126 McCaul St. Toronto.
1iss Hal'gra \"e. B.A.. It5f1H ('Iarkson St.,
IJt>nn'l', ('01.
Editor.
Ii"s Rf'lIa ("ro
hy, -H Ro"., ..h e.
116
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
iEðttnrtal
THE VISITING NURSE.
The public are gradually realizing the value of the work of the Visiting
urse. Florence
ightingale told her followers to ue, not sick nurses, but
health nurses. The Visiting
urse is doing much to carry out this injunction.
Many times tJle instructions given by the Visiting Xurse and the cheery help
given in carrying out tllPse instructions, ward off illness('s to which the fam-
ily, without this timely aid. would have fallen a prey.. It is easier arid much
more ecollomical to keep people well than to care for them when illness come
upon them. The same principle guidps the corporation in employing tlw
School Nurse.
The Chicago Record-Herald spea-ks thus editorially of the ,york of the
Visiting Nurse Association of that city:
"Pointed recognition of a nobly heneficent work was given from a high
official quarter when Health Commissioner Evans. in his addrt-"ss at the annual
meeting of the Visiting Nurse
\ssociation, intimated that such lliethods were
worthy of wider application. and predicted that similar agen(.ies would come
to he employed in social service by the Federal Government.
"The super
cssion of private initiative by governmental organization and
artion is generally slow in this country, but expressions of comnwndation 7
meanwhile. for the efforts of the well-known women connected with the asso-
ciation and for thp spirit in which its work is carrIed forward cannot come
amISS.
., The fift
. and more nurses employed by the association are not only of
great seryice among the poor in times of sudden domestie emergency. In
cases of prolonged illness, wllPre a regular ph
'si('ian ('an do little more than
call and advise, they help to carry the patient -through the siege. FurtllPr-
more. the
' bring with them a friendly and neighhoI'ly spirit which is espe-
ciall
' felt and appreciated hy aliens in their time of n(->ed. Tn the words of
Dr. Evans, the association is assisting ill producing hetter citizens hy cnring
the ills of societ
'-ills which are often no more of the hody than of the mind.
"Xot spldom the lwweomer from abroad is distressed by a eon
('iousnes:--.
of indiffereuce and neglect on the par1 of the so("iet
. with whi('h Ill-' has cast
in his lot. If skilleò care during illness. wise guidance ill honsphold ('('an-
omy and strong pvidellces of warm I)f'r1'onal interf'st ('an aIter his stat{' of
mind. as
ociations like that of the YÌsiting nurses are a:--.snrp<lly performing-
a great and ne('essary work
NEW YORK STATE.
'flIP annual report of the Inspector of Xurst:' Training
dlOOls of New
York State. given in The ...\merican .Journal of Xnrsing for .Januar
', shows
the advantages of registration. \Yhile much is
Tet to he (-tceomplishpd. every
mark of progress is causp for p})('om'agt--'nwnf. Fe\yer failures at the State
examination show an advanee in standards of training.
\ marked increas(A
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
117
in the teat'hing staff of most of the training schools (50 per cent. of these
assistants are Hegisterpd Xurses) shows that the training schools art> en-
dpavoring to llleasure up to tlIP re(luirements of the H!ate law. .Another eyi-
lienee of this is the fad that at least 2U per cent. of tlw schools have formed
ttTIliatiolls for those serviet's in which their own institution was deficient. ] f'
a Humber of sehools. thf' preliminar
r course has been establislw<l. These are
strong arguments for registration. and will encourage all who are seeking
re
istration to falter not in the work.
THE UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT,
plend]d work is Iwillg done hy the students of Toronto (TniYersit.\-. who
ha\"e established the l"nivel'sity
ettlement. -!Gï Adelaide Street. The work
f"all Iwst he desl'rihed by (j uoting Tlw \" arsity :-
Few undertakings laundll'd hy the students of Toronto (TniYersit
. han>
so completely justified their pxistt'llce as the (Tlliversity
ettlement. Tlw
settlement is st'arcely six months old. yet it has already nUlde its intluence
tp]t in the neighhorhood where it is situated.
Iore important than that, it
has df'monstrated the widt' OPPol'tunit.\ that lies hefore it for the future.
.. Our work up to the present time." explained the secrt'tary, .. has been
mainl
' to heconw at'(111aiTlted with the {wople of the locality. to show them
the sineerity ot our (It'sire to help them; in short, to win their cOllfidelwe. This
lws lwen of nec-l'ssity a gradual pro('ess. \Ve hayl' bet>n anxious to lay good
foundations on whieh to huild in the future, rather than to make a hig show-
ing whit'h might mean little in the long run."
The commmlity is composed for the most part of large families of lahor-
ing }wople. seventy per cent. of whom are foreigners.
lost of them pay high
rent for tlwir houses. though poorl
' off. The ph
'sical. soeial and edueational
faeilities offered through the st'ttlement ean mean mlH.h to them. There i...
no direetly religions work carried on h
- the
l,ttlement. It eneonrages thosl-'
with whom it éoml-'S in contact to attend some church, but there are no re-
ligious mt>t:'tings. So tht
spttlenwnt is in no sense a "mission."
\hout pighty hoys, ranging in age from twelve to twpnty. are enrolled in
the settlement. A nominal memhership fee (twent
"-five cents for the older
hoys. ten cents for tlw younger) is charged. with a vif'w to inculeating a spirit
of independenee and responsibility. The rooms of the settlement are open to
thpse hoys in the pvenings. and ahont thirt
'-fiYe university students and
graduates are at present en
aged in superintcnding the various gymnaslllm,
pdueational and other dasses.
Ten of the boys are now enrolleù in educational classes. whi('h arp
IliYidl-'d into two grades. T nstrndion is given in snch :-,ubjects
IS hookkpf'ping,
arithmetic and En
dish. 8ixtet>n of the bo.\'s have organizeù a class in car-
pentf'ring. and as a proof of t Iwir skill hH'\-e constructed 10(' kers for tIll'
shower-hath room. Xpwspapers and magazinps are proyided. and the IlUclew:;
of a finp library has hepn fornwd. One hundred and thirteen books ha"e
heen donated b
' the Toronto Publi(. Lihrary, and 200 more by tlw pupils of
the univt'rsity sehoolf;. The cluhroom is supplied with a piano. anrl mllsieal
11f-
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
talent is being' brought out. Plans are being made to ha v<, a series of ('011-
t"erts, and four students ha n> volunteered to organize amateur theatricals.
Educational classes for foreigners who 'wish to leat'n English have been
formed, and are proving very popular and securing very encouraging results.
In connection with the settlement is a free dispen
ary.
-\ dodor and one
ur two medical st udents are 011 duty each evening from ï .:30 tu 8.:
O tu attend
to any patient who may apply for medicine or treatmcnt. Fifty eases have
been looked after so far. Six doctors have gi\'en tlwir tilUP voluntarily to
the wurk, the dispensary being under the geIlt->ral supervision of Dr. 'Y B.
Hendry.
THE TORONTO CENTRAL REGISTRY,
In the matter of the higher aud more efficient training of the nurse, a
great man
- infiuences are at work to emphasize its need and ensure its in-
auguration. The different Xurse
'
\ssl)ciations give a good deal of attention
to the subject. and do much to create a prolwr public feeling in this regard.
but much remains yet to be done if the desired haven is tu he reached-uni-
furmity in the training of nlU'ses.
The Central Registry of Graduate
UI'SPS of Toronto has done good work
alung this line. \Yhile a number of schuols had already formed aitiliations to
t"omplete the training of their pupils, several others found it lleecssary to do su
if their graduates were to enjoy tll(' privileges of memhl>rship.
till another
step in ad ,-ance is now reporteù. The clause permitting thm"a' who had train-
ing only in sume special branch. to reg'ister fur their sppeiaIt.,., has Jwen elimi-
nated. and one standarù is now required of all-at least two year!o;' training in a
general hospital. This
eems right. e:-.peciall., when \"Ìewed in the light of
what others are doing. In
\ustralia. wlH>re a scheme (a splendid ODe. too)
of voluntaQ registration is in uperation, the standanl t"alls for an all-ronnd
g-elJeral traiuing. The." have now instituted a Regist<'r for Xurses who wish
tu specialize, hut no nurse is allowed to han' lwr llalllP enterNl OIl this regis-
ter who has not first had hl'r name entered on the GelH-'ral Register. gyer."
step along the line of progress is an enl'uuragement tu th(' IH'oft's-;ion to P('l'SI'-
\'pre al wa."s towards thp realization of its ideals.
ROYAL RECOGNITION FOR NURSES,
On \\T edllesda.'", the 26th ult., the King and (
ueen received at )Ial'lborough
IlUUSl> )liss Clara
elRon Bmith,
Iatron of the :Nursing IIome, 15 "T elbec1\:
St. 'V.. in \yhich the late Prirwe Francis of Teck \yas operated upon, and
thanked her for all she had done. His )Iajest.'" IH'sto\Yed npon her the Royal
Yietorian nH'dal. The Queen has presented broof'lws to all the nurses who
were in attendan('e on IlPr hrother at the home. The hroo("lws are of dark
hlue or grepn enamel, surmounted h." a Ho."al ('mwn iJlsf't'ilH'd with ttw initiaJ
"G. and )I."-Rritish .Journal of Xnrsing'.
THE CAJ.YADIAN NURSE.
119
OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT.
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g
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'
N:.
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military
Nursing Service.
The Canadian Permanent Army Medical
Service (Nursing Branch).
The Canadian Society of Superintendents
of Training Schools for Nurses.-
President. Miss Mackenzie, Chlet
Supt. V.O.N., 578 Somerset St., Ot-
tawa; Secretary, Miss Scott, 11 Chi-
cora Ave" Toronto.
The Canadian National Association of
Trained Nurses. - President, Miss
Snively, 8t. Catharines; Sec.-Treas.,
liss F, 1\1. Shaw, Ste. Agathe, Que.
The Association of Hospital Superinten-
dents of Canada.-Presldent, Mr. H.
E. V:ebster, Secretary Royal Victoria
Hospital. Montreal; Secretary, Dr. J.
N. E, Brown, Medical Supt. General
Hospital, Toronto.
The Canadian Nurses' Assoclatlon.-
President, Miss Phillips, 4ã Argyle
A ve, Montreal; Cor. Secretary, :\liss
Colley, 133 Hutchison St.
The Manitoba Association of Graduate
Nurses.-Presldent, Mrs. Bruce HilI,
Corner Ellice and Carlton Streets,
"-innipeg; Secretary, :Miss Isabel
Gaulð, 37ã Langside st., \Vln;tlpeg.
The Nova Scotia Graduate Nurses' As-
sociation.-President, Miss Pember-
ton, "Restholm," Halifax; Secretary,
Miss Kirke, Supt. Victoria General
Hospital, Halifax.
The Graduate Nurses' Association of
Ontario.-Pesident
'liss Bella Cros-
by 41 Ro!'e Ave.; Rec. Sec., :\liss E.
R. 'Greene, Hospital for Incurables,
Toronto.
The Victorian Order of Nurses.-Mlss
Macl{enzie. Chief Superintendent, 578
Somerset St" Ottawa.
The Guild of st. Barnabas for Nurses.
The Brockville Graduate Nurses' A.so-
ciatlon.-Presiðent, Mrs. V. A. Lott;
Sec., Miss M. Ringer.
The Collingwood G. and M. Hospital
Alumnae Asociation.-Presldent, Mi
s
Knox; Secretary, Miss J. E. Carr, Col-
li ngwood.
The Calgary Graduate Nurses' Assocla-
tlon.-President, Miss Dewar, 824 4th
Ave. West; Secretary, Miss Ruther-
ford, 596 4th St. West.
The Edmonton Graduate Nurses' A.so-
ciation.-President, Miss Mitchell;
Seeretary, Mrs. Manson, 630 Sixth St.,
Ilarriston.
The Ottawa Graduate Nurses' Assocla-
tion.-President, 1\Irs, Douglas, 36fì
Daly .-\ ve, OUa wa; Secretary, Miss
Snow, Nurses' Club, Somerset St., Ot-
tawa.
The AFu
:s
\at
.
ide
f.s
n:
Lloyd, Durham, Ont.; Sec., Miss North
Harriston.
The Galt General Hospital Alumnae As-
sociatlon.-President, Mrs. Wardlaw;
Secretary, 1\IiEs Adair.
The Guelph General Hospital Alumnae
Association.-Pre:,;ident,
liss J. J.
Frew; Cor, Sec., :\liss :\1. "Talker, 21i3
Grange St.
The Hamilton City Hospital Alumnae A.-
sociation.-President, Miss N. J. Bur-
nett; Cor. Sec., l\uss Etta McLeay,
The Mountain Sanatorium.
The London Victoria Hospital Alumnae
Association.-President, 1\1iss Lyons:
Sec., Miss Roche, Victoria Hospital.
London, Onto
The Kingston General Hospital Alumnae
Assoclation.-Pres:dent, Miss Frances
\Vilson, Union St., Kingston; Secy.
Mrs. W. J. Crothers, Jr., 86 Barrie
St.
The Montreal General Hospital Alumnae
Association.-President, Miss K. H
Brock, 59 Park Ave., Montreal; Cor.
Secy., Miss S. Ethel Brown, 26 Mel-
bourne Ave., Westmount.
The Montreal Royal Victoria Ho!:'pltal
Alumnae Association. - President.
Miss Grant; Secretary, Mrs. Edward
Roberts, 13ã Colonial Ave., Montreal.
The Ottawa Lady Stanley Institute Alum-
nae Assoclation.-President, Mrs. C.
T. Ballantyne; Secy.-Treas., Miss M.
K. Gallaher.
The St. Catharlnes G. and M. Hospital
Alumnae Association-President, Miss
L. Tuck; Secretary, Miss E, M. El-
liott.
The Toronto Central Registry of Gradu-
ate Nurses.-Registrar,
Iiss Ewing,
569 Bathurst St.
The Toronto General Hospital Alumnae
Association.-Pre!'lðent, Mrs. A. E
Findlay, 649 Church St.; Cor. Secy.,
Mrs. N. Aubin.
The Toronto Grace Hospital Alumnae
Associatlon.-President, Miss De Vel-
lin, 50;) Sherbourne St.; Secretary,
:}1iss Allen, 71 Grenville St.
The Toronto Graduate Nurses' Club.-
President, Miss Connor. 418 Sumach
St.; Sec. Miss E. Ross Greene, 418
Sumach St.
The Toronto Hospital for Sick Children
Alumnae Association.-President. Mi
s
L. L. Rodgers; Cor. Sec.,
'liss B.
Goodall, 666 Euclid AYe.
The Toronto Rlverdale Isolation Hos-
pital Alumnae Assoclatlon.-Presl-
dent, Mi
s Mathieson, Supt. River-
rale, Isolation Hospital; Secretary,
Miss Muriel Gale, Rlverdale Isolation
Hospital.
The Toronto st. Michael's Hospital Alum-
nae Assoclation.-President, MIst!
Power, 9 Pembroke St.; Secretary,
Miss O'Mara, 9 Pembroke St.
The Toronto Western Hospital Alumnae
Assoclation.-President, Mrs. :ðlacCon-
nell, 125 Major St.; Cor. Secy., Mist.
Butchart, 563 Bloor St. W.
The Winnipeg General Hospital Alum-
nae Association. - President, Miss
.Johns, Winnipeg General Ho.-"'PltaJ;
Secy,-Treas., Miss Hood, 367 Lang-
side St.
The Vancouver Graduate Nurses' As-
sociation.-President, Mrs. W. F.
Salsbury, 1340 Burnaby St.; Secretary,
Miss Ruth Judge, General Hospital,
Vancouver.
The Vancouver General Hospital Alum-
nae Association. - PresIdent, Miss
M. Eeharrel, Asst. Supt. V.G.H.. Van-
('ouver:
eprptary, Miss M. Wilson,
675 Twelfth Ave. \V.
The Victoria Trained Nurses' Club-Presi-
dent,
Ii:,;!< Kt'ast. Cranhen-
. Gardens:
Secretary, ì\-Ii!"s Ethel :\Iorrison. IH:!
Elford St.. Yictoria.
120
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION, TORONTO GENERAL
HOSPITAL,
President-...\Irs. Findlay, 6-19 Church Street.
First Yice-President-l\Iiss Ellis, General Hospital.
Second Vice-President-
Irs. H. Riehle.
Corresponding SecretaQT-:Urs. Aubin, care of J. \Y. Flavelle. Esq..
Queen's Park.
Recording Secretary-)Iiss Janet Xeilson. 295 Carlton Street.
Treasurer-,-
Irs. Pellatt, 7 \Vells St.
Board of Directors-l\Irs. :McPherson, l\Iiss
Iary Roberts,
Iiss Cowllng.
Conveners of Committees:
Sick Visiting-
Iiss Brereton.
Rcgistration-l\Iiss Bella Crosby.
Programme-l\Iiss
I. E. Christie.
Social and Lookout-
Iiss Kilgour.
Press and Publication-
Iiss Julia Stewart.
Central Registry-l\Iiss Kate Snodgrass,
Iiss H. B. Fralick.
Canadian Nurse Represcntative-
Iiss Lennox, 107 Bedford Rd.
Rcgular meeting. first Friday, 3.30 p.m.
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK
CHILDREN TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES, TORONTO.
Officers of the Alumnae Association of the Hospital for Sick Children
Training School for Nurses, Toronto:
Hon. President-
Iiss Brent.
President-l\Iiss Lina Rogers, 33 :1\Iajor St.
First Vice-President-l\1iss 1\1. Ewing, 569 Bathurst St.
Second Yice-President-
Iiss A. Robertson, 182 \Vahner Road.
Recording Secretary-:\Iiss
follk, 664 Ontario St.
Corresponding Secretary-
Iiss B. Goodall, 666 Euclid Ave.
Treasurer-l\Iiss
L \Vilson, 47 Brunswick Ave.
Directors-Miss E. Jamieson, 107
Ia('pherson Ave.;
Iiss Charters. 425
Carlton St.; l\Iiss G. Gowans, 5 Dupont St.
Convener of General Business Committee-l\Iiss Ewing. 569 Bathurst St.
Convener of Sisk Yisiting Committee-l\Iiss G. Gowans, 5 Dupont S1.
Press Representative-::\Irs. H. E. Clutterbuck. 148 Grace S1.
Canadian Nursf'-l\Iiss
r. Barnard. 608 Church St.
Invalid Cooking-)Iiss :Mary Gray, 505 Sherbourne St.
Central Registry-Miss :\IcCuaig. 60;) Ontario 8t,; l\Iiss Gray. 505 Sher-
bourne St.
Regular' nWf'ting. S-('(.ond Thursday. ;l;
O p.m.
GRACE HOSPITAL ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION.
Presidf'nt-)Iiss Df' V pllin. 503 Rherholli'lIf'
trf't>t.
First Vice-President-
IIiss McKeown.
Second Vice-President-Miss McMillan.
THE CANADIAN NURSE. 121
Sel'retary-
Iiss Allen, 71 Grenville Street.
Tremmrer-
Iiss
IaC'pherson. Palmerston Bouleyard.
Board of Directors-l\Iiss Carnochan, 1\Iiss Monery, l\Iiss Soane, :Mis8
"
tta MacPherson and :Miss Thompson.
Social Committee-l\Iiss Shatford,
Irs. Corrigan and :Miss Webster
Sick Committee-l\Iisses Irvine and Gibson.
Convener of Programme Committee-1\Iiss l\Icl\Iillan.
Convener of Press and Publication 'Committee-::\Iiss Smith: 9 Pembroke
Street.
Regular meeting. second Tu('sday, 3p.m.
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF THE HAMILTON CITY HOSPITAL.
President, :\1iss X. .J. Burnett, 423
Iain St. East; Yií'e-President,
Irs.
\. 'V. Xf'wson, 87 Pearl St. Xorth; Recording Secretary, :\Ii
D. E. Street:
:WO Hughson St. Xorth; Corresponding Secretary, )Iiss Etta :ðIcLeay, :\Iountain
Sanitorium.
Executive Committee-:\Irs. l\rargaret Reynolds, 87 Victoria Ave. S.;
l\Iiss Ida
\inslie, 45 Bay St. S.; :\Iiss Bertha :\IilIer, 87 Victoria Ave. rH.; ::\Iiss
Elizabeth Aitkin, ] 98 Hughson St. N.; l\Iiss E. J. Deyman, 87 Victoria Ave. S.
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL,
TORONTO.
Presidpllt-::\Iiss Power, 9 Pembroke St.
First YiC'f'-Prpsident-::\Iiss 0 'Connor. St. )Iichael \; IIospitHl.
Second Yi(,f'-Prf'sident-
Iiss Ryan, 491 Broadview
\ ve.
.secretary-:\Ii:-.s 0 ':ðIeara, 9 Pembroke Ht.
Treasurer-::\Iiss )IacXeyin. 686 Euclid Ave.
Board of Directors-
Iiss Greene. Hospital for ] nl'llrahh's:
riss Kell
',
80 Euclicl A yt'.; )Iiss Blaney, 379 Ontario St.
Sec.- Tre.as. Sid
Benefit Fund-)ris.
0 'Connor.
Repre
entatin's on Central Registry COllllllittep-:\[i"'1-\ Grl'f'IH' HUt! )Iiss
Kimmett. 4-18 Sum'3.C'h St.
Representati,.e "The Canadian Xnrsp,1-)Iiss
tllhlwrfìt'ld. Home Hos-
pital. GIolll'ester 81.
QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S IMPERIAL MILITARY NURSING STAFF.
",Yar Officp. Londou.
.",Y., .Jannan' 16,1911.
TIlt' foUo" ing lady has re<,ein'd .an appoÌntn}(>llt (is Staff Xnrsp :-)[iss
)1.
L Hoherb.
Transfers to Stations Abroad.
)Iatrons.
)[i
s E. .A. f'()
. to
ollth
\fri<,a. from {'onnanght Hospital.
\ld('rshot.
Promotions.
Th!.-, nndt'l'-mt.ntiollr'cl
taff
urs('" to hf'
isÌt
rs :-)Iiss .\. (' :\f0\\"a1 )Ii
",
-'L L. lÙ-\ht-'l"I'.'". E. If. BE('KEH. )[fltroJl-in-t'hi('f. (
h\.1.)1.
.
.
122
THE CANADIAN NURSE
:Æy
rullnp
l1rll of (@uirt
Give me my Scallop Shell of Q1l'iet
fy staff of faith to 'uJalk uþon,
.J
scrip of joy,. -immortal diet,
lJIy bottle of salvaÜ'oll,.
J.}fy gvW1l of glory, hoþe's true gage
A nd thus I' II tak
my þz"lgri'mage.
Blood mllst be my bod;l s balmer;
No otller balm 'Zf}ill there be gi'l.ell;
lVhilst 111;)1 soul, like q.uiet þalmer,
Travelletlz to'if}ard the' la 7d of H(Tl1'l'en,
JIy soul will be ll-drJ' before,
But, after, it ,;m"ll thirst 120 11l0rep
LIFE "1'ORTH LIVING.
To he 11appy. hopeful, buoyant, kind, loving from the df'pths 01 my hfiart;
'tonsid
ratf' and thoughtful regarding the peculiarities and pt'c{>ntriciti{>s of
human nature; adjusting myself to each so .as to produce harmony aHd not
friction; to be pure in thought, ,,'ord and deed; broad-mindpd and liberal.
not given to pett) denunciation of 111Y fellows; moderate in methods of ]ife;
never adding a but'den or sorroW where a little forethought would gi ve pl
as-
ure; not hasty in speech or aetÌon; sincere, candid and truthful in every Je-
tail; conscientious in the execution of every duty: composl'd. l1npl'etentions
and simple. keeping close to nature's heart, and al-wa
:; relying npon Him I
most earnestl
T strive to serve; keeping ever before me that éxelllplary lifp as
my rule of eonduet toward men, thus creating an inflnenee for good, This 1:;;
my idea of making "Life "North Living." . -Louise .11. .T. lfa-ddell.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
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CANADIAN DISTRICT
MmUREAL-St. John Evangelist, first Tuesday Holy Communion at M. G. H., 615
.m
Secl)nd Tuesday, Guild Service or Social Meeting, 4 p.m. Third Tuesday, Guild Service
at St. John's, 8.15 p.m. Last Tues&y Hoty Communion at R. V. H., 6.15 a.m.
District Chaplain-Rev. A.-thur French, 158 Mance Street.
District Superior
Miss Stikeman, 216 Drummond Street.
District Secretary-Miss :\1. Young, 36 Sberbrooke Street.
District Treasur
,.-Mrs. Messurvy, 37 Church Street.
TORONTo-St. Augustine's Parish House, 8 Spruce Street, last Monda)', 8 p.m.
Chaþlain-Rev. F. G. Plummer.
Superior-Miss Brent.
QUEBEC-All Saints Chapel, The Close. Guild serviee, f(mrth TuesdaJ', 8. '5 p,m.
Chaplain-The very Rev. the Dean of Quebec.
Suþeri.r-r..lrs. \\ïlliams, The Close.
. Of Gladness in TÌme of SÌckness.
(;àn one bl-' glad and of good cheer on the hed of sicknt-'ss
If one has learneù in the days of health to live according to the words of
Jesus: ,. Father, Thy 'ViIl be done," then in time of sickness one can suffer
according to tlwst-' S'èHlle words, and say with good courag(': ,. Father. Thy
'Vill be done!" If OIlP has learned in days of health to rpjoi(>f' in God, oue
an rejoice in God even in days of sickness.
On
ronday e,-elling, .January 30, there was gì, en in
r. A ngl1stìne"", base-
ment, a lnost illtt'restÌng lef'ture for the nt1r
es. b
' the Rev. C. À.
eager.
It was on his trip acros
the continent to British Columhia. and a side trip
on the new Columbia coast mission boat. Columhia II.. which was launehed
last summer.
The Ipcturp wa
illustrated by !';öme yery :fine yip,,'s of S('elle!'; alOllQ' the
C.P.H.. pictures of \Yinllipeg. the b'Teat prairies, stretching for man
. milf's.
covered with grain; the foothills ,and the wonderful Roc,kies. Especiall
.. in-
teresting \\"1::'1'(' the views of that great city, Vancouver. the port of elltr
to
{lnr great Dominion from the Orirnt; the picture!'; of lumJwr ('amps and log-
ging. tlw hospitals ànd thr staunch little huspital boat. \Yhat a boon th('
mission hoat has }H'o,-ed to the men employed ill that í
olat('d part of the
{'ollntry! _-\llcl how SOIHt" of them havt' lÌvp(l to hless the da
- wlwn t1IP R('\".
ro]m &\ntl" sti-trÌt-'G his :--.plrndid work on the Pacific Coast!
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TIlE CANADIAN NURSE.
THE GRADUATE NURSES' ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO,
(INCORPORATED 1908).
President, Miss Bella Crosby, 41 Rose Ave, Toronto; First Vice-President,
Miss A. I. Robinson, Galt; Second Vice-President, Mrs. \V. S. Tilley, Kingston;
Recording Secretary. 1\Iiss E. Ross Greene, Hospital for Incurables, Toronto;
Corresponding Secretary, l\Iiss Lucy Bowling, 47 Metcalfe St., Toronto; Treasurer,
1\liss Mary Gray, 505 Sherbourne St., Toronto. Board of Directors--Miss L. C.
Brent, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Miss A. ]. Scott, II Chicora ..\ve..
Toronto; Miss K. MaÜtieson, Riverdale Hospital, Toronto; Mrs. Mill Pellatt. .
7 "Veils St., Toronto; 1\1iss Jessie Cooper. 30 Brunswick Ave., Toronto; Mrs.
Downey, 554 College St., Toronto; Miss Janet Keilson, 295 Carlton St., ; Toronto,
Miss]. C. Wardell, 171 Delaware Ave., Toronto; Mrs. Yorke. 400 Manning Ave.,
Toronto; 1\1iss 1\1. L. Barnard, 608 Church St., Toronto; 1\liss Ewing 569 Bath-
urst St., Toronto; Miss O'Connor, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto; 1\1iss
Kennedy, I Lakeview Ave., Toronto; Miss Jamieson, 23 \Voodlawn Ave., E.,
Toronto; 1\1iss De Vellin, 505 Sherbourne St., Toronto. Conveners of Standing
Committees-Legislation, :\liss Mill Pellatt; Revision of Constitution and By-
Laws, 1\1iss 1\1. ]. Kennedy. Press and Publication, :\liss Brent. Representatives
to The Canadian Nurse Editorial Board, Miss A. ]. Scott, Miss E. ]. ] amieson.
Representatives to Local Council of \Vomen, Misses Neilson, \Yardell, In:ine and
Smith.
NOTICE.
The annual meeting of enth of the three assoeiatíolls- The Assoeíatiou
of Huspital
uperintendents of Canada, thc I
ociety of.
ll}wrintpnd['nts of
Traiuing 8(.110018 for Xurses, and the Graduate Xnrses' As.<.;ueiatiun uf Untario
\Yill h
held at
iagara Fall
. Gnt., on
Iay 2
1 24-.
;), 1
n 1. The AssotÏi-l-
tiun ùf Hospital Buperintelldents of CaIwda will bold two !'WSSiOIlS on )1 ay 2:t
and another on tlw morning of Jlay
-!. The Canadian
()(.iety of
Hperinten-
dpnts of Training Behools will hold one se:ssion un the afternuon of Jlay
-!.
and another on the nWl'lli,ng of jl ay 2;1. Tllf' GradlIatf' :\lIl'se's
\ssotiatioll ot
Untario will hold two H..sffion
. afterlloon and evelling. on Jl;ty
;).
\ joint
IIweting of the three association has been arranged for tIlt-' p\"pnillg of )Iay
i.
The tommittee in charge of arrangements hopes to ht' ah]t" to 81l1101ll1l'e
slH-'<:ial railroad n\tps. 1<'1111 particulars will he> gí'"Cll ill the
\príl llllmlwr.
The St'reetary of the (ianadian
ol'ict
T of Rupprintf'ndt}llts of Tri-lillíng-
Sl'hools for
\1rsf's request" that those snpE'l'intf'lHlt-'nts ,vho di(l not prepi-ll'P
uool\:s fOl' hist
ear will kin(n
. do :m this year. and thu:o.e who tooT\: their book"
to fnrthf>r impro,'e them win TIP Sl1re to lwve them on t-'xhihitioll this
-f'alÞ.
-\ny inquiries wiII hf' gladly answered hy the sf'('rptal'.".
líss .A. .f.
('ott. 1 I
Chicora A venue. Toronto.
Thf' tn.asurer of tIlt' G.X.
\.O. Iw:-, a list of Hlemlh:'rs whn (-11'(' in arrf'aJ'
with fpes. <lnd will hI' glad to ha H' this (-'orrt'C'ted. 1'Tw (>xP('l1ti \"1' J'egrets \"pr
'
1I11J(-'h tl)(' continw-11 lo
s of m('mhpl'''' in this wa'". 1'h(' ft.p i" 1I0t prohihiti\'t
1
HI1(1 'Vf ' n('(1<1 tl1(' support of ('very nurse in Ontario.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
125
LIVINGSTONE. LUNDBRECK AND COWLEY DISTRICT OF THE VIC-
TORIAN ORDER OF NURSES-CHAIRMAN'S ANNUAL REPORT.
1910-1911.
'fhe local supporters of the ordf'r and the retiring committee for thi..;
district may feel verJ' well satisfied with the work done during thc past year.
and may congratulate themselves on heing the means of putting llursing' a..,-
sistance within easy reach of so many so successfully.
During the year we have lost the serdce., of )!iss :\[aeclollald. and I dart>-
say that many will miss IH'r cheerful personality; we all sympathize with her
ill her lllistfortune of falling seriously ill. from the effects of which. I helieYt--'.
she is just reeO\"ering.
\y e ma
' congratulate ourselves un haYÌng secured the services of )li....-;
Pepper; shc is well spoken of by all. and has given univcrs'al satisfadion.
e'"en in the most difficult cases.
I should like here also to (,olllmend the zealous attplltion to the work ot
_ some of the members of the committee, the secretary, Dr. Donald; the trea-;-
urer, JIr. .J. Smith: Dr. .Johnston, and espe(.iall
T .:\11'. \Y. E. Smith. who. con-
sidering Ow distane(' he ha:,; to ('ome, has heen most ullselfi.,h in his rf'!!ulal'
attendance to what is frequently a very uninteresting duty.
The ,york of the threp Ladies' Committeeo.;; of Livingstone, Cowley anll
Lundbr('ek has been most acceptahle in snpplying the sinews of wa'l', Four
dances han.. l)f'en OJ'ganized at Livingstone, one at Gillingham. thrf'e at LlUll1-
breck and one at Cowle
-. for this purpose, and a sale of work at Lundhrecl,:
while the ba('helors of the Xorth Fork and some of the ranchers Ita 'Of' als,)
found means of raising funds for the orùer.
The treasurer's statement shows that the order is in a satisfactory po:-.i-
tion finaneial1y. although we shall nt>ed to perspvere in onr efforts in thi-;
direction. if things are to 1)(' as satisfa(.tory in t1w presf'nt year.
.J anuary. 1911. \Y. ROSSL YX ;:;L\lPSO
. Chairman.
\ post-graduate ('OUl'St-' in òistriet nursing-four l1lonths-i!' given at OUo-'
of the training centres of the order-Ottawa. )[ontreal. Toronto. \Yinnipt.g.
For full information. apply to the Chief Superintendent. .)ï
ROl1H'l'set
tl'el't.
Otta,ya: to the District Superintendent. ::W Bishop Strept,
rontel'al: to th.'
Distl'i('t Superintf'nrlf'nt, 20f)
parlina
\ Yf'llllf'. Toronto. or to thE' Distril,t-
Superintendent. 1-!;} Sherhrooke
trf'et. \Yinnipeg. :\fan.
1
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TilE CANADIAN NURSE.
THE CANADIAN NURSES' ASSOCIATION AND REGISTER FOR GRADU.
ATE NURSES-ESTABLISHED 1895- INCORPORTED 1901
President-l\Iiss PhilJips.
Vice-Presidents-l\Iiss Tedford and :l\Iiss Colquhoun
Trewmrer-l\Iiss Des Brisay.
Registrar-l\lrs. Berch, 175 .Mansfield Street.
Reading Room-The Lindsay Building, Room 611, 518 St. Catherine Street
\Vest.
Lectures-From November until May, inclusive, in the Medico-Chirurgical
Society Rooms, the first Tuesday in the month, at 8 p.m.
The members of the C.K.A. enjo)"ed a rare treat in Dr.
Iaud Abbot 'f:) lec-
ture on ., Original Contributions of "\Vomen to
I(>dical Bcience." \Ve hope
to ha ye the lecture printed in The Calladian
urse for the benefit of its
readers. Se,'eral of Dr. A bbut's friends were pre
ent, ë;1:S well as the nurse
.
At the close of the lecture,
Iiss Colquhoun moved a vote of thanks to
Dr. Ahhot, saying: .. \Ye indeed feel indebted to Dr. Abbot, not only for her
lecture to-night, but for her help in the past. I would IHm to take this oppor.
tuuity in the name of the C.X.....\.. of congratulating Dr. Abbot on the great
honor conferred upon her h."
I(-,Gill (Tniyersity in granting her the df'gree of
I. D., honoris causa. She has thc great honor of lwing th
first woman
graduate in the faculty of medicine of
IcGill. Vole feel that the honor wa:-o
iilerited. for Dr. Abbot's work and worth are aeknowledgpd in mc.1ical circh-s
(.\"erywhere.' ,
.Mi
H Phillips, our president, presentpd this vote of thanks in a few well-
dlOsen ,yonls. Refreshment were
ern'd. and a social half hour spent.
\V f' extend our deepest sympathy to
lr
. Carlton on the death of hpr
dë1ughtel'. who was a graduate of Adelaidp lIospital, London. England. She'
was a memùer of tlH' Canarlian Xnr
es' Asso(-iation, hut has been nursing in
:\"ew ïUl'k. ,vhere her death occurred, )li
:-:; Carlton was to lu\\"e been married
the setond week in February.
Iiss E, O. Dyson was married to
Ir. Sim on Janual'.'"
3th. in Yictoria
H1d lea yes with her husl>and for
\Ias.ka SOlliE' time this month.
Ii
s Dy
on
was one of onr former members, and has hp(>n Lad.\T
nl)(-'ríntendpllt of till"
\\T OllH'U 's Hospital here; also of Kings10n Gpneral HospitaL \Y(' ,,"ish h('l'
t ""l'Y happinp.
s in lIPl' 1l('\\" home.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
1:!7
HOSPITALS AND NURSES
.JIi:,s E. J.
mith, R.Y.II. (class of 1006), has been appointed Lady Super-
intendent of the Calgary GenerallJ ospital.
