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of Siiplerintendents of

Training Schoolsfor Nurses

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PROCEEDINGSOP THE

Second Annual Conventionl»K THK

CANADIAN SOCIETY

Superintendents of Training Schools

for Nurses

Held at the Lady Stanley Institute, Ottawa

October 8th and 9th. 1908

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Mombeni and D»toc»tw Pnaeu

AddrMaes of Wetcom* and rvply by tbt* i:- i i

AddfMs of the PrMldent

Aaaoal Raport of Secretary.

.

Annual Report of Treasurer

.

Addrf>«s of J. Rom Robertaon

Carh Hospital History of Canada—MIimi MHklo)<>hn

Nominating Committee

Th** Trained Nurse In the WoriU » ^^urn iu-u«> — .»il^!* urt--

The NuritliiK of ChlMren—Mis** Potm

Dla«nsalon

Report of fotumit ••« nu S.it lonaj I tuinrii

Formation «*f Pnivinional (\iiiiniltt.'.. of the Canadian National Associatlo;

of Trained Numes .

.

N»*«' Place of Meeting

K»*i>ort of Nomination Committee.

Tr-ttrliiK Scbool History—Miss Greene i)

^-'nlng of Nurses—Mlas 8uu»v '^

inary Work In Montreal, l»ndon and Toronto i•

Work—Miss Harris.. i

-'.,' Nurse—Miss Sha^

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Proceedings of the Second Annual Convention of the Cana-

dian Society of Superintendents of Training Schools

for Nurses, held at the Lady Stanley Institute,

Ottawa. October 8th and 9th, i 908

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8.

laao a.m.

Tb« BMtlDff wa« called to ord^r by the Pr»shlent. Miaa SniTeljr. the fol-

lowtaf m—ibwi being present:

MlM If. A. Sntreljr. Toronto Oen«ral Hoepital.lIUs L. C. Brent. Hoepiul for Sick Children. Toronto.Mrs. Mounter. V. O. N.. Colle«e Hospital. Swan Rirer.Mlaa Maloojr. Jeffry Hale Hospital. Quebec.Mlas A. J. Soott. Grace HoeplUl. Toronto.Mlaa Greene. General HoeplUl. BeUeville.Mlaa C. Mdrndjren. ProCestaat Hoapltnl. Staerbrooke.

Mlaa L. C Toaag. General Hoepltal. Montreal.Mlaa r. 8bnw. General Hoepltal. Montreal.Mlaa A. CheHlev. SL Luke'a Hospital. Ottawa.Mlas A.

*'At. Luke'K Hospital. Ottawa.

Ml«« K \ or. laolation HoapiUl. Otuwa..ttemlty HosplUl. Ottawa.<nhn. Lady Stanley Inatltnte. Ottawa.

m:-m I -idy Stanley Institute, Ottawa..MiKii A -noral Hospital. Vanoonrer..Ml»» .M • -'n Hospital. London.Ml** M mortal Hospital. Llmlaay.M" ^ .il Hoepltal. Gait.

A. MacK' oral Saperlntendent. Victorian Order of Nareea,Of

Mi>< H Hardlnge. Diairlct Saperlntendent. Victorian Order of Nuraes. Ot*ta«.i

•M>di«ail. V Toronto.irl*. .Ma!' >i)tr«el.

M:>ii r. Au«iin, PembroKi' coiirgi' iftMpiial, Penibrolw.Mi*B M. BnrKeaa. General Hosptul. Vanconrer.

OELEOATES.

N'»n.«- Aiiilreas.

I'i M ' ' M O 11 A A. MonirenL' >> < 1 • Nuraea' Aaedetetlon. Montreal.

• >M)i;.i N'araes' Aeeooatloa. Montreal.I •lit! .1 \itrM»«' Aasoelatlon. MontrenLA;:.w;:.< I ,!t lifMipilal.

Nam*.YvooiM Bawlry

.

..OiiMici •• A*«inriiii|on OttnwaRmnM M. Rliloit . . Mack

...JoMpblov Hamllion . .Hoaptt.Carolina D. Monk . . .Mound* >

MajrO.BarfT.. ..LadySianM. B. BvrfM« . Vancouver -..-.. .;...-.

R. I. Atkinson KdmonUM Asaodatlon. Alber'.i

ronv»nik>n o|M*n«><] with pra>«*r by HM Ixird-

Mr J W WixmU. PTMldant of the l^dy f( .

Conranilon a« foUowa:

Your I.<ordfthlp. Mlas Snlvatjr and ljid(«^.—An Pr«>sldrat of tbU tnatltniloo,It afforda me a kthU d«nl of pl«a»<> rdiai welcome to all here.This Is. I understand, tlia aaeond it >f the 8uiM>rfntendants ofHospitals In Canada The flact of your iiMMMing annually In this way enablesfim to excbiviae Idaaa and to show the rwnilt of IndWMnal work dona by eachof you. ^^'- -^""rpaaat the Inatltutions which do ao nroch good In Canada andelsewh' i axohanfca oC Maaa are bound to result In the very best work.Our In" 10 Its own WB\ Im iMiclfAVdrliiK tci do nil it run tii u Irl.'ti rSi>

scope and to enablebest work. We. of o>and nedlcal staff to carry iMii ibe iui>tructio<itt aud ideas In a < al

way. I sincerely trust that the ROod work that you have heei i.tt

the cohesive and cooperative work hucH as this Can\- ill

bring us to that perfection which we all try to reach. I i: :o

say that Canada Is a young country, growing very rapxi % .momust neoeasarlly chanfe to keep even with the times. Our iniuitii

may have been modem a very short time slix^. toHlay we And amIn the reorganisation of th<«e different Institutions. In reachinKwbere the adminlHiration rjtn be made economical and at the sani'

effective. «• aware, largely depend on the sugg«- "te

by our Lad As we st>end the money, we wsi. %ointelligently, and li im ouly through the practical knowledge of those in chargeof the actual work and the proper Informing of the different Hoards of Direc-

tors that they can spend the money so as to bring the best returns.

I don't want in detain you. as I hav«> no doubt you will have a grest dealof work to •) «ish to convey to > -ry great pleasure -nmy Board o ^ and to myself lu > you a welcome, a rd

you the use di xniH room.

I thank you. Indeed, for having aelected Ottawa, and I trust that yonIn the dty may be pleaaant In every way. though. perhaiM. I should le.i

to the Mayor. It Is a great pleaaure to have his Worship with us to^l

has always been gfaid to aaalst In every way poeslble the hospital inMti>i.i....r,

of thN city, and In a very few mootha he was Instrumental In having the civic

grant Increased to take proper care of the Indigent patients

I thank you again, and welcome you all to our city.

The President (Miss M. Agnes 8niv '

sident and Trustees of this hospital forwelcome which he has glvea us. I ahai; ..ww .„., ..,,..,. ..,-. ..... ^..,t

of Otuwa to speak to us.His Worship Mavor Smtt -Mav It please vrmr t>fira>.»iiii i.niv i>r.-.i<i..ii;

and Ladles: li is tb> Mayor ofcities. I presume, to — weloomidty. I have ezerclsud ihai privllegw on many oecaslona. but i»t

opportunity I have had of welooalng a gatherlns oompoaed ei. .^.I apprsdate the dignity of the occaakm and the honor I now havu of welcomingyon. as I most heartily do. to our dty.

It Is customary when a man la welcoming s distinguished gathering to adty to confer upon them the frssdom of the city. I had some hesitancy. In

ttiinkltik

.lt> H

:fr. r.

.1* to whether I «I were ! fo conf*»r '

' tufftttthed vt'

.In Oti««!iuii# an<i

trmlnlBKnature- )

itp|ir«cUtU>n of

fiwlom of ih«*

111- iliat v»Ty rwf-ntlv. In

'•ge of addr>*«»liiK. whileAim due Qpcoram, est*' " «-(|om

' r«iMl fcnttaOMn and {> ««-re

• ••k nHtbM' *•" '''•^' nor ou. - iwvertavlog b««n oonferrrd m. I am. ih«T>'r(ire.

, voii th»> frt>*>doin of th- (be movt lavlxh and<lo taoome to the city of Ottawa Of mume

a Kood de«l of very ex<-' <rk

line of nur»«>ii. and it i- ir-

K-al nur»e« to have thU jyiihcrliiK .-••lect

ration to Tlsit US. We have, a* you are

cboola of t)

>ti lerna wbl<

at for *<> or thrt-

bas aia<!

>lnk In '

IJl IIIIUUIIIII'

i)<»l>nalH In

lit ot ihiN Ins

»'—l>IUl. wli.

in ofipor*\»TV aitr^

which o; '-Iitality

i« said. I' ' e alHOiiru.>w fr, T«'r»»nt

atlb-

It; aware, there; advance which

»( the iick U rathert we In Ottawa are

' :nd•y

have had a sood d«ai• .,.,.u«r wttii the loca

for deddlDg • >r

..tert the be" i'ly

m poMlb' 'f ih*f pro»-

airvady • i of anxiety

uu ;Uat acure In the future.

I am only a mmmnn. ordinary litwrer. and. therefore. I am not qualified

to Bpeiak from a point of lid assistance to medicalknowlf^Re (hat irses ha\< ly be permitted to testify

•rdtnary oi*««Tver moat baartiiy to itw wonutTfui aid that trained nursesitedlcal skin. I praavoM that perbapa ninety per cent, of the wonderful

•>--- *n a medical and aarxleal way would really be of no avail were It

no <entle baad and the careful watching of the traintMl nurse. Ah far

«• )>l# nplnloQ Is concern*^ ll **fn,^ d im- !h:it far iii(ir>- rt'HUlt Is

broncht aixaii \>\ rai^ful nurslnit

preecrlbe. Wit** I in such a |Kwit:

ance of a doctor and a nurse. I hav>In faroT of 'h** tiur***

coulda«iilst*

lUoii in »a>IUK that 1 «uuld d«*clde

ha

ln»

AS apt»r«"I* in rt-n-

.IS I have sal')•< romnnTcljil

..r (.aril

ti earth• art and<) aodar*•• VOtl IK I

iu >uur ttttdvriakli

am sure I roirr

orsblp t?

.•hop flf '

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we^h-

>ot

he•iir

w,.4 weI bard*

1 aay.

usrr

•ard. aiid tu hU! for tbeir kind

vords and for tlMlr prtMoe* with as tlito MorBlat* I * t" >*k tli*

member* i»r«MDt to 0f • tUBdlof •«pr—

l

oa of Ofir fr >

1 think I MB BOl nlsukmi In notldni tb« prMonoo of ottr booorarjr i

bor. Mr. John Rons Roboitaoo. of Toronto. Mr. Rotwrtaon. I nay aajr.

•njorod th« enrlablo diatlnctlon for many years of Iwing the friend of littlo

ehlMrso. and he has added to his philanthropies, as. 1 ntn i*itr«, moat of yonare aw!< k on* of tha moat beautiful and Raaldanoaa thatcan b«- T9 on althcr side of the Ailant acoomnodatlooof the nurKfK in iniiningat tha Hoapltal for 8lck ChUdnMi m Toronto. 1 woaldlike to say that I think Mr. Robertaon has earned, also, the tMIe of "the Ptlendof Nurses." aa well as "the friend of little children." I should Ilka to call onMr. Robertson to give tfs a few words of encouracMMBt this momlof. (Ap-plauae.)

Mr. J. Ross Robertson. In raapooaa to the Praaldant's Inviutlon, took aseat upon the platCorm. bat atatad he wooM like to reaenre his addreas for thapraaent.

The Prealdaet—Mr. Robertson woald like to postpone hl*> a>i<ir..i.> f.ir alittle while, and In aooordance with that wish we will proct-

•

n>gramme. It bacomaa my special duty as President of this Con\- • ndto everyone present a moat cordial and hearty welcome.

Miss SnlTely. Lady Superintendent. Toronto General Hospital, than readher address aa Praaldent of the Society, as follows:

I^adlea and Gentlemen and Members of This Society:—It Is our privilege and honor to hold the Second Annual Convention of

the CAnadlan Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Naraea In

the city of Ottawa, the cafiiul city of our great and wide DomliUon.

For mor« than half « ••n!iir\ th<- ciiv of Otiawa has had thi* i>n\ialil<-

dlsUnctlon of being the ^ nment. As ;

subjects (some of whom <:<(t timei. wi

pleasure the fact that the uoru«M^»t«Mi< I'srllament >t<:ii. i.^

are of the lullan-tfoihir style of arch ^sji laid by ti.< ^:< .i:

wisest of monarchs. at that time the Prlucc u( Walea. now his Most Uraciuui*

Majeaty King Edward VII. of England.

An additional source of pleasure, and one which as time goes on wehhall all appreciate more and more, with each succeeding year, is thst

once more o|>portunlty Is afforded us for lootc'r . each other's faces,

for clasping each other's hai>ds. and warming f « hearts.

The klnahlp which Mlata betweeo tboae wno an* fngaiC' ' ^f> samework, especially If that work ba avck aa la repreaented h<M omlng.though not at all understood by oataldera. and perhapa only , .. > under-

stood by ourselves. Is one of the otrongeot and moat halpfnl factors in gath-

erings such as this, and would In Itaelf be sufficient reaaon for the existence

of our Society.

But we have more taagfble cauae for congratulation! The Increaae In

the membership of our Society daring the paat year has been most en-

couraging.

This 'Association will be asked to receive Into its membership appll-

canu resident on oar Atlsntic seaboard, others from our Eastern and WeaCemprovlncca. and alao thoae resident on our Padflc coast. To all of these. I

feel assured, this Society win «>xtend the right hand of fellowship and rejoice

over every additional ni' ho will Join with us in oor endeavor to

strengthen and perfect r !i is larking, according to the working in

doe measure of each sevfmi luin (or member), making the Increaae of the

body unto the building up of Itself In love.

The priTllecaa, the dntlea and reaponalblllilas which member«'-'-

orgaaliatloB baa aotallad daring the past year, have been i

not <mly by year f«o^***^-^ but by many Individual manber^conaented to spwd thiable time and labor In the pr* of

i.atN>r>i on "The Ear of lloit|iitAls and Training Schools »."

»* well •• In uttbjecu which «e will have thel»l«ftsiir« of hen arloas tMsions of thU convention.

Y<> luu oUut^ tu maki- ihU annual xathering a time which«<• »ti iijojr aoclalljr. but educationally, and. I was about to aay.optrltuaii^ «» wi>ii.

The urfvnt need for poM-graduate study we hmtt aouclM to meet In

kuiue m«a*ure at least, by meana of exhibits of hoapHftI and training schoolapf»llance«. by demonacratlona. and by e«r«fuUy prspared iiapers. whichdeal not only wHh all that la D«weai and latest in hoaphal and trainingM^hool work, but with prtaaat-day questlona of rtui Interest to the nursingI rofeeslon.

Th** model society is ever that In which every member performs his orh«T o»t. j.srt or duty.

For ihf encouragement of tbone who have labored for this Society this><>ar. an«i also to Incite to effort those wImiii we hope to Induce to attempt,rr.>.' •)..,«« iQ the future. I will quote the words of the late Charles

• i.nuR Ood every morning that you have m> >--" •-- 'n that day whichmast be done whether you like It or not. Bt work and to doyoar best will breed In you a hundred virtues u n(>\>*r know"

And also of Theodore Roosevelt, who says:—"The law of worthy life Is fundameiKally the ••••^ <m .^;,,i,. ... ou.,

through labor and painful effort, by grim energy, and resolute courage,that we move on to better things."

It would seem only natural on this occasion when the nursing professkMin Canada has begun to awaken and to take time to conalder her poaalbUltles.

tikat she should remember the posHkw which trained nursing holds In theworiti to-day.

In the year \90% there was published in l..otidon. Bnglaml. "The History(>{ Numlng In the British li^plre." by Sarah tVwIey. the author of "TheUfe of Florence Nightingale." In the prefa is most Interesting volume«bicb deeerves the most rar«>rul conald*'; every tralne«l nurse, weread the following: "The rise and spread <m irumtsi nursing is one of themoat remarkable developments of the last half of the nineteenth century..n.i rnrms an Important chapter la social |>n>«r»»«M u u a matter for national

^lat Oreat Britain has been the crad ~ twneflcent movement."January. 1908. there was pvblUh*- York Cltr an exhaustivey of .Nursing." by Miss M. A. N i I^ Dock, the formert'llsn nurse, trained in the J<> I'ital. Baltimore, and

xl.t' ;j:ter an American. traiiMrd in H«! .. New York City. Those»hu hiiv r^at these two volumes u .ird eagerly to the thirdvoliiiiii- t>r<«nls«d OB cooditloB 4hat pn*»<'iir unx nurses maiilfeet sufficient

U.t>r-«- i:i the hooka already pahUslied. to warrant* the publiratk>n of athlr<l volume.