At the last meeting of the Alumnae Assoeiation of thc Royal Yictoria
Hospital, held on the evening of January 10, Dr.
[artin gave an interesting'
lecture on "The Xursing of Xeurasthenia." touching on the E;nmanuelmovt-'-
ment, Christian'Science, etc.. and showing ho\" the grain of truth in thf's'"
\'arious heliefs has heen the cam..e of their su(.cess in tllf' treatment of certain
patients.
Unfortunately, the Graduate Xurses of British Colum},ia were unable tl)
present their bill at the present session. but arp planning to do ;o;() at the next
sebsion of the Legislature.
The annual report of the Graduate X urses' Registry of the \' ancouye!'
Graduate Xurses' Association shows a total number of calls for the year end-
ing December 31, 1910-331. )If>mhers registered, 1;3
; of thost-'. twenty ha\',->
left the citJ, four have takt'n hospital positions; four Inarried: one death;
remaining. doing private nursing, 10:3.
)Iiss Thomas, graduate London Hospital. England, who has he!'ll (loinu
private nursing in Yanconver, B.C.. left on the first ùf February to tak,.
charge of the new hospital at Princeton. B.C.
:\Iiss Campbell. graudate of the P.R.J, Hospital. has opel1l'd a Xurse...;'
Home and Registry on
lcl 'lnre :Stref't, Yietoria. B.C. )Ii
" C'amphell i
dt'-
sern
Jly popular. and all her friends wish her every :success.
The annual report of the City Hospital. Edmonton. 8ho,,'s that illstituti(l
]
to be in a very satisfactory condition. The generosity of the peopl!' ill sup-
porting the hospital is rommendec1. al
o the good work of tht' lady Snpf>rill-
tendel1t and her staff of nurses. The new hospital will be completed dnrin!!
the coming summer and will plaN' the (.ity in the forefront for hospital ê\C'("01lì-
moda tion.
Three thousand pounds haVt:' bet'n raised for tht-' Florence Xightiu/,!ê\l.->
Fund in Liverpool. This has been handt'd over to the Liyerpool Queen Yi..-
toria District Xursing
-\ssociation to estahlish and maintain a. HOHlt' for D1"-
trict.-Xurses, to be called" The Florence Kightingale lIome."
The Canadian Pacific RaiIwa
' is making careful proyisioll for first aid tl)
the injured b.y organizing bran("hes of the 81. .J ohn's Amhulanct'
ociety all
along its route from Halifax to Yancouver. The efficiency of the
-\mhlllê\n..t'
(1orps at Calgary ,,'as demonstratpd rpcentIy for the bpnefit of a nnmhcr 0-"
visiting surgeons.
A meeting of tIlt' Lady Stê\nle
' J nstitnte
-\lumnae AssoC'iation. of Ottawa.
was held on the 11th of .January, when HIP foIIo,,-ing offieers ,,'ere elected:-
Prpsident. :\1rs. Ballant
-ne; First \ïce-Prpsiùent. )Iiss .\IQrgan: Se('ol1d \
icl:'-
President. )Iiss Argue: Se('retar
'-Trf'mmrpr. .:\1rs. r. G.
mith: Dire(.tors. )Iiso.;
X oice. )Iis
[cCon. )Iiss Dewar.
1iss Lauder. graduate R.V.H.. :\[ontreaI. is on tlIP staff of thf' Tl'anqniell
anatorium. Kamloops. B.C.
:\Iiss E. :\Taf'Knight hac;; a(.cepted a position in the Gt-'llPra.l Hospital.
Phoenix. B.C.
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
How fortunate is
Irs. Barnhardt, District Knrse, of
Ioline, Illinois!
She has an electric coupé provided for use in her work.
The many friends of
liss Alice Stark, graduate Guelph General Hos-
pital, deeply sympathize with her in the death of her sister, which took place
at her home in Durham County, J anuarJT 1. :\Iiss
Hark is doing private
work in Kew \Vestminster, B.C.
)Ir.s. J. H. Jordan, St. John, X.B" has presented to the Province her hand-
..;ome home in Ri,Ter Glade, together with 500 acres of land. This magnificent
gift is for the benefit of incipient tuberculosis patients, in whose welfare
rrs.
Jordan is lUuch interested.
At a meeting of the Graduate Nurses of Port Arthur and Fort \Yilliam.
held January 6, at
t. Joseph's IIm
pital, the Thunder Bay Graduate
urses'
Association was organized, with the following officers :-Pn'sident,
Iiss L.
Regan, Superintendent of Training Bchool, St. Joseph's Hospital, Port Ar-
thur; Yice-Presidf'nt, )[iss E. Da vidson,
uperintenùeIlt of
IcKellar Hospital,
Fort \Yilliam; Secretary-Treasurer, :Uiss Blackmore, Kight Supervisor, :\IcKel-
lar Hospital,
-'ort \Yilliam. Executiv
Conuuittee-:\Iiss Shaughnc
sy and
Jli!o)s Code, Port Arthur;
Iiss :\lorreau and :\Iiss Bur-wash, Port \Yilliam. All
graduate nurses. in good standing. in each city are requested to ùecome mem-
bers.
:\Iiss
rarioH Robertson, graduate R. \r.H.. class '10, has Leen appointed
head. nurse in the operating room of the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.
)Iiss .Matheson, Lady Superintendent of the Tranquiell Banatorium.
Kamloops, B.C., has resigned her position to return to her home in Qu 'Appelle,
ask. )Iiss Isabel Ste,,-art, graduate \Yinl1ipeg General Hospital. class '10.
has been appointed to succeed
Iiss :\Iatheson.
:\Iiss K. Stewart. graduate \Vinnipeg- General Hospital. has charge of
the General Hospital, Fernie. B.C.
)Iiss Illgersol, formerl
' of St. )[ary's. hut late of Calgary. is one of the
...taff nurses in the General Hospital, Pernie.
.Miss Thompson, who has been one of the staff Hurst'S in the General
Hospital, Fernie. ha
gone to '
pokane, and ,,'ill be one of the chief actors in
a very interesting ceremony a few weeks hence.
Jliss .:\rit('hell has also left the staff of the General Hospital. Fernie, and
will follow .Mi
s Thompson'8 example. Both
'onng ladies were faithful, effi-
(.if'nt nurses. and ,,'e wish them every happi.ness.
':\[iss \V
7att. who is doing private nursing in Fernie, has jnst returlled
=rolU Dr. Kelly's
anatori1Ull. Baltimore, whither she had takl}n her patient.
Dr, Kl}lly ('ongratula1 ell llodor and nurse on the condition in which he re-
eeived the patient.
-\n :EmergPIH:Y Hospital has heen opened in Ottawa to assist in coping
\\ itb thl' typhoi.l epic]pllli(.. whi(>h has reaehecl alarming proportions.
)'lrs. H<:>iJ. gradllatf' of Xew York {'it
- Hospital, has 1)f'('l1 appointed
,lietitian at Toronto G('lleral Hospital. The establislulll'nt of this department
fills a long-fplt "-ant.
Iiss Stewart. Lad
T Sllperintendl'llt. has kindly ar-
rallg'ed that gradll.ltes of tIlt' hospital may antil tlw1llsl'h'f's of the adnmtages
(,f this ('om's(',
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
129
The regular meeting of the Alumnae _\.ssociation of the Toronto General
Hospital Training School for
urses was held in the nurses' residence on
Friday, February 3. :\Iiss Ellis. First Vice-President, presided. After the dis-
posal of routine business, there was some discussion re change of some articles
in Constitution and By-Laws, and a committee wa:s appointed to revise these
and report to the secretary, so that notice of proposed changes might be given
in time for npxt meeting.
:\Iiss :\I. .J. Kennedy, President of the Florence
ightingale Association
of Toronto, ha
gone to Victoria, B.C., to work under tlw Victorian Order.
Iiss Catherine Lawrence, late Superintendent of the General Hospital,
Sarnia, Ont., has been appointed Superintendent of the Saratoga Hospital.
Saratoga Springs. N.Y.
:\Iiss Xan Aitken., Superintendent of the Rutland Hospital, Rutland, Yer-
mont, who was operated on in December for gallstones at the General Hos-
pital, :\1ontreal, by Dr. George Armstrong, i,;;; recovering, and will spend the
rest of the winter at Camden, South 'Carolina. During her ab:sence, her place
is being taken by her sister, ::\1rs. Walker (Rahno Aitken).
The Alumnæ
\.sso
iation of the Royal Victoria Hospital held the Annual
l\Ieeting in the Xurses' Home on "\Vednesday, October 19th, at 8 p.m. After
reading of the minutes and reports from Secretaries and Treasurer, an interest-
ing address was given by the President, .Miss Grant. The election of officers
resulted in the re-election of all those now in office, who kindly consented to
continue their work, excepting the office of Corresponding Secretary, left vacant
by the departure of :\Iiss Cooper from Canada to take up her residence in Eng-
land.
Iiss Clint was elected to fill the position. After some talk of ways and
means of keeping up the interest of the graduates at a distance in the Associa-
tion, refreshments were sen"ed in the sitting room. \Ve hope to have many
interesting and instructive meetings during the year.
The annual Christmas tree and danc(--' at Victoria HospitaL London, Ont..
took place Dect'mber 2:
rd. afternoon and evening. The most important part of
the prognmmw. to tllt' ehildren especially, was the appearance of Banta Claus.
Dr. Bell, fOl'mer housp surgeon. acted as "Santa Claus," and di
tributed large
nmnbers of presents to the children and their
riends. There were forty littlp
ones in attenchmce. Later in the evening a dance was held in the dining ruom
of tll(' 1\ urses' Home. The guest!:>; were recpi,'ed in the rect'pt.ioll room by Chair-
man and :\1rs. .J udd, :\Iiss Stanley. Lady Superintendent, :\11'. S. Sereator and
Buperinteudent Heard. The evening proved to be one of the most enjoyable of
the season. ::\1 usi(' was furnished during the afternuon and en'ning b
" TOllY
Cortese's ore1wstl'H.
Iiss Doht'l'ty. Boston City Hospital. ha
left to fill a po-.ìtion in Oshawa
Hospital.
Born--At Xf'" York. on October 31st, to ::\11', and ::\lrs. Louis Crowl
', a
son (.John Thomas). ::\Il's. Crowly (nee Trotter), is a graduate of G. &
L
Hospital. Rt. Catharines.
130
TIlE CANADIAN NURSE.
(Continued from page II 4)
16. Xothing in this Act shaH affect or interfere with the right of any per-
SOIl. not a member of the Association. from nl1rsing, who do
s not in any way
assume or pretend to be a Registered
urse.
GRADUATE NURSES' ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO,
Special General :\Ieeting, lIeld December 30, 1910.
The meeting was called to order hy the President, and the usual
nrses'
Prayer was offpred.
Iiss Crosby: Xow. ladies, you know that this is a special gathering for
the eonsideration of legislation and necessary steps towards legislatioll. \V p
will dispense with th-e minutps or any roll ('all. and just enter into the dis-
cussion of the suhject hefore us to-day. I don't think. in this holiday season.
that you will want to take any more time than is ahsolutely neec'ssary for th(>
consideration of the :suhjed in hand, and J think you will all agrpP that it i
OIlP of the most illlportant suhjects that we, as a profession. have to consider.
The Graduate Xur!-\(
s" Assoeiation has heen in pxisÌ(>n('p for some little
timp, and tlw objPd of that asso(.iation is to place the profession on a IH'tter
hasis and to secure legislatiun for that enù. Eyer sin('e our meet ing last )Iay
Wf' have. in the Exel'utiye Committee, been considering legislation. \Ve could
1I0t. of ('(Hll'Se, cle(.ide \Ylwther we should go forward this year or not. but we
felt the time had ("ome for :-.ouwthing to he done. 'I'll{' eommittt>p diseussed
and J'Nlis('ussed the qupstion. and the decision was readwd that ,,'e should
se('ure the services of a good lawyer. place lwfore him what WI
desired, and
ask him to draft a hill foJ' us. \Ve did so. and tIlPn we fpIt we had ('ome to
the pla('1:' wheff' we must have the yoi('e of the assol'iation to cll.(.ide what
should he till-' next step. The Expcuti,'e thought that it wonll] 1)(-' well for Illl:'.
as Prpsiclent. to visit as many of the associations in till' intt'ryals as possihll"
and get tlwm to voi('e their ideas ahout registration and IpgishltiOlI. In ac-
{,Ol'dallcl
with their exprt'ssed wish. r ,'isitecl quite a numlwr of thp a.;so(.ia-
tions. In (>vel'.'- instance there was a g'ood gathering of nnrsps, and all sPl'llIecl
intC'restC'd in the suhjed. Of l'Ol1rse, onI
' a ven- few expressf'(l themselYe
in the nwetings. hut of th
sf', all Wf're anxious that sonH' steps shollid he takt'n
to see II f(> Jt.gislatiun. Xow. I ,,'ould he ,'ery glad if the nHI'Sf'S here wonld
take an interpst in this sl1hjed and ,'oi<.e h<:-,r(' tlIP id(,
H of thp Rssociation:-;
that you rl'pr(
s('nt. [linow 'n> have f'l'prl:'sentations from S011l(' of th2 (li-:tant
(.iti<:-'s. r am SOrI'
' WI' ha,'e not "PpJ'pst'ntati,'e,; from all tlw diffC'rpnt Xunws'
\sso("iations in the Provinct:'. r think at a ]llepting likf' this wc> should have.
'VI:' have )11'. rJlldwig with tIS to-day, and he ha<.; draftf'd a hill for liS. and
will explain it to ."011. and yon will tht'n und(
rstand his 'point of ,'iew. I think
you wi1l fall into linf1 mHl a
!,Tl:'e that tlw proposed draft, as he has arranged it.
will prohahl.'" llleet on l' wants a grpat deal.l)(-'ttt.'r thau tll(-' hiJl whi(.h raÜ;pd
for liS SH<.h a great dl:'a 1 of opposition. and was withdrawn.
Xow. if 'We art> going to do an.'" wo,'k that will tC'l] in tIll-' huilding lip of
Ollf proff'ssion. we must give onr hest thought to tIle-' sl1bj(.(.t. \Ye must have
high iclf'als. and tr.,' to get a vision of what Wf' (.an accomp1ish as llIt'mheT'S of
a profC':,,-iol1, a", rf'sP<!Jlsihle women. \Ve are going to makp tlw prf\fC'ssion mean
/
The Canadian Nurse
A MONTHLY JOURNAL FOR THE NURSING PROFESSION IN CANADA
V 01. VII.
TORO
TO, APRIL, 1911
No.4
REGISTRATION FOR NURSES,
The
tate Registration for
urses is so just a llleasure in itself, and
fraught with such ohyious adyantages to the public, that it should only he a
matter of time before it is es'tablished every" here. ..1 more fair-minded
amI distindly un"elfish measure lH)Yt:>r came under tht:> lwadin-g of elass legis-
J:-ttion, if, indeed. anything so puhlie-spirited desern's to l'OlllP nnder that
heading at all.
'Yherevt:>r and whenever the subjed of Registration l'omes up among
nurses. they bethink themselves immediately of that nearest. that most par-
allel ease to their OWll-" the brother profession." .. Thf're's sueh dignity
doth hedgp a King." That llla
' or may not be true in these democratic days,
hut l'ertainly there is a ,'ery real dignity hedging the )Iedical Profession,
and somt:> n
ry solid powers inYt:>sted in the )[edical Board of Bri-tish Co-
lumhia. hy ,'irtue of a Bill pushed through the House. Xaturally wc feel
that our ('aIling. equall
" as self-aJnwgatory, equally as indispelHmble. equally
a Profession. deserves equal consideration at the hands of the T.Jl:'gislature.
Its dignity is illtrinsi(', but nevertheless that dignity should he proteded
from the hase and lIns<,rnpulous. the ignorant and the in('ompetf'nt, hy la\\".
'Ye must spcure legal powers, as the doctors and dentists, the lawyers and
the veterinary surgeons have se('urell powers, but with the important differ-
('Dee that we demand only to draw a sharp line of demar('ation hetween tIll'
trained and the untrained nurse. and to discipline such black s}wep as ma
'
show up in our ranks. The "hrother" and other Profession
prosecute the
unqualified, for pradising and for accepting fees for 'the advice and attention
giypn; we, on the <,ontrary. do not propose to interfere with an
' unqualified
nurse making her fortune if she l'an. hy attending the sick, only wp ,vill pre-
Y(>nt her disguising herself as a full
' qualified graduate to do it.
'Ve ,dll raise and keep rai
éJ the staudard of onr profession, hu1 the
financial end mnst take care of itself. Such a fair and honourahle basis for
onr ....\ct ought to ensure its speed," passing into law, but since the succpss of
a cause does not always depend upon its justice, it hehooves ns all to work
hard if we are to win.
Yanl'ouver. B.C. REXE XORCRORR
BRITISH COLUMBIA,
In British Columhi
a draft of a propused Ad of Registration has been
drawn up by the VanC011\"er Graduatf' Xnrses' Association to l!O before thc
Honse at the Ilext meeting of the Legislature. It is purposed to organizE' a
Provincial Gradnatp Xurses'
\sso('iation of British Columhia. so that through-
out the Province work way be <lone to insure the suecessfnl pas
ing of this Act.
1;)6
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
The Ad i
not designe(l to prp,'ent other than full.,- (llLalitied graduate
nurses from nursing. but unly tu draw a line of distindiull bt'tween the sellli-
trained and the full
trained, and will also help to raise' the standard of
nursing. This, it would seem, is the" eak point in Regish'ation. that it dues
nothing to help to improve the sPllli-trained, and until it dop
. it ('annot COII-
sl'ientiously elaim ..that tIlt' Ad is for the proteetion of the public."
Hegistration is undoubte<lly here to stay, its ad vantages arc> SO manifold.
('o-operation ,,'ith the medital profession will he a large factor in its ulti.mate
Sl/('('ess. The two profession
will work tog:l
ther for the .. protel'tion of t hp
puhlie." alld the united force ('an a('complish great and lasting good. .
In British Columhia the nurses are to be cungratulatpd on ha,'ing the
support of the BJ'itish Colnmhin JJ etli('al
-\.ssotiation for tlwir Bill.
Vancouver. B.C. Rr
TII .Jl
DGE,
ALBERTA.
There are two
\.sso('iations of Graduate nurses in
\lI)t'rtH. one in Ed-
monton and one in l'algary. Both Associations strongly approv!' of J{egistra-
tion for
ursf's. and arC' disl'ussing till'
uhjp(.t with thp ohjed of uniting 1hl-
nurses and e,-olving a plan of work. A strong Provincial ...\sso(.iation ,,'ill,
douhtll'Ss. he thp outl'Ollle of this. and steps will soon he takC'n to secure
It-'}.âslation.
SASKATCHEW AN.
As far as ,,-e know. nurses in this Province arp not organizf'd
MANITOBA,
The Provincial .Asso(>iation is studying and (lisC'ussing the question of
Registration for Xursl's.
tatistics are being eol1ected with a view to ascer-
taining the standing of hospitals è1lld nurs('s in Jlanitoha. and it is proposed
to have a Bill drafted in thp lH'ar futul"l>. A number of physicians ha,'e pro-
mised their support.
The foHowillg paper WãS given by Jli
:--: Ethel .Johns beforC' tlw Local
Council of \Yomen of \Vinnipeg:-
Statp Rf'gistration means that hy Ad of Provincial Legislature dt-'fi-
nitt-' standards will he spt h
- which all 'Women desiring to he profession a I
nurses must hp mpasured. There ,,-ill prohahly hf> slwh clansps as tlw fol-
lowing:
A definitt--' standard of preliminar
' education will he estahlished.
A uniform length of time of training will he insisted on for all hospitals
III the Province.
...-\. certain minimum numher of heJs ,,'ill be imposed on all hospital
off Pl'-
ing training' facilities to nurses. The l'urricnillm of studies will be :stan-
dè1rdized. Examinations on th(' theoretical r-;ide of nursing wi11 he ('(wtmlled
hy a prm-isional council.
urses coming to tIll' Prodnce from training' s('hools outside of it wi11
he required to sho,," crertentials from their 0\' n
tat(' Boarrl of Examinprs, or
will bp required to pass t}w examination of the Lucal Buard.
Xo 'Woman will lw IH:'rmittNl to raIl hersl'lf a rpg:is-fpl"ed profpssiona 1
nurse who has not ohtained a licC'nsp to pral'til't--' from t h(-' Provineial CO\lT1('i1.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
157
To do this she must necessarily have gone through the full eOl1l'se of training
mIù passl'd the prescribed examinations.
fhe aho\'e reforms are, in a nutshell, the main benefits we hope to gê:JÌ.ll
frum registratiun. On the surface they appear simple. As a matter of fad
they inyo!\'e a great deaL Take the first clause, that enforcing preliminary
eùucatiun. Any hospital superintendent wiU tell you that hecause a woman
is highly edw'ated she dues not necessarily make a good nur:se. XUl"Sing is
u,
much a matter uf character and temperameIl't that a woman of ordinary edu-
eation whu possesses kindliness, tact and good Hcnse will suceeed where a
eollege graduate without these qualities would he a dismal failure. Still Wl'
d
not wish to train" OIllen 'whu are absolutel) illiterate. no matter what quali-
ties of heart they may possess.
Bome of us hope that onr new uni\'ersity may help S'olYe this prohlPHI
L
establishing a short preliminary course for nurse:s which an
- woman of
good moral chal'ader and physical fitness for the work may take. thus fitting
herself to pass on to the training schools of tIlt-' Pro,"ilwe as a pupil nurse.
I hupp tu see a class of gradllatl--' nurses trained in
Ianitoba hospitals
take their diplomas at the hands of the chaneellor of the lU1iversity. :\11',
ehofield, in a rcepnt letter to the press, expressed hi'S conviction that this
reform fo,honld Ilf-' brought about. Coming from
llch a source. his expression
of opinion ,vas mueh appreciated by the nu.rses.
So much for preliminary education. \Ve do not expect much troublp in
standardizing the length of training. but 'H> do expect trouble ,,-hen it cumes
to demanding a certain number of beds before a hospital may be allowed To
.'stablish a h'aining school. There are many small hospitals in Jlanitoba
to-day tlwt are turning o,ut graduates that are a credit to them and to theil'
profession. Then' are also, I regret to say. a few hospitals. mostly run for
pt'ivate g'<i ill , \dlO establish so-('alled training schools because it is a ('heap wa,'
of getting t IH-'il' nursing done. who make no attempt at systematie education
of tlwir mll'SPS, hut turn them out after a varying length of time to practisp
on a confiding puhlic as trained nurses.
I no\\" ('onle to the last clause among those [ mentiolwd. whi('h ha
('aused
more misunderstanding and done more to militate against our ('ël.use than all
the others put together. Perhaps I ha
beth-'r read it again:
,. Xo ,,'oman will be permitted to
tyle herself a registered nurse who ha-;
not obtainpd a license from the Pro,-incial Board of Examiners."
Yon wiI] notice that no restraint is placed on the llntraiIJPd woman de-
siring to I))'actise. Bhl' is simply deharred from prptending to lw what she is
not. Therl>
H'ems to he a general impression thl-lt statl
legisl<ition mp<ins all
1t:emp1 to l'xelnde tlwsp ""omen from praf,tice. This on the f:wp of it is im-
possible. XUl'sing tliP sick has heen from time_ immemorial the spe<,ial pri\Ti-
lege anJ l<ihor of love of women. There \vill ah\-a
-s 1w untrained mu."ses.
E\-ery mother is a nurse and often a veQ" good one. Xo state registration hill
I'n
r framed has attempted to It>gislate against untl'aillt-'d nurses, .\s a fair
sample of most hills of this natllre. l(-'t me reart
Ton an ex('erpt from the Rill of
tlw Rtatl-' of
Iilr.dand:
158
l'BE CANADIAN NURSE.
.. The pro,'isions of this bill are not actiye against nursing done gratuit-
uusly b
' untrained persons, nor against nursing for hire b) untrained persons
proyiding sueh Iwrsons do not style themselves Hegistered :\ luses. .,
You see it is our name we are jealous of, and justly.
I am no'w going to be frank with you, and in heing so I ma,'" offend some
of my professional friends" ho may be present. Personally. I think tJwre are
some untrained women doing nursing to-day who fill a puhlie need that we as
nurses have failed to fill. To many families our fee is prohibitiye. 1 do not
insinuate tor one moment that our fee is not a fair and just one, hut .never-
theless tu a large section of our population it is prohibiti,'e. These people
HUlst he nursed. Some of these untrained wumen giye them ordinary nursing-
<<'are and assume the responsibility of the household as well. Sometimes they
do i't for a smaller fee than is chargf'd by trained nurses. \Ye as a profession
lllay not like this unpalatable truth, but truth it is neYerthelcs
, anù murder
will out. Cnfortunately for the public, nut all untrained women are of this
high order of usefuln<<:,ss. Bor example. a domestic former!,' in tIlt-' l
lllploy of
a local hospital, an uneduca'ted woman with no yestige of training. l1<-1s
assumed the uniform of that institution and styles lwrsplf a g'ra(lllate nUl'Sl'.
and. he it understoud, eharges graduate nurses' fees. There is at present
little or no protection for the public from such illlpo:oiters as <these. At pre-
sent all that is really nel'essary to posing as a graùuate nurse in :\lanitoba is
to wpar à more or less (>oquettish' uniform. learn a fl',," ('ateh phrases. haY(
t he requisite amollnt of nerye, and start out into practicf'. 1 hold that this condi-
tion of affairs is a crying injustice to a class uf women who no douht are far
from perfect. hut \Y ho. neYt'rtheless, ha ye spt'nt t href' years at least of the best
part of their liyes under a diseipJine of work. physical and mental, which
leaves i'ts marks on them for life. in orùer to fit themselve
for their prof
ssiol1.
And if it is unjust to the nurses, it is even more /0;0 to the puùlic. If
'ou wish
to employ an untrained woman, hy all means do so. You know what .'"OU are
about. She tells
"ou she has no hospital training, and you know what to
expect. The hargain is a fair one. But if you come to that stern pass where
adual technical kuuwledge is rf'quired and kindne
s plus training. then yon
ha,'e th<<:' right to know past any question of a doubt that you are 110t harhor-
ing an imI'o
ter.
\s 1 Raid before, I wisheù to be just to the untrained
nurses. In many cases they give admirable sen'ice. hut there al'e times ,,'11("11
skill aud knowledge outweigh willingness to serve. and when the trailll,'d oh-
servation of symptoms. which only comes after lon
contact with illness, is aH
that stands hetween you and the loss of some one dear to ,'"OU. Then you want
to be sure. Then
"OU want to kuo'w that this woman into who
e ('a1'f'
"on ha\'(
given your sick one ha
been. traiIH'd, has servpd her tinlf'; in so far as educê1-
tion ('an make her. worthy of the respolJsibilit,v laid on her. Tn our hest judg-
ment. state registration will at If'ast accomplish this; it will no long(>r be pos-
sihl!' for a woman to represent herself to you as a trained nurse who is not 01]('.
Again. under pre:sell't conditions. once a nurse has graduated from ]Ier
training school she is a free agent. No matter how :she may misbehave. therl>
is no l('gal wa
' of prevf'nting her from practising. State l'f'gi
tnltion wiII
n'nH'd.," this. .\. trained nnrse who ha
prm'ed llf'rst-'lf ilWOmpf'tent or momBy
lnE VAlvA1J1AN NURSE.
159
undesirable, can Le dealt with b
' the Local Board, and lwr license revoked
or suspended.
--1.11othel' advantage we hope ,to gain is in raising the standard of our hos-
pital training schools. \Vith state registration ,\ill come inevitably a system
01 lLlspectÍon ot training schools as \\ ell as of hospitals proper.
ot onl.y thl'
little ones. but the Lig ones, 100. A good training sehool need not fear inspec-
hUlJ. A poor training school needs it in order that its faults may be pointed
out and remedied,
ONTARIO,
The Graduate
ur
u:)' Association of Ontario was formed in 190-1, having
as its objects, as stated in its constitution, "the maintenance of the honor and
standing ot the profession, the advancement of the educational standard of
lllusing, amI the furtherance of necessary legislation in the interests of the
public, the physician and the nurse." In pursuance of this, a Bill was
hrought tJt'fore the Legislature in 19U6. which, hO\\'ever, was so amendNI by
the specialcommiHee of the memhers to whom it wa
referrt-'d. i1S t'o be f)uitt-'
useless, and it was thonght best to ,dthdraw it altogether. One of tlw lessons
learned b
' the ...\ssocÏation from this experience was that neither tlll:' nnrses
themseln-'s, nor the general public. had a proper conception of what was aimed
at. It is therefore for the pnrpose of bringing before those concerned
the kind of legislation aimed at, and SOlUt-' of the reasons why it is desirahle.
that this paper has been \\Titten.
The lack of anything like uniformity in nursing education, as provided by
the various training
chools of tlw countr
', is a fact that will be admitted
without cadI. and this without iu the least disparaging the many small
training sehools (whose /-;llperintendents were among the first to recognize tlw
need for legislation). whieh are giying a Yer
' excellent training to their
pupils. At the Sàme time, e,'eryone knows that there are schools that art'
such in name only. as far as an
' attempt at systematic instrlH''Íion gops. The
training school haying he en found to b(' an el'onomi(' inv('stment. it is feareù
that hospital authorities do not i:llwa
-s look 'first
t whether the
' are in a
position tu fit nurses for the responsible work of ('arilJg' for the sick in tlw
most effh.icut manuel', Jjpforp {'stahlishilJg a trailJing s('hool. Be that as it
may. tIH' laek of a uniform standard of nursing echwation is unfair hoth f-t1
the nurse herself, and to the pu hlie; unfair to the graduate of the school
where the training is lwlow pal'. hl'canse she is handil'apped by an imperfect
knowledge of her work. and unfair to the graduate of the good s('hoo!. who.
so far as the public is ('om>erlwd, is on exactl
. the same plane as the other.
until proved to he tIll' more efficient; and oln'iousl
r unfair to the puhlic, who
('an judge of a nurse's merits onl
' aftt-'r a trial.
B
' State Registration, however, (>\'('1'." lwrsp would 1)(' ohligpd to pass all
pxamination fixed h)' t]H" 'rentral BoaI'll lwfoJ't' slH' ('ould praeti('(' }wr pro-
fession. Tn thi
,,-ay all the training :"whuuls in tlw conntn' wonlel han' to
provide the sort 'Of nursing: edlH'ation for theil' pupils that ,yould pnahle t}wm
to pass this examilla1iou: so that tlIt-' first poillt we hope to gain h)' registra-
tion is a ulliform stall.larrl of training. "Eyen our failurp in l
Of) did good
in tllis ,,'a,\'. as nHln,"
('ho()ls silwt' that tinw haye pnlargt-'d tlwir ('uni('ulum
160
THE CANADiAN NURSE.
and, where they are ddieient in eertaiu brauehe::;, send their graduates for
lJu
t-graduate w'ork ehsewhere.
\.Ild just here it is perhaps wl'll to t'xplain
that the law neveí' works backward. so that all llurSl'S who have alread
graduated, those in training at the time of 8Ul' h an Al't passin
. and all up
to a certain fixed time could register without passing any furthl'r exalllilla-
tiOli:s.
tate or Provincial Registration is the first
tcp toward plal"ing trailll'd
nursing on the basis of a recognized profession. By it. llurSl'S are protected
from tllO
e who have no right to call themseh-es trained nurses. hilt \\"ho yet
ùu not scruple to ùo :su. Xut that such a law will bc n'stril'tin'. as the 'publi('
may still employ such if they wish to do so, but it will at l('a:--:t Iw within the
power of everyone to find out whether they are employillg a trailled Hurse 01'
not. hecaw'l' every trained nnrse will be a registered nurst:'. \Yhat has been
1)1'0\"('11 to be guod fur the professions ot law and medicine ('élllllOt he had for
trained nurses.
'Yith
raduates from the correspondl'lIee
;whooJs of the States, ll1U'Ses
(save the mark!) trainpd hy beauty dO<'Ìors, and tHirSt'S trailwd Heaven
knows where and how, the public surel
nt't.d::. the protection of an .\('t regu-
lating the pdu('ation of those who IIIldertake respollsihiliti('s in\-oh-ing life and
dpath. It is time that all nurses wok(' lip to the sense of thl'ir dnty in this
rt:sped.
Let us rpl1lembpl' that wp owe H dllty to tlw nurses who m'(' to stwcc<:,d
us. and let us make of ollr l>plo\"{'d c'
dlillg not a mere means of lin'lihood, hilt
a grt'at allli honorpd profession, wOJ'1hy of OUI' nohle fOllnder, Flol'<:'IH'l'
Xightit1galp. ,T{TLL\
TE\\T.\RT.
Torunto.
QUEBEC.
\Ve are in the beginning of things ill regard to l{pgistratiou in the Pro-
vince of Quebec. Untario has bepn talking and working for some time. whilp
we have only been thinking. and that not to lHtH'h purpose. \rlwn )Iiss
(Iroshy told us that the
T intended applying' for legislation this year. hnt if we. in
this Province would muster our for('('s and apply 10 our LegisJêltlll'(' in 191
.
the) ,,'oulel defpr tIwir app]ieation. "-e felt there was onl.\" one thing to
do. \Yp are not yet orgHnizpd. hut havp passpcl the thinking stage awl hegnll
ti11king. Onr work now is to get thp nurses inter(1X'te r l. \Ye look to ollr '\urs-
ing .Tollrnal to lwlp liS to a el(,êlJ'('I' ('ollception of ,,-hat Hegisfn-1tiol1 rpally
means, to the nnrsC's. to the pllhIie, and to the medic'al profl'ssiolJ"
1'hl' question is so oftpn askpd hy fl1e nnrsps, "How is Rf'u-istration gOln
to hC'npfit us? \Yhat does it mean?" 'To m
" mind. R,
. is simpl.\" tlIP "han
mark" that gnal'ant('f's a tho l 'ong>]d,\" tt'ained nnrse. one who hêls 1'(1('('i\-(1(1 n
thl'pp
-<:,ars' ('onrsp in :I rp('ognizf'd training [.;['hoo1.
TIll' faet of onr heing r<:,gistprpd will not help us if WP êlr<:, in('onqwtenf
Ilnrsps, and it will onl
' harm tIlt' ('<-HISP if Wf' rpgistf'r and (10 Hot ('onlf' up to
tllP standard; while if 111ust p]pv:Ife :Ill(l Iwlp HIP ,,-hole pl'off'sslon if thosf'
who l'pgistpr arp wompn of wort11 and stpr1ing eharaf'fpr.
T lwIlf've, m; wplI a'S protpctinQ' tllP ll1lrsp. Rf'!!istrntioJ1 will hf'nt'fi1 tlw
Pllh]i('
til1 nwrf'"
o WP mn
t intprf'
t tl1P pnhli(' in Re!!ist}>ation. Tlwy. (IS
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
)
1
well as the nurses, will \'I:ry soon come to recognize the term R,
,,. and when
they 'YRnt their llearl'st and dt'arest ("ar('d for, will be thankful tllP'y Imow
the kind of nurse t'O ask for.
The patient very soon learns to (lÏstinguish between the untrained and
h-ailled llursp, and appreeiates to tIlt'" fun the skill. wisdom. tact and teudel'-
Hess of a good professionRl nurse.
\Yhen one picks up a popular magazine aut! reads èldn>rtisenll'nts sneh
as the follo\\"ing: .. XUI'Sing taught hy mail. \YI1." not hp a nurse? :::;teady em-
ployment always a'waits the thoroughly competent nurse. Ralary from $23 to
*:35 per week," one feels the puhlic o.;hould be proteeted from .",ueh 'lual'h:s
(or perhaps I should såy "Gamps"), as well as the nurses. The)'e is, too. tIlt'
amateur nul'S"', who, having spent part of a prohationary JlPriod in a hospital.
and perhaps been expelled for bad conchH't '0'1' other cause, dons a ullifol"lll
and thrusts her services upon an uwmsperting publie as "a Burse." reeeiving'
the remuneration duf' tIw graduate nursf'. There ,viII always be untrained
nurses. and there is a field for thell1. but one feels, in justi,.e to the pu bli(.
mal the nursing proff'ssion. that they should pradise as such.
"T e do not wish to keep anyone from nursing. nor do WP wish for leg-iRla-
tion in ord(>r to have a law whieh permits onl
" trained nurses to care for the
sick. "\Ye only ask that the
" nurst' under their tl'lH' colors,
If Hegistration is going to benefit thp nurse and the pllhlie. it onght also
to appeal strongly to the doe.tor. ITt' is responsihlf' to till--' pati<.>nt Hml
patient's frit'nds for the eare of his l'aSf'. .\n ilw
cient l1111'SP is (.arahlt' of
undoing all the good tIlt' snrg<.>on or physi("ian has tri('d to a('('omplish.
'Ye hope we shall have their sympathy and h<:'a.-:t.," ("o-opf'ration in our t>f-
forts to seeure Registration in the Dominion of Canada. I am indphtl'ù to tlw
\merican .Jonrllal of XnrsiIlg.' for man." thoughts 011 tht' sllhjp<"Ì of Heg-istnl-
tion. Our sister nurses in tlU'
tat(.s hall man
' tT'ials lwfOl'(' ,,('(.uring IC'g'i,,-
lation. "\V p in Canada must not lw w(>ar,'" in \\ ell-doing, hilt WUl'k. so that
those ('oming aftf'r us nHl
" reap tIw reward of onr labor.
:\TontreaI. .\
XTE ('oLqcrr01T
.
NOVA SCOTIA,
The first step towarùs obtaining J{egistration for Xurses in
onl
eotia was taken in tlIP spring of 1
1 O. when the Loeal Lpgislatnrf' grante<1
an Ad of TlH'orporation to tht" Proviu(.iHI Xursps' Asso<,iation-an ,\ct whiC'h
is hroad {-'nongh to make provision for till:' admission of {-'vpr.,' trained nurse'
in the Pro\'1n("(', on proof of "lW(.pssar.," Nlul'ation, p)'ofpssional qualification
HIlll of moral l'haraC'Ìpr."
h()rtl
" aftpr in<,orpo)'ation. ('Orit's of this
\d. its COllstitlltion Elnd By-
Laws, togdhe)' with a eirC'ulatory It'ttf'r soli('iting inte'rp'st alHl (,o-olwration.
nlso printpd pxtra(.ts from arti('l('
pu bJishpd in the
ineteenth re'ntnry and
.\ftC'r )IHgazinp, rpsolutions pas
.;pd h,' tht' British JI('diC'Hl .\sso('iation anll
qnotations from otlwr Hnthoriti('s. an in fayonr of Rtatp Rpgistration. \\"(')'1'
s('nt to ('ver
T memher of tllp medieal profession pra(.tising' in t1w p)'O\'j)1('f'.
rongratnlation anù many ('xprf'sSiOllS of goodwill and s
'mrfJth
" h.n'f' si)H"('
lwell rt'C'eiyerl.
162
l'IlE CANADIAN .NURSE.
A t the first annual meeting of the Axsociation. Dr. Hattie,
uperintell-
dent of the Xoya Scotia Hospital, is reported as having "in the eourse of a fine
addres'S. set forth, .
ow the I'pirit of union Wa
a sign of the times; also how
material were the ad,-antages of organization.' "
Speaking on the same occasion, Dr. )lurdoch Chisholm, of Halifax, urged
upon those nurses present their duty in the matter of standing firmly for the
dignity and honour of their profession, and personally and individually illus-
trating their belief in its choice by maintaining the highest standards in its
practice.
The Association has now a lllPmhership of eighty, and contim{ally in-
creases in influence and recognition.
An elHlea\'our will be made this
-ear to introduce an
\ct regulating the
pradice or untrained and uncertified mid" i,'es in the Province. for which
legislation tlw support and assistance of the Kurses' Association has been
so]ieited. EYELIXE )1. PE)IBERTOX.
Halifax.
NEWFOUNDLAND,
The question of Registration for Xurses has not yet arisen in Kewfound-
land. Outsidp the hospitals, there are not more than 'a dozen, probably less
than a dozen, trained nurses, and these are all in St. John's. Ten years ago
there wpre none, but with the adn
nt of the nurses the demand for them has
come. and is growing eyer." da
'. Those who are here find plent,v of work,
a1though the untrained nurse still flourishes. We hope sometime this year to
form an Association of Trained Xurses, which will join together in one
soeiety for their mutual benefit. all thp nm'sf'S working in Xewfoundland. who
('ome from different training
chools in Canada. EnglHlld. the rnited States
ani!. our own hospital in St. John's.
PRINCE EDV! ARD ISLAND.
N-o report has heen recein'd from this Pro,'inre. 'Ye hope to ha,-e a 'good
Hecount of the work here to gÌ\'e in the near future.
NEW BRUNSWICK,
'The nurSeS of thi<; Province are not yet organized, but steps are being
taken in this direction. As soon as this is ae('omplished, SOlne definite work
for Registration will be done.
PROGRAMME
Of the Fifth Annnal )1 ppting of tIll' ('HI1[1dian Hospital Association. to he hpId
at Xiagara Falls. Ont.. ill tlw C'arnl'g-ie' Lihrary Building-. )Iay 2:
rd and 24th.
]
11.
Tue
day.
ray 2:{l'd. 10.
O a.Ill.
Calling of A
soeiation to Order.
R('ading- of )linutes of Pï'e,"ious ('on,"pntion.
President's
\ddre
-:\riss Clara 01'('('11,
lIlwrintc.]](lf'nt Gl'npral and )Iarinp
Hospital. Bt'lleyiJ]e, Ont.
"Firf' PreVt-'ntion "-Dr. ,Yo .J. ])ohhi{', Ph
'si(.ian-in-rhipf. Toronto Hospital
for Consumpti,'ps. ""pston, Ont.
TilE CANADIAN NURSE.
163
.. The Rda'tioll of the Trustep
to the Hospital "-Dr. R. \Y. Brn('(' Rmith, In-
;-;pector of Huspitals for Ontario.
Tuesday, 2.:30 p.m.
.. The General :\Ianagement of a
mall Generalllospital "-Jliss Bertha Jlillel',
Superintendent Amasa \Y ood Hospital.
t. Thomas, Ont.
.. 'fhe Relation of the Jledicalllealth OUicer to llospitals "-Dr. Charles Hast-
ings, JIedieal Health Officer, "Toronto.
.. The Care of Alcoholics "-Dr. X. II. Beemer
uperilltendell't Hospital foe
Insane,
Iimiéo. Ont.
4 p.m. to ð p.m.- Yisi t ing Points of Interest.
Tuesday, 8 p.m.
.. Puints in Helation to the Construction of Smaller llospitals "-1 L ß. \YeL-
ster, Es(!.. Superintendent Royal Victoria Hospital, Jlontreal.
"The Heating and \Tel1tilation of Smaller Hospitals"-Clarence \Villiam
.
Esq., Hospital
Iwcialist, Boston. )las8.
Title to Come-Dr. \Yayue Smith,
uperintendellt \Y ëtshington l TV. Huspital,
\Yashil1gton, D.C.
..
onw ]mprf>ssions of
pw York lIospitals "-:\li
s P. K De La )Iater. Super-
intendent Xicholls Hospital, Peterboro, Uu1.
\Ypdnesday, :\Ia.v 24th, 9.:30 a.m.
"Some Ohsel'yations on the Sanatoria of the Old Country"-Dr. \Y. B. Kendall,
Physieian-in-Chief, )Iuskoka Hospital for COllsumptin's. Gran'nI1l1rst.
.. \Vhat the ..:\. verag p )Iedical JIall Expects from the IIospital' '-Dr. J. S. Hart"
Toronto.
Title to Come-Dr. Y onng. .\ssistant Superintendent Rodnvood Hospital..
Kingston.
Title to Come-Jliss X. JlcLennan, Ruperintendent Ro.q
l YiC'toria IIospitat
Barrie,
\V ednesda
', b.15 p.m.
Joint Session \yith the Canadian .\sso('ia tion of Training
('hool :-:;np(
rint(>l\-.
dents and with the Graduate Xllrsf's' A
so('iation of OQtal'io.
..\ddress of vVelcome-His \V orship, the :\layor.
.. Soeial Service' '-:\Iiss Forsyth. Evangelia Settlement.
.. The Duty of the Hospital to the Pupil Xurse "-)[iss COllro
r. Superintendent
Rt. .Jùs<'ph's Hospital, (j-]ace, Bay. X.S.
Xote.--Jh'mlwl's of aU three soeiC"tips arp \n
ll'ome to an,'- and evpry meet-
ing of the societies.
The .\ssoriation of Rnpf'rlntf'lHlf'nts of Training H('1100Is and tlw (-ì-raduatt
Xurses' Association of Ontario will hold their meeting'S on 'Yt'dne"d
v and
Thursday. Frida
' \dB he given np to sightspeing' and the visiting of nf'igh-
horillg hospitals.
"(,limh the monnt':lins HlHl g'f't their good tidings. Xatul'e's peace wi11
tiow into you as sunshine flows into trees. Tlw winds will hlo\\' their 0\\'11
freshness into yon, and the storms tlH'ir enel'gy. while ('are will dr'op off Jikl'
autumn Jeaves." -.John -:\Inir.
IG4
THE CANADIAl.,' NURSE.
THE SCHOOL NURSE
..\liss Bal'hal'ët Gilehrist finished the ('ourse in School
ursillg in Toronto
and started her \York in London.
\lardl bt.
On February 8th tilt:' following Behool
urse
were added to the staff ill
Toronto :-
liss ..\1. G. Butchart, \\T estern Hospital, Toronto. '0:3
..\liss \T. G.
Burnett, Grace Hospital. Toronto. '04:
Iis
C. :\I. Cameron, Hospital for :-;ick
Children. Toronto, '10: ..\Iiss F. II, .low>s, Toronto General Hospital, '():
; ..\Iiss
1. A. Kingstone. Presbyterian Hospital,
ew York. '10; Jliss ..\1. ..\laeka
',
Hospital for
id
Children. Toronto, '10; Jliss .\1. A. ..\IacFadyen. Hospital for
il'k Children, Toronto. '10; :\liss G.
l. ..\IëH'allulll, St. Luke's HospitaL Chi-
cago. '04: .\liss G. ..\Iorison. Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, 'O-l; ..\Iiss G. ..\L
Paul.
mith Infirmary,
taten Island.
ew York, '07; ..\Ii:s
J. ..\1. Peace. To-
ronto General Hospital. '04; ..\lis'i \T. \Vallacp. Hospital for
ick Children. To-
ronto. '07; "\[iss ..\1. Byers, Hoyal ...\lexandra Hospital. Fergus. 'Oö.
TIll' nurses at present taking the Post-Graduate Coursc are :-
[iss .Jean
_\.
Iiller. Galt Hospital, 'Ot); ..\liss Hertrllde Forh\:s,
ew York Hospital, '03;
..\liss J. M. frying. Salem Hospital, ..\Iass" 'OJ.
..\Iiss LÍlw L, Hogers, IL
" Superintcndent of School
ul'ses. Toronto. has
demonstratl'd to tIll' Board of EdllC'ation the need of ha ,'ing towels in the
schools, 'with the result that paper towels ar(> hf'ing providpd for the ('hildreu.
..\liss Rogers has also been instrumental in secnring an _\udionwter for test-
ing: the hearing of children who ar(> ('onsiderpd dull. and whose onl.,' trouble
lIlay be defective hearing.
During Fehruary the nurses diseoyerf'<! twelvf' eaSf1S of tul>l'reulosis amOlIg'
the srhool children. Thf'sf' are heing- cared for h
. tht> Heather Club.
Some amusing things happen ,,"hen the nll1'S('S ar(' making tlwi,' round:-;
of the schools. One small la(l wao.; lat(. on morning. and on l>eing asked tIll'
rpaSOll, replied. .. Oh. 1 overwashed t hi
morning."
A sma)] hit of humanity. with thin hody anrl sennt ('lothing. his large
hrown e
'es lighting up his fRl'f', Was found running from sehonl. Tlw nurSt>
stop'ped him and
aid. "\Yhy art> you running from instead. of to sehool?"
Iff' looked up and gravely replied., "Tlw h(:>ll rang hf'fore Twas rearly."
POST-C1RADUATE COURSE.
A four mouths' post-graduate course will he given to Graduates of
C'rerlited Hospital Bchools of KUl'sing, in tll<' Toronto Gellt'ral Hospital. dllr-
ing the months of .June, July, August and f'eptemhf'r,
The course wiU consist of 13 da;n,' experience in (,
H'h of the follm,'ing'
dcpartments :-Diet School. Neurologieal \Yard. Gyneeologi('al Pavilion. Out-
door and Xose and Throat D(>partnwnt. Opf'rating Tlwatre.
INlj('al \Yards.
urgi('al \Vards, Ol)stetrical Pavilion.
All applications must lw made by "\la.'- 1.'5th. aud 1)(--' a(,('ompaniNl hy a
cprtifif'ate of health from a ph.,"sician and a (,f'rtifìeate from tlw
Ilpt>rintf'ndent
of the School from whieh tllf' applieant is a Gradnate.
For furtlwr parti('ulars appl., to t1H' Lad.,'
lIp('rint('ndt>nt.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
165
THE ANNUAL MEETING,
The Fifth Annual jleeting of the Canadian Bociety of Buperilltendcnts of
Training Schools for Xurses will be hela ill tlw Carnegie Librar.y,
iagara
Fails. Ont.. )Iay 2J.th and 25th.
PROG RA:\I:\IE.
\y edll(
day,
IaJ
.-Hh, 2.30 p.m.
Call to Order.
Invocation-Rev. \Villiam \Vallis, Ph.D.
Addresses of v\' elcol1le-:\Ir. Â. .\lonro Grier, K.C.. President of Hospital
Board.
Dr. P. T. Kellam, President Niagara .Falls )Iedical _bsoeiati
Hl.
Reply to Addresses of \Yelcomc-Robilla L. Stewart, R.X., Superintend('nt of
Toronto General IIo
pital Training 8('hool for X urses.
Address of President-:\Iary
\rd
la('kpnzip, R.
., Chief :SuperinteIlllent of
Yidoriall Order 'of X lUbe:-: for ('anada.
Election of X ew )Icmhers.
.\ppointmeut of XOl1linating Committee.
"
chools of :Nursing and the
tate"-.\nni(' 'V. Goodrich. R.
.. TnspPI>tm'
Xurse Training Schools. Edueation DppartnH-'nt.
(--'W York.
Discussion.
.. The )faking 'Of an Ideal
nrsin
.Tournal"- :\I
uy
\. CaNoll.
nperint('ni1.ent
Lady Stanle
' Institutp, Q.ttawa.
Discussion.
,. Tulwrculosis: Onr A ttitnd(' Towarlls Its Prpyentioll and ('III'P' '-E. G. Fonr-
nipr, R.X., Snperintendpll't ":\IilllH'''-aska.'' Graypnlll1rst.
Discussion.
.. The Child ill the Hospital "-.Tean 1.J, Edgar. Sight Snpl'rYÌSor Hospital for
. Sit" k Childr<,n, Toronto.
Di
('ussion led hy Lonis<, C. Brent.
'Yednesclay, :\f a
T 2-1th. 8.1:> p.m.
\ t:nion .Meeting of The Canadian Hospital Â
:sociatiún,
o('iety of Snperin-
tendents of Training Schools for
nrses. and Graduate Xnrses' Asso-
ciation of Ontario will he held in the Carnegie I..ihrary.
ehairman-:Ur. A. l\Ionro Grier. K.C" Pl'e
iaf'nt of Hospital Rom'd.
Addrpss 'of 'Yelcol1lp-The :\Iayor. O. E. Doris, Esq.
The :\f ember (
).
:\Iiss Annie 'Yo Goodrich. fnS}wet01' Xnrsp Training
<,ho()l
for
p,," York
State. will speak.
"
oeial St.rvice "-)Iiss Fors.dllP. "Enmg'l'lia"
t"ttlenl(>llt. Toronto.
"TIlP Duty of the Hospital to tlw Pnpil
nrs(" '-:\fiss rOl1l'o.". SlIlWl'iñt('ndl'ut
of St. .T
eph's Hospita1. Glacp na
'. X.R.
"Training
('hool Curri('ulum "-:Uiss FIOl'(>W'(' )f. RI)Uw. R.X,. (1f'!lf1ral Hos-
pitaL :\IontrpaI.
Thllrs(Ül.'". :\[R.\' 2:)th. 10 a.m.
Hpport of Council.
Report of Trt
asurer,
166
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
Heport of Auditors.
Report of Committees.
Report of Xomillating Committee.
Cnfinished Business.
X ew Business.
Papers for this .session are expected from Edith P.
IayO\". on .. Labrador;"
Helen T. :JIe1ville, on "_\frica:"
\nna .,A. Hawley. on "Cn>e [ndians'"
Discussion.
Election of Officers.
\nnouncement of Time and Plac<> of
fppting, 1912.
Tntrodnction of President-elect.
\djournment.
:\IARY ARD :JIACKEXZIE. LOrI
E r BREXT.
Presidpnt Treasurpr (pro tem).
ALICE. J. 'SCOTT,
ecretary, 11 Chicora
\ ye.. Toronto.
XOTES.
Give special attention to instrudions rpgarding purchasing' of railwa
"
tic.ket anù certificate,
Council meeting. :Jlay 2:
rd. 7.:30 p.m., Carnegie Lihrar.'". Xiag-ara Fall
.
Ontario.
It is rpquested that an reports, motions. etc., he typp\Yrittpn,
Fef's are dne at the' Annual :\Iepting.
In,"itations for meeting for 1912 to be sent to Secretary not lat('r 1hai'
Iay 1st.
II The
uperintendpnts are reqnested to send to t1)(' Re('rptaJ'Y hy
ra.v 1st,
or hring dirpct to the Annnal :\It'e'ting. the hooks
'ontaining hospital anù
training schools forms, etc.. somp of whi('h wpre returned for altl'nltÌ'ons and
additions.
The programme is annonnrpd parl,\" that thp mem hers ,,,ill lun"e amplp
time to considpr tIlt' suhip(.ts of thp n
1J)Prs. ::\ft'mbers IH1YP 1w(>n askëd to
lead tIle discnssiolls. hnt 'the individnal nH'll1hers ar<> reqnest
(l to lw prepared
to take np thp various phases of the snhjeC'ts pr('s('nteò. that tlH'rl' ma,\" lw ver,\'
free discnssion.
All nnrsinq orp'anizations throlH!hont the Dominion of ('anaaa are ('or-
<1ian
y invited to spnd delegates.
SOUTH AFRICAN MEMORIAL TO THE LATE KING.
It is understood that the Visconnteps Gladstone is shortl,\" going to set on
foot a scheme in South Africa for a mpmorial to the late King'. to take thp
form of esta hlishing an ordpr .of trainf'd 11l1rSf'S similar to pxÜ;ting institutions
in India, Canada and AustraJia. The maintenance of the nnrsf'S wonl(l he par-
tially met out of the funds snhscrihed and hy the fpes <,ontl'ihlltw 1 "w patipnts.
At presen.t it is anthoritatively stated that midwin-'s working- in tIlt' up-
ronntr
r districts are mostl
y colonrp(l wompn 'withont trainin f !. Thf' resnlts
of 80mp organiZf'd s('heme for snppl
"ing trainpd nursps wOl1l<1 1)(" far-rpaching.
anò thp eilncational value wonld form a fitting memorial from
outll
\frica,
whi<,h OWI:'S mnch to his latf-' )Tajesty.-The
nrsing Times.
167
EDITORIAL
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
BOARD
Newfoundland
Miss Southcott. Supt. Training School
for Nurses, Gen. Hosp., St. John's.
!.Iiss Gilmour, Grand Falls.
Prince Edward Island
Miss A. M, Ross, Supt. Prince Edward
Island Hospital. Charlottetown.
Cape Breton
Mrs.. Lornay, Brooklands, Sydney, N.S.
Nova Scotia
MIss Pemherton, N.S.G.N.A., Supt. Rest-
holm Hospital, Halifax.
Miss Georgina Pope, n.R.c., Matron Gar-
rison Hospital, Halifax.
Miss Kirkpatrick, Supt. Payzant Memor-
ial Hospital, Windsor.
Miss Kirke, Supt. Victoria General Hos-
pital, Halifax.
New Brunswick.
Miss Hewitt, Supt. General Public Hos-
pital, St, John.
.:\frs, Richal'ds, Supt, Victoria Public Hos-
pital. Frpdpricton.
Quebec
1\1iss CoUe
', C,N.A., 133 Hutcihson St.,
;\'Iontreal. ,
Miss Colquhoun. C.
.A.. 301 Mackay St"
Montreal.
Miss Emily Freeland, R. \- .H.A.A., 285
Mountain St" Montreal.
Miss Hersey, Supt. Royal VictorIa Hos-
pital. i\-Iontreal.
Miss Lewis, S.C.S.T.S.N., Supt. Maternity
Hospital. Montreal.
Miss G, 1\1. Molony, Supt. Jeffrey Hale's
Hospital. Quebec.
1\1iss F, M. Shaw, C.N.A.T.N., St. Agatha,
Qubec.
MIss L. E, Young. Asst. Supt, Montreal
General Hospital, Montreal.
Miss M. Vernon Young, M.G.H.A,A., 36
Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal.
Ontario
Mrs. V. A. Lott, B.G,N.A., Brockville.
Miss Morton, G.M.H.A.A., Supt. Gen. and
Marine Hospital. Collingwood
Miss Mac\Vililams, R.A.H.A.A., Oshawa.
l\lh;:;; HolJim50ll. G.H.A,A.,
Bea vertoll. On t.
1\1rs. A. A, Anderson, G.G,H,A.A., 123
Cork St., Guelph.
liss Deyman, 87 Victoria Avenue, Hal11-
Uton.
MrSi. Newson, 87 Pearl St. N., Hamilton,
Mrs. Tilley, K.G,H.A.A., 228 Johnston St.,
Kingston.
:\liss Trout, R.A.H.A,A., Fergus, Ont.
MIs,; 1\1. A. MacKenzie, Chief Lady Supt.
V,O.N., Somerset St., Ottawa.
Miss Meiklejohn, L.S.LA.A,. Supt. Lady
Stanley Institute, Ottawa.
Miss Cal'son, Supt. General Hospital
Owen Sound.
Miss M. A, Ferguson. P.G.N,A.,.476 Bena-
cord St., Peterboro.
Miss Barwick, T,C.R.N., 644 Spadina Ave.,
Toronto.
Miss Devellin. G,H.A,A., 505 Sherbourne
St., Toronto.
Miss Ewing, T.C.R.N., 569 Bathurst St.,
Toron to. .
Miss Butchart, T. W.H.A.A., 563A Bloor
St. \V.. Toronto,
Miss Mc!\('iI R. H.A,A., 505 Sherbourne
St., Toronto,
, Miss E. R. GI'pene. T.G.N.C., Hospital for
Incurables.
:\liss Hodgson. l
Foxlmr Rd.. Toronto.
Miss Jamieson, G.N.A.O., 23 Woodlawn
Ave. E., Toronto,
Miss Kelly, St. M,H,A.A., 507 Sherbourne
St., Toronto,
Miss Lennox, 'l'.G.H.A,A., 107 Bedford
Rd., Toronto.
Iiss P. Murray V.H.A,A., London, Ont,
Miss Barnard, H.S.C.A.A., 608 Church St..
Toron to,
Miss L. L, Rogers, Supt. School for
Nurses. 908 Bathurst St., Toronto.
Miss Alice J. Scott, G,N,A.O., 11 Chicora
Ave., Toronto.
Manitoba.
Miss Gauld, M.A.G.N., 375 Langside St,.
WInnipeg.
Miss Birtles, Supt. General Hospital.
Brandon.
Miss Gilroy. W.G.H.A.A., 48 Harriet St.,
Winnipeg.
Miss Mayou. Shoal Lake.
Miss McKibbon, 375 Langside St., Win-
nipeg.
Mrs. P. H. Snider, Supt. General Hos-
pital, Neepawa, Man.
Miss I. M, Stewart, 407 Pritchard Av
Winnipeg.
Saskatchewan.
Miss BlakE"ley, Supt, Queen Victoria H"s-
pital, Yorkton.
MLss Chalmers, Supt. Victoria Hospital,
Regina.
Miss Heales, Supt. v.a. Hospital, Mel-
fort, Sask.
1\1iss Hawley, Fort-a-la-Cnrne.
Alberta
Miss Scott, Supt. General Hospital, Cal-
gary.
Miss M. M. Lamb, Fort Saskatchewan,
Alta.
Miss E. P. Mckinney, C.G,N,A., Calgary,
Miss L, Matthews, E.G.N.A., Edmonton
Miss G. A. Mitchell, Supt. Isolation Hos-
pital. Edmonton.
British Columbia
1\Iiss Judge, V.G,N.A., Box 597 Vancouver.
Miss McDonald, Supt. Provo Royal Jubi-
lee Hospital, Victoria.
Miss Ethel Morrison, T.N.C., 1442 Elford
St., Victoria, B.C.
Miss Evans, Supt. Kootenay Lake Gen-
eral Hospital, Nelson.
Miss Green, Supt. Gen. Hospital, Golden,
Miss Roycroft, A,A.V.G.H" Vancouver.
Yukon Territory.
Miss Burkholder, Hospital of the Good
Samaritan, Dawson,
The United states of America
Miss Stewart, Teachers' College, Colum-
bia University, New York.
Miss Flaws, Supt. Butterworth Hospital.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Miss Bella Crosby, 41 Rose Ave., Presi.
dent.
Miss E. B. Barwick, 644 Spadina Ave.,
Vice-President. .
Miss M. E. Christie, 19 Classic Ave., Sec.-
Treas.
Miss E. Ross Greene, Supt. Hospital for
Incurables.
Miss E. J. Jamieson, 23 Woodlawn Ave, E.
A66lstant EdItors,
1\Iiss F, Madeline Shaw, Ste. Agathe. Que.
Miss Wilson, Supt, General Hospital,
Winnipeg,
Miss McFarlane, Supt. General Hospital,
Vancouver,
Mrs. O'Brien, 126 McCaul St. Toronto.
Miss Hargrave. B.A., 1600 Clark:;;ol1 St..
Denver, Co!.
Editor.
Miss Bella Croshy. 41 Rose A \'e.
168
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
fðttnrtal
DELEGATES, ATTENTION!
It is desired that the railroad ratcs to the Conventioll. Jlay 2;{rd. 2-1tl1
and 2.3th, shall be as small as possible, therefore every member of the three
::4ocietielS-Canadian Huspital Superintendents. The Canadian ::4ociety of
uperintendents of Training SdlOOls for Xurses. and the Graduate .xurses'
\ssociation of Ontario-is re(-1uested to buy. not a Holiday TiekeL- but a
tè\ll(lard Convention Certificate (Ticket Agent!'; are !';upplied with the:--:e a III I
are im
tructed to issue them on application). Please noh' the following;-
FURTy-.xl.xE OR LE88.-If Se("retary certifies that forty-nine or less
are in attendance, holding properly reeeipted certificates of the standard form
or round-trip tickets (
old at one-,yay fare or more). they will 1)(> returned to
their original starting point at T\YO- TIIIRD
of the lowt->st regular Olw-way
first-class fare.
FIFTY OR )IORE.-If Secretary certifies that fift
. or lllore Hre in attend-
anee. holding properly rCf'eipted certificates of the standard form or round-
trip tickets (sold at one-way first-class fare 01' morl:'). the
' will he rctul'l1etl
to their original stè\rting point at O
E-THIRD of the lowest regular onc-wa
'
fi rst -class fare.
THREE IHTXDRED OR .\IORE.-If Secretary ('(lrtifle" thHt three hUII-
dre(l or mor(' are in attendanee, holding properly re<'eiptpd (.('rtitieates of tlIP
standard form or round-trip ti('kets( sold at one-way flrst-da
s fare or mort').
they win bc returned to their original starting point FREE.
Therefort->. bu.,' a first-class full-fare one-way tirket. Hnd S\'('111'(' H
tandHl"(1
('onn1lltioll (\lrtifl('atp. and thus mak(' rates a minimum for an Delegate!';.
AN HONOR DESERVED,
The
o('iet
. of \\T omen Journalists. at their sixtet'nth annllal meeting ill
onlllll)pr, eJected .\Irs. Bedford Fenwit'k. President. This is a great au(l
wI--'Il-desPl'\"pd hononr for the editor of tIlt-' British .Journal of
ursing. It 'is
a signitil'ant fact: and quite in kef-'ping with the utilitarian
virit of the age.
that tilt-' Presiùent of this Society should be the et1itor not of a magazine of
.. polite letters" for literature'8 sake, hut of a professional journal. and that
not of a "lparlled profes
ion." hut onl
' the handuu-1Ïd of one of them. Jlrs.
Fenwi<.k said that thf' elertion was a surprise to her, as she had not taken up
jonrnalism as a profe
sion bef'anse of any
peeial fitnpss for thM sort of work.
hut only as a means to an end. She had be,'ome a journalist hec.ause she de-
sired to see the I)}'ofc'
sion of her c'hoice-scielltific nnrsing-Plevated and
legal1y C'onstitutpd h
' Act of Parlialllent. and without a yoiec in thp press tIlt-'
views and aspirations of trainpd nurses (.ould not find expression, English
nurses arc indepd fortunate in having S\1('h a yoi('e to express thc.ir desire
as
:\Irs. Fellwirk.
\l1(1 not only this. hut this election is an hononr to the who]p
nursing profl:'ssion. whieh Wf' should appreciate. and guard hy seeking to
havp everything that is pnhlisllf'd in an
T ('onntr
" hv mn'sP
or ahout nm'sps
onl
- s11<.h a thing a!'; is in kppping with high ideals of ,,'oI1lHnlinp,-,s and sprvi('C'.
THE CANADLLV NURSE.
169
\Ve congratulate .
\Irs. Bedfm'd Fenwick most heartil.\ on her election. an(l
British l1m'sf'S on ha\"ing onp of their numher who is ahlt-' to 'nIl sneh a position
with honour. Coming" as it dot's at the end of .a ypar of sorrowful loss of lead-
ing workers ill England, Canada. the fTnited States and I ndi<-t. this ,;ignal
honour st'eJUs an omen of happier (la
s in the [}f'W
't-'ar.-X I1rsing .Jonrmd of
T ndia.
INDIA.
Tlw
ursing .Jonrnal of India for Ft-'hrllary is a large an(l most interesting
tlluulwr. It l'ontains a full report of 01(' Conference at Benares of" The Associa-
tion of
nrsing 8uperintt>mlf'nts of India." alHl .. The Trained Xurses' Âsso-
(iation of India." togt-'tllf'r with thf' Constitutions of hoth
\ss()('iations. and a
list of their memhers. It takes the place of the Annual Report. and is a most
val ua ble book of reference.
-\ t this ('onff'reIH'f'. )Iiss :\1. G. Butcher. of the Bellevue Sanatorium.
jf IIJ'J'pe, W(]S appointed Editor. )frs. Klotz. the rptiring E(litor, who has so
snC"cpssfnll
' piloted the Journal through its first year. is going to Amerira
for eighteen months or t'\\.o years for R mm'h-nef'ded rest. This .Journal is
C)llt-' of 0111' most valued f'xrh
mges.
IN OUR MIDST.
How often ha"e Burses read adyertisements which told hon" to secure the
training necessary to Lecome a nurse by col're
polldence! In,'ariably the eX-
damation follows: .. How absurd to think that any woman can hope to acquire
in that way the skill and knowledge necessary to haJllU
tlw patient deftly.
g-entIy and intelligelltl
', and to dis('hal'ge the gra\"e rpsponsihilities of a
trained nUl':::;e!"
-\nd always a certain relit-'f was expe1'ienl'ed that somp distanl'e separated
liS from !';1I(,h a ('putrf' of instrudion. But a ('hange has ('ome! \Ye have in
our miù
t a "
('hool," called "Tht' Dominion School of Xllrsing," \vhieh
"trains nurses iu /Six 01' eight months."
"Class<,s arf' held Tllesday. Thnrsday Hlltl
-'riday afternoon and eYen-
ing. from
to :1 honrs; time dep<,uds on s'ubjeds taken." The ('ourse "in-
duùes Lpetllres on Anatomy, Physiolog
', )Iateria .:\f p'(lica. Science and
\rt of
Xllrsing. Invalid Cooking, Feyer
l1rsin
, Sterilization. IIygielw, )Ientê\l
nrsing.
Iassage. \Veil' )Iitchell
ystem. with Rwedish )Ioyements, Text
Book written by Snp<,rintend('nt of School," etc.
"Colm'ed plates and snhj<>f'ts arf' nse<l for ('H('ll le('tnre. Pai(l suhjf'(.ts
takes tIlt-' plat'l' of thl' si('k. TIlt-' le(.tnrt'
ar<" giy('n hy two ('it
- physipians.
Fee-
llr:sing, $30.00; )Iassê\ge. $2:>.00: Rooks. $2.00, Those who a1'<> not ahI,'
to pay in advancf' pay by installml'nts."
::\Irs. Racllf'l :\I. Rmytlw, thf' Rn}wrilltl'ndf'nt, says: "J am a Graduate
XUl'ðf' m
self and a Dodor of Ostl'opathy J don't "Tant the
Graduate Hospital Xl1rsf's to think r am t)'ying to h(' on [I standard with
them."
1.0
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
This is surely another striliiug example of the need of some means of dis-
tinguishing ht:'t,,'cen the full,\' trained Graduate Xurse and the nur::.e who ha
only a partial training. or none at all. It is not the untrained nurse who
does harm: it is the untrained or partially trained nur
e who seeks to pas
as fully trained. Anyone ma
' don a uniform and call heI"Self <:1 trained
nllrse. Any hospital, large or small. or. it seems, an
' individual ma
' start
a training sehool anrl gin' diplomas.
han this state of affairs continue? Tlw
am-m"er re
ts with tilt:'
ursing Profpssion.
.-
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE ASSOCIATION.
The Florence Xightingale ..:-\ssoeiation held its first êUlnual meeting at
The Hesid
lH.'e, Hospital tor Sick Chilùrl'll, on Friday, )Iarch 3rd, at
p.Ill.
)liss )IeKè11zie. Yice-President, ol't"llpied the chair.
...\ddl'c::;sl\S were given h
some of the hOll'(Hc1ry members mIll )Iiss
Crosby.
The Secretary then presellteJ the
\Il11llal Heport. as fo)]ows:-
.. )Iaùanw President alld )1 eIII he n.., of the
\ssoeiation :-j submit the fol-
lowing' report for the year ending
\la1'l'h ;
l'J, Ell]:
.. Fi ve meetillgs have ht'cn ht'ld. wi'th an a vera.ge attellJanCf\ of t\Yellty.
Onl\ meeting fOl' the pnrpose of organization, three bllsil1e
s TlH-'t-'Íings. and
one soci'al meeting. The soeiè\l Blt\t--'tillg' took the form of a picnie and wa
held on June 7th. 1!JI0, at the Lakp..âde LIoHle. the bland. by tht-' kind cour-
tesy of )liss Brent. It was llIlH.h t'njoyed h
' our guests. the Prt'sidellts of
istpr
\ssoeiations. and fril'nd
. as ,yell as hy the memlwrs.
"Thirty-fiye 11alllP
ha n-' })(,(-,11 mld(-'cl to the mem hpr
hip list since the
first meeting. At rirt's(\nt the
\sslJ("iatioll numhers four honorar
- memhl'l'S
è\ud forty-four a(',tivl' BlPIl1 hers. " .J. (', \Y A RDELlj. Secretary.
Great regret Wè\S expr(-'ssed at tilt' loss of the President. :\Iis
Kt--'nnedy,
,,'110 ha"i r\'l"t'ntly gont' to '-'l('Íori
, B.(1.. to work undpr tIw Yic.torian ()rdcr.
The
\ssoc.iatiolI, wishing to exprt'ss its appret'iatioll of tht' work of )[iss Ken-
IIedy, who. with the a
sistanc'(' of
I I.'S, ()o\Yne
'. organizt-'d the .\
o("iatinn
allll ('arriptl it
lH"l"e
sfuJ]y throllg'h tin' first stagt--'s of it
f'xistt-'l1c('. nnHle ht'l'
its IIononar
' President.
TIlt-' dedioll of offit't'l'S rpsllltt'tl as follows :-Presid{'nt. :\Ii:-,s )1. ...\. :\h.-
KellzÏe; Yi('e-Prt'sidt'nt. )Ii
s )1. ('rquhart: Speretxry-Treasurcr, )Iiss .f. r.
"Tardpl1: Board of Dirt'etors -
[is"ps Pring-It'. \Vaddpll. KilH.lt'r. Hamilton.
GI'iffith. "'Nilson and
Irs, \-ralpntillp: Tht' ran;Hlian Xurse Rpprest:'ntati\'e. )Iis
:\1. S. "Tilson; Rc"prt--'s('l1tati\"(\s on tl1<' ('pntral Regi
tr.\' ('ommittep- -)[isses
:\[t.J(ellzip awl \\Taddt'll: ('OI1YPIWr' of Soeial romBlittt'e-:\ri
s :\leKenzie.