Msy I commend these volwnes for your pemssl. and may I suggest thatrx't only bo«l4 every training sdiool libntrv coocaln these books, but that

'tould be read and ponderetl by • »e In the Dominion of Canada.Id Indeed mast be the heart nuntc, and di«d Indeed the

UuagtaatkM) ! not be kindl* < ': -- i- *<- Mred with higher

ambMloos V miag the pag«->. '< •!... t^iis k:

AHlMMigb rauii*' for coagratuiaiion may be hs*! lu the work thus fariMi.iritakea aad aorompllsbed by the Canadian Society of Suiierinteadeiitso( TralBtot Schoola tOr Nurses, aad hy nuraea the world over. It rsmalas forthis Society this year to lake one more step in the forward movement«tiirii !« mt chavaeteriMir feature of the twentieth century.

rear lt»' »rmed In London. England, a sodety calleditiona! c< .09, th<« htstory of which from tiM pen of

lu tuundvr. fBi^ «ldeni. may be tonnd Irt th<*

Angust nimihrr •!»« 1<miThe llrK Pr organi

utlon were ele< .'w offi-

»••

and CaiMtljior tbtf uunUng ooaoclU of KngUipd. ib« rolteU 8uim

It to bapiH'UL-d that nld«iM » •

TrvAanrvr of tb» loteroo uocll ofour beloved Canada, whim oitm' ab* lMrl<i mr utb« •splracion of this pfrtod of tta* aba waa m«poaltkNi aba nov bolda. and will dovbUaaa ooihi»-aa CMMda nmjr ao unlif* her acatlarad aaralot^^

laegva or aaaoclatlon. aa will eaabW* hfr rranitPraaSdaoC of tbis unltrd body. 1^

catloiia of our»»« in ('«na<ia for th

the CttMullan Hoclcty of 8a|H!!ii;. : :• :.;

and llMlljr of thtiM* Mxtt'tle* ar<

The quaaCkm we will Im> aaktKl t.<

Ibis CottTentlon, la whether or n<

Canada «o placf » "

to unite with tt

the cinul.ir l.ti.

rMioon:—Hollunnhould C'jiujul* ilvUy ?

In thr vrnr !*M>t the rw.

An

S< buol*at thia

If

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rh

4,

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if

orti«*r

ttional Council of Nuraea this year. Aa ataied init ill .l\l!\ IiimI The li:i'i(il>H iKiW fortiiiiiw ! he liif<-r-

ih.

kr-«n as •

these aocleti

aouicht-""•

• «i Mir wInterna- mril of N

To i«n«>» > «iU th-

this question. 1 quoCiCouncil of Traine<l .....,-

Fenwick:—"It would be dellfh"-

other coantrlea. At pres«Council are Great Brttatii

tattvr- nurHlnjf omnliatior.ola for Nf'»nn a v

irsscj*. Thi- V,

and Treasu;[)•> i'nheil Slates

lid

. ty

If

«yaiinii><i«ion ini«> the

• • vn

;il

- ..^...„rd

'^anada could somehow afr^"°iree countries which form •

I States and Germany

—

Dil..

•heal

.1

bnd Holland have already asked to Join with oa next year, amiCanads

which is synooyrootts with your ^

8o' "4 all th<» nnmfiMr arwlHlei» to HrThia rciriiiii! -

' -Council ofeiKiugb tbi» .-.,

likewise: call it

of Canada, or rl. . ..

and secretary and treasurer? VN •

vlaional Council of Canada Into th>

"1^1 roe know what you think of the i

found the National Council of Nuraea for '

fraud!"

In the aitlcle preTlooalj referred to. v\t

tional Council of Nuraea." ttaeae words mnationa. can only flourlab by deYelopment o(

reaponalbility. The first atan. therefore.Nnraea is to organise nurses all the worKi

In closing tbia addreaa I aak yoo t"

strong and true, and the Ood wlio led k»the paat of our beneficent profiaalon. . ... „ a^eto live that past over again, and thankful for the heritage Into which we haveentered.

Rut let us all reneonber tbai privilege meana reaponaibillty. that abetter century does not mean that it should minister to «a. but we to it.

If you coaMly. it would be

"The HfKtory of the Iitterna-!•

^ keite

n.

n

1 ••<jiif.it h<i| "ti u- .1 A. I . ..ii: '.It'; I •jii'ii; f (III.! ;••- "ii tiuiki-

ui.l th*> »4>r;tl U'iifi ituil bflKiii'-t iiuil (>ui«-r muiI uoblt^r «tUi eM« h vki. . •-*-uiiiK

> -ar.

Tb«» Pr*>i>l«1«>n!— I shall now call upon MUs Br«nt. Snpcrintindent of theHoffpltiil for Sii k ( hlldrrn. Torooto. to read bar report.

Th- *: M> r«>ad as follows:

T)> ben to submit the folIowliiK report:

Fo'ir i.vvtinipi were held durinit ib<> year, an follova:

Th- r\rM. In .\oret«h#r. 1907. at which meFtlnK dHlnlte steps were takenI" >ur Annua ' Owing to the fm ir finances were some-« -tl. we fo work a matter r.< anxloas and careful(IriiiH'rniuin. Coowtiui-n; ly. It was not until ux' iim of n: hedboMMwry menber. Mr. J. Roas Hobertaoo. of Toix>nto. was hatw# were able to poMlsh •»^'^"- ^.-..-tf-Mi volumes of this repor. as-

alstaaoe this report cost he sum of $45.00. Otherwise the coatwould have been sone« 00.

The other Imporunt i by the Council were: The arranice-meiif <if fh** itrocramni*- • •• ^ \ tiual Convention and the considera-tt -stlon of orKaoixing a Canadian National Society, tonf tdonal Council of .N'urses. which hold a quinquennialr< It l»u(luu. klitgland. in the summer of 1909.

al number of applications for membership received durlits tb« yearba» bwu Qfieen active and five aasoclate. a total of twenty applications. Thefollowing names have been approved by the Council, and are recommended tothe Aaaodatton for memberablp.

Tba Secretary—! shall read the namea of tboaa aeeking mfmbersblp thla

f^mr aa active and aaaoclate member*.

Active Mambara.

M. Homer, Reception Hospital. Saranaclltrtleit. Reneral Hospital. Brandon.WiKMliand, Western Hospital. Toronto.\i <',..r.t,.„ A»«-r.i^-n Hospital. .New Glasg<>^' \ -

•'e Hospital. Kenora.i)It<il. 0(la»u

V.

M''

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iravenhumt.>«li

^""-;isk.

f» ria Order of Nara«s.

Hardinge. District Suiierintendeni. Victoria Order of Nur*«s.

lospltal. Sherbrooke, Que.I ••pital. Regtna. Bask.

Huapltal. Swan River. Man.

Asaociata Mambara.

Mlsa K Oaflah^r A««i H'lft l..i'!^ M'.imI.-v !n«tltnfe. Ottawa.Ml** >

Mi»« \ Winnipeg>li»» >' «..niTai Hoapltal. \Mnnii»eg.MiM t

. Vaoeottvar aaaaral Hoapital.Vanrottver.

Mlaa Ra4d. Aaal. 8«pt . <.

Mra. Bnaia. Aaat 8«pt ..^i

Tha Sacratary'a RafMNrt. •• rantf. waa approved by tba Aaaorlatlon.

Mlas 8.

IS

Ml«» M. UouU* M»lkl«)olm. Ti

a» follows:of tlM 8oel«cjr, tbMi rMd bar rvpoct.

TraMMrtr** •tat«m«nt.

8«p(. S. 1907. By tetonov . . ISS^Br Inlttatloo. UMWPbf>hlpf«M. S«pi. S. 07. to Oct.5. •0« 1SS.00

Dooailoo toward printtnit... fi.00Intaraat at Rank l.tt

•1M.02

SvitlnR txp». IM: prtntingMid •tatlonar)r. $8<J0 ... II4CJ*

PoaU«e iOMBsehant* . UBr balMiM . 41.87

tSM.OS

M. L. MEIKLBIOHN. TraMarw.Attdltad aod found corraoi.

M. K. STANLEY. Auditor

Tb» Traaaurar'a Raport. aa raad. waa adopt i<

The Pr««ld««t—I DOW call upon Mr. Robertao!

Mr. Robartaon aald:

—

Madama President and l.«dlea:—I preaume. In fart I am aure. thai mr first worda ought to be an expres-

•ton of mr thanka to rou of thia Aaaoctatloo, who wera good Mioagh to

recognlxv the little I have been able to do for the miiwIbs proHMrton . brelecting me an honorarr member of rour AaaoclatkMi. I |r«»—~>»> nhy at

booorarr nenbarahlp. for 1 do not belle«'e in occupying lti< i of a^«tlr»h»•Il I mrnftttttt\ thIs hooor at vitur haoda becauae i bat In

.'*. be of son inalatance In the conduct of\ • r on. or at least ^ In Ita work. I have alreadr

ek|>r«nMt«tl iu writing oiy appreciation of ihtt huoor of roor aoiacUon of me aaan honorarr member, I desire now to again expreaa paraosallr. In the

preaeoce of rou ladlaa, mr appreciation of tfutt honor.When rour Praaldent aakad me the other dar to make an addraaa I felt

that It was a pix>poaltlon that I could hardir take Into conaldaratlon. I

think I prettr well exhauated all mr spare worda wh«i I addraaaad theAmerican Hospital Aaaodatlon at Toronto laat weak. Thar ««ra goodenough to sar that It waa an excollant addraaa. and one niomber. a ladrfrom New York. In spanking of tbo length of tlmo that I oocoplad In d»Mvertng the addreaa—I think It was twelve • minutes—said sheheard more truth about hospitnl work in that tv^ Dfteen minutes thanshe had ever heard In her twentr-three r^nrk oxiH.<rience aa a hoapitnl

kuperintendent.1 aometlmaa think that people are aalocted br Providence to carrr out

certain work. Anrwar it doea aa«m to ma that I have baan selected to dowliat I cnn to aid the helplaaa onea. who cannot take care of themaalvaa,

and as the outcome of that work to be of aaalstance to the good woaanwho devote their Hves to the srork of nursing.

Prom the verr Hi^t of mr roonectlon with the Hospital for SkkChildren I have alwajs fait that everrthlng that could be done for the womenwho do tlie nursing work should be done. There Is no one In the worldmore aware than I am of the fact that a great manr ladr anperlntendenia

- a great man> >". a preur hard time. Now. I am not speaking-t casual obs« i sm not speaking from the ordlnarr conversa*

lion and gossip that you oesr In hospital drclea. but I am apeaklag fromdirect obaenratlon oo mj own part, for 1 praauma thara la oo man In the

world who haa had llia pleaaw^ of knowing more ladr sapertntandaota thanthe man who la now tattrtnc to rou.

There la no tneetlns that I enjor with more pleasun^ flian wh<>n T go to

New Tork with our Superintendent, t

Association, in « tirwell. Miss Nutting s<

an Intaraat. and U ha* slwsrs Impreaaad me that the foroiatioD uf that

aaaoclatlon—I mean the American Aaaodatlon—was one of the best things

r

that w«» ever don«* - . „^•,^>^^^ fv •'

mn aware that thr formation of

jblf to many i»f tin- iitftitcal au. -

•«( hospital of th« Anwrlcui Unloo.

Y««n MO 1 »uKKi*»i>Ki to th«* lA.it who now prwidM at this meetingthat aoB« aaaociatlon < 1 he orpintmd In Canada, and If

jfou rvnwmber. away lia« ^ «*«r^ airo. I (*mfniTored to aow then>-' th* InaC aeaaioa 1 mi •imnooa. In order'• aaaodation for the tra:

u are aware, of ooarae. that th«- bill. alUiuuKh it imaaed the Hou»«umooa. fell down In the Senate. It waa thrown out and nothing further

«a» •tone. Since that time this Aaaodatlon has b<><-'- ' a^. and the'r«mUl Is the meeting of last jrear and the meeting of t here can beno doabt that It Is a step In the rlgh« '<ir..«»i.>n i #i., ^ ih»' whenNM«b 8nlv(>lr flrat spoke to me of a(T oil

nf Nuraee 1 quite gnu|ied the sltuati' v's

addreea. It m<«cdii to me ftiat It would be a guu<i ihlug (ur lbt» Ab!«<>

to be repn*a«>ute«l In th«( organlMUlon. It could do no harm. an<l i; i<. .: rdo a large amount of good.

When I hear of the affiliation of nursing associations on the continent

of Barope with those of our Empire engaged In the work of nurainit. It

reaUnda roe that while there are a gre«t many earnest women In the workof norslng on the continent of Europe. I cannot say that In a great numberof hospitals which I have visited. 1 was so Impressed with tlwee who wereengaged in th<« work, as I am. when I visit the hospitals of Great Britain andIrelaDd. tb*- I'mted States and of Canada. To my mind there are no bettertminiH iiiir>ti-)t than thcMU* von will fFii<i in the I'niied StMti>^ in Canada andU 'Itain. a: itlon of thea*- tries inI) .ttlonal < • an im|irovetii< in ther! t luse selected tw become uurae* on Ifie continent. l>ui iu ibe appli-*•

• 'he lastniction of nurses which we find so ne<x»«!Miry in the I'nited

irse. with regard to the nursing profession niwarn felt.

nearly thirty years connection with hotk; thet i*e has never really had a fnir show. I ha los-

jii-.a. i..r -.iric rhildreo in the world, except one. I th ••hu—awry nn«« h<>«iiital. which 1 hope some <iay to b«> ji I ha%'evuitrifj ii«-arlv all th<* large hospitals for adulta on bu: ..... includ*

loR bospliaU in t->an<-«>. Oannsajr, Austria and onp or two othem of th«*

ntallfr rountrirw i have noeer been in Ruaaia or Turkey, but in the farr«at In Egypt. ttMre are hospitals that I have vlaiteil. so that 1 ha%'e hadan opportunity of eeelng whait la being done In the way of bousing nursesand taking can of Ibom. While a large percentage are perhaps satisfactory,a very larae perosBtace art nnaaiinfartonr.

I n nurses' resMeaces. so«alled. or nurses' l<

t!'.i- ! would not allow any trained nurse in th-

i have ine nooor to be president of, to be housed In. \Vh«n I k*> t«> 'noTnlied Statsa. In mary parts I see acoomnodatlon provided for nur«e«that to my mind Is far fron aUlsfactory. and Is not only far from aatlsfactoryto me. but It Is far from ntlsflMrtory to the lady superintendents who havecharge of the nuTM'* in tilsee parlii iilnr nlaretL As one of ihrni in mi><*akintf

•tMNit n. nnd r it. sal

'

hud •, of her ttg reronsuggeatkiu* w< iHrrtmeodeuU, then toof Tmstees. ai ths Ale ham, or peilia

So wlN>n dMBftttda Trvatsss r

i<on. I detsrilgsd II xirasa a >

the saaltarj tad h «.-re perfect ,n*i m n*conetrodkNi. Its pli> md gMMrgl • I am aure.bettr faVOrwhlf <'<>tl>. ••! r»*l<ianrwK nfhxr ft^irta

uf the wor"

t mippoM* ncttrljr every ari«c«i# in iHi* room Dm-and M II to not nwtmmrf lo ngr nnjrtbinc mor» nbuti .

1 flatter mjraelf to llito exteiii at least—that viMiover but^l* itimiUt-f ivk-dence In Toronto will iMvr to bullU kometbinc better Ibnn Ibe one ve baverrM-it>ii From tbat point i>f tl(>«r I tbink my effort «ni rf»ii1i In OMtal Im>-

^<*r«' U notbi: - world that ran' i-l

!• our KenJdit be, I bavc nn dnn .>,|

l«l«Mift tkl ibeir dtopoaal ihv t>ulld«rs of ' '>ld«acee cau du «v«u bettertban I bave been able to do in coonocti- b« booalns: of nnraea.

1 bave alwara tried to Impraaa boaplui iniat—a whom I bave m«"tbe conviction tbat tbe flrat conaldamtloo shoald bo tbe rare of the i

Tbeae yount woman cone to na from all paru of tbe count ry. Tto tbo beat of oar kaovlcdge and belief, in good baaiih Th«-do n--- - -V and to do tbls we moat kaep tbem In flrat<laaa. beaitny oo»dlti' r Muiltnry aorrotindlnca niwt be of the rmry bant. TM»bou ,u»t tba food we pnrtako of oaraalvaa. Wa look afior tteof our iMtifDta In 4bo hoapiula. 8«ralr them alioald not ba onfor the warda and aaotbor iirlnclpio for tbo nnnM** reaidMMWs.I think we riiould do everytblnc ve can lo take care of them, and send tbemaftiT they bave cmdoatad. back to tbair bomaa and to the private or boapiulwork they may become engnced lo. In the beat condition. Their work la. of1.11 works of women, to my mln<l. one of the meet useful.

In my travela I -have met many lady aapcrlntaodeais. who are goodenoogb to tnke me Into their ronfldence. and occnalonally tell me abouttheir trouble with medical »ui>erintendenta and wltti tmateaa. 8oa4riM>w orother there la a large amount of friction in a wnmt onay bonpltato betweenthe »uperlnten«lents of training scbooto for nnrsea and medical sn-—'- — i*

ents. At the anne time I want to aay tbat there are a grant mat il

iiiiixTiiit^ndeots. men. who do all they can to promote the lnter«*< yospital. but of tbe training sciiool for nurse«, and po b<" *•

:i of tbe work. In some hospitals that I have vlatied on i

DfUt >uu will And nurses huddled three or four or Ave In a room, ai

a very large room at that. Sometlmea they are lodged where they rurey tbe Uindacape from tbe garret of ih<* building, or tbey are lodgfU in

the baaement. wbero a knowledge of ventilation is an unktiown quantity.