)Ii,:,;s )Ic,J(pnzip thal1kpc1 thf' Assfwiation for tllt:' honor confprred llpon
hpr, and exprt-'
sprl thp aprrp(.i
ti()1l of tlw r\
so('iati'oll for tIll-' :,-;ympath
T and
snpport of the
-\lllmm\P
\sso('ièltiolls of the ('it
..
Thf' Assot'iatioll welpoBlt"l 'T1'-'<;: RtC'wart.' Lad
'
nrl-'rint('l1(lC'nt of TOf'OHto
Gpnpral Hospital. and madt> her an hOl1or
r
' member. The npxt r(-'gulaJ' rnet't-
iug win tak(-' th(-' form of a
o('i'èll I1weting,
THE CASADIA.V fo:UHSE.
171
OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT.
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r: Ff: ,;"
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-.-. - '- ..... "0'"
Queen Alexar.dra's Imperial Military
Nursing Service.
The Canadian Permanent Army Medical
Service (Nursing Branch).
The Canadian Society of Superintendents
of Training Schools for Nurses.-
President.
liss Mackenzie, Chief
Supt. V.O.N., 5í8 Somerset St., Ot-
tawa; Secretary, Miss Scott, 11 Chi-
cora A,'e" Toronto.
The Canadian National Association of
Trained Nurses. - President. Miss
Snively. St. Catharines; Sec.-Treas.,
:\Iiss F. M. Shaw, Ste. Agathe, t;!lie.
The Association of Hospital Superinten-
dents of Canada.-Presldent, Mr. H,
E. Webster, Secretary Royal Victoria
H
pital, Montreal; Secretary, Dr. J.
N. E. Brown, Medical Supt. General
Hospital, Torùnto.
The Canadian Nurses' Assoclatlon.-
PI'esident, ::\Iiss Phillips, 45 Argyle
A ve, Montreal; Cor, Secretary, :\Ii
s
CoUey, 133 Hutchison St.
The Manitoba Association of Graduate
Nurses.-Presldent, Mrs. Bruce Hil!,
Corner Ellice and Carlton Streets,
"ïnnipeg; Secretary, Miss Isabel
Gaulc1,
75 Langside St., \Vin;'1lpeg.
The Nova Scotia Graduate Nurses' As-
sociation.-President, Miss Pember-
ton, "Restholm," Halifax; Secretary,
Miss Kirke, Supt, Victoria General
Hospital, Halifax.
The Graduate Nurses' Association of
Ontario.-Pesident l\Iiss Bella Cros-
by. 41 Ro
Ave.; Rec. Sec.,
Iiss E.
R, Greene, Hospital for Incurables,
Toronto,
The Victorian Order of Nurses.-lVIlss
Mackenzie, Chief Superintendent, 578
Somerset St., Ottawa.
The Guild of St. Barnabas for Nurses.
The Brockville Graduate Nurses' Asso-
ciatlon.-President, 1'11'8. V. A_ Lott;
Sec., Miss 1\1. Ringer.
The Collingwood G. and M. Hospital
Alumnae Asociatlon.-Fresident, Mi
s
Knox; Secretary, Miss J. E. Carr, Col-
lingwood.
The CalJary Graduate Nurses' Assocla-
tlon.-President, Miss Dewar, 824 4th
Ave. 'Yest; Secretary, Miss Ruther-
ford. 5!J6 4th St. West.
The Edmonton Graduate Nurses' Asso-
ciation.-President, Miss :\litchell;
Secretary, :\Irs. :\Ianson. 6311 Sixth St..
H:1rriston. .
The Ottawa Graduate Nurses' Assocla-
ti
n.-President. :\lrs. Douglas. 361)
Daly Ave, Ottawa; Secretary. :\liss
Snow, Nurses' Club, Somerset St., Ot-
tawa.
The AFu
:s
latto
.
ide
f.s
n
J loyd, Durham, Ont.; Sec.. :\liss Xorth
Harrh;ton,
The Galt General Hospital Alumnae As-
sociatlon.-President, Mrs. Wardlaw;
Secretary. Mi
s Adair,
The Guelph General Hospital Alumnae
Association.-President,
liss J, J.
Frew; Cor. Sec., .:\liss ::\1. 'Yalker, :!'i3
Grange St.
The H
mllton City Hospital Alumnae As.
sociation.-Pre
inent. Miss X, J, Bur-
nett; Cor. Sec..
liss Etta :\IcLeay.
The ::\Iountain SanatOlium.
The. London Victoria Hospital Alumnae
Association.-President,
liss Lyons:
Sec., :i\1iss Roche, Victoria Hospital.
London, Onto
The Kingston General Hospital Alumnae
Association.-President, ::\1iss Frances
\nlson, rnion St., Kingston; Secy.
Mrs. W. J. Crothers, Jr., 86 Barrie
St.
The Montreal General Hospital Alumnae
Association.-President, Miss K. H
Brock, 59 Park Ave., Montreal; Cor.
Secy" Miss S. Ethel Brown, 26 Mel-
bourne AYe., \Vestmount.
The Montreal Royal Victoria Hospital
Alumnae Association. - President,
Miss Grant; Secretary, Mrs. Edward
Roberts, 135 Colonial Ave" Montreal.
The Ottawa Lady Stanley Institute Alum-
nae Assoclatlon.-President, Mrs. C.
T. Ballantyne; SecY,-Treas., Miss M,
K. Gallaher.
The St. Catharlnes G. and M. Hospital
Alumnae Association-President., Miss
L. Tuck; Secretary, Miss E. M. El-
liott.
The Toronto Central Registry of Gradu-
;
hs
:
t
gistrar, Miss Ewing,
The Toronto General Hospital Alumnae
Association.-Pre.-::ident, 1\1rs. A. E.
Findlay, 649 Church St.; Cor. Secy.,
Mrs. N. Aubin.
The Toronto Grace Hospital Alumnae
Associatlon,-President, Miss De Vel-
lin, 50;} Sherbourne St, ; Secretary,
:\1iss Allen, 71 Grenville St.
The Toronto Graduate Nurses' Club.-
President, Miss Connor 418 Sumach
St,; See, :\:liss E. Ross Greene, 418
SUmach St.
The Toronto Hospital for Sick Children
Alumnae Association.-President. l\Ii!28
L. L. Rodgers; Cor, Sec., Miss B.
Goodall, 666 Euclid AYe.
The Toronto Rlverdale Isolation Hos-
pital Alumnae Assoclation.-Presl-
dent. Mi!"s Mathieson, Supt. River-
raleJ Isolation Hospital; Secretary,
Miss Muriel Gale, Riverdale Isolation
Hospital.
The Toronto St. Michael's Hospital Alum-
nae Assoclatlon.-President, Miss
Power, 9 Pembroke St.; Secretary,
Miss O'Mara, 9 Pembroke St.
The Toronto Western Hospital Alumnae
Association,-President, Mrs. ::\lacCon-
nell, 125 Major St.; Cor. Secy" Mlsf>
Butchart, 563 Bloor St. W.
The Winnipeg General Hospital Alum-
nae Association. - President, Mls8
Johns, 'Vinnipeg General Hospital'
Secy,-Treas., Miss Hood, 367 Lang
side St.
The Vancouver Graduate Nurses' As.
sociation.-President, Mrs. W. F.
Sa.lsbury, 1340 Burnaby St.: Secretary,
MIss Ruth Judge, General Hospital,
Vancouver,
The Vancouver General Hospital Alum-
nae Association. - PresIdent, Miss
1\1. Eeharrel, Asst. Supt. V.G.H.. Van-
couver; Secretary, Miss M. WIJson
675 Twelfth AYe. \Y. .
The Victoria Trained Nurses' Club-Presi-
dent. ::\Iiss Keast. Cranberry Gardens;
Secretal'
'. :\liss Ethel Morrison. IH
Elford St.. nctoria.
The Florence Nightingale Association,
Toronto.-Frpsident. ::\lbs :\1. A. :\1('-
Kenzie: Seeretary, ::\1 iss J. l '. "-ardell
171 Delawarf' '-\"1".
IT:!
THE CANADIAN NVR8E.
OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION, TORONTO GENERAL
HOSPITAL.
Presi,lent,
[rs. Findlay, 649 Church Rt.; First Vice-President. :Miss Ellis, General Hos
pital; S2cont1 Vice-Presidpnt, :\h-s. H. Richie; Corresponding
e('retary,
Irs, Aubin. care of
:r. ,,
. Flavelle. Esq.. Queen's Park; R-{'eording Secretar
". )Iiss Janet Xeilson.
95 Carlton
8t.; Treasurer. .:\frs. PeIJatt, ï \VelIs St.
Board of Directors---1.:\Irs, .:\IcPherson, Miss Mary Roberts. )Iiss Cowling,
('onveners of Committf'f's-Sick Yisiting. :\Iiss Brereton; Registration. .:\Iiss Bella Crosby;
Programme. :\[is8 .:\1. E. Christie;
ocial and Lookout, )[jss Kilgour; Press awl Publication.
:\liss .Julia Stewart; Central Registry, Miss .T. \Y. Ferguson. 11Ïss H. B. Fralick; Canadian
Xnr!"e Reprpspntati,"e. :\[iss Lennox. lOï RelIford Rrl.
Regular meeting. first Friday. 3.30 p.m.
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK
CHILDREN TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES, TORONTO.
Hon. President, :Miss Brent; Presiflent, )lIss Lina Rogers, t)os Bathurst :::;t.; First Vice-
Pre::.ident, Mi
s )1.
wing. :>m-l Bathurst St.; Second Vice-President,
li
s A. Robertson. 18
\\" almer Rd.; I:Ü'('ol'lling
ecretary. :\liss .:\Iollk. 661 Ontario St.; COl"reSpollllÍug Seaetary.
:\liss B. Goodall, GG(j Eudi,l .-he.; Tn'asnrer. :\liss .:\1. \\ïlson, 4ï Brunswick Ave.
Directors-
liss 8. .1nmieson.
3 WOUllIawn An'. E.; :\[iss Charters, -t-
,3 Carlton 81.; :\lis:-:
U. (;o\\'ans. :5 Dupont Rt.
('OIl\"ener or (h
lleral Rusiness ('ommitteC'. :\lí
s Ewing. :)(j!-) Bathurst
t.; Convener of
ick \Ïsiting ('omlllittee, )liss G. Gowans, .J Dupont St.; Pre
s RC'lJl'l'spntatiw,
lrs. H. E.
('Iutterhuek. 14," (:1 ace
t.; ('ana(lÍan Xurse. :\1 i
s :\L Ranuwl. (jO
('hurch 8t,; [nvalid Cook-
ing'.
fiS8 :\[ar5" Gra
'. .30,) Sht-'l'hollrnc
t.; ('entral Rl'gistry. :\[iss .:\fcCuaig. 603 Ontario St.;
:\Iis,.; (}ray, 50!) Sherbourne St.
Regular lIIel.ting, secowl Thur
,la.r. 3.30 p.m.
GRACE HOSPITAL ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION.
Presidl'nt. :\fis,; Dp Yellin. ,").(),) SherhourI1l'
t.; :First \ïce-Presl(lC'nt.
[i!-.s :\[eKpown;
:-;I'e 0 11(1 Vi{"('.Pr('sicleut, )Ii
s :\Ie:\[illan;
('('retar)'. :\Iiss .\Ilcn. ï 1 (hem"iIle St,; Treasurf'l'.
:\1 i ss \[ ae p he rso n. Palmersto 11 Boule\"al'll.
Board of Directors-.:\Iis.., ('arnoehan. )liss "\Ionery. )[is<:
oanc.
[iss Etta :\[at' Pherson
aud
Iiss Thompson.
kcial ('olllmitt('l'. :\1 i!'s 8hatford. \f r
. {'orriga nand :\[iss "r ('bstcr; :-,ick Committef'.
\[i ","P8 In ine al111 r; il)''' on ; ('o11\"pner of Prog'l'3111me Committee, \1 i"s :\le \lillau; ('onvpncr of
1'1'('<:8 and Publication Committee,
[i:-,,.; Smith, 9 Pembroke St.
Heg'ulal' meeting. second Tuesday. 3 p.m.
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL,
TORONTO,
President. :\Ii
s 1'o\\"('r.
) Pembrokt>
t.; First \-ice- President. :\liss 0 '('onllor. St, )lieh-
ael's Hospital; Second Yiee-PI'e..,I(lent. :\1 is..; Ryan, un Bro:1(I\'ipw An
.: SecrC'tal'Y.
[i!'..;
O')[eara, 9 Pemhroke 8t.; Tn.asurer. \[iss )[acXe,in. 686 Euclid An'.
Boar,l of D
reetOl's-Miss (:rpene, Hospital for I u('ural,ll
s; \Iiss KpIly.
o EIWli(l Aye.;
:\Iiss B:aney, 3ï
Ontario
t.
Secretary-Treasurer Siek Bpuefit Funtl-)Iiss 0 '( 'onnor.
Representati\-e'i on Cpntral Registry ('o1ll1l1ittef'-.:\fiss Gn'C'I1l' ana :\[iss Kimmett, 41"
Sumach St,
Represpntati,'e "The Canadian Xurse' '-.:\Iiss :"-;tubl)(,l'fipl,l. Home Hospital. GlouCf'stl'r
St.
Regular meeting, second ::\Ionday. at 3 p,m.
THE' CANADIAN NURSE.
17;1
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF THE HAMILTON CITY HOSPITAL.
President,
Iiss S. J. Burnett, 423 Main St. East; Vice-President, Mrs. A. W. .Ke\\SOll,
Sï Pe.a.rl St.
o.rth; Recording Secretar)".
liss D. E. Street.
OO Hughson St. North; Corr-e-
spOluling Secretal'J-,
Iiss Etta McLeay,
ountain Sanitorium.
Ex
utÎ\-e ('ommittee--
Irs. "Margaret Reynolds, 87 Victoria Ave. S.; :Miss Ida Ainslie,
45 Bay St. S.;
iss Bertha :\Iiller, 8ï Victoria Ave. S.; Miss Elizabeth Aitkin, 198 Hughson
81. N.;
fiss E. J. DeY,man, 87 Victoria Ave. S.
Regular meeting, first Tuesday, 8 p.m.
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION, RIVERDALE HOSPITAL, TORONTO.
President, :\Iiss Mathieson, Superintendent; Vice-President, :Miss
lannering; Secretary,
Iiss :\IeElheran, Ri\'erdale Hospital; Treasurer, :Miss Fogarty, corner Pape Ave. and Gerrard
St.
Siek Visiting Committee, Misses Bishop and Luney; Programme I
onunitte{', :\Iisses Stret-
ton, pjggott and
Iurphy; Executive Committee, :\Iisses Gate, WlIitlalll. Day and :Kico!.
Representativ{'S on Central R
gistry Conunittee----:\Iisses Argue and Mannering.
Representatin' II The Canadian Xurse' '-:\Iiss :\IcK eil, .305 Shel'hourne St.
Regular meeting, first Thursday, 8 p.m.
THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE ASSOCIATION OF TORONTO.
Honoral'
' President, :\Iiss
. .T. Kennedy, 1l
9 Yates St., Vi('toria, B.C.; President, :\Jì
L A.
feK('nzie. :WO
racpherson Ave.; Vice-Prpsident, Miss
, Prquhart, 6-1 Howard St.;
pcretary-T)'easurer,
rï:,,
J. C. 'Wardell, IiI Dela\\are Ave.
Board of Direetors-:\Iissps Pringle, Wa(MeH, Kinder, Hamilton. Hriffith. Wilson, anù
.)fr8. Valentine.
Comener Social Cnmmittee---
liss
I
Kenzie.
Represenmti1-es t}le Central Registry-l\fis;;;es :\f('Kenzie an.d \\Tadt1eH.
Tbe Canadian
urse R-epresentative--
[i:,,:; M. S. Wilson. 434 :\Iarkham 81.
Tht' Association IlIPets e\-ery six weeks.
MILITIA ORDERS.
Headquarters, Ottawa. December :n. 1910.
Course of Instruction for Nursing Sisters.-A course of instrnetion in tlw
duties laid down in the ., Regulations for the Canadian :\Iedical Seryi(.t'. 1910."
for
ursing
i!)ters. will be held at the P.A.:\LC. School of Instrlldion. Hali-
fax, cummencing .May 1, 1911, and lasting six weeks.
Four XUI'Sillg Sisters will be selected to attend.
P.l\LO.'s will submit their recommendêltions as l;;Qon as po
sible.
.January ].1. 19]1.
The UJHh>rmentioned Xursing Sisters are detailed for duty to Xo. 1 Hell-
eral Hospital :-:\Iiss E. l\rcGiffin. )fiss E. :\Iorris. :\liss .J. Lf'ishm3n.
\[iss .\.
'Yo Hammell and :i\Iiss P. Dayman.
F. L. LE
\RD, Colonel. Adjutant Gelll'rat.
QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S IMPERIAL MILITARY NURSING STAFF.
'Yar Office, London. S."T.. 14th F<>hrnary. 1!)11.
The following ladies ha,.e recpived appointlllPllts as
taff Xursl>s :-)lisses
:\1. E, E,.ans. :\L Linaker. Promotions.
Tlw nndl'rnlf'ntiOIlf'd Sister to bp )[atron :-:\Iiss .1. E. Dods.
Tlw 1Llldpl'Hlf'ntiom'd Staff Xnr'sP to he
istpr :-)liss C. G. LpL's.
E. II. BECHER. )[atroll-in-C'hief. (
..\.T.)r.:\\.S.
174
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
fly
tallnp
l1rll of Qþuirt
""Happiness pursued is never overtal<:en. hecause. little as \H' Hrt'. ({oti \;
image make
us
o large that we cannot live 'Wit hill ollrsrl \"t's. Hot e\"t'n fo)'
oursehTes, and be satisfied. It is not good for man to 1)(' alone. he('au:."., rightly.
self is the smallest part of us. Even God found it good not to hl' alone, hilt
to crpate objects for His love and benevolence." UI-'orge \Y. Cahle.
The night has a thousand ey(--'s.
And the day hut one;
Yet the light of the whole world (1]1-'1:.;
'Yith the d
'ing snn.
1'lw mind has a thousand eyes.
.
\nd the heart but one;
Yet the light of a whole life die"
\\Then love is done.
-Francis \Yilliam Bowpdilloll.
But what if I fail of my IJurposp here '!
It is hut to keel' tlIP nerves at strain;
To dry oue':-; eyes and la ugh a1 a fall.
\1H1. haft-led.
et up and hegill again;
So tllP chC1se take up OIl("S life-that's all.
-Ro}wr1 HI'owning.
"1 hid you to live in peace and patieIH'e, without tear or hatrt-'d. and to
succor tht' oppre
sed and love the lovely, and to be till-' fricnds of men; so
that wht'n ye are dead at last. men HlC1." :-;a
T 'of you-tht'.\ hrought <10\\'11
Heaven to the E.uth for a little white. \Vhat SC1." Yf'. ('hild)'pn?"
-'Villimn )lol'l'is.
Four things a man mnst IpaJ'u to do,
If he would keep his r<>cord true:
To think without confusiull-(.learly;
To love his fellow man sineerely;
To act from honest motives purel.":
To trust in God and Heaven secm'pI:,".
-Hellry Yall I>ykt'.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
17ã
mqr
Q;ltilð of
uiut
fjuruubuø
CANADIAN DISTRICT
l\fONTRE-\L-St. John Evangelist, first Tuesday Holy Communion at M. G. H., 615 a.m
Second Tuesday, Guild Service or Social Meeting, 4 p.m. Third Tuesday, Guild Service
at St. John's, 8.15 p.m. Last Tuesday Holy Communion at R. V. H., 6.15 a.m.
District Chaplain-Rev. Arthur French, Is8 0 Mance Street.
District Superior-Miss Stikeman, 216 Drummond Street.
District Secrefary-
Iiss M. Young, 36 Sherbrooke Street.
District Treasurer-Mrs. ::\'lessurvy, 37 Church Street.
TORONTO-St. Augustine's Parish House, 8 Spruce Street, last Monda}, 8 p.m,
ClzaplaÙl-Rev. F. G. Plummer.
Superior-Miss Brent,
QUEBEC-All Saints Chapel, The Close. Guild service, f"Uloth Tuesday, 8.15 p,m.
ClzapZllin- The very Rev. the Dean ot Quebec.
Superior-'1t.lrs. \\ïlIiams, The Clo..e.
The thirteenth aBuual meeting of tlH
lolltreal Brallrh of the Guild wa
held in the Parish lIonsf' of St. .Tohn tllf' Evangelist ('huJ'('h. on Tuesda.,".
.Jan, 17th. wlwn there was a good attendal1ee of mt'mlwrs.
A few change:s have taken plare in the Guild during tlw pm;t year. It is
with very great regret that we have to record the l'emontl from
lolltreal of
the Rev.
\. J. Doull, Prif'st Asso<,iate, who lws alwa.n;; shown great inter('st
in the Guild, and is much mis:sed at our meetings. During 1 D1 0 )liss F" -'I
Thomson has been admitted into tllt' Guild as an Assol'iate. the )Iisses ('h11reh
and :\luir have received their medals from the Chaplain, and the following-
members ha '-e been transferred to this Branl'h: The
lisfH'S Se,,-ell. \Yi(.ksteed
uud Hardillge from (>ttawa, and .:\11':-;. Shorts. f.'om Bristol. England. fTnfor-
tunately, these lllemlwrs are not li,-illg in :\luntl't'<1l.
Iiss E. Gross Itas lHHlpr-
1 aken the duty of organist.
During tltt:'
-ear one afternoon and pig-ht {'yening meetings han' IH'l'u
held. Addl'f'
s(,s at tllP serviet-'
have heen giyen by tlll' {,lUlplain. the R(>\". A,
.J. Doull. thf' Rpv. E. Grean's and the Rf'Y. S. Lindsay. A ('hange was madt.
this yenr in r('g'<ll'd to the Annivf'rsal'Y Festi,"al
en"i(.p. whi{'h was held in
the e'"ellillg uf .Juue ] Hh, and 'was very Im'gt'ly attf'ude(l.
\t this mef'ting
'H' were pleased to han' ,,"itlt 11S
Iiss BI'ownt'. ëUl English lllt'mhel'. who hap-
pened to he in :\Iontreal at the time.
Another point uf interest is the fad tlwt this y<,ar. fur tll<' first time.
s('veral nwmlwrs of this B)'an('h rt'('pìYl'd tIll' spe<,ial rihhon \,"hieh ('an 1)(.
\\"01'11 hy Blem h(').... of tell or 1I10rf' y('ars' standing in tll{' Ollild.
.J.1I1. 17th, 1011. (Rigneò) :\I. E. \Y., R('('I't'tal'Y.
176
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
THE GRADUATE NURSES' ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO,
(INCORPORATED 1908).
President, Miss Bella Crosby, 41 Rose Ave, Toronto; First Vice-President,
Miss A. I. Robinson, Galt; Second Vice-President, Mrs. \\'. S. Tilley, Kingston;
Recording Secretary, Miss E. Ross Greene, Hospital for Incurables, Toronto;
Corresponding Secretary, :\Iiss Lucy Bowling, 47 Metcalfe St., Toronto; Treasurer,
l\liss Mary Gray, 505 Sherbourne St., Toronto. Board of Directors-Miss L. C.
Brent, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Miss .\. J. Scott, 1 I Chicora.\ \'e.,
Toronto; Miss K. Mathieson, Riverdale Hospital, Toronto; :\lrs. Mill' Pellatt,
7 \Vells St., Toronto; Miss Jessie Cooper, 30 Brunswick Ave., Toronto; Mrs.
Downey, 554 College St., Toronto; Miss Janet Neilson, 295 Carlton St., ; Toronto,
Miss J. C. Wardell, 171 Delaware Ave., Toronto; 1\Irs. Yorke, 4-00 Manning Ave.,
Toronto; Miss M. L. Barnard, 6<?8 Church St., Toronto; Miss Ewing 569 Bath-
urst St., Toronto; Miss O'Connor, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto; Miss
Kennedy, I Lakeview Ave., Toronto; Miss Jamieson, 23 \Voodlawn Ave., E.,
Toronto; Miss De \T el1in, 505 Sherbourne S1., Toronto. Conveners of Standing
Committees-Legislation, Miss MilJ PelJatt; Revision of Constitution and By-
La ws, :\Iiss M. J. Kennedy. Press and Publication, :\Iiss Brent. Representati\'es
., The Canadian Nurse Editorial Board, Miss A. J. Scott, l\Iiss E. J. Jamieson.
epresentatives to Local Council of \Vomen, :\Iisses :\Ieilson, \Vardell, I n-ine and
,mith.
The Anuual
Ieeting of the Assoeiation will he held in tlw ('arnegie
Lihrary. Xiagara Falls, Ont.. on the evening of )Iay :!-!th. awl the afternoon
and evening of )Iay
5th. 1911.
)Iay
-:l:th,
.15 p.m.
A joint meeting of the Canadian lIospit'al Association. the ('anadian So-
tiety of Superintendents of Training Hehools for XUJ'ses, and tl1(' Graduate
Xurses' 4\ssoeiation of Ontario. 4\ paper on "
oeial Sl'J"\'iep" will he g-i\'en
hy
[iss Fors
.th, of the E\'angelia
pttlf'Hlent.
4\Iay 25th. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
1, Prayer;
. Holl-(.all; :
, Reading of :\[inutes; -:1:, Repot't of C'orrf-'
)londing
. Secretal'Y; J, Report of Treasurer; 6. Reports of C{)llvt'uer:-; of ('ommittees: í,
11iseellallpou1'o; Bl1
iness; 8, Annollncement of Elf'etions.
The foJlowing' papers wi]) be given:-
"The Factory .xursp and \Velfarp "Tork."
rrs. Hp
-nolds. LOI\(lon, Ont.;
riss BratUey. \\T f'Hand.
"The Institutional Xm's(>,"
Irs. Tille
'. Kingston.
"The Pri\Tatf' Xllrs<,."
Iiss Ross. London. Ont.
"Tlw \Y ork of thp Pm'p 1Iilk ('oInmittf'P." :\Iiss [[<-IIIIIn. Hamilton.
"Thf'
chool Sursf'." .Hiss L. L. HOg'prs.
upprilltl'l}(l(->nt of S..lrool Xm'Sl)S,
Toronto.
.. Tlw .\rm
' Snrse,"
riss Hayhurst. IIalJliJton.
.. Hpg-istration." Disl'ussion Oil ProposNl Rill.
.. TIlf' rawHlian Xursp."
.\Iiss :\f. E. Chri
ip. Toronto.
THE OANADIAN NURSE,
177
REPORT OF THE RELIEF COMMITTEE OF THE MONTREAL BRANCH
OF THE VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES FOR THE YEAR 1910,
The large number of ca
e
here reeorded is due to the disastrous typhoid
epidemic. whieh \'isÍted this l'ity a year ago. and whil'h taxed beyond theil'
PU\\ er t lit' wmaI agelH'ies for rt-'lipf. It is neit her the desire nor iutelltiolJ of
the eommittpp to tal\"e up the work of the Ul1luerons charitable institutiDlls of
the city. but tht-' \Tic-torian Order is to be (,Ollgratulated on the fël(
t that, èlÌ
this tiuIt' of gn'at need, they \'"ere ahle to I't'spond ade({lIat('ly to the call not
only for nursing. hut also for friendly dsitillg and fòr nwterial help amOlJg
tlIP Rick poor. who would otherwise have often had to fight a losing battle,
unaided and alone. In harmony with the primary ohjeet of the Order. to
afford 1Im'sing J'elief dm'ing sil'kness, fJ'i{--'ndly ,'isiting' is dOlJe only where }l
nnrse is in attendanl'e. and aiù is pro\'ided only after the nwrf' legitimate
sOllJ'('es of rplif'f ha"e heen ,'xhausted.
\t the time of ,the ,'pidemi(.. howe\'f'J".
distr'id ,'isiting- "-a:-. extended to thp homes of needy t
"phoid patipnts in till'
F.mergt-'IH',\-. tht-' )Iontr'('al Ot'neral and the Hoyal Yietoria Hospitals. This was
IIlade possihl(' hy the ol'ganization of a large staff of ,'ollmtepr visitor's, and hy
the supply of money SPlJt in from :'If rs. Sandeman's ('on('f'J't for the typhoid
poor.
During' the
-eaJ' 160 fmllilit-'s han' lwen dsitpd. and hf'lp has hf'f'n giv(-'n to
on'r 800 peoplp. Sixty-nilW yoIl1ntN'rs IJaye made on'r 800 visits to hospitals
and hom(-'s. :Uost of thf'SP visits wprp marlp clnring tlH' months of ,TaIl1Hlr
'
anrl Fphrllary, wlH'n the epidemic w'as at its height. The volnntcPJ's inclu<lerl
mPlI and WOIlH'n. F'rPIIl'h RlHI English, ratholi(.s. Pl'otestants and II(-'hrf'\,"s.
and it is a grpat pleaspre to tpstify }wl'e tlU' goodwill, t'Jlf'I'K\' and genprosit,\"
of this hanrl of workf'rs. Of thf' 1 fiO familif's attendpcl (!tHing tllP Yf'ar. two-
thirds Wf'rp Prot(-'s'tant anrl one-third CatholiC'; on(-' famil
T was Iwgro. 1;) we)""
fOJ'{.ign. 40 ,\"(-'rp from Grf'at BI'itain. amI thp rpst ,,'erf' Ðnglish and Frpn('h-
sTwaking rRlJadians, Tlw ('ommittN' again not(-' the um;atisfador
T (.haradpl'
of tlIP immigrants fl'om England.
\Vhile most of the ('asps w('rp t
"phoids. we rf'('orded a large nnmber of
JlH'ltf'rnit.\- "öSt's \\"lwr(' 'tht' hnshan(l wa.s ont of work also a gTf'at man
- in('1\I'.
ahle casf'S of f'anf'er and tnhpJ'('nlosis. Tn man
- families thf'rf' wprp two an(l
threp typhoid patipnts, and in onf' famih' thf'rf' Wf'rf' six h"phoids. In six
(Continued OJ! pll.Re 190)
171'-
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
..
THE CANADIAN NURSES' ASSOCIATION AND REGISTER FOR GRADU.
ATE NURSES - ESTABLISHED 1895-INCORPORTED 1901.
President-:\Iiss PhilJips.
Vice-Presidents-:\Iiss Tedford and :l\Iiss Colquhoun.
Treasurer-)liss Des Brisay.
Registrar-l\Irs. Berch, 175
Iansfield Street.
Reading Room-The Lindsay Building, Room 611, 51ð St, Catherine Street
"\ \T est.
Lectures-From November until
Iay, inclusive, in the
Iedico-Chirurgical
Society Rooms, the first Tuesday in the month, at 8 p.m.
The regular monthly cOlllmittee meeting was held on .Jlonda.,'. .Jlarch 6th,
in the Reading Room, Lindsay Building. Se\'eral names camp up, to be pro-
posed at onr meeting and lecture Oll Tuesday. .Jlarch 7th.
A very enjoyable lednre was gi,'en in the .Jledico-Chil'urgical Booms.
113 _Uansfield stred, b.,' Dr, \\
.
1. Hamilton. His suhject was .. Fen'rs. .,
with spe(.ial rpferen('es to typhoid. IIp told of the difft'l'ent treatnH'nt that
was given now, the died of haths or pa('ks, and the pre('antiolls a nul's/'
-.honld talH' while nursing the different infeetions dispasps.
People who are going to different eountl'Ït>s-Egypt. Indi<l-arp heing
\'êlecinated against malaria and typhoid fe,'er. There was a
rood attplHlaJ]('p
of nurses, who thoroughly enjoyed this H'l'." interesting' and instruetin. ad-
dress. .Jliss 'Yelsh propust'd a ,'ote of thanks to Dr. Hamiltoll, aftpr whi('h
('off!'(> and ('Hke 'n're sen'ed. and a sOl'ia] ('hat enjoyed.
.JIrs, Bt'l'('h reports a ,'er.,' husy month. lllany ('alls from outlying distri(.ts:
ilplIIand ('ould not always he met.
The ('.
.
\, extf'nd heartfelt sympathy to )Iiss .Jloffat ill Iwl' !';Ol"<<' IH'-
l'eayement in thp luss of 11(-'1' mother. It was pêuti(Onlal'ly hard for )riss .:\rof-
fat. who was in Xew Orleans. and ('ollid lIot hI' ,,-ith 11('1' mothet'. who was in
the. Royal Yidol'ia Hospital.
THE CA..VADIAN NURSE.
179
HOSPITALS AND NURSES
..Ui
s Edith
tuart, who has been doing priyate nursing in Uttawa and
:Jluntl'eal since her graduation in 190
, has gone to Hartford. Conn., to takt'
charge of the surgical operating room in the General Hospital ill that city.
Uiss Brand, R. Y.II., who has uepn eng'aged iu priyate llur
ill
ill )lontreaL
is taking charge of \Yarù E. Ro
-al Yiduria Hospital. during the temporary
absence of
liss Glendinniug. who has been ill, and goes home for a change
and rest.
)Jiss Isahel (' Turner, graduate of the Kingston {-reneral Hospital Train-
iug
l'hool for
urses, has been appointed Assistant
uperill'tendent of the
Training Sehool for
urses at Ilahenmann HospitaL Xew York.
liss C'aroline E. Pretz. of
.\Jlentown, Pa.. a graduate of the Pennsylvania
Urthopaedic Iw;titutp and
dlOOI of
If'ehano- Therapy (Inc.). Philadelphia.
Pa, (\Yinter Class. 1!)06), has been engaged by the Allpntown Hospital to
teach the nurses in .training the art of massage.
)Iiss Edith Liddy. graduatp Hamilton City Hospital. now of \Yinnipef?
is yisiting in Hamilton.
)li:s
G. L. Rowan. B.A,. graduate of Grace Hospital Training Sehool for
:\ urses, Toronto. ('lass 'Uj, has lwen appointeù Superintendent of Xurses at
that institution.
)liss C. )1. Bowm
u, Lady
upprintendent. General Hospital, Portage la
Prairie, is ,'isiting her man
" friends in Hamiltun.
liss
L Hackett (
istf'r \'ietoria) has been ohliged to re"ign her position
on the staff of the General Hospital. :O;t. .John's. For O\"er fh'e years a ward
nurse. Xight
uperintelldent and
ister, she has been a faithful, conscientious
,,-orker. gi,"ing of her best to the patients under her care. Sll<' will be llllleh
missed. Her place is to be filled by
urse B. Hayes.
\t the annual meeting of the Yallcouver Graduatp X urses'
-\ssociatioll.
held at the Xurses' Cluh. \Tancouver, R.C.. February 1st. the following officers
were elected for 1911 :-President, )liss Hall, 119;
Eighth Ave. \Y.: First Vice-
President.
\Iiss IIaneoek; Sf'cond Yice-President. :JIiss Blakene.,"; Treasurer.
)liss Blad\:, The Kenilworth. \'allCOll\"er. B.C.: Becretar
-.
Iiss R. .Juùge,
11
ThurIo'\\"
t. Treasurer's r'pport shO\H'd recf'ipts for 1910. $]:H.7:); expedi-
tures, $88.20: balance for 1911, $49,55. Becretary'
report ga'-e number of
members for 1910. ïö; remaining for 19] 1. 72.
)Irs. A. )Ieachem, President of the \V OIlH'Il'S Board of
Ianageruent,
G, and )1. Hospital. Collingwood, entf'rtainNl the pupil IHlrSl"" of that institu-
tion to a sleigh ride and supper on Thursday e,-ening, l<'ebruar
" 211c1. After a
delightful drive of two hours. tlU' party. with their friellds. arri,'ed at )Irs:
)Ieachem's, where a warm welcome a waited them. After a hountiful supppr
(enjoyed as only hospital nursps know how). tlIP e,-ening 'HI'-; pa:-,
ed pleasantl.,-
with games. music, p!e. Among the guests of the eVf'ning ""as )Irs. Coles.
late of the Queen Alexandra Imperial Kursing
erd('e. who told the nm'sf'S
many interesting instances of lwr life in the set'\"Ïee. _\hol1t midnight the
guests dispersed, after 'thanking )Irs,
rpa('hem ,'pry heartil
" for her kindness,
:\fis
:JIaxwell, V.Ci.H., and
Iiss )1. Currie. V.G,II.. ha,"f' left \Tancouver.
B.C.. and are tal\:ing a trip through California.
180
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
)liss Rose, V.G.H., is enj-oying a well-earned rest in Ontario.