Of coarse, tntsteea If tbey bad money a v«|. woal<!

btrtter In tbe boiwing of i»ars«a. Tbe troui' >iies Is tt

Isck of funds which ooold be naod for provi.imK timt-riaas acoontnuxiaiHinfor the nursing staff. Some conditions are very bad. I recollect one boa-pita* "> •»''' Dominion where the day nnraea naed to tumble Into the bcdavai. lie night mtraea. A new svperlntendent ramt* upon the scene,snd .xiwer of h*T influt^nre iih«' prevallod npon tbe Itoard of Tru»i«'«*i>

tr And money for b< ii. aitd It waa promptly fouoil

nurses refern-i) tn h;i i:lnc.

A 8u|*er «; what I thought aboof Hoard*^ <' iiut lo an a<ldre«a wli.

at rbe ^ llu«pitai AuMKUtiun la»t week. I don't b<*lle%f U.

hoard* ' <*re are tweniy-flv«>. thIrty-Ave and even forty m*« rlenre. ui • rience of a large nunilN-r or

men ami board comprlaliig four orti\<- iiif*nii>«'r>. Willi n good iiivhkm »ii|h-i iiiii-iiii**nt. man or woman, a lady

nuiierintendent for thf training school. If there be a school In connectionwith the bowpltal. Is all that to required to mn tbe largest boapiul on this

continentAs far as laymen aro concemod. It Is a good thInR rh&t t«rnir-n 'lo tnkr-

the part tbey do In connection with boapltal workcontinent. Indeed, all over the world. wnuM be

It would be |iaraly«e«l if il were not fo

to do In the providing of aroommoda-to carry on the woilt. not only tbe bospii.ii worn «i'ui'rai;\ mn km- nur-mKwork which Is ao Imfiortant a factor.

lu

I ha^f b««o murh InipriMMed whenKiiKiaiicl to l»ani of the Uyin«n «

k .11 : hf K(M><I Wiirk lii«-\ have iloti'

'•spltal—• niacnitv

.-iuit*»

>«plUlr daye Sirvr> no

n.

h

You know the tr

of funtU for iMMpitalthf mlllloDalre. fronihv slcli. Now. mymmoy. aod not the d*

of riUiOK fur "h*- »ii V

Work «!

with n-.

lo ! i> a <iM> ur l»u. 1

wf

•

ractirally stay In

annua: ;ii><>rt. tb« pamphl-uuk* apiMNil- lo that we v-"

' ''-Mdren open. To^i.ur twrlve stciiOKiii...fh,Hi of raachj

r ar«« or

oars la f

•f mtlllon dollarsu the mafolUcent work u( 1^

r Canadian tnllHonairea wfll }}*

litable for li-

sick Wl! A-,>iiiiiial. not KriiiTiii

•n with hospital work is the ralalogMany |ieople have an 1' '-« fraa

Uy man that we obtain ni< are of<- tbM It Is the dollart. ...... •.:..... of the

•• low. tiiat help us to rarry on our workon lady su|>erintendent» may know of the' put Into the appeal work In connaoCloB

tn Toronto. When I return to my hoin«H to sit down at the beclnnlng of the• for about two weeks preparing the

'un necessary to make our Christ-' |i the doors of th*> Hospital for

building on College street (herelit our literature. We And thist'Mit that we cover tn our field

Hpltals do. because your boa*peal Is to Ontario generally.

1 1 Is cottABtfd u> the particular city or county tn which thed.

1 ofttlmra wonder where the money Is to come from to keep the workcr'.r.x hMt ntll! w«» msnaK" »o get along. The people at large are very good

• nabletl to ar< :i large amount of good.tre of sick <

:

!iot only In Toronto butii\»T 'n:» provjin- !iat the »1rK i mul of any ratepayer of thla

province, who by cer- .t municipal officer, shows that he cannot'•'' • "-' »•'' chi.. . • .... .....,|>i(al. does not »•"• ' "•••• 'ils

itag«> not enjoyed by any otlier n.

.1' Itrltiiln. or la fact anv nan (

ti of the pooi

to assist ui>

at4»U w roiwly.

t rr »oat all thai wouM1 thai 1 wAa going to meet so <l

mvw^ir and In Justice to you. ha• resiinR than what I '

.<>|M> that n«<xt year. If

••nt. aod the presldeot wm a<i<lr«<«Mi on »om« faacur>.Mt< «»ii.r I ii:.*.. Ktven y*

-. I shall\ . .<tn. but

aitttniMMni and u<lt«rr aaeoriatkttt*.

t am Kta.t to see so many Ijidy 8uiht{i*<> nam A«'<>< iaf •> r; . n* wi-k :i. lonrif.il.

ike a sir

hat the |>

InTcreitt ynu I ronffii« that If

Maii> t

thvav last

an oppo^re. I shall

1.11 will b<*

insure you• all I ran

: In fhrlr

Th.r.- .41

,

•• ta. however, no Ut>

>•• •at. il|>i>ll J II

s|N>nt than at

1«

Id our Ho»pluJ w« rvcocnti* ihU bjr glrlnf our 8uperliii«»nil«nt th- '^""^-^

tuDity or being prMeni at both ih« OMMliics I b«ve rer«rr«d to

koow whether ihU AhMictadon haa nirt in Toronto.Th* PrMiMr. kob»rWell, we Kboll Ail U< sUd !<• >...^. ^ .

meeilng «oine dajr. and you ran i< « • :.

:

welcome from the hoapltal aatbortite* or ibf miv*-The Prealdciit—I am sure «e all thaak M; >il» keen

jrmpathy with mtraaa tMi*nilly. The nunie* In ttuiunIn their work, and thoae or us who are in rhar«(* of

ready to receive rrom ihfiMi* whi> art- in tyniiiathv «encouragement we to say•ure thai lbos4> wti imn It.

and tfie other work :u*ii iiui :

hardly regard tho ni- > a hoH<!papers and ati<i u lurK* K)r.

The Presi' ailing o: jobn. who will glr* lu anInteresting paj -an Ho«|iiiai im%. tny. which we are very wwirtiHWto hear— ror I that nursing history is compiled and belns com*piled «•• nr-

, . :u think that Canada Is making some cootrtbntlonto tha ire— I would like our Secretary to read a letter or regret rromMiss i. >n.

The 8eer«t«ry than read a letter rrom Miss Nora L. LlYlngatoiMontreal Oaneral Hoapltal in which Miss Livingston expreasad bar i

being unable to attend ' ntlon. but was sure she would ba wall r*>i>r*i

seated by Miss Shaw ai. »ung.

The Prestdent— I sban now rail on Miss Melklejohn. Lady Stipariior the hoapltal In whoae building we are now holding our saaalon.-her addreaa.

Misa M. l.<oulse Melkeljohn. Lady Su|M>rlntendent or the ProtestanHospital. Ottawa, and Superintendent or the l.jMly Stanley Institute rui . .» i

Nurites. read the rollowlng paper upon "Barly Hospital History of Canada":

THE EARLY HOSPITAL HISTORY OF CANADA. 1S3S—1875 A.O.

French Regime.

The early bosplul history ot Canada Is the history or the country lueU:it i« a tale or heroism and or martyrdom: or i'<'<i-» 'vasaacre. of ramlne. fire

and iiestJIence, or colonUatlon. or war and of >n.

The houses or the sick In thlt^ country. ;<ler civllliatlon» w.rfcallod hAtel. hospice. h6pltal. wl rimination. and they ende.ftitfll thr nilHiiioD or modem in- bearing the same nnmcx(' iiuilt or logs, the chlnkk tilled In with mud: the r>.1 *ofs were coveri>d with bark. They were or neces^pall&ade» and rortlfled with cannon, ror "In all Canada." i

man could hunt. flsb. till the fields, or cut a tree In the for*

to his scalp. The Iroquois were everywhere and nowhere, a .«iii. a )iiii>> u

bullets, a rush or scraechlng savages—and all was over."The Immediate neighborhood or the hospitals was utlll*>^'< -->•• « f<Miii>t.-rv

where the nuns themselves hurled thoae or their order—andwho did not surrlve \i» hardships: and here. also, were l>

who did not recover. Near-by waa a vegetable garden and a barnyard, which,

too. rreqiiently. was their only source oT *Tih«i*tence.

In describing the two chler coni' Parkroan s«

to conceive a self-abnegation more < 'han that of

•Mebec and Montreal. In the almohi unai absence or ^<

•-<)

rians the burden oT the sick and wounded rell upon * two— '•' •»-• or MooCreal was the' more *— "Vw^iiv d»- '"'

-tsed, perhaps, to greater da he nunsRemoved rrom the arena > i»stlcal str

ror the morbidness or the ckrfaier. too much absorticd In practical beo«vol«oc«

17

,,, »^^.„... ,K- ..r-» ..I iii...4,.». fiv-v w«r« modeb of that benign and tenderrh. lurcb U so rich In esnmplee."

•*bec was Jaoqnee Cartler, the Breumx\A IS on the banks of the St Lawreneeun

:

„ . K he returned to FYance with those ofhl> who had sanrlTwd the scarry.

•r ill ir.3ri ho uUnted the sjrmbol of the ChrUtlan rellgloo. Intook shelter at Cap Rouge. >berral hadlupt to obtain a good fooUuK 'la.

tt the passing of Cartler and Robenral. a tllenoe fell upon the wholet i. ! from Budacona to Hochelaga for oror half a century- Even the Indianaabao<lua«Mi (heir Tillage*, for wbf !aln sighted Cape Dtamond. sixtyy««r« tatrr. be found only solitude .> i^ia of the fort left by Cartler.

P waa not until the year IMS ttuit t'hamplain landed at Quebec and laid

tb«* fftundatlona of the city. The first building was called 'i'AblUtlon." andwas near the site of the present Cburcb of Notre Dame des VIctolres. Thisbuilding senred as a realdenee and as s storehouse for supplies from Franceand furs from the Indians. A mde drawing of k by Champlaln's own handtil! «>xiBts. and la reprodaeed la hla worka.

rp to ICIS the entire population was less than fifty peraooa. chiefly

traders. Fear of death unshrlven contributed to tentative settlament only.Thi> rokwy consisted of the fortified post and a few cabins aboot the pallaadaa.

Ar Charoplaln re-rlsited Fnmce. and brought back with him four Ra-.'rlars. who speedily raised their altar, and celebrated the first mass

e\fr -Jid In Canada,Soon the first regular settlers. wHh their families, c^e to Quebec. Their

name* were Abraham Martin (after whom the Plains of Abraham werenamed I. Pierre Desportes. Nicolas Plrert and Louis Hubert, an apothecary.

With Champlaln's ctMupany. In 1C08. was a doctor namied Bonnerme. whowithin the year died from aennry. The next resident medical man of whom»f- have authentic reoord was Adrlen Dochesne. a surgeon of Dieppe. Hearii%<-d prerfcms to ICSO. and his practice extended from Quebec to Three

Th# yt^T of ICSl Is marked by the building of the ReooUet Convent on thebank* of thf Ht. Charles, destined later to become the General Hospital.

In U2a three followers of Loyola Joined the colony.The next Important acquisition was one Surgeon Robert OlSard. who ar-

rived with hla family In 1<S7.

On the Ifth July. U28. the British, under Sir David Kirke. took QtMbee.riunu.lditi was oooveyed to RnielntKl Both Recollets atul lesuits weae sentb.1 tice. and among o" uer* taken w.i By the Treatyof .i!n «'« ljiy#. in !»• ><ta was restui • Prt^nrh Thatym trnrd. also Surgeon GIffard. and a >L>4r «tn

ratiM- .' .<ir. He died In Quebec on Christmas I>u '34

CifTard ma* £ra(,'<-i the SelgBettry of Baaaport, wb«>r«> he bunt .t iitib»ianilal

»ton# residence ll«* wsa tlM Al«l vfaitlas swrfaon to ibe Hotel DIeu. and wase«tdeMJy the medical authority '- "- - sattlaaiaBt. He died in U4S. and musthave been as laportnnt par»< ^nf, an be was followed to Oaaada by..t..r iM) fammea tnm Perch*- -„- . .rmaady.

l<Si Qasbaa waa only a village, with a few hooaaa. Btghty persona.f The clergy. oosaCMated the entire popnlatkNi.

time the Lactera. or '^Retettona." of FatlMf La Jaaaa. the JeauU< ^ had eoote out la IMS. were exdtlnc wideapraad lataraat In

K were pnaaad tnm hand to hand In the court, and unlvemallyIsalastlfial drclaa. The coavaraloa of the savagee had be-

for prajrera. davodoaa, aad taats.

ch haa ever chamatartaad hts order. Le Jenne saw.i.' wrote: "If we had a hoipRal harw. all the alok

^ and aU tiM old people woald ba tkara. If a ao—alaryN«>« France, the charily of iIm Matera voald do more

' tho navacf** iten all our journeys and all o«r aerwoas."

in rrB|i«.iR»f tu liiia ai'ipvai iiii* iiuvbrvav u Aiiiuiiiun. ntvf-f sou ncir^va n<

Cardinal Rlcbdlm. ladrl»*valU«c to Qsmb Maria da MMIda. rvaolvad to

••tabllcb a boapltaJ la New Fraaoa. Tba DodMaM aad Cardtaal RtrK»ii».«

toffatbw. gave tt.4M Urraa. Thaf obialaad. la IttT. rron tba GoonOaa HaadrMl AaeoclatM. ii ront''«Mloe of aliclit arpaau of Ian*! In Qti

a noDaat«f7. and a lief ' irpaotn eall^ 8t». Maiie. • «&.

Six workmen were sen; i ranee to tlc«r the land for

bttlldinc

Now. 81. Vincent de Paul w«i« \hr «pirffnal nAvi- • F>nrhr«»e.t'nd«T hl« fuidance *ihe proceed* *i»4

b«^n founded In 11&&. Thia ln>- hmSiaiera of St. Augttatln. tbe oMeat puroij nunKiog oraer r>i niio* ii> • >

Tbejr had rigid mlea: ihej were eatJraljr raaponaibie to tbe clertr •'

•-•^-^''oaiijr clotelarad.

' h waa tba conmnnlty from which three nona were cboaaa to tail.•. :<•• w France to open a Hotel Dieu under the direction of tba Jwatla.Tbe Sisters were to be called HospitalMraa da la Mls4rlcorde de Jeans.

On thi* momlnit nt ihf 4ih of Majr. 1€M. th<- l'n«ullni< iiiitiit frniii Tiiur*«i foundi^ '< la Pekrie. ioln<<Til were coni "W France. Togci:tuaiie thai dar and MUd farewell to tbalr naUv« liwi. aAU tu«fil<

emtMirked for the New World.- an evflntful voyage they raaebad Qnabac on the lat of ' AiiSer'a edge tbe entire popttlaca. with MooCmagny. tbe G«> '*'

ibt' Sisters. The Hospitall^res. who take precedence, stepped a»b>then the little proceeelon walked up tbe bill (now Mountain Hilli

Church of Notre Dame de la Racoavrance (burned 1640). where a ;iwii)r«

glTlng aenrlce waa bakL Tbe HoapltallArea ware then received Into a bouseowned by the Company of One Hundred Aanodataa In tbe Uppar Town, andthe rrsullnee walked back down the hill to take abal|er In a rude buildingon tbe wharf.

Next day tbe Slaters Inapected their land. Apparerr vorkOMB hadOct arrived. The ground was trwampv. nnd not yet clea; ruabwond sothey decided to spend t)v Mey were. Hardl> w«.<re tb<

made than the Indians, u iiox was prevalent, arrivedlarge numbers that temporary auenn auu wigwams were put up for 'luxn

around tbe nuns' bouse. Tbe winter with all its hardships was ution ibem.Clothing they had none. Water was no nearer than tbe river below ^^ -

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Formeat thfy •It-ponded upon "rorlgnal" (mooaa). which tbe Indians br

from the hunt, and many died. Tbe dead ladlaaa' furs were kept to r-

sick, and finally the three nuns became ill. and tbe Jesuits had to n'

sick. Smallpox raged throughout the cold weatbar. and every disease i

to flith followed.My spring the Indians removed to SlUery. three mUen distant. Tbe native*

bad called the bosplul the "House of De;<

their own villages sinellpox had carried off

to beg tbe Slstara to follow them, aad take up mt-ir nnoa** m a nunainK wim n

bad pravtooaly baan areetad In tbe vflteaa by No«l de Bruyard. a Knight of

Maha. At tbls erials tba tamporarjr boapltal was mysteriously burnM "•'i

tbe nuns were forced to ramova to BtUanr wftboat awaiting tbe will

foundraaa. Here they attended to tba aiek and aged, and taught th<-

dUldran.Daring the following winter there was so much scurfy that tbelr cfnT>^1

at SlUary was filled with the sick, and tbe nuns bad to enter the fllth-

wirwanifi to care for the Inmates, thus soiling tbelr white habits, wl)

th- ired with butternut Juice.

be Quebec Sisters were working out a perilous existence

tbingK w<re bappantog la France. At La Fleebe. la Anjou. dwelt

le Royer de bi Daavaralira. raenlver of taxes. One day. while at h

be beard aa Inward volea eonunaading blm to beeome the found-

order of hospital nuns: and be was fartbar ordered to establish on tbe island

to

Mouthr of tbt AMOdJiiloo or lloDtrMl. Hrr*. too. w«r« M. PajrM«a bmAr»4h<T Vimont thf Suitorlor Of tbo MlMloos. for lb* JmvIU had b««o pni>d<-: !i9 sptritnal chart* of tb« 7o«iif eolony.

. who bopod to MtablUb • brmneb of (b« rrvallovs tnVi!i<- Mari4>. wm also m member of Hi* party.

MalBoniieuve aprang aabora and fall oo bla knaaa. HU followvrs Imitatedbis axanpla, and all Joined tbalr Tolcaa In «fMbusla«tlc Mngs of tbankaclrlng.T»nu. bagiace. anna and storea wara landed, and an altar raised.

Now all tbe company gatbered before (be ahrlne. Tbajr knealad in rev-

erent alienee aa tbe Hoat waa ralaed aloft, and wben tba rita waa over tbepriest turned and addressed tbem. Tbaa tbey pHcbad tbetr teata. llgbtedtbeir bivouac fires, stationed tbeir guards, and lay down to raat. Sn^ waa tbabirtbnigbt of Montreal.

In tbe rooming tbey fell to tbeir worlL. Malsonnenra bewing down the first

tree, and labored with such Rood-will that c ^ were aoon et>

a strong pallaade. and their altar covered i clonal chapel,

Huron mode, of bark. Soon afterwarda ih«*ir ranvaa babltatloQN wplanted by solid structures of wood, and the feeble germ of a futurv ct-

to take root

Mme. de la Peltrle. finding no scope for bar project, returned to QuSome time elapaed before the Iroquois dlaooYarad Villa M.ii- at

length ten fugitive Algonqnlna. chaaad by a party of (hem. ii: ta«*

friendly aaitlanant aa a aafa asylum. Prom that time forth tbe cuitiiii»ii> badno peace. No mora asenraioas for flablng and hunting: no mora strolls In tbewoods and meadowa. Tbe men went armed to their work, and returned at tbeaound of a bell, marching In a compact body, prepared for an attack.

In August. 16IS. d'Allebout arrived, bringing news of an "unknown bene-factreaa." who bad given 42.000 llvres for the boUdlng of a boapltal (Mme.Bullion).

It waa true that a boaplul waa not needed: no one was sick at the Vllle

Marie, but tbe colony bad been eatabllahed In order that a boaplul might bebollt.

The hospital, therefore, waa built oo St. Paul atraaC, aurroundad by apalisade, and part of tbe garriaon detailed to defend It. It waa sixty feet longand twenty-four feet wide, with a kitchen, a chamber for Mile. Manoe. otberafor the servants, and two large aparimenta for the patients. It was amplyprovided with furniture, linen, medldnea. and all necessaries. It had also twooxen, three cows and twenty sheep. A small oratory of stone was built ad-

joining It. Tbe enclosure was four arpents In extent.

There, on October. 8th. 1644. Mile. Manro took up her abode, and awaitedliatlentH. And soon there was no Uck 'or blood and blows and scalps

were rife at Montreal Tbe woods wt-: Iroquois: and wben not caringfor wounded Fr^ she was kept bua> by tbe wives and cblldran. whowent to the bo>. refuge while the men fought the savagea.

At Vllle Mane ii was usually dangaroua to paaa beyond tbe dltcr> '

fort or palhwde of tbe hospital. Somatlnes a aollury warrior wouldcoaled for days, without sleep and almoat without food, behind a IpK •••

foreat or la a denae thicket, watching like a lynx for some raah atragglar.

Sometimes pariles of a hundred or more made ambii»radeii nearby, and Hent

a few of their numtier to lure out the soldiers by .'i .ick andTbe danger was diminished when tbe colonists recei^ t-'rance a

of dogs, which were trained to reoognlse the IroquuU and give the alafiu.

llien the nuns rang the belfry, to call tbe Inhabltanta togaCher.

Tbe little colony of Vllle Marie was not very proaparooa at first. By 1648

there were foriy houses and two hundred and fifty peraons. Malsonneuve andMile. Manoa ooosUtuted lu sole vitality. Whan funds and Interaat fiaggad. It

waa MUa. Manoa who went to Prance to sUr up the laal of tbe company.Tliere. In 1647. we shall leave bM* for tbe preaeoL

By 1648 tbe Jesuits had pushed their way as far as Sank Ste. Marie, andefttabllshed a mission for the Hurons. There they built a hospital, to which

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Indian women as well as mm w«r<> admitiMl. There l« no mention of nunsas aarstfc. The hospital was destroyed, within ibr year, by the Iroquois, whoburnt the niUnion i>;aiiii».

I>urinK tliU tiin<> >• \*>ral of tli« Quebec nnns had diad. and nfh«>r« fromFrance had aiiKtii<nt< •! r),*-ir nambers. Af M«rs at <

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•tant Indian atuirK» f.ir<.-.i atem to abandon and tak Anthe city, while they (Nit up a balldlnf on im-ir turn land. «^iiriiiii<-u o^rescarce, and tkaa. aa now. not too expeditious. So the nnns themselves, aidedhv two lajr brtMhers. dog the foundations, and carried water to mix clay. Help,

hape of workmen. Anally came from Prance.

IM< both monastery umI chapel were built. The nuns wer» .•>? last

tindrr tht'ir own roof, on the site they have occupied ever since. .< re-

vunied thrtr white habit—never to give It up again. In this ye«t >-e|

IHea gave relief to forty-six French and one hundred and twenty Indian*.

Soon this !)iiildlng was too small. In IttS a larcer on*- wait otM'ned, andth< tr the Hospltallfres extended hospl' tl fromFr At Laval, who In 1S74 became the flr- -c.

.out ICCO Quebec waa bealeged by the IruquuU. Itotb Hosplul-l^r rsollnea were obliged to uke shelter at night In the College of the

Jesur*The year 1M5 saw the arrival of the first regular troops in Canatla

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the Carlguaa Regiment. With tham came ship fever. T' ^^ t>...,.i ^^^ ^^celved ovur one hundred sick aol^en In one day. Hugii ineroos.nionir thf»i> intnps. To see them die without professing tl.. was one

rials of the Sisters.

impulation of Quebec nuinb<M-od 1.400 peraoot. and "there wasa »uSlciwae> of doctors, notaries and :t

On the 10th of October, in this yeai umunity was rudely disturbed.

A fleet under Phipps waa anchored in tbt- harbor. Frontenac was recalled fromMontreal. Hln pmaenee quieted the iianlr. but the bombs of the Invadersrattled tai the dijr. Twenty-alz shells wer. * up in the hosplul court-

yard in one day. Soldiers came from all < >lony. They took up the

floors of tbe boaplul to build dty rortlflcat^^.... . ..«.• well-known reaponse of

rrouteoac to Phlppa' OMMMttgar Anally saved the situation: "Go tell ytMr maatarI win Ani(»<T >iitii from tbe mooth of my cannon" The execution of this

The fleet sailed away o 21st.

In 1M7. In France. S 1 Dauversl^re at LaK f*^ hf ImU tuaugurated the Sisterhood o( St. Joe<*ph. and where then- id In 1M4. taken their vows. She saw also the "unknown bene-

and obtained from her financial aid. Then she re-

ig hearts of tbe colony.•Mi\f mill I to Franca la 1<S4. and returned with funds and on*

•rkmen. This year Um Montreal Hotel Dleu was rebtHlt.\iii» Maace fall on tba lea and i>r..k.. h.-r ,^ruy which «na sat bj

ft ckard wtdk Mch poor reauli itaalaaa until Um«h«>n iihe again went to Fr.* raenkmaly heaM

•ntalnlng the heart u( M. Olirr.

t« made on the St. Andr^. which had served two year*II Ma. Maace were three priest > - -nsi. and aa

i-vlaed flflaen years before by ^> liauverslAra

durtng iii<-lr «aiK in ine woods at Mttidon. six members oi me Order of St.

Josspl. from La FMelM. aeeonpnalsd Mil*. Maaea. Thrsa ware to start asekool. and three wera boaplUl nnns. ona of whom waa sklllad In phnnaacy.

TW St. Andri waa lafsctad with Alp favar: many of tba cwanny baddied on tba voynce. and ware bnriad at saa. When cba vaaael r«>arlird Otii»hee.

I.Avai saw no neceeaHy for a new ortfar of nnns In Canada. ai> n.Aftrr mncb Mekartng. tbey oblntnad parmlaslon to proceed (ha)<>iim«y oecupylng tflaan days. In the meantime, they had Infected Quebaewith typbtM

At Montrsnl tba nans war* recatvad In a room over tbn bospltnl. t^wty*Ave feat sqnnra. eonulntof a eloeat for storsa snd oiotblnt. Tbn room «ns

tl

wtth plaakB. Afitr a aiorm Um mow waa rMBovcd witli •bor*la, aii4U«lr eoarM brown brMd froM on tho tabi* b*for«> ihmi

Up to tb« time of tb9 arrival of tbM» Sir Mane* •*«

aenraaia. had lakfo votlr* cbargv of tb» boapti now gn mxear* of ihv »lrk to ib» Slaters, rvmalnlnt boraalf (llr«ctr«Mw of

For yram the|- suSerMl Kraaili* from poverty and bardahi,glvas br Mne. Ilulllon bad boon mitniatod to do la Daaverai^r*moat. He proved unfaiibrul Co bla inwt. and tbo eomnanltj- wai> ui

eaueme want.Poverty and slckneaa wero not tbe only irlaU of tbe berole alsterbood. In

IMl tbe Iroquois b«*canie ao troableaone at Montreal tbat tbe Inmaiaa of tbeHotel DIen bad to take abeMer In tbe fort.

ApproarhliiR ihf> shore, where tbe city of Montreal now atanda. one »«mi)<1

have • - 1670. a row of amall. compact dwelllnga extfiidlnK .<

narrow tmivi to rbi* rlvfr. and then, aa now. called Ht Pnti'

On a hill a iilll of tbe Seignior, ballt o- udpierced wit). of need, aa a place of defri. heleft. In an angio lornxMi oy inv junruon of a rivulet with the St. Lawrrnr**. waaa square bastlooed fort of atone. Here lived the military governor appointedby tbe Seminary, and oommaiMMns a few aoldlera of tbe regUnent of Cartsaan.In front, on tbe line of tbe street, were tbe encloanre and bulMlnss of tbeSeminary, and, noarlv adininlng tbem. tboM«> of the Hotel Dleu. or boapHal.both provided r. case of an I .ick. In tbe bospttal en-

closure waa a ^ opening on ii • In tbe absence of anyother. It served MltlemenC.

And so tbe i • u plajred no Inoooaldorable part In tbe developmentof the colony. Jeauue Manee died In I67S, bavins baqoeatbad her heartchapel. She aasma to have been a woman of "aoond aaose. excellei

ment and wlae sjrropatby." Her name la revered to-d-- ' •> boui>«- him-

founded, and her good deeds are recorded In tbe bistory < ranoe.

In Montreal another Initltutlon was estabUabod In u- .... ISM by tbeSuperior of the SulpirtfnH. It was called tbo Oaaaval Hospital, and waa bvllt

on >!' \i>riiuiii<l iitr(M>t. where la now the Coatflns Honae. It waa In obarge of

ati brothers. For a time proapertty reigned, but ftftjr yaara after

lti> waa In a state of ruin.

iu 17ul was bom a yoong Canadian woman, afterwarda known aa Mme.d'YouvUle. who waa destined to repair the fortunea of this fallen houae. Shebegan bv %isltlng the fioor and mending clotbea for tbe General Hoapltal. with

three other ladles as heliiers. After thia we bear tbe Ooooral HoaplUl spokenof as the HoaplUl of (he Grey Nuna.

Mme. d'Youvllle met with great oppoaltlon. but llnally received Bpiaootial

aanctlon and rule, esubllahing a new order of nuna In 1745. Tbey adopted a

grey and black habit.

Mme. d'Youvllle died at tbe age of aeventy-one. Tbe ordtr of annafounded by her has spread throughout America. Tbey are tisaallj oallod

Sisters of Charity or Grey Nuns.It waa auied prevloualy that the Recolleta in Quebec In 1€2I had built

their convent on the banka of the St. Cbarlea. Tbia property was purcl)ase<l

Iu 1692 by Mgr. St. Valller. who In 1688 bad become tbe ^ ' Uhop of

Quebec, and It waa given to some nnns from tbe Qneb(> iMeu to

found what waa called tbe General Hoapltal of Quebec. I. ~»- .;eacrlbed

a^ tbe flkiest building In all Canada. Here. In 1713. St. Valller took up bla

abode, and here Hi. H!..d

In 1717 a ' ^vaa erecte<l for the Inaane In connfK-ilon ^

Quebec General This Is the first mention we And of nn>

care for the Insane lit Canada. In 1743 a new and larger >

waa erected, and throughout the dangers and epldemlca o(

doors of tbe General Hospital were ever open.In tbe years 1776 and 1777 nine hundred died In tbla boophal of ablp

fever.

At Three Rivers. In 1697. tbe good Rlahop St. Valller. out of bla ownIMTSOnal pr'^ix-**^*' f<»>ii.i<..< in iM.rrtAtnlfv tho llr>f..l I lia.ii iK'ifH kit h»(lK for

Indlgeoi poor, and gave it into th« care of ihr ' h\» botplUl also•harvd la tb« •ptdemlc* and nilsfortua^a of th>

Port Royal <dow AoiwiioUs) was foaodcd b> Ctuuuplain In 1604. and In

ItO bvcame lh» waritMit garrison In Acadia. Prom tha earliest dara of the— —iMit there was a hospital outside the fOrt. callad 8t Jean de Dleo.ton states that in 1744 H waa the most Impoatag baUdlng In An*

It has long since disappeared.urutfaalljr the territory knows aa Canada eoBslated of the provlncea now

can«-I Quebec and Ontario. Acadia conatalad of Nova Scotia and NewBr with some adjacent land, and the rest of th« country was knownsj- hwest.

^<«rs before Canada was Snally ceiled to the British. Acadiat! . , ifred by Nicholson (1710> and formally transferred to the

Hr' wn In 1713 by the Treaty of rtrecbt. when Capo Breton wasrr* the French. Onhaaquant to Utrecht the Frondl ballt a fort at

<lnal plan of the fort Included a hoepitai to be attended by nunsI:. tiiisis M Quebec and Montreal: but In 171< five Brothers of the

• an de Dleu came out from France and endearored to estab-at Dauphin <oow St. A ones), but soon ranoved to I^^uls-

Uu.'ti The t(ro;hcn> filled the offlcaa of superior, surgeon, diapenaer. nursean<l •'hsi'lutn (-•••)>«'<tlvi'ly.

atlon of the British the old hoapltal continued for aw^ labltant toKlay In Cape Breton remembers It onlyb) iiuiuc

Theae several Instltutlooa comprised the hospital world of Canadaduring the French rdglma. Tbe anaala of all them are replete with accountsof cottflafratlooa. apldamlca and alagaa. The Hot4»l Dtau at Qualiee waatvitf burneU. the laa( time In 17U. what! nearly aH the original documantaw The Montreal Hotel Dleu was destroyed by Are In l€tS,IT. t. The General Hospital of the Grey Nuns in Montreal wasIxirif . ::i and 1765. and the Hotel Dieu at Three Rivers in 18M.

s 'i: N ^ an 1 smallpox were prevalent in the eariy days of the colony.There seem to batre bean diatlnct exacerbations of the smallpox In 170S,

17S2. 17SS and 17U. Typkoa came with almoat every ship. Bspadally vio-

lent outbreaks took plaea la IMS, 16M. U9&. 17M and 17S8.

A plague called tba "Dlaeaaa of Slam" made Ita appearance In 1711.M\s :tnii 1740. It la augpoaed by aoma to have baaa bubonl<- i>i«rii» othersii< > have been an infectloua form of meningitis. T .« fromthi were many. In short, every condition caused t> i»overiyao4 Uard»tiip was with them In thoaa eariy days, and many Umea therolfwv w«« n«»arly wiped out.

nrst lirty years there stems to have been a scarcity of doctors.Montreal, tboogh In Qoabac from the bagtnniog the colony

«i«K ii<t«r wiibout medical men. Two among the many ara partlculariyworthy of maoftlon—Dr. Gaulthler. who discovered the merita of the winter-gr»*« plant, which uvday bears his nam** --r:>i«iih»rii. Uroconbaits." andt'r Michel Sarrazin. who was noted aa a »*• special study

'iials and plnntu In t^von to-day regard«><i

tbe SOtti It Quft«<< of theI Hen anil th the «

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,m. weretda the walU of the livutral Hospital.

A: - cottDaetlon: "One of Wolfe's officers

».< A itwiry to the Battle of the T*' lie was\.i-V' .in<l taken to the Ganarai Two!i>* i«i. . ...- i^....... Ti .-r with a flag of truc%' ... ....- Britlah

' nes. re<ioe»ttnK that tb< •• BrfUah onear ha aant to hia at Iha.otti'iii A' th<- %Atu>- t tve an account of hIa raacuc sntl con-

nt £20 to the Freaeh soldi' 'aaTwo days lalar another r' tea

' ' ratamed the moti- asi>t mooay on behs: ra

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who iln^ '«><l Ml tb« or n to tb«ai. Wolf* took advaotac* oCth* opiM u addrvu « Mm«. d* Rmbmjt. dlr«ctre«ii of th«Oen^nil lluxplial. thankltiv • ntlun paid to th«> wout 'Tand aMttiiiMt brr that r hi* anns h» would .i«

protoctioB to h*r and to mf romniunr^ And thl* promUM wa« rnitnruitycarrfad oai. when thrw waaka tetar the Mrltlsh antarad Qvabac" (Dr.l)oa«htj In "Thr CradI* of Naw Pranc«. ")

In ih«> liattif* of tb* Plalaa on tka Uth of Sapianbar. 17&f. \Voif«> .11^Ttciortoos, and Mootoalm raealTcd a mortal wound. Shortly bafor» hit dvathbe paanad a latter to Townabend. aorraiiderlBS Qnabac and anklng nbeK'-rfor bla aick and wouadad.