::\1iss
Iartignoni, Superintendent of the Ùrthopedic Hospital, Toronto. 'Who
was operated on for appendicitis at the ROJ"al Alexandra Hospital, Fergus, i
eonvale
cing a'Ì her home in Erin.
)lrs. Thompson, of
ouris, is spending the winter with her parents Íll
.\rthnr. ::\lr
. Thuml-'
on is a graduate of the Royal Alexandra Hospital,
t'lass '09.
.l\Iiss Simpson, graduate of )hlCk Training School for Xurses, St. Cath-
arines, Class '96, has taken up private nursing in Vancouver, B.C. _
:\1iss
Iar.tin is visiting at her home in Tinturn. -
)Iiss Bruce is taking a post-graduate coursf' in Bellevue Hospital, Xew
York.
.1\Ii
s Lovell, of the staff of )Iack Training
chool, underwent an appendec-
tomy, but i
now convalescing at her home in )Ierritton.
At the annual nteeting of the Alumnae A
sociation -of the \Vestern Hus-
pital Training School for
urses, the following officers were appointed for
19] 1 :-President, )lrs. )IcConnell, 125 Major St.; First Yice-President, )Iiss
)1. \Vilson. ;
u Brunswick Avf'.; 8econd \
ice-President, )Iiss Brett, 27 lrwill
...\.. v e.; R ecording
ecretary, )Ii:ss Kelly, :!3-1 Lisgar St.; Corresponùing Secre-
taQ", )lis
Bowling, 77 \Vinchester
t.; Trea
urer. )Ii
s Anderson, -18 \Vilsoll
...\ ve. Conveners of Committees: Visiting, ::.\lr8. Y ork
, -:l00 )Ianlling Ave.:
Registry, )Iiss Cooper, 30 Brunswick ...-\ ve.; Programme, :\Iiss )lisner, 16 Ulster
t.; Journal, )Ii
s Butchart, 36;-L-\ llloor :::;t. \Y. Directors-:\Iiss Brett,
Irs,
Yorke, .Jliss Hamlin.
The regular monthly meeting of the Alumnae _-\.ssociation of Hamilton
('it,'" Hospital Training School for Xurses was held on Tuesday evening. Feb-
ruary 7th. at the Xurses' Residence. Tlw Presi(h>llt, :\Iiss Burnett. presided.
)Ii
s Ravage, Supervisor of Kindergartens. gave a most intere!';ting and ill-
structh.c talk on .. Entertaining Bick and ('onvalescÍng Children."
)liss l'rosb
", editor of The Canadian
nrse. always a weleome ,"isitol'.
Kl-.>Oke OIJ .. Registration for X Lll'ðe
."
\ll nurses resident in the ("ity were
invited. )li\n
" came to show their interest in Registration. but mauy were
prevented })f'cause of the storm.
The Gradu(tting Exercises of the Royal
.\.lexandra Hospital, Fergus. were
held in tIw Opera Honse on Frida
" evening, Februar
'
4th, at 8 0 'clock. The
graduating nurses were :-lUiss E. L. Hutton. Durham; )[iss H. Hanscn, \Yial'-
ton; )Iiss Jean l'ampbel1, Snelgroye; )Ii
s Ida Camphell. 8nelgro,"c; )Iiss
,Annie \Y f'iI', Durham.
Rev. R. A. Hiltz addre:s:sed the graduating ehtSð. After the rl.ading' of the
Plf'dge by the class, Dr. Groyes. )Iedieal Snperintendpnt, presented the nurses
with their diplollla
and badges. )[iss \Veil' read the Class Essay.
The regular monthly lecture, uuder the auspices of the G.X....-\.U. Exeeutiye.
was held at Tlw ResidelH'(" Hospital for Sick Children, on Friday en'uing. Feh-
flH
ry 24th. -i'll's. Jame
L. Hughes gavp a most interesting addrp:-.s on .. \Yo.
mun 'H Relationship tu l'ivi(' Responsihility." The speaker outlin(,d thl' trials
t\n(l fltl l 1g't'l'h of till' WOIUHI1 who l'ntl'l'S ('onlllll'rehd lif... find ('ll1phasiz('d the
TRE CANADIAN NURSE,
It'il
lleed of right ideals. \\T oman may do mueh to hring about a purer world,
<1 purer :-.o(.idy. a purer C'ivic life. ..
A mistake uccurred in the announcement ùf the Graduation Exprcises of
the Swan Ri n'r Hospital. which appeared ill thp .January numbpr. )Iis
Downey wa
spokpn of as the first graduate. In )Iarch, 1909. two nnrst's.
...Hiss FrasPl' and )Iiss
illclair, received diplomas from this hospitaL
liss C. C. Fra
er, graduate of 81. JIichael's Hospital, who has for Romf'
years bepn Sl1perintendl>nt of Jlidland and Penetang )larine HospitaL is doing
private nursing in Toronto..
)liss
-\.. \Yeypr, who has been absent from Toronto for !wme years, has
l'eturned. to resume private nursing.
J1iss "Ïnterholt. who has had eharge of Bt. Joseph'8 Hospital.
eterboro,
has returned to Toronto to take up privatp nursing.
)Iiss K. Ryan and )liss
I. 0 'Boyle. graduates of 81. )Iichael'8 HospitaL
Class '08, entered the community of The
isters of
t. Joseph a few weeks ago.
)lis
Young and )Iiss I.Jalone. also St, )Ii<.hael's graduates. enterpd a year ago.
These young ladies are not lost to the profession. for at some futurf' date
they wi!] he pla('ed ill different institutions, where they will assist in training
other yonng women for our noblp calling.
Jlrs. P, \Y. 0 'Brien entertained the Alumm18
-\.ssoeiatioll of St. )[iehael'8
Hospital at ht'r home in .January. ...\ Siek BellPfit Fund 'Was diseussed, and a
Constitution outlined. __A \'ery pleasant hour was enjoyed by all.
)IÌ1:;s Anna Connor, graduate
t. )lidlapl's Hospital, has been appointed
\ssistaIJt Registrar of The Toronto Central Hegistry of Graduate
urses.
The Florence Xightingale Association held its regular lllpeting on Friùa.\'
evening. .January 20th, at The He"iic1ent'f:'. Hospital for Sick Children. )Iiss
)IcKenzie. Fir
t Vice-President, occupied the chair. The Association keenly
regrets the dep<utul'e of :l\Iiss Kennedy. its President. but its intere"it and good
wishes follow 11(-"1' to her new fif:'ld of lahor in Yirtoria. B.< '. ThE' meetings will
in future he held pn'ry six wf'eks, instE'ad of (1nartf'rl.\-. Tlw annual meeting
will be held in )Iarch.
The regular monthl,\" Ulepting of the Toronto Central Registry of Graduate
Xurses was held )Ionday, FebruaI'
-, 11th. 191 L l\Iiss Fralich in the chair.
The Treasnrer's report was read, as follows:-Ralane(' in sa\"ing:-. aeconnt,
*1,083.0
); halance in current account, $2
0.
); received for fpf'
. $;
0;3.50; re-
ceived for eharts. $9,50; total. $1,616.98. Di:;;bnrsements, $102.08. Balance.
*1,5] 4,90. There were 2:n calls during .J annary. an inr.rease of --19 calls over
.Jannary, 1910. Some slight changes Ìl
the constitution werf' fonnel Il{'CeSSan"
and decidpd npon. Bl'veral applications for tlw position of Asslstant Registrar
were considered. hnt no appoinhnent made. At a special nweting. held Feh-
rnary 17th )[iss
-\. .:\1. Connor was appointed Assistant Registrar.
ROSE )L KT)l)[ETT, Secretary.
Thp sixth annual mppting of th(' Viptoria Trainprl
ursf's' Cluh was held
ln the
\lexanùra Club rooms )Ionda
- aftt'rnoon, Fehruary 6th, 1911. The
following officers were elected for the year :-President. )[iss Clark. :31 Doug-
las oSt.; Yie('-Prp
ident. l\Tiss E. II. .Jonf'
; Trea:-;urer,
Iiss L. Goward; Assistant
Trpasm'pr.
riss )rc
. Jones; Sepretary. )Iiss II. G. Turner; _\s
istallt Se('re-
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THE OANADIAN NURSE.
tary, 1.liss E. 1.lorrison; Treasurer for
ick Benefit Fund, )'Iiss L. Goward. It
was decided to hold our anllual dance, April 26th. The prucee(ls will be used
to stal't a fund to buy a Motor Ambulance as a memorial to 1.Iiss Florence
Xighting'ale. the first and best of nurses.
The Club is trying to interest the Provincial Government in starting an
up-to-date Dispensary, the ,vork to include milk testing. pure food. etc.
A letter was read from C. )1. Hood, \Vinnipeg, re organization of an ex-
cursion for Graduate Kurses to the Old Country, July to September. Gost to
be $283.00 to $295.00, including tips, etc. .
Reports from the retiring President. ::\Ii
s )'IcN. Jones; the
ecretar.'".
Treasurer, and Treasurer of Sick 13pnefit Fund, showed the Club to be in a
fiourishing condition. The meeting ended with a social cup of tea.
The General Hospital, St. John's Xe'wfoundland, has been unfortunate
in losing three Sisters from the
ursing Staff in less than six months. This
time Sister Cowan (::\Iiss __A. Caslein) has been compelled to resign through
ill-health. She has been advised to give np nursing for a year.
\t the end of
that time it is hopl'd that she will again be able to resume her position on the
llospital Staff. '
The Government of Xpwfoundland purpose erecting a
lIrsps' Residpnce
in conue(.tion with the General Hospital, St. .J ohn 's, as a l1H'morial to his late
)'Iajesty. King Edward YII,. 'who always actively assoeiated himself with
t-'very movement for the aHeviation of human suffering.
"-Te are looking forward to an account of the Xnrsing )'Iasque which was
held on the evening of Fehruary 18th in the Connaught Roums. Great Qnf'en
Street, London. England.
The
urses of India purpose endo,,'ing a' hed in Sudhiana Hospital in
. memory of :\Iiss Thorpe.
The All-India Xightingale )'Iell1orial is to take the form of a set of fivp
medals to he gi VPII as prizes to nurses. These are to be competed for by
nurses in training at their final examinations. The C'ompptitions are limited
to the largest hospital in ea(.h {)f the following Provinces :-BengaI. with
Eastern B<.-ngal and Assam; Punjab, with Xorthwpst Frontier ProdnC'es;
l
nited Provinees, with Central India; Bomba
". with the Centred Provinces;
),[adras. with tllt' Decean-nlltil sllC'h time as there shall be a Cf'lltral Exam-
ining Board or
imi]ar anthority. wl1(>n the eomp<>titioll would he open to all
reeognized training schools in pach Pro,'in('e. as abo,'p.-Xl1rsing .Journal of
India.
The Üradnating Exereises of the Bplleville General Hospital took pl<H'e on
.January 19th. Four nnrses-
Iisses Pparl \\Tilson, Eva BatshOlw. Emil," D<.>yelJ
and :\Iargaret ),Iorrison-rpeeiye(1 diplomas. ::\Ir. ,1. W. .fohnson. )'LP.P.. oe(,l1-
pied th<.> chair. Dr. :\IcColl addressed the gradautes, Dr. Gihsoll }wpsented tIlt'
diplomas. and :\Irs. P. Lpwis appropriate badges.
Iiss Greene.
nrerintendent
of the Hospital. presented her report, whieh was most satisfaetory. Refresh-
ments wpre served, and a most happy e,'ening hrought to a ('lose.
"Tlw Daily Colonist." Yietoria. B.C.. draws attf'ntion to the inauguration
of a loeal hral1('h of the YiC'torian Order of Nnrsps, under thp supprvision of
\[iss Kennedy, who is s}wC'iaJ]
' recomnH'uded h.," thp rhipf
!lI)(>rint{'n(h'nt.
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183
Iiss :\Iackcnzie. of Ottawa. Uur best wishes go with :;\Iiss Kennedy in her new
field of labor. She will be much missed in Toronto, 'where she was most active
in promoting the best interests of the nursing profession, as well as most suc-
cessful in the practice of her chosen profession.
At the end of the
-'all Term, 1910. the following students received their
diplomas at the Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Institute and ,::O;chool of :\[echano-
Therap
" (Inc.), 1711 Green Strèet. Philadelphia. Pa.:
In the Swedish System of :;\Iassage.
Iedical and Corrective G
'mnastics.
Electro and Hydro-Therapy:-:Uarion A. l\Iighton. Painesville, Ohio, Paines-
ville Hospital; Laura C. Crocker, R.X., Graham. Ya., \Vilson Sanatorium, 'Vil-
son, X.Y,; :;\Iargaret S. Russel, Grand Rapids.
Iich.. City Hospital. Baltimore.
ld., :;\IcKinle
' Sanatorium. Columbus. :;\Iiss.; Lulu B. Harriman. :Mawr Glen,
Pa., State HospitaL Danville, Pa.;
Iary D. Thompson,
Iarion. :;\Iass., Cottage
HospitaL Xorth Hatley. Quehec, Canada; Cora )1. Chatham, Lock Haven. Pa.:
\nna B. Dolan. Xew York. X.Y.; Eva )L Gillam, Flushing,
.Y.; Louise JÆges.
an Francis(>o. California, St. Francis' Hospital: Effie \Y. Ferris. Philadelphia.
Pa.; Gunning" Butler, Elyria. Ohio; Edward Faust, Philadelphia. Pa.; 'Vm.
Becker. HowelL )lich., Grace HospitaL Detroit; Sylvanus ,Yo Steven
. Tedrow,
Ohio; Letehworth G. Perkins, 'Cortland. X.Y.
In Eledro and Hydro-Therapeutic :-
leanora B.
anl1der )I.D..
tate
lIospit<\l for the Insane. Columhia, S.C.
In the Swedish System of
Iassage. )Ieùical and Corrective Gymnasties:-
Hosa IIerenrot h, Philadelphia, Pa.; Bprtha L. 0. Barnes.
an Francisco, Cal.
The setout! section of the "Tinter Class hegins on )Iarch 21st. The
pring
('lass conUllent'PS
Iay
;
rd, and the Summer Cla:-,s July 11th, 1911.
The
\meriean .J ournal of X ursillg for Fe hruary takes the form of a
lemorial X umher to Florence Xightingale. and contains a report of the
Service ComnH:'lJlorati'"e of the Fiftieth
\nlliversary of the Founding of the
First Xightingalp Training
('hool. held in Carnegip Hall,
e\\" York. l<\st
Iay.
Facsimile reprodw,tions of two letters written hy Florpnec Xightingale to
)Ii:,s
covil are very interesting.
A Branch of the Guild of St. Barnabas is to he started in \"ldoria. B.C'.
He,'. A. J. Doull, Dean of C'ollimbia. will he Chaplain.
)liss Ingersoll '<\nd )[iss Fib.h. late of the Fernip General Hospital. left a
few days HgO fOl' Calgary. Alta., where the.," pm'pose taking np pri\"atp work.
:\Iiss \Y yatt. who has heen ùoing pri ,'atp nursing in Fernie. B.t '.. has
('harge of Dr. Higgins' private hospital in IJosmpr. B:C., for a couple of months.
:\liss )IitehelL of Brandon, arrived in Fer-Hip '<\ f(>\\" da.'"s ago amI is now ow'
of the staff nursps in Fernie General Hospita1.
:\Iiss Gordon
[iller. gradnate of .
t. )li('hapl's HospitaL leaves :\[arch öth
on a visit to Fort Francis. If she like
tlw plaee she m
y remain to do pri,"atp
nursing.
:\Iiss Boyne. a St. )Iichael's gnllluate. who had a hospÌ'Ìal position in B1If-
fHlo, has returned to do private nursing in Toronto.
.:\Iiss
hanahan. gradll'ate of
t. )[il'hael's HospitaL has gone to Rudhury
to do pri"ate nursing.
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THE CANADIAN J.URSE.
The regular monthly meeting of the Central Registry was held :\larch 6th.
The Registrar's report shows the Registry to be steadil,y growing in popularity.
there being an increase of 81 calls for February. 1910. Twelve new members
joined during February, rand several applications were considered at the
Iarch
meeting. Some minor matters of business were disposed of, and the meeting
adjourned to meet again the first )lonùa
. in April.
ROSE KL\L\IITT.
ecretar
p.
)Iiss )IcNaul, V.O.N., has been appointed district nurse on the Vancouver
staff, and )Iiss Symonds on the -Sydney,
.S.. staff.
During the typhoid epidemic in Ottawa. )Iisses Shaw. Hill aud Bottelet,
)lontreal, have been helping on the Ottawa district.
The annual meeting of the Board of Go\?ernors of the Victorian Order of
Xurses was held at Government House, Ottawa, )I>arch 2nd. An ae<-0l1llt of the
proceedings will appear in a later issue of "The Canadian :Xurse."
.Miss Agnes Boyd, graduate Toronto General Hospital, is ,'isiting friends
in the city.
The friends of Miss Annie I. Brown will be sorry to hear of the continued
illness of her f,ather.
The Thunder Bay Graduate
'Urses'
-\ssociation held it:-; regular meeting
on )larch 211d, with a good attendance. Five new members Wt're received.
The regular "Xurses' Fee is $25.00 per week, or $4.00 per day. TIlt:' Association.
. though ,young, is growing in interest and usefulness.
)Iiss )Iay Brennan, graduate Hamilton City HospitaL Class 'OB. has been
appointed Superyisor of the Operating Room in that hospital.
The Calgary ....-\ssociaÜoll of Graduate
urses has opened a 11('\\" Xurses'
Home and Registry Office at H:34 Pifteenth Ave. \Yest. The offieen are:-
President, )liss Florence H. Saunders; Secretary, )liss Eslen C. Tt>mpleton;
Registrar, 1fiss Edith )1. Rutherford. Any information will he gladly giyen
on app1iration to the
ecretary. ðl1 Second
t. \Vest.
The Alumnae
\ssoCÏ'ation of the G. and )1. I1uspi l taI. S1. Cat harint's. twltl
its regular meeting in the Board Room of the Hospital on Thursda,\., Feh-
ruary 23rd. The President. )[iss Knox. occnpipd the {'hair. There was a good
attendance. After the disposal of hnsinf'ss, )[iss Crosh
.. Presidt>nt of Tht'
Graduate Nurses' Association 'of Ontario. g'ave an address on ., Rf1
!'Ïstration for
urses. " Son1f' diseussion follo\yed. Refreshments 'were sen"ed_ and a social
half hour was much enjoyed by all present.
MARRIED.
LE
IO
-HAXLAX-At the home of the bride's parents, ,.
hady Dell."
\Vellandport. by the Rev. 'N. G. Steyens, )Ir. II. Hamilton Lemon, of
Lethbridge, AHa., to Annie E.. eldest daughter of :\11'. and
Irs. Ephraim
Hanlan. )Ir. and )[rs. Lemon will reside in Lethbridge. )[rs. [Jcmon is
a graduate of Hamilton City Hospital, Class '05.
LOPTl"S-KELLY -At Holy Family Church, on Februar,\? Rth. .Tnlia Kf1Ily.
graduate of St. )Iichael's Hospital. Class '04, to S. Loftus. )[r. and )[rs.
Loftus will l"t'side in Appo, Onto
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HOSPITAL DEFICITS,
'J he nospital deficlt question is probably not so frequently met with in its
.iCute form in Canadil as ÏI.l the United Statf's, hut it is far from being an un-
,;onHnon trouble. It is a problem whidl faces most hospitals at some time in
their history. It is often ;:>reventable, but. judging by observatIon, not always
so. For, just as some children seem to be born with a predisposition to a cer-
tain disease or weakne
s, ðO, many institutions
eem to begin \vith this unfor-
lunate predisposition to an annual deficit. The reasons for deficits differ, but
they can prohably be placed in two main classes: Faulty plans and construc
non, and poor business management. A large number of deficits areø.or seem
to be, due to an initial mistake in the plans and policy of an inexperieced
Board of ::.\lanagers. The hospital itself comes as the result of a vision-an ideal
It service which comes to some man or woman. This vision comes of a desire
to do something for those less fortunate, or to help tlw poor and need
' in some
practical wa
'. Hence the building is planned mainly to accommodate the poor
or with a very much larger proportion of beds for free patients than for pay
patif'nts-often with much lIlore accommodation for this class of patients than
tllf' needs of the conununity call for. FreE beds are provided. but nothing
tangible or adequate to SUPI)ort the occupants of those beds-no systematic
plan for meeting the expense, and the result is bound to be, in the very nature
of the I)lans, a deficit, large or small. This mistake seems to be well-nigh
universal, for "{ have seen it, lived with it, and heard of it being made in aU
IHll'ts of the country where I have visited. Usually this mistake is corrected
in course of time, but the first few months '"ery frequently show only too
plainly the primary blunder that has been made. The way to correct it is
much longer in coming, and in the meantime the deficit occurs and often
becomes chronic.
A study of the per capita cost per day in a score or more of general
hospitals devoted to free and paying patients in the last few years, shows that
the average cost is somewhere between $1.50 a day and $2. In some cases it
runs as high as $2.25 a day for each patient, though this latter figure is excep-
t lona!. "T
en we consider the number of patients cared for entirely free of
charge. and the large number who pay less than cost, and also remember that
Plldowments are long in coming. it is not difficult to explain the reason why
some hospitals have deficits. 1\11'. Louis R. Curtis, superintendent of St. Luke's
Hospital, Chicago, in discussing this question, says: "I venture to say that
/lot more than one-half of the private patients in the average hospital pay the
full cost of their care, much less add anything to the net income of the institu-
tion. It may be accepted as a maxim that no hospital can conduct a privatf'
patient's service without loss. where the lowest rate is less than would be
.
harged in an hotel of a corresponding class."
The remedies for deficits need to be studied with each individual hospital
in view, but there are certain general principles which apply to a large
number. The extension and improvf'mt:'nt of the pay-patient department so
that that department will not only pay expenses, but :v1eld a surplus to be
used for the snpport of non-paying or partial paying patient,,;, is one of the
THE OANADIAN NURSE.
209
rpmedies for defi('its tha
is meeting with general favor and good results on
this side of the Atlantic.
Some plan by which municipalities may be induced to pay to privatp
hospital corporations, the actual cost of the care of indigent patients instead of
a fixed rate of five or seven dollars a week, which is now paid in so many
}Jlaces, will prùbably be arrived at some time. A better understanding between
hospitals in a gh-en city or territory, and a more businesslike policy of charg-
ing pa
ring 'ward patients the averag/è' actual cost will also help in reducing the
deficit. Other remedies will readily suggest themselves to those familiar with
hospital prohJems.
There is a very definite relation bebveen the training school and the size
of the deficit. for the daily routine of a hospital affords large opportunities
for waste. Probably every school has spasmodic and periodic lectures ur talks
on the sin of wastefulness. These spasmodic efforts often seem to put a check
on waste for a brief season, but no snch methods alone will ever effectually
('ontrol the problem. In the small hospital, the superintendent can usuall.\'
kcpp a hand on the distribution of supplies and a ,,'atchful eye over their usl'
but as an institution grm"s -this becomes impossible and some definite
ystem
designed to prevent waste becomes necessary. Various systems have been de-
\'ised. Anyone ,,-110 desires to establish such a system can easily obtain sug-
gcstiOIlS based on experience from other hospitals. :J\Iiss Lightbourne, Trustee-
in-Charge of the Hospital of the Good Shepherd. Syracuse, a moderate-sized
institution of about a hundred and twenty beds, has given permission to
refer to the system ill use in that hospital. :Nothing in the line of special sup-
plies for any ""cUÙ or department is obtained without requisition Oil blanks
provided for that purpose. These requisitions are filed, the cost is estimated
in the offiee. and eaeh ,veek or month the head nurse is informed of the amount
<!TId cost of the supplies she has orderpd. \Vith the actual knowledge of what
her ward has cost, comes the incentive to keep the cost down and to improve
the record month by month. Such a system properly managed will produce
good results in any hospital. To knmv is to control. Scolding the nur
es,
appealing to thcir consciences. a grudging giving out. of supplies that are really
needful, or trying to make the one who asks feel guilty, will utterly fail to
check waste unless there is some m.ethod established by which each yard of
gauze, each cake of soap. each catheter. each thermometer. each paper of pins,
each piece of linen, each orange, eaeh egg. is recorded and pharged to the
2,ccount of somebody who is accountable for its proper usc. \Vithout a n account
<)f soiled linen and clean linen going in and out of a ward or department no
"ffef'tin> check on waste or extravagant nse of linen is possible, for nobody
knows just how much was uspd or was necessary.
A great many hospitals are at a disadvantage in this respect, because there
:1re not perman(>nt head nurses in each ward or department. The apparent
. :-'iaviug lWH1p hy putting pupil nurses into executive positions, is often morf'
pparent than real unless the pupil head nurse has been well trained in the
methods to nsf' in the promotion of intelligent economy. In a ward or depart-
ment of Ì'.\-Pl1ty patients, a saving or "'aste of even five cents for each patient
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THE CANADIAN JYURSE.
8. day in the handling of the entire supplies used-light, food. drugs, dressings.
ütensils, linen, etc., will make a difference of thirty dollars a nlùnth-a SUIH
which would go far toward paying the salary of a permanent head nurse, who
bccause she was permanent would have an incentive to practice and promote
economy. She would have more authority over pupil nurses, and her accumu-
lated experience would certainl
T be valuable. It is safe. to say that with a
proper system, and with capable supervisors, a good deal more than five cents
a day might be saved in the total cost of caring for e3.ch patient each day in
many hospitals.
As an illustration of the possibilities of economy that are ill a hospital
ward I mention an experiment tried in Bellevue Hospital a few years ago,
about the time there was such an outcry in New York regarding hospital de-
ficits, and when there was serious danger of some of the hospitals having to
curtail their service from lack of funds. ...\.1 that time Dr. Brennan, President
of the Board of Trustees of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, wrote an open
Jetter from which the following is quoted: "The attention of the visting
"iurgeon of one of the divisions of Bellevue Hospital was called abo11t a month
ago to the large consumption of gauze in his wards. some 2.100 y
rrls having
been used in the previous week. lIe at once made an investigaticn, with the
result that the next week the amount of gauze consumed was onl
T 1,100 yards,
and during the week following that. only 610 yards. aìthongh the r-<ervice con-
t inued just as active and thC' patients were cared for fully as well as before.
The operating room nurse in a hOSI)ital with an active service can easily
waste or sm;e th
amount of hpr salary every month. Th
waste in 1:he operat-
;ng room is. of course, not entirely under the control of tlw training school,
hut there seems to be a tremendous difference in the amonnt
of snnplies used
in different operatmg rooms doing the s<uue amount and l\:1nd of ''I,TOrlL An
"perating room nurse a few year:;; ago lHlIlf'rtook to
p('nre from a number of
hospitals. figures showing the amuunts of certain supplies used. :She found
that in ruhher gloves the amollnt varied all till' ,yay froIll l
pairs a month
for
J
operations to 300 pairs for 162 operations, [n one hospit
1 80 towds
is tlw average number used for an operation. whilf' another operating room
shO\ys hut 16 tmn'ls used on an averag<> for the same kind of operation. The
t'xtrayagallPf' in thf' u
(' of lin<>[l in the operating room cannot, of course. all
he charge<.l to the nurse:--t. hut und()ubt('dl
' much of it pan, and th(' hf'ad nurs(.'
can do a good tÌf'al to t"l1f'l.k it.if
he is so illdined. Thf' costl
T t'quipment oJ
the modprn opprating room and gelleral surroundings t<>l1<.l to extravagance.
and the pupil llurses oftpn unwittingly and unintf'lligelltl
', rather than inten-
tionally. acquire the habit of lavish or extravagant U
í' of lin
Il and costly
upplies. Gam e is so common. they think it 11111st he cheap, ruhbel' glm'es like-
wise. They know no more of the cost of ligature materials than al1 infant. so
that it is not surprising' that when entrusted to handle such supplif's. they cut.
the sutures and ligaturf's half as long again or twice as long as is necessary,
and are blissfully Ull<'onscious as to the value of thp ends whieh they sweep up
after the operation is over. A systematic ('ourse of lectures on hospital
Honomy, startillg at the very beginning of a pupil nurse's course. and givell
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periodically hyo or threp times a
.ear to the different classes, would help a
good deal in securing intelligent economy, and the co-operation of the major-
ity in e:ITorts to prevent waste. Ignorance as to the cost of supplies, as to how
waste occurs-everyday general ignorance of values, and the lack of a fef'ling
of responsibility on the part of internes, head nurses, and pupil nurses is
responsible for much of the waste which we periodically discuss and deplore.
Ignorance is always costly, and especially is this true of hospital work.
Some methods of checking waste which are in use in the l\Ia;o;sachussetts
General Hospital have been described by the present and former superinten-
dents. It is stated that in the operating room each day a slip is made out and
turned ill to the proper anthurity, giving the name of the uperator, number of
sponges taken ill to that operation, the number opened, the number used, the
amount of catgut opened, and the amount used, the number of towels and
various otllf'r details. "\Vjth this information in hand it is easy tu compare
am01wts used by different ùperators and Durses. and to chpck \\ aste. because
accurate Ïacts are at hand to use.
Two of the maw sourcf'S of waste are surgical gauze and food supplies.
The s)stem uf sa'Ting gauze and washing and resterilizing it for use as was
mentioned, it is stated by the superintendent that. "In the first eight months
of 1904 we used over one hundred and forty miles of new gauze three feet
wide. In the first eight months after the adoption of the system we used
only 51 miles," and a saving of $3,000 in those months was effected.
Regarding the system of preventing waste of food supplies, the assistant
superintendent says: "The tendency of most nurses is to put too much food
on patient's trays, sometimes because they do not want to be bothered by serv-
ing more food if called for, or because they do not realize that sick people do
not eat as much as healthy laborers. 'Ve try to have as many wards as pos-
sible visited at meal times by the dietitian. the assistant superintendents of
nurses, and by assistant resident physicians. Head nurses are, of C'ourse,
expected to watch the serving carefully. The result is that meals are more
attractively served, and unnecessary waste is kept down."
In that hospital also a systematic inspection of the contents of scrap pails
is made which results in the discovery of safety pins, rubber dam, knives,
forks, and spoons, which, through the carelessness of somebody, have found
their way into the waste pail to be burned. "\Ve could a11 add to this list, I
am sure. The plan of a systematic inspection of garbage is one that is not
commonly followed. judging by experience and observation, but the experi-
ence of this hospital shows that it pays well for the time it costs. If the scrap
pails are all numbered, it is easy to locate the head nurse whose business it is.
or should be, to prevent \yaste.
A good deal of misconception exists as to the actual cost of the training
chool, or of training each nurse, and as a matter of fact, we have very little
accurate knowledge of the cost. The 'V orcester City Hospital a few years
ago engaged an auditing company to establish a s;vstem of accounting whieh
would make it possible to tell exactly what it costs to operate the different
(iepartments. They found the cost to the hospital of each nurse per day, was.
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in 1908, $1.06, and $1.08 the ;year before, or about $1,165 for the three years
course. \Yhether this is about the average cost in hospitals, ag ê:L whole, I do
not know, but it costs more to train a nurse properly than it ùid ten years ago.
and the probabilities are that the cost is not going to grow less. Thc training
school that is properly housed. equipped, manned. organized anù supervised.
costs something, and the training school \yhich does not cost much in time
effort or money, is not worth much. I am fully convinced, however. that a"
our methods of instructing and supervising nurses. and systematizing our
general wOFk improve, as we gain more accurate knowledge of what our metÌ\ods
whether good or bad, cost, we shall come to a clearer realization that there is a
very close relation between our training school and our training methods. and
the si::e of the annual deficit. As \ve grow in wisdom and knO\yledge, we shall
ndeavor more earnestly to save from the scrap pails and the junk heap, in
order that we may have more money to spend for paid instructors and super-
visors and general improvements. Thus far we have not seen fit to include in
our curriculum a course in tact, nor one in practical methods of economy-
ihough we readily concede that both of these subjects are of very great import-
ance, in successful hospital management. Perhaps in the future we shall be
wiser. "\Ve shall find out yet many secrets in the line of economy in the daily
routine. \Ve shall save on the onc hand that we may have morc money to
spend for practical improvements on the other. 'Ye shall, as we grow wiser,
m,akc it possible for every nurse superintendent to have a coursc in practical
institutional management, before she assumes charge of a hospital 01' training
school, anù we shall turn out more cconomical, more widely intelli:;cnt nurses
from our schools.
c.
\.. AIKEl\8.
THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF NURSING.
That" spÌl'itual fitness" is tiuite a...; necessary in a trained nurse as tech-
nical ahility is asserted hy \Yilliam C, Grayes. executi\'e secretar
. of the Illi-
nois Charities Commission, in an addrpss on .. The X ursing ::::;pirit," made re-
centl
. >>t a training-school commencement. In like manner, he says. the phy-
8ician who inspires cOllftden('e hy his healing spirit wins the hattle against ill-
nes=" morp quif'kly and more ('ompletel
' hecause of the stinlltlatplI hOlwfu] atti-
tude of his patient. This kind of applied psyphol'oK" ai.1s medit'ille and tilt'
knif(> in many a despf'rate ('aSt' wlH're heroic treatnlf'nt tides 0\"<'1' a (.risis
for a patient ".ho is conscious of what the doctor i
tr.\"Ïng- to (10 to ]1(']p him:
"The
amp holds true of the 11l1r;;;;(', Perhaps spiritual fitlH'SS in a lIllI'S!'
is more f'ssential to the relif'f ancl (-are .of a sit'k pf'rson than is tlIP same quality
in a physieian. Tlw nurse is in chargf' pradi('all
' all tIll' time. The (Iot'Íor, as
a rule. sees the patif'nt at Înlt'rya]s. lIenee it is a fundamental nl'l'(.
it
. that
a nurse who wishes to su('eped in th(' largpst sense of tlw ".onl l1lllst haye
the g'f'l11lÏnf' nursing spirit. She must loye to earp for the si(.Ie She must
find her g-rt'ate
t ('ompt'nsation in tl1(' 1'('a1ization that persons ('lira hI." ill ar('
1'e
tored to health anfl tlw plra!'nlre
mHI comforts of life as thp r('suIt ill part
of lWJ' tp!Hler amI int('l1igpnt earp: and tllat tllO
e who dif' ras;o; into the great
.
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be,yonù soothed b,y the kllo\\"ledge that a s.Ylllpathetie soul IS ,,-atehing oyer
them.
.. These standards lllay sound like the thundering.s of a :sermon, or like a
sl'olding. in a period ,,-hen too lllaIlY nurses are colJI
" scientific in their ser-
\"lee. If this is a serlllon, \"el'
- \yell! Let it be one. L have seen nltra-
scientific nurSeS. It would aPIwal' alnll'st that the,\- :o;nppress the sympathy.
the tenderness. and the mothering instinct that are suppost-'d to well up in the
hearts of aU \\-omen in the presenee of illness and suffering. because it is wear-
ing upon them to expend nen"ous energy in sympathy and the like. although
they perform the specified duties \\-ith religious fidelity. )lany of the
e wo-
men are most capable scientifi'c nurses,' hut. if
-ou were ill. which would you
prefer. to Jla\"e one of them carp for you or one of those hea\"en-sent creatures
whose gentle touch and whos!" enc>onragillg' words are added to seielltific min-
istration as an anodyne for your troubled heart and a stimulant for
'our appre-
hensi\"e spirit?"
In illustration of what he ('all..; .. the nur
ing
pirii," the speal
Yr rplated
the follo,,"ing incident that o("l'UlTed in Chicago during a period of intense
heat;
.. During one of these stitiing nights an inspector yisited the Cook County
Hospital. In a ('ertain bathroom was a heat case wallowing in a tub of iee-
water. lIe wa:-, a Pole. lIe was muscular. his hair in a tousled mass was
matted do\\-n OYer his e,\-e,..;, his hands ,,-pre knotted from hard \york, he wað in-
descrihably filthy. and IH' kept up a coml)ination moan and al'ticulation of
words nohody seemed to undf'rstand. His tell1Iwrature was humping the top
of the tube. His death \\:as a matter of a few hours. Besidf' the tuh ('ontaining
this brawny laborer stood what the nO\'f'li
ts call' a slip of a
irl.'
he was
eighteen Yf
ars old. Her hro\\"n. waY
" hail'. her large. blue eyes. set far apart
and tender hut full of tlw spirit of pontiiet. and the pink that eame and went
in lwr dweks \ylwn she performf'tl
omp nnplf'asant task. prf'sf'ntf'd a striking
eontrast with ]wr mwouth patif'nt. She ,,-as working oyer him as if he were
her -sick hah.,"- She \yas genninel
" motlwrillg' a hulking. strange. siek man.