Oanaral Murray waa la cbarsa wttbln the walte. and b« astanded totba HoapltaliAraa the ooartety promlaad by Wolfe, aa well aa ration* andother nacaaaartaa.

After the capitulation waa atgnad a prooaaalon of black<robad nun*,alowly aad wttb bowed baada. wasdad chair way from (he General Hotplulthroofb St. Rocb'a aad up Palaoa HIIL

Tne city waa barely raoogBlnble: avanrwhere cannon ball and Are hadleft (heir traces. DwaMlnsa ware unroofed, walla felled, roads obatnictHlby fallen maaonry. and pavamaaia were covered with broken flaaa whichrrarked under their feet and reflected the glowing sun. Brltlab aoMleraguanled the gatea of the city, the ramparts and public i)lnr4>«

Tba Inhabitants, an unhappy throng, sad and sli* -i

clothing, waaderad among the burnt aad plundered hi ;«

the Slaters pawarl to Had their cooveats destitute, plunden^i, u»<-n nn §Bni*aona by tba Brltlah. Thair farms also ware laid waste and their cattle gone.

Tba wooDde<) '^"'^ -f^eived In the hoapltals aad ooarents: tba eburcbaawere full. Tamp Idinca ware aracted on the laland of Orleans. Fora whole year the i uvt kept aick aoldlera laslde their coaveat walls aadcared for them.

Scurvy broke out aad the Hoapltall^res auned tba aick and wounded,patched th«'lr amn torn bedding, made clothes for the soldiers, knit stock-

ings for the Highlanders and converted the dying, all st the same time.

From Three Rivers Sisters came to help in Quebec. At Montreal theywere busy caring for the wounded and for thoae who had scurvy.

Soon after the conqueat the Americans, unable to involve Canada In

teaurractlon. reaolvad to conquer her. Two armies were directed, ooa uponMoatreal. via Lake Cbamplaia. the other upoa Quebec. Thla. the flfth siege

of Qoabac. bafaa aarly la Daoambar, 1775. Lord Dorcbaater was tbea Gov-

araor. To add to the dlatraaa of the people amallpoK broke out amoogst the

iahabitants and the soldiers. Asaln the aarvlcaa of the nuns ware taxed

to the utnKMit.

The nuns took refuge In a vault of their monastery. In •>' -b«*

death of Mootsomery the alege contlBoad uatil sprlag. whea th> na

retired before the stiperlor forces of tba British.

For a period of tweaty-flve years the British troops ware garrlsoaed

wHhIn tba walhi of the Hotel Diau. It waa not UU 1784. when the Brltlab

fortiflt-atioos and barracks were In raadlaaaa for the military, that the muchtrifxi »»n«^ were left in poaaeaaloQ of their own monaatery.

uivers alao played an important role in I77S. American aoldlera

affi h acurvy were received into (he Hotel Dieu—so many that th^Allied tb« cbapel. To (hia day may be aaaa la the coaveat An>- )*

lasued to the auas. which after the war ware iu>t redeemed by > d

SUtes. The hlatory of the Hotel Diau proudly atatea fl g inio fpi-

aode. a coiopaay of Irish soldiers liaed op before the • ^nd cheered

the l^rsolloes.

In 1776 the AoMTlcaas. uader Wooatar. had poaaaaaion of Moatreal aadware aiarchlag to Ttaraa Rlvara. Wooatar fled to Soral. laariog four officers

at tha Hotel piea.Oa tha 8th of Juaa. oaa aad half milea from towa. a barrlp bffwpon

aevea thouaaad Easliah aad two thooaaad Amerlcaaa wn h

laated two hours. The wonaded of both annlaa were brough >l

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Diru. EnKlan«l ha>t ••nIt«t«Hl th«> •vrvlcva of a Bruniwlck r«glm«Bt. TbHrromirandfT Ki«>i«'i« 1. paused the winter of 177C in TbrM Rivers, and thel!<>( Aa« used as a military hospital.

be war of lKi3 this bosplul atalB figvrva In receiving the«roun<i«Hi iintl sick.

Of thCM pioneer hospitals the two In Quebec renuda to this day on theirorlftnal site. The archives of the HoCH Dfen are amoat the most valuablen cords of the cotiatry. The chapel contains some rare masterpieces andrelka.

At Three Rivers the Slaters of Providence opened a new hospital In

l«^< and as It was foaad beet to have only oae In the dty. the historic

"«u of the UrsaHnes was closed. In Montreal the neighborhood of the:6« became so thickly built that It was necessary to remove to a new

i' < snty In 1g&9 the preeeat eiteaslve premises on Pine avenue wereerected, in ISCI the bodies off the deceased Stoters were removed from the oldrbspel to the preaeat site.

Thf Grey NuBS. la 1871, reowved their convent from St. Normaml streetto Goy streec

With the istb ceatary passed the heroic age of the Canadian nursingorders. The era of peace aad civilisation. If less romantic and picture«que.has broogbi for them st leaat leas perilous times.

British R4gime.

The earllaet hospital esiablUbed und«T Hritlsb rule was at Halifax""

' lioolslrarg was taken by Pepperell In 174S aad retume<i oyibt x'U'Chapalle three years later: It was then re-eaforced. Bythu ...... ....;lsh settlements la Acadia cooslsted only of a small garrisooat Annapolis, aad a feebler one at Canseaa. To offset Loolsborg the Britishin ITI** «>stabnshed a mlHtary sutloa at Chebucto. To this post from Great

t oat soitllers. sailors, mechanics, tnulesmen. farmers,en—In all 2.500 persons, thus founding Halifax.

.: year. 17&0. the first public hospital was establi- "-«

March. It stood iK>rth of the present site of ('. at

In i7gS there were two hospitals called the Red and Greea. Both were-• •* water's edge. In 17M the Red Hospital was granted to the

loase, aad was used as snrh until ISOO. when it was tora.. - of the building of Oovemment House.In 1SS4. during the cholera outbreak. Dalbousie OoUege was ased ss a

pesthoose. It wan afterwards boraed aad a new college hvlldlng erected

MILITARY HOSPITALS.The fsrii'x; lwi*i>i!.ii« for sick soldiers were, of course, the established

iLstituilon* .-u !h< Nari< >i« tnwns aad poata. aa haa been already OMStlooad.At Annapolis and lioalsburg there were hospitals established shortly afterthe ganrlsoes. aad they aei'ved aot oaly the garrtson bat aay sick in theplace.

At Qaabec. la 17t». the Britlali took ihimimIob of the city hospluis aaderected Beld shelter as wall Shortly after the oocupation of the nritinh.

garrlsoas wer^ esubUshed ihroogboot the coooiry. aad b>

hoapltals existed la Sorel. Moatreal. Klagston. York. Port <•

NIacara. Amberotbarg. aad probably efaMwhere.Informatioa rtgardlag Mllltarjr hoapltals Is vague aad fragment.

i

the preeeat tiSM. There are tfaeaiMala extaat, however, relative to •ucnaa laatHattaa at KlacalM prior to 17N.

Bacweaa the years llW^ltU teaporary Said shelter mast have heeaerected wherever the woaadad were aac aear eaotwh to the eatahltahed hoa*tJials to ha takea to tkeai.

' ttf a taa military hospiul was ballt la Q—bee. DaHac rsceat yearaiioc haaa used, hat it is bow opealag ap asaia. la tba same year

CokHMl By erected a aUtltary hoapltal la Ottawa: It eoaialaed tweaty bedsaad stood whore the weacera hloeli of the Parllameat Balldtaifa aow u.

HToronto ohclMaijr had on* m tbo cornor off Toi«o Md Front strMfti.

which diMppMrvd. A o*« on* tsUu In Stanley Barmdu.Hallfai has a wrii t-qutpp^ military boapital with oo« huodrad bada.

built (lartns ih« Crimea mhmit is&4).Klnsaton. Praderlci< ihna. P.Q^ nU hara military hoapliato mora

or IMS old.

' IHBA8B.In 1771 tha ati«»ntltit. -nt waa callad to a horrlbia aoonrga

wbirh raragad tba coontry. it »•« called Malbala Dlaaaaa. and was said toharv ba«n brought (o Bala 8t. Paul by a dauchmant of Scottish troofia.Owing to tha haMu of tha "hnbltaata** It spraad utll tha vhola prortecawaa affactad by It In 17M L4>rd Dorebaatar took atapa to diatribota ramadlaathroughout tha country by tha modlnm of tha "Curto" nod "Satgnaurs." Thaacourga was Anally stamped ooL

Tba exact nature at thla dlaaaaa waa tha aubjact of much oorraapoadaaeabatweao the Ooramment and madlcnl OMn. who dlffarad aa to dlagnoala.

»">-- VKAL GENHSRAL HOSPITAUAfter the war t of 1812-1K14 with the States, and <ha disband-

mant of tha aml«« ... . .^. when Watarkw broke the power of Napolaonand aattlad tha paaca of Buropa. tbara waa great Influx of immigrants IntoCanada from Gr««( nrtisin and Ireland. The winter closlog of the crcaiwaterwayf nivals from going far Waat. Quebec. ^

and Klng^ <l with Immlgranta. atanrlng. sick andmeans of support.

The Montreal Female Benevolent Society waa founded In 181S. ThroughIts efforts in this year a foui^room houae waa taken on Chabolllet aquare andwaa called "The House of Racovery." The llrat doctor In charge waa Dr.T. P. Blackwood. 'k retired army aurgeon. In 1818 a large houae. capable ofaceoflUBOdatlng twenty-four patlenu. was hired on tha north side of Craigstreet, near Bleury: this wa« rmiu-i ih.> Montreal Oeoeral Hoapltal.

In 1820 the land on wh of the preaent hoaplttl atanda waabought. (It waH then called ursr-ryv The comeratone waa laid

June <th. 1821. with Masonic bouur*. stid -ving May the hospital waaready for uae with arrommo<lation for — .tients. The buildings cost

$14,000. In January. 1823. hla Majeaty George IV. granted s Royal Charter.In 18M the land oppoaHe the boapital waa bought, the old buildings on It

removed: It baa been kept aa one of the "lungs" of the hospital ever since.

In 1822 a achool of medldne waa organised In connection with Montreal

General Hoapltal. called Montreal Medical Inatltutlon. In 182S thU becamethe Faculty of .Me<lklne of McGlll Unlvaralty.

In 1832 cholera wan r»-<>4.ived In tba hoapltal. In three montha three

thouaand died of It. or of the entire population of the city.

In 1889 one huodr> nfty caaes of amallpoz were treated In the

Montreal General Hospital. At this time the hospital oonalatad of the

preaent building on DorrhfMit«>r ntreet. the Reld and Richardson wtnga and the

fever hospital. There ^' • house surgeons, a matron and nurses of

sort*. The garret was by employes and nurses. The wards weresmall, holding leaa than t«<ivi- innla. The training school was started in 1875.

TORONTO GIS^fBRAL H08PITAI.to 1819 certain lands in York (wbtoli town In 18S4 became Toronto) were

granted by the Crown. In truft in frmr peraona. fbr hoapltal and fnirtc i»nrT»o««»»i

In that year appeared In -r Canada Gasette"Propoaals for building by a brick hoapltal

will ^ raeelTad at the Poatonu <-. oy WUtlam Allan. Bsq . wn«T<> a pisn. va

tlon and particular description of the Intended bolldlng may be aaen and anyInformation reapecting It obtained. Propoaala to be given In within one monthfrom this date. York. 24th November. 1819."

This original York hospital was built on King street, near John atraat

In 1832 it was deaoibed aa "In aocoaaaful operation and affording to thastudentii dally opportunity of obaendng diaeases and their treatment"

rIjitcr that (tortlon o' Krant in* >r the »ui>i>ort of ft

botpual was vftttrd in th who w> . fts the TruatMM oflh<? Hospital Kndowm«-ni Th«> win- not It^ 1.

lo IM7 an art wu» ita»»«*<l Incoriiorat. Trustees of the TorontoGeiM>ra] This art was niotlini><l In 1^TG. and ftcain In 1906.

8h«> : 1847 the present main buiKilng on Gerrani street wmerected. Tu It have subsequently t>een added several nddltlons.

KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL.At Kingston. In 1S13, a few citlsena banded themselYes together under the

"=•" f the Kingston Compaaaiona'" «—•-•>•. with th" "»•«"'" of relieving the*and aaffeiing of emlgran noclety's reased. and in

t« takon ovor bjr the Pemal* ••nt Asso<

;

^ hich in 1833 ap-plied to the Legislature of Upper I'anada. and obtained a grant of £3.000towards the erection of a hn«pttal. The contracts for fhn work were let In

1H3S. and the building wa- ^^ in 1834. but o« <-k of means theInterior was unfinished ut. ^ben a further gm: <»0 wns receivedfrom the Government.

During the rebellion of 1837-8. Colonel Ronnycastle was instructed to pro>cure a suitable building for a military hospital, and on his advice the buildingwhich had recently been completed for a General Hospital was used as a mill-tarv hospital from May. 1838. to June. 183i>.

In 1841. at the request of Lord Sydenham, the building was changed tosome extent, and the United Legislature of Canada met there until 1844. Inthis year the Female Henevolent Aaaociation received permission to send theirsick |M»or to the hoapltal. and a small grant was made by the Legtalature formaintenanc*.

rp to the vear 1Sr>>> th»' hiitldini! was iiitcli-r tin- control of a Roard of!

•. let':.» I : ;• .fee

ai-l'Ttiifn.

The first meeting of the Itoard of Governors under the new charter wash«id .Noramber 5th. 18S6.

MARINE HOSPITALS.At Qii.)..< ,.• Marine Hoepiui was araeted at a cost of £tS.OM.

It wai intenii'-d ception of mariners and persons comliiK by sea whomight be afflicted by UlMMse. It occupied a site opposite ^^ t«>d

three hundred yeara before. It accommodated three bu' «-opatient* omer stone was laid by Lord Aylmer. then GuverDur-Gcuvral.This hi -. closed about thirty years ago (18781.

'•iiadian Government institti'''

all seaporta.

QUARANTINEFrom \%(K) tu 1S3i various etitdemU-K jifr«Tt»Hl localities, but none during

th

.itpd in theeanT: by 1X3SIt had rwachtfU Luudau. -tre was • ' tn

Canada. The aov*mm*ti i «l<isnit^ .>n

at Groaaa lala. v. Kawere •raeiad. t -al

off'" ~" *"^'i COni|>'*" ••'' •" i"'S'u»r« iij till juimt" aiiti i»rn«'r)> wors. nixi tir'lliery,

« Mounted cannon, to prtYeat ahlpa from passing5th of June th<* • iw>ii.r> r»«chad Oroaaa lala. It weal by laaiui and

botta4a tbroofboat Cai»d^> «• aMNMha SJIS parnoaa diad In Qvabaea!<>ne Store then iher* t ir ovlbraaks la Qnvbec Province— ItS4.

.< matt«»r« passed from Imperial lo Colonial GovennaMit.medical uff re replaced by civilians, The atatloa

ider the coni' •;ovaniment.

u8uiloo« w»r» aUo o|wn«d In

' John. N onqvaniiitiDe •taiion* ««r« opened a .^m. N. |i .ludLoattlrarf.

'" urloiieiown. P. K i . mid Vuicouwr. B. CGREY NUNS.

The Orvy Nuns, to 1M0. MUblUhed a Hotel Di«a at 8t. Hjraclnthe, P. Q.Ob April SStb. 1844. three Grey Nuoa left Montreal In cano -^r- far oilRad River Settlement. They reached 8i lioniface. oppoalte \' on Janeflat. There they Hnmedlatelv n-.v rhnn... ..f t»i.. ^(rk, and »:,*..- •* '•'

bocpltal In the Nortb*wett.

LEPROSY.Two Norwasiao MUtorit from a barque called '^urMa" landed In

Caraqaette. Glonce-* y. .Nil. l^ter two v viog atand Nasuaak. reap*-* ^ho had wa^hf^'l thrir imr irp«

dlaaaae became eptdeuilc amonc the > .ra-

mlcbl and the ahorea of tba Bale dea •:i

In 1844 a bospltal waa built for tneKf i<*i>er« on stieiaraki- i!*;,u .-..r

the mouth of the Mlramicbl River. In 1849 the Inatltutioo waa tramtf* .>

Traradle. N.B.. and In 18<8 placed in charfe of the HoipltalMre* of St. J<»<-i>ii.

from Montreal.The Laaaretto waa at flrat Proviix ini hut »t rnnfoaomtton became the

property of the Federal Government

KIN- HUTKl, Dim.In 1845 the Hotel Dieu . ton wan founded by the Rellsloua Hoa-

pltali#res of St. Joaeph from lite Hotel Dieu of Montreal.

OTTAWA.The same yc«r the General Hospital at Ottawa had Ita bedDoloca In a

frame buildlnc oo the north side of St. Patrick street, near Soaaax. It waseatabllshed by the Grey Nuns from Montreal. .

The horrors of 1847. caused by the failure of the pota* - - -- •

famine and the ensuinc typhus which made Ireland deaoli>

forgotten. Hundreda of thouaaods fled for refuse t^ a < ... ,,„. ...

on ahipboard. while otbera landed on the ahores or only toto the iM>i.til.nri> Thnii«aada died at Groaae Isle ai ^ .ibec and n.

port II

'

\s.

Or. iM- hundreds were dying, unaided and unattended, onlb« aborwi ai PoioL 8L Charles: the air was filled wKb the froaaa of tlMavfferera. Death was there In Ita most appalling aspect.

Tbree long sbeds. two hundred feet long and flTty feet wide, were built

for the aufferera.

Bight Sisters of Charity went to the aid of iheae stricken pe'~- ' '-

the open space between the sheds lay the Inanimate forma of manand children. More alck eolgranu arrived from day to day. and ncu ....; ...

had to be erected.On Jun(> 24th two yoonc Sli>:*>rii ooold no longer rise at the soun<1 of

the M The plagu* ^en from among them Ita first

and ni< wed bourty a( ' thirty lay at the point of deathSisters dUnl. overtone by failguv. the remaining ones were obliged lo ^I'.U-

draw for a few weeka. Then the Slaters of St. Joaeph from the Hotel Dl^^u

took their plaeaa.In September the Grey .Nuns reauned their heroic taak at the aheds.

and condaaed their charitable labors not only during 1847-48. but also later

vben the eholera of '48 replaced the typhus.

At thla time the only route for the transportation of emigrants to theranadlBB weat waa by Ottawa, through the Rideau Canal, which had beenopoDed to 18St.

Daring 1847 8.100 emlgranta reached Bytown. With them cjune typhus.

The first patlenu were taken to the Grey Nuns' Hospital. l.ater the Govern*

tn*-! <>n The nuns continued to car« for the

tv\ !iic> paid b)' tb« OovemnMnt wa« 12s. 6d. awi- unrrtolst. May 30tb. 186€J

clal sboda. tents, upturned bonta and any lm>prtj^i-.. -od. Tbree hundred died In Bytown.

Tb< ••ral Proientant Hoepltal waa the outcome of

the ferer fpiupiiii* .nBoy uf>«tred a hoapttal under the control of the public,

to be rapported by a pttbllc mbacrlptlon.

ThU rewilted la the tormAtloa of a board whose efforts were rewardedIn IMO by tiM erectJoa of Ike stone btiildlns on the lot at the northwest'"""-- r>t Rldona and Wttrtemborg streets. The board waa Incorporated la

:i ISM Bytowa became Ottawa. The orlffiaal balMlnf. until 1876,as the General Hoaplul. It waa thea oaed as a Contagious Disease

HuBpttal until 1903. when the city opened a aew Isolation Hoapital. In 1M7tht* old bolldlng was torn down.

Other Important Canadian hospitals founded pretloua to 1875 were:—Tht* General Hospital. Hamilton. 1850: General and Marine Hoaplul. St.

Catbartaes. 18<&; Jeffrey Hale Hospital. Quebec. 1865; Oeaeral Hospital.Winnlpcc. 1871; Victoria Hospital. London. 1872.

HOSPITAl^ FOR THE INSA.VK•

in ( lomng inis paper It seems fitting to make mention of tht* flntt 8|>eclal

hospitals for the taiaaae In Canada. Uttle Is known of the condition of theInsane dorinc the Prench Regime, and for set'entyflve years after the eeub-Ushment of HHtlsh rule they were cared for In almshoosos and Jails.

The city of St. John. N.B.. In 1835. converted a building erected as acholera hoapital Into an asylum. Later. In 1848. the preaent St. John Asylumws» oiiencH).

(oe Toronto. In 1841. The old York Jail, recently abandoned.«a - jp and serveii until I H.'.o «-hon th- ikni|«>nts Were transferred tothe present Torontt> years was the Aeld oflabor of Dr. Joseph v ., of the best In the Can-jidtan system of

In Quebec. .;. the estate of Baaaport. ooaalatlagof the old eelcnioral luaoor bouse. buUi b> Robert GIfEard. In 1834. on which•state there were large commodious stables and oultioiises. These wererapidly traaaformed into temporary quarters. In 18M a apodal bnildlng waaerected. The Grey Nans from Montreal took oharga of the Institution.»h!. h Ik now their private property.

Prince Edward Ishind erected aa asylum, and In 18U tba Stotars.•*e took up in a small way Che work which has since developed

<iM» Polni. a few miles east of .Montreal.

18M. In Kingston, the stable of an old mansion waa Utted np. laIS62 the prceent building, called Rockwood. waa opened. In 1877 It became aProvincial establishment.

In 18&S Nova Seotla hagaa the ereatloo of a system of county asylums.London asylum was opaaad la ISM la Hm old mlllury barracks at Ptort

Maldea on Detroit RIvar. tn ISTO the prsaant hospital at liondon holngcompleted. Um pallanu were transferred.

la 1S7I the flhM Manitoba Asylum was established st W>n cmrrv in astorehouse of the Hudson Bay Company. It was later ininMferr«*<! rk.

Btahteen huodrtd and aaTeaty4wo witnessed the birth of ish

Columt >!toos in a voodeo hulMtng on the Sougbaas Indlaa Reesrva,outatdr . Ijiter. In I87S. a new asylum waa ersctad on tba mainlandrear Ne» Westminster.

The hlstorr of tba many naw insdtuUons and Improvamanta tor tba< 4re of the laaaaa. as wall as of tba atpa—VM and devaloiNBaat of tba boa-

fital Idea tbiMfboul tbis eonatrr. sabaniMal id 1S7S. dosa not coma wttbinv.. .^p, of inifl paper, and la tba alrsady uMaoslve fleM I bara atisnptad

r It baa beea Imposalbla to consMar more than tba merest outline.

Tb« tirac aiioiirti lo mr t-«>n»i<i«>ritioD ui

Irtr^; and lo rosriitsloo I wish to Mprwa myMstoicd mr bjr tlrlat In' "^n. otb*rwl»»to Or. A. U. Itoogbty. < •mliiloii Archbut for haxiiiK arrorHt'i) '(^c of W'f*'*''^^

Rtferencet

Pkrkninn. Kr«n> vO«t«MMIf*aritm«n. Kmn'

tn. Knir>«Ution A

„• an.l r>.

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rUtDloon<Palllo vir Mnrlr

I> rf« Of Q«*6*« aftd Ml* Bkttl-

Doutfi «nc*.Douvl>C«acrn0»aKm

I»ftlki...ii_.ff <....-.. ........

RamwiT. Kcv. I*, ti—L4frI^blondl-VU d* Mil*. U»Hn"'— - «« -. - » V

o-I'..

M(^ mBar0<r>

Burs*-*

iiirk'-t -A Brl«f AeeottBt of '

c from UU to liSA. >:

ill -nfTal d« Qurhre.A: 'i At Oa«l»«c8j. • (B«Mti >. PRfPK Hon. MontToAl OfiuraT Ho^ptta- -

A Sh"rt lll-i>>rt«'i ''*«n«dUn Nur*' "'

Abbott. Maude B- R. A.. -tch of tbe >l

Meaill Unle^^l^ rnal.

Small. B. BMomont M.1 >wii. DrOttawm Mcdieo-C' "S. and p^ ofth* Society

Aamix r.-s. P. Q.. 1»0<-07.AnnuaQtto*n> , ^Annual It«-porl. Ktucstoi.Ror. J. Bdmond—Hi«tolr< P. t to SS. an)

)««: and Canada ]

: he Presldeot—Ton will sli sgroe with me thst we sU owe s debt of grati-

tude to Mlas Melklejobo for tbis splendid piece of work. Anjrone wbo baa en>

deavored to gstber autlstlcs In any line knows how much time snd labor It

Inrolrea. and this baa been tntljr s great work.

It Is now mjr dntj to appoint the Nominating Committee. I sboold like to

appoint Miss 8baw. of tbe General Hospiul In Montreal: Miss Cbealer. c.f tTir>

St. Lake's Hospital. Ottawa, and Miss Greene, of tbe General Hoaplta

TlUe as tbe Nominating Committee. I sbonld like. also, to nnnoance

offices to be filled will be those of President of tbe 8o< ^t Vlce^Pre^l

dent. Secood Vice-President. Secretary. Treasurer, two '»rs and two

Aodlvprs. I may say. also, that tbe present Secretary and ireasorer are

eligible for re-election. I would farther state to this Assodatloo that It has

been decided that at 8.S0 this evening the delegates of ths Tsrloos societies

reprvssatod here st this convention will meet with tbe Canadian Society of

SI

8up«rlBteDdonf» i>r TrminlDK Sclioola for Norse* in tbU room, to ruimid^'r tb«adrisabr >f fomilDg an aMociation which will ironr•dmlMlti <ttiooal AsaocUtion of Nur»ea. b vthlngfurther?

^tr J H- (jton— I would Jnai like to ur. Madama Preaidenc. that I

.>aiM*r »blch haa baas raad by MtM " n the moat valuablethai has ever bean matfa to liters unneeUon with the

]t!fnitur^ of hospitals. Now. I know aomathiOK about landmarka. and I have aitrsat daal to do with the Landmarka of Toronto In the five volumes that haveb«#a printed, and I know tba aaoant of labor Involved In the pre|»aratlon of apapar such as baa been praparad by Mtaa Meiklejohn. To me it was most ln<

teraatlng from the flr*i ^>^rA m tbe last. It contains a vast amount of infor-matkui. and If this S^- « rooming's work, baa done notbinc better thanhavr* ono of its 8u|mtii prepare a papar such a* this they have listened

me baa been w«U spent. It is a contrlbu^: k should be put«T«i tn tbe Govenunent report. I think >initb bad heard>rt be would be Inclined to put • ruui oi ihc annual report oftndal Secreurr. because it Is »< that has not yet been Issued

III un^ country in any abape. manner or lomi a history of hospitals in thiacountry

The Praatdeni— I think that Miss Meiklejohn understands that the Associ-ation sppiaclatea her work, but In order that she may realise that this is notan Indlvkhml opinion. I would n-^ " - \ssoclatlon to r'* - ^' a standing voteof thanks, irnanlmously glvei.

Tbe President— If there art- uu luiiher announceui'-m- m- meeting standsadjourned until three o'clock this afternoon.

THURSDAY. OCTOBER 8. 190&

Afternoon Sesaion, 3 P.M.

Thf l'r<'«i(l< nt— I wish to announce that the Council is willing to bold a•pedal M-«i>i<in for the piirpoae of receiving application- fr.im ^my who may be|irrsf>nt who «<>iii<i iik«- •> become mambara of our sex year, so that If

thfrt> art* un> p'-r'^m^ who do not betong to tbe socl*- :*'y wit] hand In

;h<ir nannn ix-ror* rhis evening, we shall have a special session of < >o.«». to nj.ik«- 'h!- ; onitible.

I « -n Miaa Brent to read her pn rhe Trained Nurse in tbeWf.-M 'fay-

i.M)... Superintendent of the iiuspltal for Sick Children.•fi. I r. owing paper on "The Trained Nurse in the World's

Work I<^<l.l>

THE WORK OF THE TRAINED NURSE IN THE WORLD TO-DAY.

It ! not my parpoae In this paper to go Into elaborate detail of the different

Uoea of work carried on by tbe naraea of t»4ay, bat to mention briefly what Is

betas 4o*« te tkis and ctbar eomtHaa: what we are doing, and hoar far we. aateachers, are respootlble for tba adneatloo of tbe fatare gradiiate.

The work of tbe aarae t»day doaa not. alone, mean tbe eare of tbe sick,

hut it msMis. or abotUd maaa. adacatlon la tbe broadaat aanae. Raoofalatagthis, and bow poorly aqalppad frooi a tnUaad atsMpolat are tboaa of ovrranks holding hospital poalilooa tc^4ay. a graad tSort waa inada by several of

oar beet worknr* and a coarse tn Hospital Wmmomkm baa baea aatabUsbsd at

Colnn^t>hi Tnlvrmit) That tt exists and Is procraMtas Is due entirely to themi.'- nur->* <>' 'ed Sutes and Canada. How far reaching tbla%,. for th« ;tt of all coodltloos of nursing It Is Impoaalbla

ua eoaalder tbe work that Is betas done outside of tbe walla of

nPlr« »» . iiatf nil- ciioinet nufsv, MMI tbvrv i«, ueriiaps, no Dmiicn of u»««

prof' >-;.>:, M M. h SO ttolrersally eomoMads lta«lf to tM pvbUe Ckvor m that o(dUtric: uur»lQi;. or on<> which la 9** *>' "''aaatawd.

Tba cart of tbv »tck poor in tt tooiaa appwii on th« braad groiuidof eammoa httiiiaiiti\ and has a (a loflttanoa lluui avMi tha taodlng ofthf Dtrk In hoapt >rtant as that U.

Thf nurse. •> Ihik. wending h»r lonaljr vajr throush tha crowdad•trveta of our Urge clUc*. In a flgura which eommanda MNnething akin to Taoar*atlon.

Sha bringa Into tha aqwUd homaa of tha poor an adnoatlw and raHnlngpraaanca: taaebaa bjr aaoUa mnatlon tha lawa of haalth and hrglana: pat*heart into tha orarbardanad mothar: halpa tha huaband to ragaia aalf-raapcot:

brtghteon tha llvaa of the little children: and glraa avatt tha naaaaat room ortanenient th** j>iiim«aranee of home.

Though k may begin In charity, it craataa a dl^; or aalf-

help. To qi! »ord« of a writer: ~lt ta almoat tma to va Ufr^vmra Buraa enter* the atandanl of living la ralaad": and again Caituci caaay«' "Woman are to ba found at the root of every roovameni for ; <^mn It the dlatrlct nuraa axardaaa tha moat cIrllUing and Ijutii^uUlngInr all."

u«v (11 this day. cannot claim to be the originators of this work, for It Is

as old In spirit. If not In organisation, as Christian charity. Do wa not raad ofthe deaconeaaes oommandad by St. Paul, and thaj auraljr ara tha prototypaaof tha district nurse? Wa can. however, claim to bava opanad np new avannaaof work. Tha nurse. In her daily visits, secini: th** rircumstancaa of the poorIn their homaa. would naturally seek to Imi ^ of thoa^ suffer-

ing. This has led to the apiiointment of <ir of TenementHouses, and the cooperation with boards of btwlth. auU wUb the social worker.

This laat mentioned Is one of the latest forms of charity work, and has filled

a long-felt want.The hospitals for a long time have fait that their duty did not and wHh

the discharge of patlenta. There baa. therefore, bean aaubtlabed In connectionwith some of the Urgar Naw York boapiula, the Social and Contmlaacant Re-lief Wont. The aaalatance rendered la of wfda range, and dapanda upon the

necaaalttaa of tha patients, which may arlsa from deatltntlon or protracted

convalaacanca, or from th<- fa< t ihat they hnve neltht-r hum**. rt-Iativaa norfriends, or from need of It also secur »lon to

the Homes ^or Incarable*^ .titutlona. aga. « weeks'stay in a Convalaacent H «• the country air will fit th««a uu(urtunat«>!>

to take up tha harden of -^ sfrain.

The saving of the lives • l** onaa of oar landa la now baooming a

most grave and pertinent queh lo can do ao much aa tba rialUag nurses

following ap tba caaaa from tht- uii>i»-uatarlea. and providing proper '-^^ *- 'he

eatabllahment of tbaaa dlapenaarlaa. and milk laboratories: adi. )>••

mothers In tba proper mode of preparing and tha care of the food ...... i:

Second—Since the eaubllabmaot of tba acbool nnrae. what baa been accom-plished? With th«> medical inapaotlon of the schools, exclusion waa the mainpoint, the 0' ig to protect other This was not acoompllshed.as the chiUl 1 not be followed hnmei*. and the canwen nf the

trouble stlU rvuiatued. With the advi>! •< has be<' rK«*

measure prevented, as, in addition on she follov^ to

their homaa. and tb<-r Huence ih 'lunx'di.r*- rfHults

of having the acboo' cared r<> :»-h in the homesurroundings. The r«.-».... ,^ >bat In mai>.»^. h It wasfound that under tha old aystem of nadir. n wareexcluded from school, while with tba new 8) .

•• num-bera It cab be eatUnated what a aarlous loss of school U\

tboae who could least afford to loae It. as to that cfaMx x^>!

time Is all too abort.

Third—We are all fiunlUar with tba aettlement nnraea, who. living amonxH?the people, acoompllab their work of betptaig the masses, to not only prevent

disease, but to help themaelves. and to develop Into useful members of society.

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Fourth—What nhal) w» My of -^om far IndUi toth«* (nttmn ri««lon« of ihr north are iOioraoc^. crimeand dU« ndervd the irra!<*»t ii*rvir(> in toe nutoriet of the recentwftra. • care of the alek and woonded on a proper basis?—(h«wotnen < > I'loir-KvioQ.

Fifth— In h>-r own nnall way Canada haa add«d her qtiota to the workersIn (bU no).!. .r!i,v Our noraea ar« doing missloa work, not only tn far ii«>«y

(•laces, t V midst. In oor own city we see dally our mU "•w.ndtjik rom hone to home. We have our "Grand an

: h a power for goo<i; we have oar tuben-ular dis-

ts spent In trying to allay the horrors of that dreadjur cities have the school nurse, and we have our Army

niitn <- ^,- which we bav^ forgotten, that Is the nurse aaa home-mak- had under our care the girl who has suffaradfrom tho *>• '^••nlng. In fact. I think half of the worry In

the Wot tire on the iiart of |)eople to realise theirr^spon- I the world, but let us see to it that ourlittle r<> ho leave our care are so Imbued with(bis id«.i >R the example of honor, love and loy-

alty, that (be homes ib«y make will help ka«p Canada in the front of the battlefor Hght.