'Yhell this
-01l11g nnr!-.f' paused for a monlf'nt in I{el' exertions. the inspedor. \\-ho
ha d heen looking on. said:
.. .y ou seem to be taking prptt
-
ood care of that pOOl' fellow.'
" . lIe neeòs it.' shf' rf'plied.
,. . "
ho is he?' the inspedor asked.
.. 'I don't know.' she replied. . hut I do kno,,' that he has had a hard time
and that hf' is \Ter
- sick. Thf' police hrought him in.'
" 'Do
-on think
-ou are ahle to cure him?' thf' inspe('tol' \Tentm'pd.
., 'Y cS. I do!' she cried. 'IT e must get well!'
"IIe died in tIie early hours of the next morning. TIw nurse's battle was
a losing one. 'Ylwn tlw inspettor \nlS at the hospital again. he askf'd hf'l' how
it was slw was so surf' that patif'nt would rf'coYer. She smiled and said:
" '1 nf'yer giye np a patient unit's,", he is dead. 1 am a nnrse.'
"Ro she was. That young gid exemplified what I mean hy tht' I1Ul'smg'
spirit.
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
..
ow there are nurses anù nU1SCS.
ome are natural IlUrSf'S, who p08-
Hess onl
" the nursing spirit. Some are scientific nurses, machine nurses, you
might say, who secretly believp and sometimes openely affirm that the) are
just as competent as, or even more pompetent than. doctors. Some are nur;'ies
'for the fUll of it.'
ome are nurses because they are prptty. Some are nurses
because they are rich and don't kno,," what else to do with their time. Some
are nurses who ,york in solp anticipation of the 'day off.' SOlne are nurses
only for pa
-. Some are nnrsf's. who. like the hibulous and cucHluher-loving
)[1'8. 'Sare
" GaIllP, thinl
of their comfort and not of the patient '::; welfare,
and. also. 'stand III with an undertaker who is 'right.' Some ar.e nurses
whosp husiness I do Hot car(" to dis('uss hefore you. Xone of these nnr
H'S
is fit for sen"ice in thesf' da
"s of progre'Ssive alHl high-grade eare of
tlw ill. The ideal IllUse. [ think. is onf' who has thf' nursing spirit. who is neat.
good, and wholesonw. and \\"110 has aequired and can apply scÏf'ntific know-
ledge of the art of nursing' under the dirf'ction of a competent physician or
surgf'on.' '-Tllf' Literary Dig-pst.
HISTORY OF THE LADY STANLEY INSTIT\JTE. OTTA"wA.
In the latter part of thl>
'eal' 188!J. lIer EXl'ellenc
" the La(l
'
t
lllley of
Preston originated a seheml.' whieh \"as destined to result in what is no""
kno,,-n' as "The La(ly
tanlf'Y Institute, to tlw home and s(.hool of the nurses
of the County of Carìeton General Pl'Otestant Hospital. hut whieh was in the
('arl
" days of its histor
. an independent Ínstitu1Ïon for the pnrposr of tf'al'hing
and accommodating nurses. who Wl're then sent out to do distrid nursing, IU'i-
,"ate nursing and hospital nursing. a'S o('casion re(lllÌred.
On February the] 8th. 18!JO, at the suggpstÏon and in,-itHtion of 111'1' Ex-
cellency. a met'ting was called. when. by formal resolution. practi('al f-'ff(--'(.t
WHS given to tlw inspiration of a few months predous. The fh'st step taken hy
the EXf'f"ntive Committef'. tlH'n.appointe(l. was to dpcidp that the proposed insti-
tute he named "The Lad
'
tanley [nstitnte for Trained Xurse s ," thns iden-
tiìying it permanently with the nanw of lIeI' Exce]]enc
.. who, ,,,ith tllf' Bar-
Ol1f-'S
)IcDollald of Earns(.liffe. had taken a most adin> part in the promotiou
of the project. Her Excellency ""as appointf-'d Honorary VIce-President.
\ll
appeal was then issued to the puhlic for subscriptions, whi('h ,,'as generously
,'pspondf'd to, and in less than oue year $1:{,885..JO had bcen snhserilwd. TIlt-'
provisional eOHuuitte(> did not. ho,,"ever. await the collpetion of that amonnt.
hnt in the spring' of 18
O IH'oeel'ded with tllf' purehasing of a site, OhtHÏIH'd.
Hccepted and approved of a plan and Slwcifi('ations. tlIPn ('al1ed for tNlth'rs
for the work of constructioll. On the 14th of June. the saUte year. tilt' EXP('I1-
tin> Com mittel' (.alll>d ê\ llll'f-'ting of the subscrihers, suhmitteu to them, and
ohtained their approntl of a det"lara tion awl ('ertitieate of ineorporation.. SpYl'n
dHYS later. aftt'r haYing seenrpd the requisite statntor
" ('hartel' of incorpol'è1-
tion. the work of estahlishing and maintaining' the institute ".as han(l('cl 0'-(>1'
to a Board of Diref'tors, ,,"ho were ele(.tt'd by the suhsc1'ilwrs. The m'l"(--'ssary
offit'e1's and l'olllmi1tel's WHP then chosen and hy-laws adopt(--'(l.
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215
On the 21st of :\Iay, ] 891, the institute was completed at a cost of $13,8:30.
furnishings $:3,OflO. making a total cost of $18.830.
The formal opening of the institute was by His Excellenc-y the GO'Tcrnor-
General. Lord Stanley of Preston. on the 21st of
Iay, I8H1.
ep to the tillw of the completion of this scheme there did not exist in Ot-
tawa a tr
Üning school for nurses, henc'e the move on the part of those who
were familiar with the conditions. ,yhich called forth the inauguration of this
necessary feat ure. in which Ottawa as a prominent city of Canada ,,-as lacking.
Therefore, the institute was established for the education of women as nurses.
and to afford a home for those who were graduated. A Lady :::5nperintendent
was appointed, two Graduate Xurses as assistants. and eight probationers com-
prised the Xursing Staff. thus the scho
l hecame established. A short time
later negotiations were entered into with the Protestant Hospital, ,Yh
reby
nurses of the institute were to receive practical experience in caring for the
sick in the wards of the hospital. In addition to. this experience in the hospital.
nurses ,yere sent out to do district and spedal nursing. At this time there
were forty-five patients in the hospital.
A course of lectures was given to the nurse
free of charge, by members
of the Jledical
taff. These lectures were open to outsiders at a small charge
for the course. The Lady
tanle'y of Prf'ston. from funds collected by herself,
purchased a library of medical works at a cost of $70. In 1
93. the Earl of
Derby presented to the institute twenty-five shares of stoek in the Rideau Skar.
ing Rink. which were sold to purchase a piano, which adorns the nurses' sitting
room. In the same year the Countess of Derby. at her own expense, presented
medals to the nurse,
on the day of their graduation. In 190] the institute
and hospital became amalgamated. tIlt:' ho:.;pital 8ecepting complete control
and ownership of the institute. and thereby bf'('oming responsible for its main-
tenance, and assuming all its liabilities.
At the present time, the institute. although no longer an independent in-
stitution, has lost nothing of its identity.
'Ye may assume to believe that the philanthropie pioneers of this, tIlt'
first training school for nurses in Ottawa, arli: happy in the kn.owledge that
their earnest efforts have not been in vain. but, on the contrary. have re<;;ulted
in an institution whereby o,Ter one hundred and fifty nurses have received a
course of training. and received diplomas, fitting them for the work of admin-
istering comfort and care to many thousands during days and nights of suf-
fering. The number of nurses on the Training School staff has (>ontinued to
increase ,yith each succeeding year. and at the present time consists of fort
-
four pupils, one Graduate [lead Xnrse, one Assistant Sup(>rintendcn1. and
:Superintendent.
The Lady Stanley Institute has the distinction to-day of ranking- with
schools of the highest standard in the 8tate of Xew York. In the l'omplete-
ness of its curriculum. educational requirement, and averagt' rank. it meets
,,-ith all the requirements of the Statute of the Xe\\' York Educational De-
partlllent, "ith which it registered on the 2]st of Decemher, 1
)O-!, tllU
making-
graduated pupils of its school eligible for thc State rpgistration anfl duly
(lUalified to use the title R.X.
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In conclusion Df this brief sketch of the history of the Lady Stanley Insti-
tute, it might be of interpst to add a few lines in interpretation of the Stanle
'
Crest. which is part of the Lady Stänley [nstitutp spa!. Its accompanying
motto is: Sans Changer <'Vithout Change).
The History of the Stanley Crest,
In the reign of Edward the Third. Sir Thomas Lathom marripd Eleanor
\Vodville. Onl
one child issued from this marriage, a daughter. Sir Thomas.
seeing that the estates of Lathom, at his death. ,,'ould pass to distan
heirs in
the female line. was very anxious for a son. Some years after his marriage a
,,'aiting maid of Lady Eleanor's household gave birth to a son. The mother.
driven from Lathom through the severity of Lady Eleanor and neglect of
Sir Thomas. resolved to destroy the child. To aceomplish her object she
wrapped the infant in swaddling clothes and placed it at the foot of an oak in
Lathom Park, in which an eagle had huilt its nest. Sir Thomas, while hunting.
heard the cries of the child as the eagle ,vas in the ad of raising it from the
ground, and shot the eagle. Lady Eleanor took the child and adopted it. The
boy grew up to manhood under her care, and became renownNl for his great
strength and daring. He 'became a great favorite of the King, who conferred
on him the honor of knighthood. and the name of Lathom-Sir O
katen
Lathom.
ir Thomas, at his death, left Sir Oskatell a largr part of his estates.
including Lathom Castle. In the meantime. the daughter of
ir Thomas
had married Sir John
.;tanley.
ir Oskatell never married. Being of a war-
like spirit, he joined the English Arm
' under the Black Prince. tlwn in Franet'.
and was killed in the hattle of Agincourt.
By his will. all his estates passed to Sir .John
tanley. who adoptf'd his
Crest. the "Eagle and the Child."
FROM NEWFOUNDLAND,
This very interesting letter ,,'as written to the Alumnae Association of
the Royal Yictoria Hospital, Jlontreal, by
Iiss Gilmour, Grand Falls. Xew-
foundland. The ston' of a nurse's work and how emergencies örp met is eVt'r
interesting to nurses, and our readers will be pleased to haye the opportunit
.
of reading this letter.
Jliss Gilmour says :-
:\Iy work has in many ways prO\'ed novel and int(lresting since coming
here, hut chietl.\. so in connection with an outhreak of typhoid f(lver during
last snmnwr and öutnmn. I thought possihl
' yon might he interC'sted in Iwar-
ing something of this.
o have concluded to make this the theme of my letter
to you.
To }wgin with. onr little hospital. \\'hich was hnilt to accolllmodate nine
patients, wa-s harpl.\" rl'ady for opeupation at the f'nd of .June. and eyen then
not free from workmen. "... e were reall
r not settled when our first typhoid
ease was admitted in the middle of August.
This one was soon followed hy another. and then another. till all Ollr hcd
were filled.
\11 other patients hut one werf' diseharged in ordf'l" to makp room
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for the new-comers. Extra beds were put in the ward. and the plan hit upon
for the first extra beels we followed t hrollghout. which was simply a bed
spring or a cot, with :-l frame made of wood to rest upon. to raise them on H
level with our ho
pital beds. and they pron'd ,-ery satisfactory,
The ward filled to overflowing, ,,-e next took pussession of the solarium
opening off it. where one. then two. and finall
' three patients were made mom
for.
After this. what WaS to he done? Tht' ca!'.eS were still eropping up. and
hnd to Iw accommodated. so a temporary structure "-as built. leading off 01('
solarium. which allon-eel room for sixteen patients.
In ha ,-iug this built, one end wa!oö left half open to allmy for plenty of air.
with simpl.," a eo,-ering of wire netting. which latter '"as an ahsolute necessit
"
to keep out the Hit's. Outside, two curtains were put np. which could lw let
do,,,n when rl:'quired. tlwse heillg made of n}r
- heavy C'an,'as,
OOll 0111' heds
here were filled. and we hegan to obser,-e huw rapidly the temperatnre of thuse
near this open end of the building went dO\\"lI. One man, ill particular.
eame in looking as sick and lwavy as typhoids look when they are sick. and
in two days was a source of neyer-ending wonder to us all.
\fter a fe,,- da
-s
of this, suùdenl
" one afternoon his temperature indicated a pack. and WI'
founel a hlanket had been gi,'en him in the night and left 011 during the day.
and it was rather a warm day. It was remo"ed. and an hour after the tem-
perature had fallen OlW whule degree.
Xext ,ye began to ohserve how 11111C'h more qui(}kl
- Oil' patients ill this
.. ..Annex" impl'O\-ed. than the OliPS in the ward. The windo,ys wprl' h,ft wid I'
open in the latter. and thel'e was ahnlYs plenty of fresh air. and the .same
treatment ill en:>ry way was ohsen'ed throughout.
On ,,-arm da
's tlw packs wpre many. and on ('old days only an o("(.asional
one had to be gi ,-en, and more likely none at all.
\T er
- soon this building became too small and had to h(' enlarged. and
later on. still further enlargement was neeessal'Y. until finaU
-. at onl-' time. we
housed fifty-two patients.
till we found tIll:' patients npar the oIwn pnd im-
proved mure rapidly than the others. until it became a rull' with us to put
the sickest patients then'. and in every ease the treatment nll-'t ,,-ith sm'('('ss.
J1an'y times a patient, say fh'e or SL"{ beds down. would he having packs regu-
larly every four hours, or nearl.'" so. and when pnt in this hed would prubahly
ha ve only one in tIlt' twenty-four hOllrs.
As the time ,,-ent on and the wpatlwr hecame <,old. it was n('('Pssary to han'
some ston:1s put up. and those near the stoves impron'd so slowly. l'ompara-
tiyely. 'that eH'ntually \H' put tlw con"RleseÏng ones near tlWlll. Thesl' peoplp
love a ston' as the
" love their lives. hut aU wanted to lu-'ep a\yay from thelll.
LilHl one ('Rse ('omf'S to m
- mind at th(' moment whl
n-' ""e had to mo,-p a con-
,"aleseent a ""ay from it, as lw was so afraid it ,vuuld ùo him harm. and. trul'
(,llOl1gh. he did hptter aftel' he was moved. Of ('ourse. in his eas,' it was a
mental eOllllition, r fpt'l sure: r onl.'" mention it to Ipt yon see ho,,' the pati('nts
thernseh-es Iw('anw eonyincpù of tIlt' f
ct. On entering the hospital. the llt-'ads
were slla \'ed. and whether it was due to till' c-ontinual cold on the shaved lll'ads
or not. J ('annot say. hut though the
" had hl'adaehe ,,-hen the
- came in, there
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'nis comparatin:>ly little after the first day, and I am convinced this was t1H>
reason. Ice-caps were discarded very early in the outhreak. As the weather
he('ame l'older. it was a problem ho,\" to ha ,'e them comfortahle at night.
The daytime was all right. but the llight
here are very cold in the autumn.
One dozen hot-wè1.ter bag..; and one-half dozen hot-water tins were a Yer
" lih-
eral supply for nine patients. but did not go fa]' with fift
.. and ,dÜle extra
blanket
were. of course. hronght into requisition. they did not Sf'em to meet
the requirement. Hot bricks were suggested, and these pro,"ed most satis-
factory. Eyery night one. or more if necessary, was wrapped in paper and
placed in each heel. and though the occui)ant of the bed was not hot, I can
a
sure
-ou he was warm enough. and thus we managed to keep them C'01ll-
fortè1.'ble.
\s the weather became colder, the ad,"mltage of the cold was more mark-
l'elly demonstrated (and some !lights it was dreadfully cold. too) XmlllJers
of tlw case<:: who would ha '"e a tenll)f'rature of 10--1 degrees or thereabouts 011
admission, would in a day or t,,-o drop belo,," packing point and stay tlwre.
\Yhen they came in they looked typical typhoids, lwa\'y and sidL hut in a day
or two the majority of them looked as if Yer
" littlt' wa,; the matter with them.
and I am convinced that it was dlw to the amount of fresh air and the cool-
ness of it.
ow as to results: Out of one hundred aud eight l'ase
there ".ere only
two death:.;, and in realit
" only one from typhoid. for one of the t,\"o. a woman
,d1O had been dreadfully ill and ,yas "-ell enough to be out of lwd. went right
do" n again. with nothing to point to a relapse and a great deal to a tllhf'r-
l'ular ('ondition. so
-ou will see it wa:.; less than one per cent. Do not think
they were not sick; the
" 'H're; we had had hemorrhagps and other ('om plica-
tions, and t,,-o or three deliriou-.; at a time. )Iany, many of tlH'l1) had' a heaY
'
dose of it.
\Yhen they left tIll' hospital. tllPY all looked remarkahly wt'll for typhoids.
and with such pressure as tlH're ""as.
-Oll may l't'st assured that they 'yen:,
sent out as soon as it was at all possihle for them to go. This may possihl
-
lit' no ne,," thing to most of .'-ou, but I must aùmit it was interesting to me.
TIll--' i(lpa of hè1. ,"ing plent
- of cool air came to us in t his way: The l'paSUll
for cold treatments at inten"als is to reùuce the temperature and sayc tissw'
"-a,,te.
o". if this ('an he done ('onstantl
", aud not p,'pr
" tlu'ee or fOllr
hom's. why should it not h,> ad \"autag-eous, besides avoiding the uer\"OU
dis-
turhan('e that npC'pssaril.\- eOllH'S with these <:old treatments? And I think the
\\"onderfnll,\- good l"OlHlition in whi(.h the
" left HS sho,\"ed how much \\,;lS du\-'
to the constant cold keeping the temperature down to a point ,,-h<:>rf' the tissup
'\"<I"tf' is comparativel
" little. if any. aho,"e normal.
o patient ""as allowed to set' more than one visitor a day, and tlwu fo!'
Dye or ten minutes only, anù this. 'H' feeL ""as most benefi('ial. The
" kne,,-
t hey would have no more, and their frif'nds understood the same. and
there Wè1.S an end of it; at least in so far as the patients were concerned. Of
courst-'. we had more trouhle ahout it. but in almost every case the friends
submitteù with '"ery little ohjection ,,"hen the matter was explained to thcm.
and. as e'"eryone was trpatl>d alike. tlwre was no dissatisfadio:1 ahollt it.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
219
One other interesting feature T must mention. and that is in COlllw(.tion
with the nnrses themselves. Two of them, who worked pradieally llOwhere
dse but in the" Annex." daily added to their weight. and when they returned
home. their friends thought by their appearance that they had been away for
a holiday; and if ever nurses worked hard, I can as
ure you these two did.
hut th,eir "ork in the fresh air. even though they were hard at it, had this
good effeet upon them. "Then they commenced ,,'ork in the morning, at first
they shivereù with the cold, but soon hecame used to it, and enjoyed working
there better than inside the hospital, except on bitterly cold days. when, I
fl>ar, it was rather a fight to see who could wash the diet cups, as they could
t hen get their hands in hot water. Still, they did not mind all this. and as we
saw the effeet of the cold. we were intensely interested. and Jid not mind
what We did so long as tIll' result was so satisfactory.
Of the timp "'e had arranging to look after all these and providing for
them, we will say little. It can he hetter imaginerl than descrihed. Gowns
and Led linen for the patients. where it is almost impossiLle to find anyone to
do any sewing for ."ou; accommodation for eight nurses, instead of two, and
everything in proportion; but Wf' came through it all right. tired out. \ve will
Hcknowledge, but feeling thankful for the result. There is a certain satisfac-
tion, too, in ha\'ing carried it through. It ,,'as the exception to have an.'-
patient lean> without expressing yery'decidedly his appreciation of the ('are
l'pcpiyecl. and this is always helpful.
The company gave me a perfectly free hand frum the first, to do what-
en'I' I thought necessary. This was the greatest help imaginable, and I shall
11e\'cr forget their apprcC'iation of the work we did.
THE NURSING MASQUE.
The wonderful demonstration of the Evolution of Trained Xursing was
such a picture as those \d1O sa,,' willlle\'er forKet. 'Vhat an edueation it was,
too! The British Journal of
ursing sa."s:-
.. TraÍlwd nursf'S are proud of the traditions of their profession. and jeal-
ous of its honor. and they were therefore kepnly appreciati\'e of the proposal
that the Evolution of Trained Xursing should be demonstrated by a pagf'ant
and masque, in ,,'hich their aspirations shoul(l he represented by heautiful
imagery, and some of the principal charactels of the past represented in li,-ing
pidures. Xo Iwtter method could be adopted of informing the puhlic how
throughout the ages illustrious men anù women ha\'e sf'ryed the sick, and
handed down to thf'ir su
cessors traditions of n.cvotion and heroism which
cannot b(:' excf'lled. and ,,-:bich must inspire every nurse worthy of her calling
to comhine with the grea\cr knowledge of the present the rare courage and
self-sacrifil"e characteristic of a long line of prpd('C'f'''sCJ!"s whom she must ever
hold in honor.
IoreOYeI, the pageant was dl'signed to support the Bill for
the State Registration of Trained
urses. and on that ground alon(> com-
mended it:self to the more intelligent.
"The pag-eant and m
,,s(lUC took place on February 18th. in the Connaught
Hooms, Great (
uf'en 8trel t. 'Y.C., and from l)('ginning to end was an llllquali-
fit'd snceess-illdeed. mor,
than a SUecf'Ss. a triumph. The guests were re-
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eeived by a Rccpption Ü.1mlllitÌl>('. which included Lad
o \Yynne.
Irs. Alep
Tweedie.
Irs. )Iackenzip DaYidson.
Irs. Timbrell Bnlstrode.
Irs. "TaIter
Speneer. :\Iiss L. V. Han ,!l1ton and
\Iiss JI. Huxley, in the vestihule <Jt the
head of the stairs leading' to the Grand Hall. The reeeption \yös announced
for 8 0 'cloel\:. but an hour before that time the guests began to arri\Oe, and thp
'
poured in continuousl
o in a steady stream until the hall was tilled hy an ex-
pectant audience of nearly 800 people.
"At the further (-'nd a dais decorated with choice white Hower:.; and green
foliage was erected. on w l1ich was plaeed the throne of Hygeia. and øexppcta
t.ion was at it!;; height wh
n the picturf'
que master of ceremonies ëlllnOUncl:'d:
,. ')1 y Lords, Ladies Ilnd GeIltlemeIl.-Pra
o silence for t lIt:' Pageant and
Iasqne on the Eyolution vi Trained Xllrsing and the Right of Life to II(1alth.
IIygf'ia. Goddess of Health. will no\y lpaù the procession of Immortals.'
"Then the great door
at the end of the hall were opened. and TIygeia.
imper:-;onated h
T )Iiss Irel1e Fergusson. appeared: a yi
ion qf 10\"l'liness ill
white archaic Greek draperies, her classical heöd and fair haIr CI'O\\ïH'd h
o a
"Tcath of golden laurels. RO
llld her arm was twined a glittering' green serpent,
with rub,'T eyes. emblem of the 1YÏsdom of the healing art, and slIt:' l'arril'd its
golden howl. As she mo\'ed slowly up the hall. attend('d h
o the t'l('ments.
Earth,
-\ir. Firp and 'V öter.
he appeared the inC'arnation of IwaIth. life anlI
beauty. After her came the Sririt of Xursing. Jliss Cecilia (\'l'iI. in soft pearl
grey, with a galaxy of Attribu.tes-a eharming group. in the ("olm's Hssoeiöted
,yith their virtues. Eyery dt
tail of their dress had bp('n most ('arefully
planned. and the re
ult was most harmonious and pffef'tivp,"
Speaking editorially on "The Hpjrit of the Pageant," tl1l:' sault' journal
says :-
'''Xo aN'ount of tIll-' Pagean
on the f:yolutioll of TraÏllPd
\lrsing wouJd
he complete without au attempt to gin' expression to the spirit \\'hi('h inspired
all those' \dlO took part in it. The charm with ,,-hich
rìss Ir(-'nc Fergusson
played her part as Hyg-eia. the earncstll<'SS of JIiss Cecelia Cpeil. "oho entpred
so thoroughly into tlw
pirit of Xnrsing that she sepmecI it
inl'aI'nation. and
t he skill of
liss \Yinifreù Bridger as ::)rience. were reaJizNI hy ('\'pryonp pre-
srut. But in addition to tIll' principal a("tors. the pagpant owes mueh to the
large nl\mht
r of matrons, sisters and nurses. as wPII a", to tll(' IIll'dit'öl men.
\\"ho tuok {lört in the pro('flssion. and df'BlOnstrated that tht' spirit of de\Totion
to the sit.1\: is confined to no age, no country, and no crfl('(1. hut tlUlt II1l:'n mid
"OOllwn of all agps ha \Oe spent their lives in the sen'ice of their fpllo\Ys.
"To interprt't this spirit. to honor the heroes and Iwroilles of thp past. to
",how what "Taste of life. and of seryi('p. rpsu1t from hH"k of knO\\"lpdgc. and
thus to demonstrate the justi('(' of thf' demand for a llniform mininlllHl ecluc(I-
tionöl standard for nurses. the attainment of ,,-hich shall he follO\Yl:'d h
' their
registration hy tlw State, was tht' task to whÌeh tlIl:' Xatio/)(-i} ('ouncil of
Xurses set itself. ...\nd to this pnd l'n>r,n)ß(' hronght 11<'r IH'st.
Iiss
Ionett.
bel' dl'vt'L' pen \\-hi('h produced a masqnp of high litpr<-1ry Illf'rit, JfÌss 1'-'.
Ieigii.
IH'r t'xquisitp 11Pedlework in fashioning many of thl' heautiful hallll('r
whicll
fornu'd SO nota hlf' a part in tlIP prot'l'ssion. and huwlrpds of ot hPI s the he"'t
talpnts whil'h they eould lavish.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
221
,. E,'er
'one who SHW the proct's<Üon on
aturday last. Ht tIlt' Connaught
Rooms. must han
rt'Hli7pd that a wea1th of thought and ,,"ork had ]JPen ex-
IWIHlf'<l on tJlf' ,'arious details to bring it to tht' }wrff'etion attainpd. for lwr-
fpdion of dt'tail was perhaps its chief note. nothing tawdry, nothing garish
found placp in it. Xurses were there to do honor to t IlPir profpssion, and
they hrought tIlt' hl'st they had to gi,'e. It WHS this ,,-hil'h so impn'ssf'CI tho..;e
present. and the def.;cription of t}lf' pageant by the Daily Xewo.,; as a . heautif{d
spectacle in aid of a cause.' charadf'ri7ed by 'dignity, pictureScllleness. and an
a tmosp}lPrp of indefinable charm,' prohahly voict's the ft'eling of everyone in
t he hall.
,. In addition. there was an nlldprl
"ing electric current of intpn:-;l> earnest-
JlPss. whi{'h found outward l>xprl'ssion w}wn tIlt' hal1llt'r "State Registration'
yas a('(.lailHpd with manifest depth of fepling. The pageant should he as per-
fed as pos'iible. hec'anst' it was in snpport of a canse of supreme importanf'e to
the sil.le of supreme importanl't
to trained nurst's. This was the spirit ,d1Ìl'h
impdled nurst's to spare no pains to make' it a SUCl"PSS, what nW.ttpr though
they pncountered opposition and misrrprt'spntation in so doing.
.. For mure t han tw('nt
' ,'"t'ars men who oppose the Iwtition of nurses for
reg:istl'ation ha ,'p wwd similar weapons ill their llll,,'orthy and unmanly oppo-
sition to the just demands of a ho(ly of womt'n. whosp sen"ices arp indisppns-
able to the community and the State. but tllt'y have failed. a...., they mnst fail.
)wc.aust' tht'
- ('annot realize that the (.onvil'tion with whil.h tlwy Hrp C'onfronted
I'ludes SUf'h methods. and that the int'xorahle law of evolution wi]} prm'p thpil'
X emesis. ..
THE SCHOOL NURSE.
TIlP Canadian PuhliC' Sc'hool X llJ'st's' Asso(.iatioll Iwld its monthly I1lpf'ting
on
\pril :1rd, at the Brown Bl'tty. 42 King
trt't't East. Toronto, The Presi-
dpnt. )Iiss L. I;, Rogers, oc'C'upipd the {"hair. FOlll'tpPll nl'\\" nwmhl'rs joil1l'cl
the !-'cwiety. At tlw elosp of thp husiness meeting. a ,'pry enjoyahlp time ,,-as
sppnt while refreshmpnts were heing sl'rypd.
)Iiss Ella .J. .J amieson is spl"'nding
'.C
l'y plt'asant holiday at
auIt
tt'.
)Iarip. where she has gone to rpst <-1ftl'r a year's hard ,,'ork. )Iiss Ida )1. Bo.n't'
is (-{ding a
uhstitut(' during .Jliss .Jamieson's ahsPllt'p.
)Iiss Gertrude Furht's. R.X., has l"umplt>tt'd IlPr month's post-g-raduatl'
in '-'l'hoo1 nursing. and is ading as suhstÏtutf' during the month of
--\pril 011
)1 iss Rog'Pl's' staff.
)Iiss .Jpnni
, In-ing has l'omplptecl hPI' post-graduate I.ourse and Iws
taken up distrid nursing.
The Toronto Sl"hool Xnrses are rt'l'(>ivÍng a ('onrsl' of lel'tlll'ps at tIll' Dental
College. that tllf'Y may morc rpadil
' clptp(.t n hnormal ('onditiolls in tllP mouths
of the children.
During tIw month of )Iarl'h thl' S('Jwol XUl'SPS slIl'cepded in ha,'ing ;H:
l"hildren get t}wil' teeth filled. .")--1: ha,-e tOll-.ils awl l1cll-'noid" 1"l
1110H'cl. and ïK
fittl-'d with gla
ses.
On April 5th )Iiss Lina L. Rogers, H.:\.. addrt'ssed thl' gTadllating elHss
of the Royal Yictoria Hospital.
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
GLEANINGS
It is not known to all nurses, says a "Titer in the Hospital Rl'\'ie,,-. that
flies and mosquitoes hate the smell of lavender. In my nnrsing I managed
to secure s]pep for a fly-tormented patient in the following simplp way:-Pour
into an atomizer a teaspoonful of oil of lan'nder, add to this as much alcohol
as will make a saturated solution. Lightl.', spra." a pillo\," with this. and pla('f'
it under the patient's head. If the flips are \'er.,' bad, co\'er the eyps and 1l0SP
and spray hair. night dress and bed clothes. Xot a fly will come around whill'
the odor is perceptible.
DRY IODIN CATGUT,
Ordinary catgut, just as it is bonght from the dealers. is wound on to
the well-knO\nl glass spools, in a single 1ay('r. and fastened at hoth ends. so :IS
to prevent unraveling. It is then placed for five days in a ;) per <,pnt. alcoholie
l'iolution of iodin in a tightly closed ve
sel (museum jar). On removal it is
spread out on a sterile towel. coverpd hy another sterile towel to facilitate
drying, and is finally kept in a sterile container. :\Ios<,hco\,"itz (
\nnals of
Surger.'-) has proved to his own satisfaction. <,liniC'ally as well as expf'riment-
ally. that this dry iodin catgut is absolutel.'- sterile. It is impossible to infect
it by ordinary means. Its imbibition with iodin is not sufficient to act as an
irritant on the tissups. Its tensile strength is snperior to catgnt prepared hy
other methods, and it is ahsorlJPr1 on I." after it has sPl'ved the purposes fOi'
which it was intended.-The Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette.
Egg Cocoa.-.Jlake the cocoa in the usual way. and when it has (.ooled
slightly, stir in an egg just beaten enough to separate it, not enough to make
it foamy. This is a good disguise for egg.
Silver nitrate stains may be removed from towels by soaking them for
two hours in a solution of bichloride of mercury (1-2;)O).-----'The Trained :\urs(-"
THE ART OF MOVING THE PATIENT.
In transferring a patient from one bpd to another, or from a stretchpr to a
heù. it often happpns that nurses. for lack of a kno\\ ledgf' of the right tech-
nique. do not accomplish this dnty ,,:ith the maximum comfort to the patient
or the minimum expenditure of strength on their own part.
The right te('hniqne is to ha\'e the hed to which the patient is mO\"ed
{.ither at right anglps to the one on whil'h he is lying. or with its head on a
lint-' with the foot of the other. Both nurses then stand on the same side of
the patient. and bet,,'ecll the two heds. if they are side by side. One supports
the head and upper part of the trunk, and thp other the lo\\-er part of the
trunk and the legs. TIll:' one in eharge of the lower half of the patient then
descrihes a quarter circle. or half eirde, as the case may he. the othl'r one fol-
lowing lwr lead. The mo\"e is thus accomplished with ease. If a patient is not
\,pr.\' helplf'ss and hea\'y_ it is quite easy for one llllrsp to move him in this way.
The method is ,,'orthy of note as one by which it is eas.", in the ordinary
daily bed-making. to move a patient for a fe,,' minutes on to an empty hp(l
while his mattrc
s is turnecl.-British Journal of Xursing-.
EDITORIAL
THE CASAD/AN NURSE.
BOARD
Newfoundland
!rl1ss Southcott, Supt. Training School
for Kurses, Gen. Hosp., St. John's.
Miss Gilm,mr. Grand Falls.
Prince Edward Island
1.-1I5s A. 1\1, Ross, Supt. Prince Edward
Island Hospital, Charlottetown.
Cape Breton
1011's.. Lornay, Brooklands, Sydney, N.S.
Nova ScotIa
Miss Peml,erton, N.S.G.N.A., Supt. Rest-
holm Hospital, Halifax.
Miss Georgina Pope, R.H..C., Matron Gar-
rison Hospital, Halifax.
Miss Kirkpatrick, Supt. Payzant Memor-
ial Hospital, 'Windsor.
Miss Kirke, Supt. Victoria General Hos-
pital, Halifax,
New Brunswick.
Miss Hewitt, Supt. General Public Hos-
pital, St. John.
.:\lrs. Richards, Supt. nctol'ia Public Hos-
}Ii tal. Freùericton.
Quebec
Miss ColJe
', C.N.A., 133 Hutcihson St.,
Montreal.
:\1;ss Colquhoun, C.X.A., :J01
Iackay St.,
;\10n treal.
:\1iss Emily Freeland, R. \ .H,A.A., 285
Mountain St., Montreal.
Miss Hersey, Supt, RO
'al Victoria Hos-
pital,
lontreal.
Miss Lewis, S.C.S.T.S.N., Supt. MaternlLy
Hospital, Montreal.
ligs G.
I. Molony, Supt. Jeffrey Hale's
Hospital. Quebec.
Miss F. 1\1, Shaw, C.N,A, T.N., St. Agatha,
Qubec.
:\11ss L. E. Young, Asst. Supt. Montreal
General Hospital, Montreal.
:\Uss 1\1. VernOn Young, M.G.H.A.A., 36
Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal.
Ontario
l!'s. V. A. Lott, B,G.N.A., Brockville.
.\lis::> 1\1orton. G.1\1.H.A.A., Supt. Gen. and
Marine Hospital. Collingwood
Miss MacWililams, R.A.H,A.A., Oshawa,
,MISS Hoblnson, G. H.A.A.,
Bea \ ertan, On t.
Mrs. A. A. Anderson, G.G.H.A.A., 123
Cork St., Guelph.
Miss Deyman, 87 Victoria A venue, Ham-
Ilton.
Mrs Newson, 87 Pearl St. N., Hamilton.
Mrs. Tilley, K.G,H.A.A., 228 Johnstûn St.
Kingston. '
:\lIs8 Trout, R,.-\.H.A.A., Fergus, Ünt.
MiS6 1\1. A, l\1acKen2:ie, Chief Lady Supt,
V.O.N., Somerset St., Ottawa.
Ir!". L
'man, 2112 Somersl-'t St., Ottawa.
)Iiss Cal'soll, Supt. General Hospital
Owen Sound.
Miss
I. A. Ferguson, P.G.N,A.. 4ï6 Bena.
cord St.. Peterl'oro,
Miss Barwick, 'I'.C.R.N., 644 Spadina Ave.,
Toronto.
Miss DevelIin, G.H.A.A., 505 Sherbourne
St.. Toronto.
:\1IS8 Ewing, T,C.R.N" 569 Bathurst St.,
Toronto.
Miss Butchart, T.W.H.A.A., 563.-\ Bloor
St, "V.. Toronto.
:'IUss l\IcXeil R.H.A.A., 505 Sherbourne
St.. Toronto.
Ilss E. R. Grt-'t-'nf'. T.G.N.í'., Hospital for
Incur,llES.
\Jiss Hodgson, 18 Foxhar Rd.. Toronto,
Miss Jamieson, G.N.A.O., 28 \Yoodlawn
Ave. E.. Toron to.
:!23
Miss Kelly, St. M.H.A.A" 507 Sherbourne
St., Toronto.