Now. what shall I say of tb« reapoosibllity of those of us who are trainingyounpt women to go out to meat thesa situations?

It is Impoaaible for many of us "^ -'• —"- '*-" actual experience in

this work: but can we not try to ln~ of self-sacrlflce andtoll- u M.-h «in iii]ikt< th«>ni h(>ar ih'. .-;.,"* and so as they go

even if they go to ilaelr homaa. learn to helpselves?

t—At our meeting of Council last evening we took the libertyfhangea In the progranune. consequently I shall ask Miss

paper prepare<l by Mlas Potts, her aaslstant. on "The

^iisK itreni srcondlngly read the following paper, by Miss Florence Potts,

Assistant Saparteleadant of the Hospital for Sick Children. Toronto, upon•The Nursing of ClUldren":—

The care and nursing of children has become in the last few years toW rtsocnixed as of Yltal Importance. This is evidenced by the fact of tba

tnber of books written, and the establishment of children's hoa>h*" purpose of training nurses and students and for Impressing

ii,M.it til. riK ii':i. fiti».n-r rh!^ Kreat question.\V<- iti thu 1 .tiM r h.iM ui tonsider the training of nurses. The slur.

Only 4 • Mkiren's hospital nurse." is treated now as a sign of Ignorance onI hi- |Mrt of the person who nakee It. For aha. who is at all suiuble for theprof.>a»ion we claim that a training tn the nnnrtng of children with a fewn><>nth> «< rk n tMMtetrlcs and Gynecology.'* makes a moat thorough and

ut to me recently by a physician, that the reaaoo anu! ned la a children's hn«ptti! appeared to blm more»«l.i > tfM fart that the nuif •• of a woman was morefai: •• nnrilttg of children inr*^ to^av. whf> thinksthat %h- .aire all thai la to be I -n. by• (wndin^ :i>onili. more or leaa. In d. hasfailed to rcaiiKf the Importance of Ulls brmnm m me wiim

The management of alell chlMrM dUTera In many eeaentials from thatof adaha who are III. and we mnai realise •»»• ik^ Jq not give us muchhelp wlib regard to their allmeata. ronager being conaiantly fretfnlwhen sMt. and It la not ahrajrs an easy > know why they are aotteevlsh sn-l rroea.

Wbai uiay be cooatdared wiceeas li. ohlldrea depend* aloMMMentirely on the nursing. Take tlie case of patiesU who fli»rm the Inrgealrlasa In children's hospitals, via., tuberenhir leaSons of Joints, spine, ete.

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DoM not lb* handlloc of those ehlldrra (ram dajr to dajr moon aJmositho cvrv or falluro to rare: and If (be ourso can bo Budo to realla*-

bor rMU all ibU rvsponsiblllljr, Miroljr w« ara brtaglng bom* to b< r uaeftoM point, abaoluto attoatloa to tbo moot mlnmo dotnO of bor work.

Tbo otbor claaa of pattoota—"tho babloa" doponda also vpon thU oud-nean. Wa bavo found la onr boapltal bora tbat tbo tbroo groat factors In

our tttocoaa are:—Prt"x>r f»«dlnf, propor baadllnf and fraab air.

Fior tbb raaaoi; '••odiag Is among (he Arst lessons given to ourprobationers, both i

and (beoretlcal: and nftrr thr<> havi* b«M>Q ao-

cepteU. the care of tbe tubercular patient la on doa.

The subject of noising in Infancx and oai > Is

far too great to be dlsotssod In the apace and Umv at our UispuMU. let matherefore drav yonr attention to certain poinu along the Une of Institutional

nuralng.First—One of the moat Important Itoma on baby's programme Is bis

fvodlnf. One nurse has entire charge of tiio bablea' diet kitchen, and pr«>-

paras all the milk mixtures, whey, barley water, elc^ strict aaopala belnamaintained.

These mlxturea are kept In a large lee cheat, uaed only for the aboveporpoao. Thia leads up to the practical qnaatlon as to what fit th<* b4««t kindof refrigerator, aa abaolnte cleanlloess te osaentlal. Th> 'Uld

be of metaL Those made entirely of motal are unaat hemthe Ice molts very quickly. If the orvUnary metal reirtgerator is encaaedIn a wooden box we have the boot form. The oompartmonts shoald bo aoarranged that the bottlea of milk are either In contact with •^' — - —near It The supply of Ice should be abomlant. To be effe<

ator should have a temperature of not over SOP. The texx..

be tested with the nursery thermometer to aacertaln what resohs are l>eing

obtained. Spoiled milk, owing to fauby refrigerators. Is to be blamed for

many attacks of acute Illness among patleata.

Second—A point which Is rarely empbaalted, yet of vital lmportanr*> ft,

the Infant, la prophylaxis as to Inteetinal disease In bottle-fed babiesfere th** nuriM> In (aught (bat diarrhoea ta ever to be feared, andstools of Infanta suffering from this are Infoctiouii and whenever rnangii;^Is required It Is done without delay. Many affections of the akin arlae, too.

from not removing the soiled linen sufficiently soon.The soiled diapers are placed In an antiseptic soludon. such as AC

Carbolic 1*20. They are then waabed and boiled In the ordlnarv wav T)i.>

but(ocks are apt to become excoriated from the Irritating evn.

cordlngly the nuree ahonid carefully waah the parts with wscludon. and dry thoroughly with a piece of absorbent or soft gauu*. Uluuever {losslble. the babies are given a sun bath of several hours In s canvas-aided shelter facing the south, provided with a drop shadt* in front.

Third—As to the Infant's exercise. 1 am afraid wt* arv Inrlloed to under-estimate the imiwrtance of this. It is to be ob(alnpd by > v-wriggling and throwing about of the arms. Ever)- baby Oi

should be allowed a certain time on a "kicking pad." i

protected, be Is able lo uae arma and legs at will. A wor<i ;

said as to the nature of the ooL There are many in uh« i'

Is a shallow basket-like atructure; It Is easily moved: i ir

culadon of air: and It alao farlHtates the handling oi .uhcot Is supplied with a hot water bottle, covered wKh twu 1!.^

with an Individual thermometer, eneloaed In a special caa«

head of the cotDttrioff oonvaleacence the nurse should see thai the Infant Is warmly

clothed, aa being considerably emadaled be will readily take cold. It is ofapodal Importance that the abdotaa and lega ahonid be well covered, pre-ferably by a cloae flttlnc kalttod garawnt.

Regarding the other class of patlonta mentlooed la the beglnninKof this paper. I may say that to anccesafnlly name them reqnlr*-»<

prolonged aasodatlon with them and apedal lUFt- :'i<->

governing the treatment. Many of the patlenta are '^u

uof booM MMl jolotB. I( 111 th<> maiuic«a«nt of th«M cmm i>

- thatthr vifftl«n<^ mw\ lot«>llig«*nc<> of th« aoTM la required, for ttpc<. unicy«l'^ iniM out the tretttnent. depend* tlie profreee u( itxe dlaeaaean>

... tofrequrnt oecttrreooe that after a patleDt haa been aom*moorhs under tr««tmeni. and food progreaa baa been made, a relaxation InwatcbfulnfH* rt-iiiih.. in rotrograaalon. Tbla mlafortone ahoald be fvarded•calnat wajr. and every effort made to tmpreaa the nnraewith a ^ ity.

Tb«' which underlies the various treatments of taberruloals Inbones an ;« that a cure can roost rapidly be brought about by a com-plete fliaiiou u( the joint.

This idea has to be constantly drilled Into the nurse. In order that ahema-. '"

• ntly carry out the details of treatment.enough that she shall understand how to handle this claaa o(

|iat;<. .... It Is Imperative r>^<" -»<•• whall understand the reaaoo of ererydt'taii. and fully apprectaie th> -cu of carelaaaneaa. When once aheh«* fully grasped the underlyti . iple. the vartoua treatmenta. althoaghi»omciimes apparently complicated, are assured of proper succeaa.

fttii Joint diseaae Is the condition moat commonly seen In the wardaT some OMMiths of bed treatment, followed by a year or moreambulatory apparatus, during which time the iiaHent Is seen'•••imrtOMnt. In order that the flxatloi ule may be

tieaMea belnc oonflned to bed. Is eit)i< o a plaater1111 The latter waa devised by our ssmm uiu- un the ortho-

1 baa been of great benefit to the patients, and help to thevvs of movement of the child from Its bed without removing

fxieosion.

Thf Biiira <«sea are the easiest to handle, as they can be picked up andrarrl*-'! about without any fear of dtoturbtng the Joint.

For nanitary reaaoiM the aplca cannot be uaed In the case of very small( hii'irt-n. although eren In these the use of ramlah will keep the plastertoi<-rnbl> ri«*an for quke a long time.

ViT very small children, or those who require to have sinusea dreasedrtslly. »ome form of apt>aratus. or stretcher, is employed.

Th *'- -"on of the atlhealve plaater euenalon requlrea some specialstitMtdot "r that the movmant of the joint may be rednced to airinitiiur .m>b arc reqalrad In the oiieratlon. One hoMa the leg firmly.triih iiK)<ifr.n>- trartioti. whi!.- !))•• Ilea the adfaealve plaster and thei>an<iM«' Wf ai-wa^ r •^ ti> iiii|>r<- the uorae the necessity of apply-Inc thf kiandag** v I<t that li luay not have to be rhaniced for two orthrr«> weeko f*« .e bandage is of great aaslstanre. The adhealveplaster i •> oarruw itrlpa. In order that strips of skin may be left un-covrred :in be itaed for the application of a new extension at the«>o>i of thr m-o waeka.

It la not Bafc (o leave the plaster for a longer time, because of the forma-'-' ' Kuperflclal ulcer. The bathing of these mixT. ..inr pntlenta reqtilrea

rnaotlon. Here again the aurae has to b< nd th* gaaeral prl»it thf afr>-<tc<i log must be kept Iromobi u acute caaea. there-

>f a daily bath must be diapimaed with, and a sub-•f a iiartlal sponge bath.

Thi» ;* altcn alth the leaat poaalble disturbance of the patient, and»h«>n motenisat la unavoidable the aaalalaace of a se<x)nd nurse to steady

" (e<i part la required. WlMte It Is nsrsasary to remove the apparatusI bath, it la better to leagtbea the latenrals to periods of a week orinn tn nin tke cbaao* of lajwing the dtoeaaed Joint

In (.).. ..f iHitIs' DtosMe. tba potoi to be Impreaasd upoa the nurses Is

ktnM'i) k. . .: rhp tiailent flat «• his back, or OB a bowed surface, whielihM^'-r'-x- id Which position nmsl ahvaya be maintained even• hi:*' \>: .«'.

1* U4>a!tu«»M of other joials aiMiurta to praotlrally the samethitu > ;> . absolttte rest.

MPaUeou •offeiiiif from tliU dlWM^ alUNild. •« far •« i>o«slbl«. bt? trrAt«4

la the opMi *lr.

In bright w«M)i«r Ui» cot aboaM b« pteocd on|p ImpcMslblv. (b« wtotfowa of tb« rooo Bttst b»BO doubt, wbaiwor. tbat morp rapid procrvM U'mni^,. r-«u«co « nmuvwbort atloaUoa to pold to ibis tniportani maUer.

Tt>i> <lit4 nf tbWM* |]|lllt*ntt> Ih uluavn a niMltiT ( lilffliuli^ h la un ntifur.

tuna: iiat lb* ^

laslct • pnti«Di.

mlotaae*. Tbo diot of >r—twit value l* uitw nuiitp«Miini o( cvn-vi*. bmiti.abvadaaco of buttor. «8gs. raw or aoft bollod. milk, ercmm ana tb« rar<> n •

and fmlt.Tb« cUm of potl«ota w« bftvo j«at been apeaklag of will ofttB tax ibe

reaourrra of xhv nurae to tbe utmoet. bat If abe nmlatnlBa carefal trantmeat.ft^a him ranrfully and aapplSco blni wiih aa nncb freab air aa poaoible.while abe «loea not ncfloct tbe Important matter of bodily cleanliaeea. ab*may raat asoored tbat abe to dolag all tbat Ilea In her power lo aid thepatleiK'a recovery. Time and paUaoce will achieve much, and wa have oftrnobaenred aucoeoafvl reauHa follow upon otrict atteatlon to tbe polnta la nur«inKwhich I have tried tboa briefly to empbaotxe.

The Preeldent You have heard tbeae papera road; tbey are now openfor dlacoaaloa.

Mlaa Stanley, of London—I want to aak lllaa Brent bow long abe th: •<-

It woald be nacaaaary for a graduate to take a poat-graduate ooorae. wh<abe thinka It could be acoompllabed In three or four montba?

Mlaa Brent—In three montba. It would depend upon what brancbeawere taken up. I dont think yon could get all of tbe bianchea. I think aoourae of three montba would give you a vary good chanoe for learning babyfeeding and tbat aort of thing. I hope next aummer to be able to eotabllaha poat-graduate oourae In connwtlon with this work. It will be a courx • r

four montba. from the flrot of June to the firat of October.Tbe Praaldant—Perbapa aome of tboae preoent know oometblng at*- m

outdoor dtopenoariea In connection with children. If ao. we aball be \>i>

glad to bear firom tbom.yn— PbllUpa—Wa have baan trying In Montreal to esubllab a pur** mifk

league. It baa ba«i auccaaaful to a certain extent, but not to aa torge anextant aa we had hoped. In tbe boepltal of which 1 am aupertntandant wehad provided tbe milk free of coat. If neceoawrx nr from Ave to ton cenu aday. according to the needa of tbe peraoo. thing we have a*ke«lfor ia that they come to tbe hoapltal for It, ' mt way wr hnvr h^pnable to give a liule inat ruction to the motber iu tl)«* way of tx^

neaa and In the care of the milk, but we have a terrible amnnr

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to light agalnat, and one of tbe chief thinga boa been ftbe people to oome for It. If it could t>e aent to themto give it to the children. I ahould like very much it ux-ntalk on ibat aubject tbat I could take back aa a help to us in oti

The Preeldent-' ••'•'V where vlaltlng nunes exist in cot....

boapltala—I know -iltlng nuroaa In oonnection with tbe Pr>

Hoapltal In New ^ loatanee—tbay have two nuraea who d

work along the llnea that you were apaaking of. Theae nuraealiatirn'K In their bomea. and are on duty from nine until Ave In tb*

I 'or ibem. Tbey oome back and keep exact recofda oC tMr wo;*.

t .il. and take not only milk, bm oneb otbar ouppUaa aa vtaMag nu; •

usually carry to tbair dlatricta. Perbapa aona one ebe baa eoma InformationTbe Secretary—I waa very mtidi amck racaatly at the Hoapltal Aaaocto-

tlon meeting by a paper read by Dr. Potter, wbo waa la charge of "> -'•>--'•"

organisation of New York In connection with tbla very qucatloimilk for tbe feeding of bableo. Their aodety aeeka ><> viHii

mother, and the great point tbey make la to encouro*:iri« .r tiables naturally. They aay tbey think that la oi

in oavlng tbe Uvea of the children; that the tendenc> u( the i*rv*«ut

is to get away from that, not only in the higher, but lower walks of '

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Kt all poMlble. they MMoorafe (be moibn- to aani^ the rhlld. andthe mUk for that porpoae. Tb«jr aay In providing modlfled milk

ir m Buing to eocourace bottle>f«d tebiaa. whereas rhey rtilnk the great point1» to escoiirage tlM motbera to feed Ibe babies naturalljr. Tbe Bttraea vMttbe expeetatti motber. and they teacb ber hygiene and that aort of thing, andit aeems to me that la one of the rery gnuideat pointa in this charity workl.Atxm .Ion<- in New Toffe t»day. Of coarae other cMldreo bare to be looked

' !• the qoeattoD of looking after children that cannot be fedtt we have to consider also.

«ldent— I think If we have no further dlscvssloa on ihls qoMdoa•• tlm» for another paper. If MIm Stanley la prvptired

^i>5 stanle> not my paper here.The Preaia«>i -» Sbaw prepared?Miss 8baw- i ii««i- not my paper either.Tbe President—Perhaps I shall rail for a volunteer. We have Just half

sn hour before four o'clock. Now. is it the wish of tbls aaaodation thatiratead of boldtag our meeting to-nlgbt for tbe purpose of disenaaliig tbeInternational qneatlon. that we diantaa tbat qneatlon now? I wottM like tohear from tbe aaaociatlon on that point. It will Juat gliw us half an hour.

Miss Maiklejobn— 1 tbink tbat will be a very good plan.Tbe Preaideot—If It is tbe wish of tbe aasociatlon. will they please signify

by standing.' was decided nnanhnonaly to devote tbe half boar at ibo disposal of

^eniioo to a dlacnaahm of the intaroatlODal qneaUon.)•• PreaMent—I aboold like to aay to tbe menabers of tbe aaaooiatloa

t ..i: Miss Cbesley baa an amwiiriwmnt to make.MlM Checloy (Superintendent of 8t Lake's HoapHal. Ottawa)—The Board

of 8t Luk<>'i> liospiial is very anxloas to do aometbing towards entertainingth*> AMMMiation. and they have extended an invitatloD to tbe Asso-dsilon xn a laacbeoQ party to-morrow at twenty minutes after one orTh*-<-«>«h'Mi(.i. to be beM ar the Golf Club. We shall bare to take the atreeten ts at twti iitea to one. at the usual starting place, at tbeBa idge—at iilBOtea to one. I AouM like to add furtherto <ii< aniKAincement. uim irhile we should like to have all Ibe memberspreseat aa oar guests. It \» utterly IropoesiMe on account of tbe limited qnar*lert. There Is another party to be given at tbe Golf Clab lOr to«iorrow. andv» are cMlged to have only tbe meabani of tbe Saperlnteadeata' AoaorllVm.