Miss Lennox, T,G.H.A.A" 107 Bedford
Rd.. Toronto.
.:\Iiss P. :Murray V.H,A.A., London. Ont,
Iiss Barnard, H,S.C.A.A., 608 Church St.,
Toronto,
Miss L, L, Rogers, Supt. School for
Xur!"es, 908 Bathur!"t 8t" Toronto.
:\Iiss Alice J, Scott, G.X.A.O" 11 ChicOl'a
Ave., Toronto.
Manitoba.
Miss Gauld, M.A,G.N., 375 Langslde St..
\Vinnlpeg.
Miss Birtles, Supt. General Hospital.
Brandon.
Miss Gilroy, W.G.H.A.A., 48 Harriet St.,
Winnipeg.
:\Iiss :\Iayou. Shoal Lake.
Miss McKibbon, 375 Langside St., Win.
nlpeg.
:\rr
. P. H. Sniùer. Portage la Prairie.
)'lan.
Miss I. M. Stewart, 407 Pritchard Ave.
Winnipeg.
Saskatchewan.
Miss Blake-ley, Supt. Queen Victoria H\.1s.
pltal, Y orkton.
Miss Chalmers, Supt. Victoria Hospital,
Regina.
Miss Heales, Supt. V,O. Hospital, Me.,
fort, Sask.
)IiSR Hawley, FOrt-a
m-Corne.
Alberta
Miss Scott, Supt. General Hospital, Cal.
gary.
Miils M. M. Lamb, Fort Saskatchewan,
AHa.
Miss E. P. Mckinney. C.G.N,A" Calgary
Miss L. Matthews. E,G.N.A" Edmonton
Miss G. A. Mitchell, Supt. Isolation Hos-
pital, Edmonton.
British Columbia
:\liss Judge, V.G,N.A., Box 597 Vancouver,.
Miss McDonald, Supt. Provo Royal Jubi-
lee Hospital, VICtoria.
Miss Ethel Morrison, T.N.C., 1442 E1fort\
St., Victoria, B.C.
Miss Evans, Supt, Kootenay Lake Gen-
eral Hospital, Nelson.
Miss Green, Supt. Gen. Hospital, Golden,
Miss Roycroft, A.A.V,G.H., Vancouver.
Yukon Territory.
Miss Burkholder, Hospital of the Good
Samaritan, Dawson.
The United states of America
MIss Stewart, Teachers' Co))ege, Colum-
bia University, New York,
Miss Flaws, Supt. Butterworth Hospital.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Iiss Bella Crosby, 41 Rose Ave., Presl..
dent,
Miss E. B. Barwick, 644 Spadina Ave.,
Vice-President.
l\1iss 1\1. E. Christie, 19 Classic Ave., Sec.-
Treas,
Miss E. Ross Greene, Supt. Hospital for
Incurables.
Miss E. J, Jamieson, 23 Woodlawn Ave, E.
Assistant EdItors.
:\Ilss F, Madeline Shaw, Ste. Agathe. Que.
Miss 'VUson, Supt. General Hospital.
\Vlnnipeg.
Miss McFarlane. Supt. General Hospital,
Vancouver,
Mrs. O'Brien. 121; McCanl St. Toronto.
Mls
Hargrave. B,A" 1600 Clarkson St..
Denver, Col.
Editor.
l\'Il!"s nella Cro!"by, 41 ROse Ave.
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TIlE CANADIAN NURSE.
fðitnrial
A SERIOUS QUESTION,
Tlw question of the amalgamation of tlw two Asso(,iation
- Tlw .\sso('Ía-
tion of Hospital Superintendf'nts of Canada and TIlt' Canadian
o('iet
" of
Superintendents of Training SdlOOls for Xnr
es-,,"ill come heforl' the eonypn-
tion at Xiagara Fall
in )Iay.
\ll Superintendents of Hospitals and Superin-
tendents of Trainillg Schools-in fa('t. all nnrses- arl J keenl
- interested in
this qlH'stioll.
Iudl may he said against tlw multiplication of organizations.
hut is it an UlHIP(,f'SSar
" multipli('ation in this instance! The pl'Ohlems of th('
Sup<:,rintelldent of thl' Training: School are not the prohlems of thp Hospital
uperintendellt.
It is true that, in Illan
" of th(-' smalJ(-'r hospitals, one {WI'son holds hoth pusi-
tions. hut when we think of the vast numher of nurs('s ,,"hu will h<:, affeeted
hy the loss of the identity of tlw
uperintendents of Tn1.Ínillg' S('hools for
Xurses, the gran' importance of this question is forcihl,'- hrought home to
(',"pry nursr in Canada.
THE NEW GENERAL HOSPITAL.
The cornerstune of the new Toronto Gl'neral Hospital was laid on
\pril
] 1 th, at 11 a.m,. hy His Excellenc.,". Earl Grey. GOH'rnor-(-h>neral of Canada.
)[1'. ,1. ,Yo Fla,'ell(-', chairman of thl
Roard of GoY('rnors. prt'sidt'd. .\ddresses
,,'ere gi'"en hy. President Falconer, of tlJl> eniversity. )löyor n('al'
-, Sir .JanH's
\Yhitney and His Ilonor. Lielltl'nant-Goyernor Gihson. Hl"", Dr. Carman rpad
the Twpnt.'--third Psalm. and Bishop Sweelley offered praYPI's appropriate to
the ol'casion. [lis EX('ellen('
", Earl Ure.'-, tlH'Il prOl'errl.ed to la
- the l'UrIll'l'-
stone with thl' beautiful silyer trowel. suitahl
- engTan>ù. whil'h ""as prt'sented
to him for the purpOSl>. His Excellpney ga,"p a short address. and the singing'
of the
ationöl .\nthem closed this interesting and important ('f'rf-'mon,\".
FORWARD ALWAYS,
Anotl1l'r stpp gained ill the forward march of Registratioll for Xurses
The nllrSl'S of Or('gon ha'"e Sl'l'u)'('d Rtatl' Hegistnltion.
liss LilHl<I G. Hi('h-
ard
on. who was appointpd to look aftpI' thp illtf'l'Psts of the Bill at the (.apital.
!-;tatf-'S :-" Thl' Oregon Bill for Hegistration passed throu
!:h hoth houst's
>It * without suffl>rillg' mutilation ill any ,yay * >It >It.. This spl'aks
\ Ohlllll'S fOJ' the ('ar(-'fnI. ta<-tful ""ork of )[iss Hiehardsoll. TIll' Examining
Board is ('ompospd entirely of nnrses.
.. The Canadian Xnr!o,e" extends its most heart,' eongrat,Ilations to tIll'
Ol'l'gOll
tatl'
\ssoeiation of Graduate Xlirses.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
225
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION.
The International Commission on Control of Bo,"Üw Tuberculosis met in
Buffalo on .Fehruary 27th. It was decided to prepare 1-1 pamphlet 011 this im-
portant snh,ject for wide distributioIl. Information of this kind will be of
immense value in educating the public to the dangers of impure milk. '.
\n
ounce of pre,"ention is worth a pound of ('111'f''' is always applicable. This
Commission llIpets in Toronto late in .Auugst.
THE QUEEN'S NURSES' MAGAZINE.
This magazine, no\\ in its seventh ,'olume, has entered upon a new stage
in its history. The Council of the Queen's Institute, realizing the value of
the magazine to Queen'8 Xurses. has undertaken the financial and business
managenlPnt. An Editorial Committee has been appointed, of which :\Iiss
Amy Hughes is President and :\Iiss L.
-\.. )Ianle has been appointed Assistant
Editor.
Lady IIermoine Blackwood ha;o; done noble \York in establishing this
magazine, ha ,"ing horne the whole burden during tllPse six years. Queen '8
Xnrses. and, indeed, all nurses. owe her their deep and ahiding gratitude.
THE NEED EMPHASIZED.
Kai Liaki. thl' journal of tlw nnrses of Xew Zealand. gIYIng some oh-
sen"ations of nnrsf'S \yho ha"e visited England, sa
"s:-
.. There i
pradicall
' no protedion for the trained nurSe in England. \Vo-
men with littlt-, or no training at all get work as easil.," as those holding hos-
pital certifi('ates. The majority of tllP mf'dical men and trainpd llUl'ses are
making a big: fight for
tate Registration, and the public are at last waking
Ill' to tlw fad that thpy are often defrauded. and instead of having skilled
Ilursing for ('<-1st's ot illn(-'ss, are often attf'ndpd hy ignorant women."
It is only \\'llPn such an opportunity make
it possible to compare condi-
tiolls that the nurses of Xew Zealand rpalize how much
tate Registration has
<lOllt' to,\"ards kt'pping up the stand
rd of nnrsing there.
The sa II\(' lac' k of protection is found here. But there is a hopeful indi-
('ation thHt nllrses all O'"er Canada are heginning to realizE' that an t-'arnt:'st,
('ombined p!fort must be made to correct this condition of things.
"\\Till the tpstimony of the Xew Zealand nurses not spur ns on to greate)'
and more unitt'(l f-ondea\"or to place our profpssion on thp high plane it should
Ùl'cnpy. and g'i\'e to its membt'rs the benefits and prote('tion uf Rt-'gistratioll.
THE TRIENNIAL MEETING,
The tripnnial nweting of the Canadian Xational Association of Trained
Xllrses will lw held at the Puhlic Library, Xiagara Falls, Canada. )Ia
' 22nd.
lDl1. at
0 'doe!\: in the afternoon.
\.ll affiliated associations are earnestly
l'equestèc1 to
end delegates to this meeting at which it is proposed to complete
the organization of the Society. receive reports and elect officers for the en-
uing thref' ypal's. " Addresses will he delivered hy )[is
Goodril'h. Prf'sident
Anwrican Xational Association. and hy )[iss Sni\'t.'ly. President of .. The Cana-
tlian Xational
\sso("iation of Trained Xurses."
226
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
NOVA SCOTIA GRADUATE NURSES' ASSOCIATION,
The monthl
" meeting of the Kova Scotia Graduate Xurses' Association
was held at Restholm on April 1st. Owing to tlH' una,'oidable aLsence of sev-
eral members of the Executive Committee during the month of April. it was
decided that the proposed sale of ","or!, in aid ofaXurses' Sick Benefit Fund
should be postponed until the autumn, the <,ommittef's remaining as previously
elected.
.:\Iiss Kirke and the nnrses of the Vidoria General Hospital. and ::\Iis-;
Sampson and the nurses of the Xova Scotia Hospital. have promised to makf'
themselvt's respectively r<'sponsible for the prirwipal hooths of faricy and plain
work. Thf' Department of a .xursery Booth is to be in charg-e of .:\Iiss F:Fraser,
R.X., of the Halifax Children's Hospital, assisted by nurses of Hestholm and
Jliss 'Y ray ton.
Contrihutions of several articles for the sale have already heen recei,'p,!
from members of thf' Association and from others interested in the object.
Jlonthly reports from the secretary and treasurer were submitted. The
registrar reported that the number of private nurses registering this sprin
had been insufficient for the demand.
During the lllonth of :\Iarch forty-one cal.ls for Graduate X l1rses had hec!}
recei,"ed. On two occasions attendants (uncertified nurses) had been accepte.l
as suhstitutes; on thref' oc('asions Gralluates had been temporarily supplied
from the Hestholm staff, and for two caDs no provision could be made. ::;e,'eral
ÌIll'mlwrs on the Register of Private Xurses had recently left the city, :\liss
-\rchihald.
\Iiss Horton. Jliss :
\Iurray and
Iiss
Iinard to pra(.tice their pro--
fe::;sion in 'Vest ern Canada;
liss Barrington tra veling in Europe, and
lis"
Graham also on a vacation trip.
Other nurse
had ac('epted institutional vacancÌl>s: Jliss E. Corey, Supt.
X urse, Kpntville Sanatorium; Jliss K. Dowd. Head X l1rse. .J ohn Backster's
Hospital. {T.R..:\.. Jliss J1. 'Yrayton is
llp('rintf'rl(l(>nt S1. .Toscph's Hospital,
Glace Bay. .:\liss }'. Sheridan is on staff (temporarily) of Halifax Children's
Hospital.
liss Corhret-'n is on staff at Restholm, Ha)ifax; .:\Iiss K. Christian
on staff of Restholm, HaliÏax.
\Iisses Bpttier and Sl111i,"an are on staff of
If'dical and Surgical Hospital. Bar Harhour, (T.
.A.
BIRTHS.
CARDER -l)pl'emher
4th. 19]0, to Dr. and .Jlrs. E. D. Carder, a daughter.
Irs. Carder was formerly .:\liss B. .JlcLellnan. Vancollver Gt-'neral Hospital.
p ...\IX-
-\ t Fishen'ille, on Fehruary 4th, to Dr. and .Jlrs. ...\lbert Pain, a son.
.Jlrs. Pain (nee :\Iargaret
Iclrosp) is p graduate of Hamilton City Hos-
pitaL Class '09.
CIIlIjD
-.\t 119 Hughson Ht. Xorth, II
.miltolJ, on Fehrllar
' 1;
th. to 'Yo II.
and .:\Irs. Childs, a son. .:\Irs. Childs (nf'e .Josie :\Iayne) is a gradl1atf' of
Hamilton City Hospital. Class '()6.
Ic)L\HO
-At 212 'Vest Fortieth .
t.. Xpw York. on F(>hrm.r
' tlth, to Dr.
am1 --,\Irs. .John J. :\Ic
lahon, a son. .Jlrs. JI('
Iahon (nee Frawley) is a
graduate of Rt.
Iichael's Hospital.
OFFICIAL
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
DEPARTMENT.
f"
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military
Nursing Service.
The Canadian Permanent Army Medical
Service (Nursing Branch).
The Canadian Society of Superintendents
of Training Schools for Nurses.-
President, :Miss 1\Iackenzie, Chief
Supt. V.O.N., 578 Somerset St" Ot-
tawa; Secretary, Miss Scott, 11 Chi-
cora Ave., Toronto,
The' Canadian National Association of
Trained Nurses. - President, Miss
Snively, St. Catharines; Sec.-Treas.,
1\Iiss F,
I, Shaw, Ste. Agathe, Que.
The Association of Hospital Superinten-
dents of Canada.-Presldent, Mr. H.
E. Webster, Secretary Royal Victoria
Hospital, Montreal; Secretary, Dr. J.
N, E. Brown, Medical Supt. General
Hospital, Toronto.
The Canadian Nurses' Assoclatlon.-
President, ::\'[iss Phillips, 45 Argyle
Ave, :Montreal; Cor. Secretary, l\liss
CoUey, 133 Hutchison St.
The Manitoba Association of Graduate
Nurses.-P r esldent, Mrs. Bruce HilI,
Corner Ellice and Carlton Streets,
Winnipeg; Secretary, Miss Isabel
Gauld, 375 Langside st., Wln;1ipeg.
The Nova Scotia Graduate Nurses' As-
sociatlon.-President, Miss Pember-
ton, "Restholm," Halifax; Secretary,
Miss Kirke, Supt. Victoria General
Hospital, Halifax.
The Graduate Nurses' Association of
Ontario.-Pesident 1\Iiss Bella Cros-
by, 41 Rose AVe.; Rec. Sec., Miss E,
R. Greene, Hospital for Incurables,
Toronto.
The Victorian Order of Nurses.-Mlss
Mackenzie, Chief Superintendent, 578
Somerset St" Ottawa,
The Guild of St. Barnabas for Nurses.
The Brockvllle Graduate Nurses' Asso.
clatlon.-President, Mrs. V. A. Lott;
Sec., Miss l\I. Ringer.
The Collingwood G. and M. Hospital
Alumnae Asoclatlon.-Presldent, Miss
Knox; Secretary, Miss J. E. Carr, Col-
lingwood.
The Calgary Graduate Nurses' Assocla-
tlon.-President, Miss Dewar, 824 4th
Ave. West; Secretary, Miss Ruther-
ford, 506 4th St. West.
The Edmonton Graduate Nurses' Asso-
ciation.-President, Miss Mitchell;
Secretary, :'III's. :\lanson, 630 Sixth St.,
Harriston.
The Ottawa Graduate Nurses' Assocla-
tlon.-President, ::\Irs. Douglas, 366
Daly Ave, Ottawa; Secretary. Miss
Snow, Kurses' Club, Somerset st., Ot-
tawa.
The Fergus Royal Alexandra Hospital
Alumnae Association.-President, 1\1iss
Lloyd, Durham, Ont.; Sec., ::\liss North
Harriston,
The Galt General HospItal Alumnae As-
sociatlon.-President. Mrs. Wardlaw:
Secretary, Mi!3s Adair.
The Guelph General Hospital Alumnae
Association.-President, Miss J. J.
Frew: Cor. Sec., 1\Iiss 1\1. 'Yalker, 263
Grange St.
The Hamilton City Hospital Alumnae As-
sociation.-President, Miss X. J. BUr-
nett; Cor. See" :'I1iss Etta McLeay,
The :\lountain Sanatorium.
227
r:- .
, ;;:..
.
-:-
The London Victoria HospItal Alumnae
Association.-President, Miss Lyons;
Sec., l\1iss Roche, Victoria Hospital,
London, Onto
The Kingston General Hospital Alumnae
Assoclatlon.-President, 1\Iiss Frances
Wilson, Union St" Kingston; Secy,
Mrs. W. J. Crothers, Jr., 86 Barrie
St.
The Montreal General Hospital Alumnae
Association.-President, Miss K. H.
Brock, 59 Park Ave., Montreal; Cor,
Secy., Miss S. Ethel Brown, 26 Mel-
bourne Ave., Westmount.
The Montreal Royal Victoria Hospital
Alumnae Association. - President,
Miss Grant; Secretary, Mrs. Edward
Roberts, 135 Colonial Ave., Montreal.
The Ottawa Lady Stanley Institute Alum-
nae Assoclatlon.-President, Mrs. C.
T. Ballantyne; Secy.-Treas., Miss M.
K. Gallaher.
The St. Catharlnes G. and M. Hospital
Alumnae Association-President. Miss
hòtlUCk; Secretary, Miss E. M. EI-
The Toronto Central Registry of Gradu-
ate Nurses.-Registrar, Miss Ewing,
569 Bathurst St.
The Toronto General Hospital Alumnae
Associatlon.-Pr
ldent, Mrs. A. E.
Findlay, 649 Church St.; Cor. Secy.,
!l-lrs. N. Aubin.
The Toronto Grace Hospital Alumnae
Association.-President, Miss De Vel-
lin, 505 Sherbourne St.; Secretary,
Miss Allen, 71 Grenville St.
The Toronto Graduate Nurses' Club.-
President, Miss Connor, 418 Sumach
St.; Sec. Miss E. Ross Greene, US
Sumach St.
The Toronto Hospital for Sick Children
Alumnae Assoclation.-President. 1\li!3s
L. L. Rodgers; Cor. Sec., Miss B.
Goodall, 666 Euclid Ave.
The Toronto Rlverdale Isolation Hos-
pital Alumnae Assoclation.-Presi-
dent, Mi!'õs Mathieson, Supt. River-
rolel Isolation Hospital; Secretary,
Miss Muriel Gale, Riverdale Isolation
Hospital.
The Toronto St. Michael's Hospital Alum-
nae Assoclatlon.-President, Miss
Power, 9 Pembroke St.; Secretary,
Miss O'l\Iara, 9 Pembroke St.
The Toronto Western Hospital Alumnae
Assoclation.-President, Mrs. MacCon-
nell, 125 Major St.; Cor. Secy., Mis!>
Butchart, 563 Bloor St. W.
The Winnipeg General Hospital Alum-
nae Association. - President, Mis!!
Johns, Winnipeg General Hospital;
Secy.-Treas., Miss Hood, 367 Lang-
side St,
The Vancouver Graduate Nurses' As-
soclation,-President, Mrs. W. F.
Salsbury, 1340 Burnaby St.; Secreta!")',
Miss Ruth Judge, General Hospital,
Vancouver.
The Vancouver General Hospital Alum-
nae Association. - President, MI
s
M. Eeharrel, .A::;st. Supt. V.G.H.. Van-
couver: Secretary, Miss 1\1. Wilson.
6ï5 Twelfth A'"e_ 'V.
Th:!! Victoria Trained Nurses' Club-PresI-
dent, 1\Ii::;s Keast. Cranberry Gardens:
Secretary, Miss Ethel :\lol'rison, 1442
Elford St., Yictoria.
The Florence Nightingale Association,
Toronto.-President. 1\1iss :\L .-\. :\Ic-
Kenzie: Seeretarv, :\Iiss J. C, "-arde))
141 I'elaware Ai'e.
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THE OANADIAN NURSE.
OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION, TORONTO GENERAL
HOSPITAL.
President, :Mrs. Findlay, 649 Cburch St.: First Vice-President. Miss Ellis, General Hos-
pital; Second Vice-Presiilent,
lrs. H. Richie; C9rresponding Secretary, 11rs. Aubin, care cf
J. \V. Flaw'lIe, Esq,. Queen's Park; R.ecording Secretary,
fiss Janet Xeilson. 295 Carlton
S1.; Treasurer,
Irs. PeIlatt, 7 \Vells Rt,
Board of Directors----'Mrs. McPherson, Miss Mary Roberts, 11iss Cowling.
Conveners of Committees-Sick Visiting, :Miss Brereton; Registration. 11iss Bella Crosby;
Programme, :\liss
I. E. Christie; Social and Lookout, 11is8 Kilgour; Press and Publication,
;\Jiss Julia Stewart; Central Registry, Miss .1. V{. Ferguson, :Miss H. B. Fralick; Canadian
Xur
e
epresentative, :\liss Lennox, 107 Bedford Rd.
Regular meeting, first Friday. 3,30 p.m.
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK
CHILDREN TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES, TORONTO,
Hon. President. :Miss Brent; Presitlent, 1hss Lina Rogers, 908 Bathurst 81.; First Vice-
President, )lif's :\1. Ewing, 369 Bathurst St.; Second Vice-President, 11is8 A. Robertson, 18
\Y almer Rd.; Reeording Secretary,
Iiss :\Ionk, G64 Ontario
t.; Correspolllling Secretar)',
liss B. GoollaIl, G66 Eudid Ave.; Treasurer, 11iss
L \Vilson, 4i Brunswick A \"e,
Diredors-
liss E, J amiesun,
3 W 00 III a\\ n A '-e. E.;
liss (,hartl'rs, 4
;) Carlton 81.; 11i"8
({. Gowans, 5 Dupont St.
Com-eneI' of General Business ('ommittH'. )1Ïss Ewing, 3í19 Bathurst
t.; Convener of
ick Visiting Committee,
liss G. Gowans, 5 Dupont 81.: Pre
s Represf'ntative, 111'8. H. E.
CIutterbuck. 148 Grace S1.; Cana,lian Nurse, 11iss )1. Harnard. 60R Church R1.; Tnvali.J Cook-
ing, 11i8s
lary Gray, ,')0,)
herhourne 81.; Central Registry. 11iss 11cCuaig. 605 Ontario St,;
liss Gray, 505 Sherbourne St.
Regular meeting. secollll Thursday, 3.30 p.m.
GRACE HOSPITAL ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION,
President, ::\Iiss De Yellin, .')().) Sherbourne St.; First Yice-Presidf'nt. :\liss
IcKeowl1;
{'cond Vice-Prf'sident. :\li:,s 11d1iIIan; SeC'retary. 11iss .\IIen. il (Üenyille S1.: Treasurer,
)t:iss
lacpherson, Palmerston Boule\'anl.
Buard of Dire!'tors-ß1iHs ('arnochan,
I iss :\Ionery,
ljss 80anp. :Miss Etta
laePhel'sou
and
liss Thompson.
scial ('ommittee. 11 i
s Shatfon1-. \Irs. ('orrigan and 11iss \V ebstf'r: 8ick Committee,
liss{'s Ir\'Ïne and Gih
on: Conn'ner of Progl'amnlf' ('olllmittee, :\li
s :\Ic:\liIlan; l'Ol1Velh.'r uf
Press and Puhlicatioll Committe(', 1Jiss Smith, 9 Pembroke S1.
Regular meeting-. second Tuesday, 3 p.m.
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL,
TORONTO.
Presitlpnt, :\Ii"s Power, n Pemhroke :'\t.; J.'irst Vice- Presid('nt,
li
s () '('onnor, S1. 11idl-
ael's Hospital; Recond Yice-Pre.
it1{'nt,
lis;;; Ryan, Mil Broatlyiew Aw.; Secretary,
liss
0'
r('ara, 9 Pembroke 81.; Trl'asurer,
liss 11acX {'vin, GS6 EucIicl Ave.
Board of Dtirectors-:àIiss c'rpeue, Hospital for Incurahles;
liss KelIy, 80 Euclid A H
,;
:\li
s Blaney, 3i9 Ontario St.
Secretary-Treasurer Sick Benefit FUll!I-
liss 0 'Connor.
Representatiyes on Central Registry ('ommittee-l\Ji
s Grl'ene and 1IiHs Kimmett, 418
Snmach St.
Representative "The Canadian Kurse' '-
liss Rtuhlwrfi('ld. Home Hospital. Gloucester
St.
Regular meeting,
e('ond :\Ionday, at 3 p.m.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
229
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF THE HAMILTON CITY HOSPITAL.
President,
Iiss
. .T. Burnett, 423
Iain S1. East; Vice-Presitlent,
Irs. A. \V. Xewson,
Sï Pearl S1. .'\orth; Recording SecreÜll"Y. :\Iiss D. E. Street, 20U Hughson St.
orth; Corre-
sponding
t'Cretary,
Iiss Eua
IcLeay,
Iountain 8anÏtorimu.
E
ecutiw Committee-
Irs.
Iargaret Reynolds, Hï Victoria Axe. S.;
Iiss Ida _-\inslie,
-I5 Bay S1. S.;
Iiss Bertha
Iiller. oSï Yietol ia Ave. S.;
Iiss Elizabeth Aitkin. 198 Hughsoll
St. K,;
Ii!o's E. .1. Deyman, Sï Victoria A,e. S.
Regular meeting, first Tuesday.
p,m.
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION, RIVERDALE HOSPITAL, TORONTO.
President,
Iiss
Iath.ieson. Superintendent; Vice-President.
Iiss
lannering; Secretary,
)Iiss
lcElheran, RiH>nlale Hospital; TreasurN,
Iiss Fogarty. corner Pape _-\ve. and Gerrard
St.
Sick Yisiting Committee,
1isses Bishop antI Luney; Programme Committee.
Iisses Stret-
ton, P1iggott aOlI
turphy; Executi'-e Committee. )Ii<:sps (
ate. Whitlam. Day amI
icol.
Rf'prf'
entative.. on Central R{'gistry {'ommittee-)Ii!',,;es Argue allll )Iannering.
Representati,"e "Th(' Cana(lian
urs" '-1Iiss 1leXpil, .)113
herhonrne 8t,
Regular meeting. first Thursllay. S p.m.
THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE ASSOCIATION OF TORONTO.
Honorary Pres
dent.
Ii!'.s
1. .J. Kennedy, 1189 Yates St., Victoria. B.C.; President. )Iiss
)1. A.
IcKenzie. 29u 1Iacpherson Ave.; Yice-Prf'sident. :Mi
s 11. Prquhart. 1)4 Rowanl St.;
ecrf'tary-Trf'asurer,
Ii,s .T. C. Wardell. lïl Delaware Ave.
Boarù of Dirpctors-
Iisses Pringle. "-aIMell, Kimlf'r, Hamilton. Ch'iffith, \\-ilsOll. amI
1[r<:. Valentine.
{'onVf'ner SOl:ial ('ol1lJlIittee-
[iss :McKenzie.
R(>presentatiw<: the ('entral Registry-)Iisses )lcKenzie ana \Ya(lI1el1.
TllP ('anac1ian X l11'
1' Hepresentatiw-)I is;;; )1. S. \Yilson, 434
Iarkham St.
The \<:<:ociation meets every six weeks.
QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S IMPERIAL MILITARY NURSING SERVICE.
\Y
-\R OFFICE, LOXDOX. K"
.. l-J-th :\farch. ] 91 L
Thp fonowing ladit's ha\Te rel'eived appointlllf'nts as Btaff
llrSeS;-
)Iiss Y. L. 'V. Bird.
)Iiss A. Bra(lley.
)Iiss C. Y. E. Thompson.
Transfers to Stations Abroad,
Sisters.
\Iiss E. Fostt'r, to )Ialta. from Royal \Tidoria Hospital.
ptlpy.
Staff Nurses.
)Iiss G. II, Sellar. to Egypt, from )Iilitar
- Ilospit
.tl. CUlTag'h.
)Ii"s K. F. G.
ldnner. to Eg
l)t. from )Iilitar
- Hospital. ('l1rragh.
)Iiss l '. )Ial'raf', to nihraltar. from )IilitaQ- Hospital. York.
Promotions.
The ul1llermentioned Sister to 1)(, )[atron;-
)Iiss F. :\1. Hodgins.
E. )1. )IeCARTIIY,
For )[atron-in-C'hief. Q,.-\.r.)r.:'\.
.
230
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
:!Iy
ral1np
l1rll nf (t)utrt
Give -næ my' Scaflop Sheff 0/ Quiet
Afy staff of faith to 'ZfJalk UPOl1 ,.
1If.-1/ scrip of j
y, immortal diet,
3h' hottle of sah r atioll,
.11/j' gmclJ'l of glorJ', lwpe's trlle guge 7
A 11 t: tllll S. I'll ta k
1Jl'l Y pil grilll11 ge .
Blood mllst óe fil)' !Jo((JlS /Jalmer;
/I/o other balm ';(lill there be gi'i.'ell;
H'lzilst m)' soul, like quiet palmer,
Travelletlz to'LfJard tile fa l{l of HC{/'Z.'l'Tl.
l1f.-J' SOil! 'if'll! be a-dr.y bejórc,
Bllt, after. it will thz'rst no more'.
"O-rant unto us. Almighty God. of Th
g'uod Spirit. that (luípf heêll'f. and
that patient Imdillf'ss to which Thy eomforting Spirit tomes; that we, being
humble -towards Thee, and loving toward one another. Ilia," !lan. on I' llt'art
prepared for that pea.C'
of Thinp whi
h pass('th understanding; whil'h, if we
have. the storm!'; of life can hurt \IS hut little. and tlU' tar
's {If life n
x tiS not
at all; in prl--'s<,nh:' of whi(.h ù('ath shall losp its sting. and the g'r
nj it..; terror;
and wc. in <'aIm jo.\". \ntlk all tll<' dl-l
's of Ollt np(JointNl tinH'. until our gl'eat
ehange slu\11 comc.
\1llen. "-GcorgC' DawsuIl.
1'HE CANADIAN NURSE.
231
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CANADIAN DISTRICT
MONTREAL-St. John Evangelist, first Tuesday Holy Communion at M. G. H., 615 a.m
Second Tuesday, Guild Service or Social Meeting, 4 p.m. Third Tuesday, Guild Service
at St. John's, 8.15 p.lT!. Last Tuesday Holy Communion at R. V. H., 6.15 a.m.
District Chaþlain-Rev. Arthur French, 158 Mance Street.
District Suþerior-Miss Stikeman, 216 DI'ummond Street.
District Secretary-Miss 2\1. Young, 36 Sherbrooke Street.
District Treasllrer-Mrs. Messurvy. 37 Church Street.
TORONTo-St. Augustine's Parish House, 8 Spruce Street, last Monday, 8 p.m.
Chaþlain-Rev. F. G. Plummer.
SUþerior-Miss Brent.
QUEBEC-All Saints Chapel, The Close. Guild service, fourth Tuesday, 8.15 p,m.
Chaþlain- The very Rev. the Dean of Quebec.
SUþerior-Mrs. \Villiams, The Close.
THE PRAYERS.
I was in Hean'n one da
' wlwn an tllP praycrs
Came in. and angels bore them up the stairs
(Tnto a place where he
\\"ho ,,'as ordained snell ministn"
Should sort them. so that in that palacp hright
The presence-chamber might hI:' duly ùight;
For tlwy \\"(--'re like to Howers of yarious bloom;
_\n<1 a di\'inest fragrance filled. the room.
Then did I see how the great :-;orter chosf'
One Hower that seemed to me a hedgeling rose,
'And from the tangled prf'SS
Of that irregular loyelinf'ss
ct it apart-and-"This," llward him Sê(\',
,. Is for the ::\Iaster:" so npon his way
lIe would have passed; then I to him:-
,. \YIlPn('(' is this rose 'J 0 thou of ('heruhim
TIlt' ehiefest?" "Know'st thou not?" he said and smiled,
"This is the firs1 prayer of a little child."
-T. E. Brown.
The annnal meeting will take plac(' on the 10th 01' ] 7th of June.
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
THE GRADUATE NURSES' ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO.
(INCORPORATED 1908).
President, Miss Bella Crosby, 41 Rose Ave, Toronto; First Vice-President,
Miss A. I. Robinson, Galt; Second Vice-President, Mrs. \V. S. Tilley, Kingston;
Recording Secretary,
Iiss E. Ross Greene, Hospital for Incurables, Toronto;
Corresponding Secretary, Miss Lucy Bowling, 47 Metcalfe St., Toronto; Treasurer,
l\Iiss Mary Gray, 505 Sherbourne St., Toronto. Boal-d of Directors-Miss L. C.
Brent, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Miss A. J. Scott, II Chicora .\ve.,
Toronto; Miss K. Mathieson, Riverdale Hospital, Toronto; Mrs. Mill Pellatt,
7 Wells St., Toronto; Miss Jessie Cooper, 30 Brunswick Ave., Toronto; Mrs.
Downey, 554 College St., Toronto; Miss Janet Neilson, 295 Carlton St., ; Toronto.
!\1iss J. C. Wardell, 171 Delaware Ave., Toronto; Mrs. Yorke. 400 Manning Ave.,
Toronto; Miss M. L. Barnard, 608 Church St., Toronto; Miss Ewing 569 Bath-
urst St., Toronto; Miss O'Connor, S1. Michael's Hospital, Toronto; Miss
Kennedy, 1 Lakeview Ave., Toronto; Miss Jamieson, 23 \Voodlawn Ave., E.,
Toronto; Miss De Yellin, 505 Sherbourne St., Toronto. Conveners of Standing
Committees-Legislation, Miss Mill Pellatt; Revision of Constitution and By-
Laws, Miss M. J. Kennedy. Press and Publication, Miss Brent. Representatives
tl The Canadian Nurse Editorial Board, Miss A. J. Scott, Miss E. J. Jamieson.
Representatives to Local Council of \Vomen, Misses
eilson, \Vardell, Irvine and
Smith.
The EXP(,lltive is anxIOUS that all memlwrs rf'turl1 their hallot papers.
aretl111y marked. not later than
la
" 1 ;')th. so as to allow timf' to {'OUllt "otes
<unl prppare report. Unly those mellllwrs ,dIO are in good stan(1ing 118 \'e re-
cei,'ed hallot papers. The eonstitntion sa
's :-"
o lllPllllwr shall hold offil'e or
'"ote at any lllel'ting who is ill arrears to 1 he trl'a'-;lll'(>r."
\ll lllellllH-'r
are
IIrgt'ntly r(--'(lU(>stpd to inquire into thpir standing. itS it is partil'ularl.\" (ll'sil'ahlp
that all l1u..>lllhefs should he ill a' position to \'ote on the proposed Bill for
I: egistra tion.
relllhers attt'nding th(' annual llH'eting "'ill kindly note arrang('lllent s
J'(> raihnlY ratt's in April Humber.
Tlw proposed Bill appparecl ill .. TIll' Canadian
nrse" for
[al'(.h. B,'ing
.\ Olli' cOP.\' with YOll. InfOl'lIIation HS to aC('ollllllodation at :'\iagal'a FHlIs ma,\"
1)1' ohtaÏ1wd from :\liss HO
PL'S. Sllpel'illtplldent Gellt'J'al Hospital.
ia!!al'a
Falls. Ont.
The tl'easl1l'('r's nallle and add)'('s" app('ar in the aho,.e list of the Exe('lJti\'t
.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
233
CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, 1910.
As the months go round and the time for an annual report of the Yictorian
Order of
urse:s returns, we take a survey of the many branches throughout
the Dominion. note a gain here. a loss there. a deepening and a strengthening
in some parts, and a laxity in others, and then decide whether or not the year
has been a succe
sful one. The year which has just closed has been a
hard one in man
' ways, but, when all is told, it must be said it has been a
\"ery satisfactory one.
From the statistical returns, we have increasf's to report. The nurses have
eared for. in the distrids and hospitals, ] 8.189 patients. and the district nurses
have made 127,353 visits. .!,
93 of which were in answer to night calls. Five
hundred and eighty-one days' continuous nursing were reported. The in-
('rease
over last year's reports are: 3,609 patients, 26,727 visits, 3,2;-)6 night
calls and 3] 'l
days' ('ontinuons nursing.
Forty-nine nurses have been admitted into the Order-six of whom were
re-admissiolls-three are on the rf'Sf'rve list and 27 ha\"e resigned. Of these,
11 have retired to be marrieù. one to take up other work, two from unfitness
for the work. three on account of ill-health. and ]0 from other causes. The
total numher of nurs('s now working for the Order-not counting tllt' emer-
gency and relief nurses-is] 60. an increase of nine. They arf' distributed as
follows: Yictorian Order nurses in the hospitals, :32; Yietoria Order nurses in
the districts. 64; nurses taking the pO!-5t-graduate course in the training homes
of the Urder, :37; nurses in training in the hospital training schools, 27.
Thirt
'-nine visits of inspedion have been made by the Chief Superinten-
dent, and nine with a view to organizing.
Thref' nf'\\' branches have heen opened. viz.; Districts at Yictoria. B.C..
and Cobalt, Ont., and a small emergency hospital. under the Revelstoke Hos-
piÚl] Societ
.. at 'Chase, B.C.
Xine branches have increased their nursing staffs during the year, viz.:
Vancol1vf'r, R<>velstoke, Y orkton, \Vinnipeg, :North Ray, Ottawa, )IontreaJ
To-
ronto. Sydney.
The losses to })f' recorded are: Queen's Hospital, Rock Bay, which was
burned during the snmmer. The Columhia Coast l\Iission will rebuild there,
( Continued on page 240)
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
THE CANADIAN NURSES' ASSOCIATION AND REGISTER FOR GRADU-
ATE NURSES-ESTABLISHED 1895-INCORPORTED 1901
President-l\Iiss PhilJips.
Vice-Presidents-l\Iiss Tedford and l\liss Colquhoun.
Treasurer-1\Iiss Des Brisay.
Registrar-
1rs. Berch, 175 l\Iansfield Street.
Reading Room-The Lindsay Building, Room 611, 51b St. Catherine Street
'Yest.
Lectures-From November until l\Iay, inclusive, in the
Iedico-Chirurgica}
Society Rooms, the first Tuesday in the month, at 8 p m.
The usual monthly committee meeting was held on
-\pril 4th in the
Xurses' Reading Room. For the first time in several months. only a few
names wprt-> handed in to he proposed at the meeting on Tuesday evening.
Dr. T. A. Starkey g"H"e a most interesting lecture on ,. H
'giene. " He
showed some slides picturing different microbes. and explained that these
microhes depend('d on heM and moisturl' for life. The direct rays of the sun
are powerful germ destroyers. thereforp ward off disease by a plentiful supply
uf fresh air and sunlight. It is not enough to help the patient back to health;
you must teach him how to keep wpU h
' explaining the value of cleanliness.
h'esh air and sunlight.
lIe told of his experience in jails and slums, where filth was so often re-
sponsible for disease.
Iiss Leafoni proposed a vote of thanks to Dr. Starke
' for his most inter-
esting ledure. and a so<,ial cup of coffee hrought the meeting to a close.
Iiss \ï,-iall Petrie. Englewood Hospital, X.J.. is on night dut
- at Lachine
General Hospital.
The C.
.A. pxtend their s
'mpathy to
\Iiss Smarden, who rec(.>ntly lost her
mother.
:\Iiss PhiHips ami
\liss Bie! were the guests of the \Voman's Cluh at tllPir
dinner, given in commemoration of the nìnetef'llth birthday of tlwir organi-
zation. Afterwards, many of the members repaired to the Coni('al Chamber.
Board of Trade. and listened with interf'st to Dr. Perrin, of Boston, who gmTI'
the history of the origin of tIw Franklin
quare IIous
. lIe felt sure there
would be no difficulty in se('uring Rueh a club in :\[ontreal. and it would mean
so much to many hundreds of girls who at present ;ue obliged to Iiye in indif-
ferent lodgings. C'olonf'l Burland and )I r. IIanna also spoke in fayor of such
an lIudertalÜng and offered some suggestions.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
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HOSPITALS AND NURSES
The Graduate
lu'Ses of
askatchewan have organized a Provincial ARRo-
ciation. Jliss Jean E. Browne, Graduate Toronto General Hospital, Cla:ss
'10. who luts recent1
. heen appointed SdlOOl XUl'se in Regina. is the secre-
tary. '\\
e wish this Asso(.iê-\tion every SlH'ceSR in its work.
Uiss E. J. Jamie
on. of the
dlOOl
ursilig Staff. Toronto, is on sick
lea ve, and JUts gont:' to Sault Ste. ::Uarie to recuperate.
Miss Clara Evans. Graduate Toronto GelH'ral Hospital. Class '01, is As-
istant Buperintpndent at presf'nt at the Hospital for Incurables.
The nurses of Brandon met on the
--Uh of February and organized. Jlany
matters of intel'est \Yere disel1ssed. A Ill'W regulation \nls adopted re rates for
privatt:' nursing: ] nff'etions casf'S, $-!.OO per day: maternity cases, $2;5.00 per
week; general work. $
LOO per "'eele
.:\Iiss .:\lary )lartin. \dlO has been Superintendent of the Royal Columbian
Hospital, H.( '., for the vast eight years, has resigned. Addresses of apprecia-
tion from the Hospital Board and -the X nrslng Htaff were presented to
Iiss
)lartin. The position is no\v filled by
\Iiss Jessie '
cott, formerly
\ssistallt
Lady Superintendent of Toronto -General Hospital. and late Superintendent of
Calgary General Hospital.
.:\Irs. \rilliamson. )latron of' "13rooklands" HospitaL Cape Breton, has
resigup(l to take up tllP work of assistant to the )leclit'al Health Officer of
Fort ,\Villialll.
)1iss Putman, Uradllatp of )loutrpal Generê-\l ] lospital. has taken charge
of .. Brooklallds" Hospital.
The aunual dinner gin'n hy thp Alulllna(' Assol'iation of tllP Royal Yic-
toria Hospital to the graduMing- elass. took plal'p in the Xllrses' HOIllP on
Thursday.
lëH'(.h :
Oth. at 8 p.Uloo when graduates from nearly every class were
present. six of the first class of ] 8
ö heing among the number. The dining
room was prpttil.,- del'orated with pink carllations, smilax and pink ribhons.
The ùinrwl' \Yêl
exct-'edingly nice, and the various speeches in respon::.e to tlw
toasts were Hllll'h clljoyed. )liss )Iclntosh was toast-mistress. )Iiss Grant.
t he President. gan:, tht' tOë-lst to .. The King." and read a lettpr fnll of good
\, ishes to old and liew graduates from the former Prt:,sident. .:\liss Gilmour.
jEss Clint. iu proposing the toast to "Tlu- Gra.duates." made a very happy
.slwech, whit'h Wê-\" l'f'sponded to uy .:\Iiss Turner,
liss Bryf'P replieù to the
toast of "The Gon'rllors." speaking of thpir kind intL'rt'st in the work and
})leasute of tIlt' lJurst's. :\lis:s Donn'i]]c proposed the health of )Iis:5 I [ersey,
the Sup('riuÌ(-'lldellt. and )liss Goodhue, in a very feeling and delightful man-
lier, spoke of "Our
\hsl'nt Friends." seatterpd as they are now an over the
globe, and of th(' comparatiYel
' few, we are glad to say, who have passed
to thp "Grp<lt Beyond," hut WhOIll we stiJJ cherish in our ht'arts.
TllP graduating ('lass. \dlÌeh nlUBbers nineteen, finish their COHrse on
April 5th. \\'hell tlw graduating exprpisps will 'lw lwld. The good wi
IH1S of
the Alnnlllêl('. uf \Yhieh Wt-' hOj)t:' the
- will all hf' ml
Ulhers. go with them in their
,'arious splu'rps of \HU'k. and we trust tlwy will look haek with p}eë-lslU'p to tlll
flinner of 1911.
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
:\Iiss 1IcLeod, Graduate of Royal Vie.toria Hospital, '1Iontreal, Class '06.
who has been in San Francisco. engaged in the nursing work of the General
Hospital there, has returned to
lontreal, and is now in charge of the woman's
medical ward in the R.V.H.
)Iiss Tolmie, Superintendent of the John H. Stratford Hospital, Brantford,
and .l\Iiss )IcXeill, Head Xurse, have resigned. These ladies have been connected
with the hospital for twenty years, and have done splendid work. often under
discouraging conditions, and it is with great reluctance that their resignations
have been accepted.
The Graduate Xurses of Brandon have recently formed an
\ssbciation,
and the following officers have been elected: Hon. Pres., 1Iiss E. Birtles, Supt.
General Hospital; President, )Iiss C. Kettles, 0
8 Louise Ave.; First Vice-
President, 11rs. J. Keating, 338 Louise
-\ ve.; Second Vice-President, )Iiss 11.
Foote, 10--1: First St.; Secretary-Treasurer. 11iss R. F. Ashcroft, General Hos-
pital. The nurses have felt for some time the need of this Association. In the
past so many non-graduates and experienced nurses have been engaged in the
work, and the fees charged have varied so much, that an organization of some
kind was necessary for the protection of both nurses and patients. "\Ve are
now conducting our own Registry, and are proud of the flourishing condition
of our Association. Brandon nurses want Provincial Registration, and our
Association is prepared to help in any way possible.
R. F. ASHCROFT, Secretary.
The officers and members of the Toronto "\Vestern Hospital Alumnae Asso-
ciation entertained their friends at their annual "At Hume" on Thursday
evening, .1\farch 30th, in the Nurses' Residence. 2-1 Rosebery Ave. The gradu-
ating c1a
s contributed a very enjoyable programme of music and readings.
Refreshments were served, and a very pleasant social hour was enjoyed by all.
The regular monthly meeting of the Alumnae ..Association of the Toronto
General Hospital Training 'School for Xurses was held in the lecture room of
the .Kurses' Residence on the afternoon of April 7th. In the absence of the
President, ':\Iiss Ellis, First Vice-President, occupied the chair. Before the
business session closed. the members were delighted to see 1Iiss Snively enter,
and greeted her very enthusiastically.
riss Grace A. Hodgson. latl' Super-
intendent of the Eye Hospitai, )Yashington, gave a most interesting paper Ol
"The Hygiene of the Eye and the Care of a Patient Before and After Opera-
tion for Cataract." Miss Snively followed with a few words of greeting to
the members of the _\ssociation. after which the meeting adjourned.
The regular monthly meeting of the Central Hegistry was held on 1
onday.
April 3rd. at 569 Bathurst St.. Jliss Fralick in the chair. :\lembers present:
)Iisses .:\Iannering. Argue, .:\IcJlillan. JltKenzie. JlcCuaig and Gray.
Registrar's report for 1Iarch, Hill: Registry calls, 217; personal caBs,
3:
visiting nurse, 4; an increase of 91 calls over 1Iarch. 1910.
Sixteen nurses joined Registry in
Iarch. 19] 1. 1Iemhers un Hegistl'Y.
:185. T,,"o resignations were received, 1Iiss .J. Stewart and 11iss Scarlet. Two
applications were considered and aCèepted. JIiss {Trquhart. Li,'erpool; Jliss
Bl'nnett. Greenwich. England.
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
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atment of cirrhosis of the liver and its attendant disorders.
A three ounce bottle mailed on request.
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23M
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
Fimllll'ial statement: Balancp in
ayings 8('(>01111t, *1.0
:
.00; halaIH'e in
current a('('ount. Jlarch 1st. $5-:1:7.72; r
ceived during Jla1'ch, ft'
s, $1:3:l90; re-
ceived during :\Iarch, charts and clips. $8.7.'): cash ill hand, $12.2U. Expendi-
ture: Canadian Xurse advertisement. :\[a1'c11. quarter-pagl', $
.OS; :\1iss Bran-
don. eharity casp. $6.uO; Miss Connor. salary Fehruary 20th to )Iarch 20th.
$40J)(): t IlP Commercial Pr
ss for postcards. telephone pads and receipt forms,
$8.30: Bell Telephone Co., extra entry, six months. $2.00; long-distance mes-
sage 70 ('('uts. stamps $l.:
O. $2.00: :\1. Ewing, salary and office, $70.00-$] :30.58.
::\1. G-RA Y. Se('rptary pro tem.
Jliss Snin'l.'" is in Toronto for a couplp of weeks.
he pXlwds to rf'turn
in the autumn to remain.
The gTaduah-'s of the Toronto G(--'lleral Hospital tpnder thl'ir most sincere
sympathy t'o JIiss Annie 1. Brown in IH'r sore hereavement in the loss of her
fatlwr.
The unrses uf
ydney, X.S. "T.. Australia. prupused tu have a Xurses' Cluh.
2nd planned to rai
(-' the nppessary funds hy nurses' su'hscription of eapital
and hy dp}wntnr('s. Thf' sum of tl."lIO was to h(' suhs('ri}wd hy tlw nursps in
share::. of five shillings ea('11. Fi \'p thousand and thr
e :shares have been
bought by the nurst's, whit'h t('stifips to their f'agerness to have their own cluh.
:\[iss ('hristilla nail, Graduate of till' Toronto General Hospital Training
School. has }wen appointed Distrid
lll)Print(>ndpnt of tIH-' Ottawa hranch of
the Yictol'ian Order of Xurses.
)[iss .Ellt-'n Aikman. Graduate of the '.JIassaehusetts General Hospital
Training
('hool. Boston, has reeeiYl-'d the appointment of Rlqwrintendent of
the
wan Riyer Hospital (Y.O.X.).
:\liss :\[iriam 'Vanh'ss, Sup<,rintt-'ndent of tilt' Freemasons' Hospital. at
.Jlorden. )[ anitoha. died sudd(>nly at that institution on :\Iarch 2-1:th. ::\Iiss
'Yanless ,,-as a g'l'èlduah-' of Htratford f}Plwra} HospitaL and post-graduate
of the ,,,r- uIllan's Hospital. Xew York. She held important positions in several
hospitals. and will he mueh IlIis
H'd h.," her friends ill the profl'ssiun. ::\Iuch
sympath
" is ft-'lt for IW1' mothl'r ;.md sist(,l'S HUrl hrother in their SOI'(-' ht-'reHve-
ment.
Thl--' Florene(' Xightingall-' ...\ss()('iation, at tht'ir regular meeting Oil .\pril
"lth. l'njoyal a soeial l'vt-'ning at the home of )[rs. Butll--'r, 64 IIoward Bt. The
thanks of the
-\sso(.iation arf' dup :\fiss CI>qllhHrt and Iwr ('olllmittE'e for this
hHPP
" arrangenwnt. Thl' I'residpllt. 'Jliss ':\r('KNlzÍp. who 0('('upiN1 tlw ehair.
dplightpd thl' large audience with her humorou
0ppning address. The pro-
gramme consist('d of music' and rl--'('itations, and was contrihuted hy the fol-
lowing :-:\1iss Florpnp(' Butler. :\Iiss Fernhi('. :\Iiss Boirdman, :\Irs. Farmer.
:\Iiss .Jacques and .:\Iiss ('reighten. RefrpshlllPnts w('r(' tlwn :<,(-'1' v (-'(1, and H \'1-'1'.'"
enjo
'ahll-' en'ning' hrought to a dost" The next llll'l-'ting' will he lIPId ill :\1ay.
BIRTH.
TIf{Ll:\G-...\t :\Ioosl'jaw. HHsk.. un ...\pril Gtlt. to :\[r. and :\Irs. Ernest A.
Htil'ling'. a dHughter, :\I1's,
tir\ing (l!(-'e Peal'! C!lamlwrs) is a Gradu-
a
e of TOl'onto l-}eneral HospitaL Class '10.
The Canadian Nurse
A MONTHLY JOURNAL FOR THE NURSING PROFESSION IN CANADA
Vol. VII.
TORO:\TTO, J CXE, 1911
No.6
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THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY. NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO
Fifth Annual Meeting of The Canadian Society
of Superintendents of Training
Schools for Nurses
Held at Niagara Falls, Ont., May 24th and 25th, 1911
:\IpptÌng opelwd with praypr hy Rey, Dr. 'Vallis.
A(ldress of WelCOlllP by :\11'. )1onro Grier. K.C.. President of Hospital
Board.
The following are extracts from his address:
,. I am down on the programme. I think. to deliver an addre;;s of welcome to
a .meeting of thp Canadian R()('iet
. of ::-;upprintend(--'uts of Training School;; for
Xurses, )1adam Pre:;;idpnt has been kind pnough to say that I am going to
address the nwetin!!. and. therefore it se(--'ms somewhat natural that r nep(l not
confine myself abs
hItply to \Hlrd,.; (:f welcunw. but am going ju;;t a litde heyond
that. I am glad. hnwt'ver. that that remark was mach' for this rea ';011. that I
should not like to b
absulutely cunfilwc! to the very pleasant task of "Tph'oming
you. hE'<.-aus(--' I should like to say jn,;t onE' wore} ,,"ith referenl'E' to your..;elves and
to the objeds that you have in view."
.. I refl'r to thi.; morning again. hp('ausp it appears tu he perfe(.tI.'T proper
that on this twenty-fourth da
T of )[a
' wt' allow Ollr deli}wratio!)."; to turn to thi"
01'<11-'1'. to-day }wing Yi(.toria Day, after tlw Empire Day of ye
.;tprday. \Yhat is
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THE CANADIAN NURSE.
tht' ;;;ignifi('al)('p of that with rl fert'uce to your own ill"titution? It app-:'ar::; to
Ill:> to' lie in 1 he deumnillatiun of onr hlte' beloved (
lleell. Wh
ll she was ('aIled
\Tídoria tIll' GOl'll. To m
' mind that í
a most l'harmin'.!' adjundion of ideas.
and when I rptlt--'l'Í UpOll thp ,-ariol1'; das..f'''í of mankind. whether mell or womell.
who han' to-(la
O that vietory over e,-il thing-so I dt'f
- anyone to hring to mind
any das.;; \\-ho"e ()(Ocupation it morp ai;;tinrtI
. i" to overeOIlW eviL whose happy
hOlwur and privilege it i
to h
either XursL's. Snperillh'lHlellts of Xnrse... or in
:m
' o
her \YfI
' {'onnected with hospital \\"()rk. I
!mH-'times think. as donbtle-;,;
all of you think at nu'ious tinw
, that in the mImillg' of thin
',;; tlH-'re is not all
meaning. If I ma.\' quotp
hakespeare. 'That whidl we call the rosl'. b
- any
otlH'l' name would smell as swept.' I lun-e oftL'n thought that we. in naining of
things. spl....e not alwa
-s to remind. but rat11f'r to ob
l'ure. mattpr
. and in the
past. at h-'èHt. we han-' been a little too <'al'ele.;;'i ahout nominating things ill or
!!ood. Certainly within thl-' experienl'e of all of ns lUànkind ha'i comp to take a
far rlenrer yif'\\' of matters material and lllattprs spiritual and matters physieal. .,
"Certàinly. this \\-e hay!' learned. thHt thing-s whidl at ("ertain times or
under ('prÌêI in ('onditions
re ill. llWY hy r('è1son of othpr thing
brought tu bear
npon them 1)(' conyerted from things of ill to things of g'ood."
"Speaking: of the effec.t. C'ertainl
' tlwsp thing:s which have an ill pffeet upon
(ur physieal forms are l'onfrontl'll h
' tllP nur..;e and hy tho
e who have to do
the trainin
of nur"p8, Thf'n. how o1n-ionsh' natural it is that in commemora-
tion of Vil:toria the Good there should acìw{lly bp a 'Ti('tori
n Urdt'r of Xnr
t's.
"Takl' heart of gral'P in anr tronhh-, that you hè1vP, The urder of 11lll'8PS
i<;. to m
' mind. one of tlIP highest on the fare of t1w earth. Certainl
'. I know
of no Ol'<!pr whit.h. in my jwlgmpnt. om rank higllPr than the urder uf nur
es.
So mn,:h more important. thell. are those who è1re Hllperintend(-'nt
of Training'
l'hool'i for Xllrst-'
. Those of ns \\"110 tOHeh on hospital llwtters at all are yery
sensible of this l'irl'nIll'itance. that the dutie,
and obli
ation"
Ulcl trial:.. of. a
Rnperintendpnt. whetlwr of a hospital or è1 training' stÌlOol for nnrses. a 1'(' far
greater than l'yel' imaginpd by any ordinary man or womall."
"All the time then' is to be the exercis':> between an extreme di
cretion and
judgment with an abounding plenty of l(we and eharity. Love i
not only the
fÎlwst quality in the px(-'rci'ip of our seY
ral duties. but happily it is perfect in the
dispositiun and management of all onr liv(-'s.
o that we shall find that in this
01'<1er. 'iome of whost' re('ord..; I have had the h:monr and plea..;nre of readill!!" that
(lmIlit
o has heen the most effective of alL"
"There is a \\-onclerful eapnl'it
. and foree in unity. 'Vhilst OIle singlf' drop
of wat('r pas..ing' from the extreme top of thp Hurseshoe Falls to th
bottom
\nmlcl be ahsolutP}
' \'ahlPless as a comuwrcial factor. that drop of water. ,,-hen
\\-ith millions of othC'r,-;. serves slleh a part ill the modern llÍ<.;toQT IIf this Proyinrp
as to make u;; llndprstand that we are m
reh- un the threshold of the a
'L'llt of
thL' po\\"('r thnt tllPse simple drops of water d
\'elop. namely. eleetricity.'"
"Allow me. if I may fittingly do so. to pDint ont to yuu. whether individual
Sllpprintendpnts. or as a collt-'divc b(Jd
-, that all the duty of a day is to diseharge
thr dnty of twenh--four hour.
, The morrO\\- will come and then its duties will
hI' ali,-
to 1)(' di
l"harged. But we art' not to complain if at the pa-.;sage of
t\\"ent
'-four hcurs a wf'ek's ae('omplishmellt has not heen made. And. therefure.
takp heart of gTace. Rt-'lllelllber that all thing-s come to an end. evell an address
of welcome,"
., But I lllU..;t say just one word mort' in pa:-.sing. and it i-; this: It is a
very great I'leêìsnre to all pf us who are h
-'re to WeICOllll' you to Xiagara Falls,
It is an e"\:traordiIlar
o pleasure to those of us who are as..ociated with the hos-
pital. 'Ve do know what good work is. I. as layman, l'an spl'ak nmI'l' frankly
than a medical man ("ould."
"I tru..;t that if it should s\:,pm to you that thl'l'L' is anything' of wurth in
any ideas that I han' cOll,-p.n'd to you. that you will he kind enough to ab;;o-
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V NURSE.
63
IUÌt'h- lu'nore the ehaff and bear in mind this. that no matter how poorly the
weIl'
mll
madf' hy me may have he(>n uttered. there is no hody of p('ople to whom
I l'onld more eheerfully utter' 'Yelrome and God spf'ed yon.' "
\ddress of weleome hy Dr. Kellam. President of Xiagara Falls :nledieal
\ssol'iation :
"Had the Goddf'sS of ElollUenl'e laid her fingers upon my lip
as she has
laid them on the lips of ::\11'. Grier. it would have been possible for me to luive
hon
ed my address of welcome in much more becoming' grace of dil'tiun than it
is pu
sible for me to do. But I wish to a
sure you, if eomparisons are not too
odions. that the sentiment in my 11l'art is just as deep. I am to addre
s you 011
hellRlf uf the Xiag'ara Falls :\ledical .ds..(wiation. I cau conceive of no hOlh' of
pf'ople on the fac
of this grand earth who will not re(Oognize tlw medil"al ;nan
to represent the highest sense of citizenship. ellualled by few and excelled by
none. and if that be true, I may wekome you on behalf of the very highest ('lass
of citizens that :Kiagara Falls represent.
. Y un have hUllored us in coming- to
Xiagara .Falls. Speaking as a citizen, it has heen O
lr aspiration for some y(:'nrs .
to mnke this a cOllvention eity. and we have accomplished a gT2at deal. 'Ye hay('
had all kinds of conYentions-monlder,
', printer:,;' and paint(>rs '-hut. rising in
the scale. I think that at least you have eonferred th(> highe
t honour npon n"
by coming to Xiagara Falls. Xiagara Falls Í-.; the baby city of Ontario. and \Yt-'
have one of the youngest hospital:-; in the Province. and L)r you to leave the
great centre.., like Torontu, )lontrt-'al and \Yinnipeg. and comt> to no;, is indeed
conferring an honour upon us. I am not. backward as a citizen of Xiagara 1'--' a 11--.
I am conceited enuugh to say that I am not one of uur knockers, and you haYe
done vour:-;eh'es an honour in roming to Kia!!ara Falls.
,t you would have been lacking in judgn;ent if you had ac('ppted the invita-
tion of au,- other eitv or tmnl in the Province. Xiagara Falls is a rpmarlmble
('it
-. :\Ir.' Grier has'spoken of the beauty and natur
l charm of the plac
. amI
to hold your deliberations in the very garden of the Dominion of Cnnada. r
think that there will be influence-;; upon you in the atmosphl're that will malH>
your deliberation results more beneficial to yon.
"'Ve are particularly proud of the work which we havr ac('omplislwd
cluring the past four
'ears in our hospitaL and I think that ill ac('epting our
invitation to meet here has had a great deal to do with it. The work has spread.
The training we give our nurses ha
spread among you. I ('annot let thl' orCH-
sion pass to speak of one of your number that we have in Xiagara Falls-l\Iis:;
Hodgers-whom we have in our hospital. I understand Superintendents very
often have the idea that the :\ledical Staff and the Board are not a
appre('iatiyp
of your services as they ought to hI'. If anything has heen lac'king. it is becau--e
we are roused more or less in horror to think that she whose services ,ye ìlaV4'
here might be taken to some othpr pla{'I', 'Ve are adding to our hospital. Had
your visit been postponed for another year or two, I believe you ,nmld have seen
a group of buildings whieh will bear romparisnn with any hO:-ìpital in th'>
Province of Ontario.
"I have no lwsitation in sayin
that I believe you will have a ver.,- prdfit-
able session and on behalf of the Xia
ara :\Iedical .dssoeiation and the citizen"
in gpneral, I wplpome yon to our city."
Heply to addresses of w('le'ome, by :\liss Hohina L,
tewart. R.
.. 8uper-
intl'ndcnt. of Toronto Oeneral Hospital Training School for Xnr
ws:
"It seems to me. )Iadam President. ladies and gentlenwn. thM thp ho-;;pi-
tality of Xiagara Falls is so very ,veIl knuwn. particularly dnrin
thp last two
days. that we cannot sa
' too mueh in expressing how pleased we ar
to receive
your greeting'. 'Ve are glad to receive this greeting, and 'also to 1)(' remindl'd
of Ollr duties that await 11S here a-;; Superintendents. 1.
here can he no band of
workers who fal'e greater problems than thosp who hê-\v(' the trê-\ining of 1ll11'S(>S
in hospitals. Here we reC'pivc also a great deal of help and a g'I'eat d('al of en-
264
THE CANADIAN NURSE.
(ouragement. There are no duties tlmt HI"e beavier than the dutip,.;; of those who
are at the IlPad of the;;(--' training schools. It SE'PlllS to me that her interest in and
Iwr dnt
- to the (.ommmIity at l<'\r;re Hrt-' thing,; that we all do not recogniz(--',
probably be(.ause we are just a little ignorant of it. There i
no darkness !n"eater
than i
llOrmH'e. "',. e mu"t m'ge the edtwatinn of the people. .
. ,. I.J?t me thank .'
OH in behalf of those who are prest:'llt for this re-IT grêl(>iou..;
wel('ome. and also on brhalf of tl10se who are of llece",sity not prpsent. let m
thank yon for this very graciou
,,-elcome.
md express thf' regret that there are
not more hpl'e to share in this well'ome tmd also in the discussions which arf-'
to folIo,,
."
5. Addre;;;s In' Presidpnt. Jlan r ..\l'd JlacKenzie R.X.. Chief Superinten-
clPllt of YiI.torian 'Orrler of XUr-\N for CalUHla. .
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.
La(lies and Gentlemen:-
A Presiùl>nt's address should he hrief. and I shall try to make mme as
bripf &s po<.;sible. First. I mlL'
t tell you how great a pl"iviÌege I consider it to
pre!':ide at a meeting of this society, onf' of the most important societies in tilt>
nnr:-:il1g world.
To aU of us. I am sm'p, a
we assell1bl
d this afternoon. must have ('ollle
n ft-'eJillg of the Joss that tIlE' nursing' profession has sustained sin
e our last
filt'eting. In August the helov(
d
Iother of Trained :\ursing, FlorelH'e ::\ightin-
gale, passed heyond the bourne. and in pas:-:ing' she has broug-ht bad\: to lL-;. her
clang-hters, those ideals which shed their influence on her life and made it the
well-rounded. beautiful one whieh we consider 10;0 near the ide<'\l one.
.-\.nrl one of our members, one of Florence Kightillg:ale's faithful followers.
:\Ii",s Anna Chesley, has been called from our mid-st. )Iiss Che:-.ley was one ùf
the untiring workers for high standards. SlIP lahored 'well and who can say
how far-reaching' her inflnenc(> has been-the great wav(--'s of the ocean hegan as
little ripples.
.-\nd now let me just enumerate the object.., of onr association :-" To eoll-
sider all questiOlJ"i relating to nursing education; to Jefine and maintain in
schroJs of nursing' throng-hout till' country minimum st<'\udards for admission
and graduation; to èlssist in furthering all matters pertaining to puhli
health;
to aid in all measures for public good by co-operation with other edlw<'\tioll<'\l
bodies, philë-mthropic and social; to promote by nweting:s, paperoS and discns-
sions ('orelial professional relations and fellowship; and in all ways to devpJop
and maintain the highest ideals in the nursing profes
ion." Eyery clause there
means work. \\" e are growing very rapidly and it behoves us to commune together
regularly, so tlwt we may make hHste slowly, do an things deliherately and after
('arefnl (,()l1sideratioll, The question of registration is one of supreme importance
at this very time. and it is from this soeiety, composed larg'eI
. of the older and
more pxperieJJced women in the profession that help should he given on thi..;
most imporhmt matter. For registration is to make the nursing- in the world
mOl e proficient by setting- a standard for training, and that implies c-o-olwratioll
mnong the different schools in the way of affiliation and post-grmlnate work.
Then. too, the intiuell
'e we may exert on all questions of puhlic health, and its
allied (If'partnwnts. all thosf' matters whieh we roughly snm up as social service
prohlemo,;, is very greHt. \Ye are demanding more and more ill our profession,
that onr n1Pmher
he womf'n of br()èld sympathies and ('ultnre. and, if snc'h art>
to he pnconraged. we must. look to our superintendents of nnr
e!s to see to it
that sl1f'h 'lualitips arp fosterpd in their pupils. And, too, the sociHI sidp of our
sOf'iety's work is of g'reat import<'\nce. \Ye Hre all hounl1 together by one blmd
at least of sympathy and we must try to know one anotlwr, to work together
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265
without jeal()ll.
y CT friction, sinking' little personal differences ill the common
!!ood. Also. onr nursing mag-a.Úne, the mouthpiece of uur profe:ssion from Ol
ean
to ocean. should he one of our cherished interests. for with us, ag<'\in. belong's
the work of puthusing- our pupils in the magazine, so that when they penetrate
into other parts tlH'y carry with them the conviction that the Xursing )fagazine
is partly theirs. th<'\t they are responsible in a large deg:ree for its success or
failure. So we ask that the Xnrsing )Iagazine be what it should be--represen-
tatin' of every memher, of every society, of every locality and of every interest
in our profession in this bro<'\d Dominion. In considering the magazine, as in
cf\nsidering this so
iety" we knmy no east. no west: we are one, whole and
nndi ,"ided.
Last year a numlwr of cnmmittees were appointed: one on amalgamation,
one on Army Xursing' Reserve. and foJlO\,"ing a suggestion, an effort has heen
made to arrange for talks to college ,yom en on nursing. with a view to attracting
the college trained ""oman, espeeially for social service work. 'Ye shall hear from
the eonveners of these various committees. This society affiliated with the large
women's organization, the Xational Coun
il of ,y om
n. and a report will be
given concerning that ê1
well.
The work to he done bv this society is voluminous.' and for the earrving
out of it we need every member, no matt
r how busy she may he. to do hpr part.
I wi
h to thank the members for their hearty eo-operation during the year.
To that is due entirely whatever little progrf'SS we may han' made.
-\.nd now
I shall not detain you longer, for we have a veritable feast ûf reason sprearl out
hefore us, and ""e are all eager to partake of it.
I shall now call on the secretary to read the names of the new memhers
,,-ho lun"e heen rerommendeil by the Council.
Report of Council.
Read hv Rt">cretan"
)fadam' Presidpnt .and )I('mbers of thf' Canadian Roc'iety of
uperint('n-
(lpnt;;; of Training S..hools for Xurses.-There seem,; little to repllrt at this fifth
\nnual :\Ieeting. for the work done by the Council is before you at this Con-
\'()ntion.
Three nwetings haye been held. the distances of the memhers making' it
diftit'lllt to eon'"ene. It hë-ls been (lHr Him to present sueh t!ue."tion"i as will hp of
,"ital interest and as;;;istance in your arduous òntips,
'Ye would clra,,"
"OUr atte
tion to the rf'rommenclations llll<ler the lwadin!!
of new business. ,,-re wel(.onw an
" suggestion,;; for papers or di"'!:'ussions for tht>
sixth Annual :\Ieeting.
ALIrE J.
COTT. Seeretary.
:\Iovt-'d hy :\Ii"s :\htthe!o>on. sP(,olHlf'd hy :\Iis,.; I-kent. that thp report bt-' adoptt-'(l.
Carrit-'ll.
New Members (active).
)Iiss Lottie R. )IcLeod. Superintpndent Ro.;;;amond )Ipmorial HospitaL Al-
mO:1te. Ont,
:\Iiss )Iary C. :\Ial'donald. Superintendent Provincia] Royal .Jllhil(--'p II()
-
pitaL Yictoria. B,C.
)Iis,;;; )Iinnie K. Gallaher. Suppriutpudt-'nt .J ubilpe Hospital. Yernon. B.C.
:\Ii;;;s Kate )Iaddell. R.X.. Superintt-'ndent of Xurses. City Hospital. Ham-
ilton. Onto
:\Iis.; J es
ie A. Gibson. Superintenclent Kincardine General HospitaL Kill-
('Hrdine.
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THE CANADIA.V NURSE.
lis:-; Sophia G.
IacDollald, Superintendent
Ion('hill lIo.;piml. :\[m1l'toll,
X.B.
.:\11'8. II. F.
L Bowman. Superintf'Ildent 13prlill and \YêiterL 0 IIo;;pitai. Ber-
lin. Ont.
.:\Iiss Annie T. Regan. Superintendent "elland County H )spicaL \Vellan<1.
Onto .
.:\Iis;;; ,Jean Sims. Superintendent
ledicine Hat Hospital. ::\Ipdicine Hat,
::\Iis;;; Robina L. Stewart, R.X.. Snp9rintendent of Xurse
. Torontu General
lIo.;pital Training S('hool for Xur
e:-;, Toronto.
::Ui!';s
rarion J. Dt-'jean. Superintendent Visiting Xurst-'s'
-\.sso('iation. l\an-
QêlÍuck. COUll.. {T.S.
.:\Irs. E. G. Fournier, R.
.,
uperintl'ndent ,. .:\Iinne\nlska. ., Gravenhm'st.
Onto
Ii:-;s Luttie Fanazick
uperintpndent (iellPral Hospiral. ('hatham, Onto
::\Iiss Elizalwth Ross Greene, Superintendent Hospital for Incurahlt's. To-
ronto.
::\Ion"d by ::\Iiss Rrent. seconded b
' ::\Iis..; :\Iathe
on. that tlw fourteen name3
lw admitted into the Society. Carripd.
::\Iiss ::\[acKenzie-----:-
-\.s ::\Ìiss Robinsoll \"a;; nnabll' to ket'p up the work of th(>
office, ::\[iss Brent w'ry kindly stepped in and fulfillf'd the duties of Treasur
l',
Treasurer's Report.
Balance on hand ::\Iay 25th, 1910. . . .. . . .. .. . . .
.:\Iembt'l's' Fees ............................
Returns from G. X. A. O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
In te rest . . . ............................ - - -
Expenditurf' .
Rtatiollery and Printill
.....................
Rtanq)s . . . ..............................-
Callie. . . . . . . . .. . , . ............... - . . - . . . .
Stenog-rapher . . . ..,..................,....
-\.ge n t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . -....... - . . . . .
Fees. 