The PrestdeiM—We are aboot to dloeiiaa tbe qaeatkm of a nnHonal orgaal-zsMon. eonpoeed of delegatea from tbe raHona soHetlea of nursea. tbat arer.fyv -n be loaad tbroaglKNit the Domlnloa of Canada, together with the aodety

-^s here In coivaatloa to-day. tbe Superintendents of Training Scboola«es. Before proeaadlag further. I should like to say that in tbe dla-

rtisAioQ last Bight wIMi tbe Ooonctl. H was decided that tbe Cotuicll of tblaasaodatloa woold ispraosm Mm aaaodation. that Ae Oooaell. tbmttof. to-

gether wlib the ilsltfBHa preaent from tbe vailoae orgmnlsatlofM repraaeatedhere t»dar. will daterayoe whether It Is advisable at this dme to orfaalae anational socletv that will make It poaslble fOr Oans<in to ftad entrance fOrh»r nur**** Info the International aodety. I may Jn i that that will

tr.t-%n that only rh^* Cmindl of the OaMuHan 8od«*i :i>«>rlnlendents ofT'AinIng Sflbool' >ea and the detefatea from the varloas asaodatkma.hitth nroetadal a ;ae. rapreaeated hare to-day. will be espeded to vote< n 'ht« qaeotloa. uur visitors, whom we wsleone moat oordlally. will nader>>!An I tharofore. tbat rbey are vlaliora fOr tbe afternoon, and wr are onlytoo 4eilghted to have them prsaant aad take part la tbls dlacoaskm If aaceaaarr.

' wonld just simply najr to yoa ftuA I think nsarly eireryooe prtawit la

hat the flrot aoMKlatioa of tralnad aurata waa formed at the World'a->leago. In the year ISM. aad was rompoaad of tbat part of the aarolagr>own ss (he Superintendents of TmhUng Schools for Nursea In tbe>*tatM anH Oanada. Tbe chartered miihirB of that society only naoh

t • Hat waa the tint oodetr of aaroaa tfUM waa eeeA .•r alumaae aaooelatioaa. cowpoaed of gradtutea of

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of Um larger •cbool

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•nned. and lat»r mu: :u -tn- ><-ur I^'«»*• ;«i; th>><'

•aaocsUiUoiui oaJivd what te known ni-» .i- th' N<r>.<- \om>. lut. i

AlvnUM* of lb* UniliHi maiaa. Thto body prvvtoiu to M* laat mprUng badmembarahlp of 12.M0 tralnod botm*. Wo bavo grows aoraatonod to oarBodloal. lical and auntclpal aaaoetatSoaa. alao to oar aaaoelatloaa of bankersand norcbaau of various Idada, aa wall aa to tboao of nawabojra and oveo boot*

blacka. To all of tbeae ofgaalaattoa bai* i>rov«><I b«>ncnHtI NunM>» In rjin*<1a.

altboogb aomewhai alow to reoogoli^alive lo Ita advaoiagee. and are eagi-

meoUng to^ay Is for tbe purpose of roa*iacrlug ibt> odvljutUlity

tbe various nurses' organlsatloos tbrougbout Canada aa to mak>for Canadian narsea to join an IniamiUlonal association of nur****

boon aald baftore. tba ootintrfaa rapraaaBted by aa Iniaraational tt>

nurses are Great Briuln. G^^nnany and tba United States. Next year i. ....»».

Holland and Denmark will «^large tbe circle considerably, and our desire Is

ibat Canada may enlarge tbls circle still more.

I bave already quoted from a letter received from SItaa Dock, of .S>wYork In which sbs expresses her earnest desir>- thnt ri.nMs may be united» itematioosl rounrll next year. Tbe m dated Sept 21.sa msda I* well-beloved, and we don oelng behind tbeUoUed Sutes, much as we love and admire hrr tuo.' The object of theInternational connrU l« for nurses to give and take of the best all tbe worldover, to help <>' or all we know, to learn from one another, and (o

stand Arm tog* .til that Is best In nursing In every land. It sffordaa strong rinc ot iru** nursing metal aM around the world. Miss Dock writesfrom New York as follows: "I am delighted that Canada Is likely to jointbe International Council of Norsea."

I shall now call on Miss Alice J. Scott to read the rcfiort <im*

mittee on tbls subject.

Miss Alice J. Scott. Kingston, then read tbe report of tbe committee,as follows:—

The following Canadian nurse organisations have bean beard from, andbave signified their desire to unite with us to form a National Council. Dele-gatea who will confer with the Canadian Society of Superintendents of Train-ing Schools for Nurses at this time are:

The Ontario Graduate Nuraea* Association. This sssociation sendelegates: Miss Matheson. Riverdala Hospiul. Toronto: Miss Brent,for Sick Children. Toronto: and Miss Woodland. Western Hos|dt.-x

Th«> rnnndtnn Nurses' Association, of Montreal, is represent*O ind lisikle.

Graduate Nurses' Association la repraaentad bjr Miss A.Maciariane. iMoy Superintendent. General Hospital, Vaseoorar. B. C. andMiss Burgas, in diarge of maternity work In the same boapltaL

The Edmonton Graduate Nurses' Association, repreaentad by Its Presi-dent. Miss Atkinson.

The Ottawa Graduate Nurses' Association, repreaentad by Miaaes Bnndyand Snow and Mrs. Wm. H. Church.

The Toronto General Hospiul Alumnae Association, represented by MissClara Green. SnperiiMendent. General Hospital. Belleville. Ont.

Tbe Montreal General Hospital Alumnae Association, repraaented byMisses Shaw. Cowen and Hardlnga.

Ainmnae Aasociatlon of the General Hospital. Gait. Oirt.. repraaented byMiss Robinson. Snpertntendent of tba Oalt General Hospital.

Ainmnae Aaaodatlon of tbe General and Marine Hospital. St. Cathsrines.

Ont.. by Miss BUloltAinmnae Aaaodatlon of tba Weatem Hospiul, Toronto, by lOaa Wood-

land.Calgary Aaaodatkau by Miss Jessie Scott. Superit General Hos-

piul. Calgary: Mlaa Flaws. 324 lltb street west, and M. ford. fiM 4th

street weat.

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Alumiw* AMOCtalloo of th« Hospital for Sick Children. Toroota by MImHamliioa.

Th» Alumnar A»iMK-Intion of 8t. Michael's Hospital. Toronto, la In sym-luithy with U unable to send a deleinite.

Thf ^ar she Manitoba Provincial Nursea' Aaaoclatlon andib> tu AjuMiclailoD and Rlverdale Hoapltal Alamnae Asaocia*ili>

oriJin order of Nurs«« recreta that a clatiae In the Constitutionl*r- • m uniting with us In this matter.

< Signed) ALICE J. SCOTT.

Th« PrMldMrt—Th« qoaatloo before this Society, therefore. Is: "Do wewish to form a Canadian national orcanliatlon of trained nurseti. or shall It bea itruvlslonal committee of the Osnadlan National organization?" If anyonefalls to naderataad exactly what that means, perhapa I had better just saythat It aeema to me wiser that we ahoold form a provisional committee, anational provisional committee of Canadian trained nurses, rather than aaatioonl organlxatlon at the preiient time. This provialonal committee wt>uMenable na to enter the national organization, and we rouhl take time to growap gradually. We coald form this nucleus around \^ "r organlzatlonawould grow, and In time we would get stronger nn kt. let us hope.Then we ooald adopt a constitution, and we could takr any namt' that waaIboaght advisable—the Canadian .National OrganlKntion. if we thought fli to

adoftt that name. The question I woultl like to ) < uased. I should like

to bear a fr«>e (lii*russlon of opinion an to wh> ^ the mind of thoaepresent that we shall to^y form a provisional rummittee or shall we forman organlxatlon.

Mias St«"'-» ' •••>' )w.ii„».. that 1 am v'"""'^-"'' • ••••-•ji a very strongopinion on ' bringing It would be Inorder—we li .tges to \<- mliii; 'hi* .iitso>

elation— I would likf to hear what are the obJecJlon»». t( -rewe shall con^ldT whfiher or not we should apiK)int a i*i

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I do not b*' re are any objections, but perhaps tb«re are »uiuf berewho might < here would be.

The Pr<*sid> III I think that la a very correct way of looking at It. Willanyone who fee!* thert* may be some objections to forming such an organlxa-tlon. or aoch a

~ "-'-<>. be kind enough to state these objections? It Is

quiif In order tv 'o apeak on either side of thin question.Miss Stanle) . .^<.. it for granted >><»' o^to is no ot> ••""•»< as we have

not beord any. In thai onaa tbore la i <• gain fr a NationalAsMiclatlot) at the preaent time. Woultl t;aln tlm> ug a provis-lot ittee? I think whatever wr are going to do we should do It atoil' fhnn wnit for th'' last moment.

ru« i'! ke to hear from just as many as care to speak.This in a tu.i us all. and we are just as anxious to hear thosel»eak who ar«- out ravorniii) inpraoaed aa those who are in favor of the move-ment

Miss Ort- was just gotaf to aak. 1( we decide to form a provisionalcommittee. I join this year, or If we coald not join later on—until wehad fitrmed ...- .....iunal?

Praaideni— 1 do not oatdi jroar qneatloo.. r:rr'«.nr> If we decided to form a provtakmal oommlttee. couM we

' Aaaoclatlon this year?. Ahall read from Mrs. nettfnrd Penwlck's lettr iid

:: I'anada could somehow " ,«.

> •ent the three rounlrien • , f^i

H' -d States and (leniiany l>eQmarR. Flulaud and llolUmd havealt ' join next year, and I do araat Gaaada. You know we tooknib* ••».- ' ...{» this National Council; now we hope to go < - •- - iayhy day. and we began aa a proeMoBal ooouBlttee. Our M [\.

whieb la synoaynMMis with ftmr •«portete«4«at8* Soeietjr. did :vdall nurses' societies to fom a oommlttee by delegalea. This committee, which

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oon*ist*tf of abottt ntxy nuitroiui and iiar»M. took cIm umbo of Um Prmtglo—1Comnltiep of ih* Natloiuil Coanell of NorMNi of OrMt Britain and Irvlaad. andwh»n wo f»li •troog ciioagli. this jraar only (that was IMtl adoii(i>d ih«> m-eloa«d ronatltatloo aod name. Nov ooaki jroa not do IlkrwlM.Canadian nura«»' »ocI«'tIni--yoti uppin to harp qnltn n nttmhorooamltif^v In conD<- u call u Ui«ProYiilonal Commt- <ti«(l« or tb*Canadian ^ ;'i«»iii! a iTeuatT '" "o»o-

rer? And • om*> ihit provlalo >«da

Into ib« lijifriiiiiii.: - )ti»i as «<- '

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Tblnas havs to an lib niln>!

tb*n •be says, after ..^ -*....„ ^ iu*flstratlui

you think of iba protrtalonal scbemv. If you could found a National CouncUright swsy ii would ba grand."

Mi«« Cbesley—As wc all know. h are »\

Canadians are not so coosenratlre. i hapi*. w)-

great mlatake. we migbt form our n.c: >:...

The Prvsident— It would seem •>! o for us to take. I

shall repeat the question that Miss 8iani«*v naM jum hmkihi me. She wanta to

know how long it would take to form a National society and to adoiM a con*stitntion? Now. tiersonally. I am averse to doing things too *-'"''-**v i

would be quite content to form a provisional committee for • tanA>k<v>ii>ri<>n. and in order to make it possible for us to dd iimi i ii.-it

bmlt for your oonaldaratioo a very short con«• a name to our aodety. also sute the objer

tbv officrm of which it was to be composed, and the fees wquested. Now the flrsi thing 1 think we must deride before

!•: What is (be mind of this society? Do wethi> place to form a National organisation of tr.

:ning a Provisional Committee of a Canadian .>niionni r«<K'i«My <ii iritiiicw

^ stand?Sow we are going to put the question in this way: First, whether it is to

be a provisional committee, and second, a National organization. The first Is

the provisional coromiuee of the National organiiatlon. All in favor of theprovisional committee will be good enough to stand.

(It was unanimously decided, by a standing vote of the Convention, to

adopt the provisional committee scheme.)The President—.Now. ladles. In order to save time. 1 had this very simple

constitution drafted, subject to yoar approval, which we will tak luuse

by claufti-. First, the name. Will someone move what the name ttan-

laatlon shall be?Miss Oreene Have we the right to name the provisional committee?The President—Oh. yes. It will be either the Provi-«"..-i «-,.M,r,.i.i..« ,.f

the Canadian .Nstlonal Association of Trained .Nurses. <>

mltlee of the National Association of Trained Sune*Canada. Will someone pleaae make a motion?

lit was moved by Miss Brent, seconded by Miss SUnley. that tha nameof the society be 'The Provisional Ccmimlttee of the National Aaaodatton of

Tniln»*<1 \nr«p« of Canada.")T lent— I think we ought to ooosi'i

to m* ' r name would be "The Provlsic

National AM*oclatlon of Trained Nurses." It is •xamv uu- i- "wi.!.

only it seema to me a little more modest, perhaps. In • < It Is a

National organisation.

, Miss Stanley—It Is a question whether It Ja 'tSaMdn" or the "Domlnkm of

Canada."The President any an !o this motion? If not. I shall

put the motion T' provisloi: an change when we really formours*-

y lid move that tba aaaodatlon be called "The Provis-

ions: < uf the Canadian National Association of Trained Nursas."^' —I withdraw the first motion.

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The frvtidftit—A« MiM iireoi has wtibdrawn b«r motion. K !• now tn

«>rd4>r to eoiMldor tho Mooad.MotmI br Mln Otmb*. ftnd weoadod by MIm Maloor. tbat we uk* Um

first name. The Provtstonal Conmittoe of the CanaiMan National AaaoetetkNiof Tni|||»d Nnrnf* «'HrriMd

U9 PtmI*! ocU of tbia aaaoelation. ibo aeeood eteiiao.

ii>a Mlsa H' iH.

Tbe Secretary t^ea read ibe aeoond clause of tbe propoaed eooatltutloo.m* (ollovs:

1. To promote matiul nnderatandlos and unity between Aaaoclatlona ofTmln<»d Naraes In tbe Dominion of Canada

Tbrouab aflnilaflon with the Intern:* I of Nurses, to acquire-dxp of nursing conditions In ever> ••ncourage a spirit of

>^!:. Khv with nurses of other nations, ana lo anora faeiUtles for nationalhtn»j<l»alit >

». Tu promote tbe uaefulneaa and honor of tbe nursing profeaaloo.

Tbe Prealdent—Are there any anggeatlons? If there are no ausgaationa.will someone make a motion?

Mlas Stanley— 1 move that we adopt theae objecu Juat as they are written.

Moved by Mlaa Stanley, of London, aeoonded by Mlsa Scott, of Toronto,that clauses 1. X and 3 of the propoaed constitution be accepted aa they stand.

Carried.The President—Now the officers of this society. The Idea is that tbe

machinery of this orRanlxation shall be Just as simple aa poaalble. Theoirir*T» of th*' ProviHioiial CoinniittHe shall be tbe President and Secretary-Trfai«ur»T •U^t.-d fi>r a i..TliKi of three or five yeara. First of all. It could

be decided whtrihi-r we shall have theae offloers. and second, what the term of

office shall be. Will aooMone apaak to tbe question, pleaae? Shall 1 read it

la tbia way: 'The offleera of the Provlalonal Ck>nunlttee shall be a Presidentand Secretery-Traaanrer. elected for a period of three or five years"?

It was moved by Mlaa Shaw, aeconded by Mlaa Hamilton, that the ofll*

i-r* of the Provisional Conomlttee shall be a Prealdent and Secretary-Treaa>ur«T -it^ ted for a period of three or five yeara. Carried.

The Prealdent—Now. tbe feea of thia society.

I. Associations of Nurses on Joining the Canadian National AsaoclatJonof Trained .N'urs«>s shall pay an affiliation fee of Hve dollara.

} Rach Association atnilated to the Canadian National Aaaoelation of1 N'uraea ahall pay a fee of two dollars for each delegate appointed! rr9 on the National Aaaoelation.

^U!>l• ttunley—May I aak If thla la the fee which the aaaoclatlona of other(oiintrlea adopt?

The President— I may say I have a copy of the constitution of theNational Aaaoelation of Great llrltain and Ireland, and each of their societlea|>a\ a laoiinil.

-Stanley—The aame thing. In that caae I move we adopt tbe flve-

10 the Urat claoaa.i( *»» moved by Mlaa Stanley, and aeconded by Mlaa McFarlane. of

v»D<^Mt«..r that aaaodatlons joining tbe Provlaional Committee of the Na-ion ahall pay an alTlllatlon faa of 16.00. Carried.lent—Then aa to clause S. We pay at the beginning a fee ofti each society will pay a fee of IS.OO for each dalegate ap-Of oovrae the meeting of thla orgaaliatlon will nacaaaarlly

... ...^ oftenar than once In every three years, and whan thla aaao-n meeu. each aaaoHatlon ahall pay at the rate of 12.00 for aeery dala*hry send- I aappoaa latar on. when we have really a national orgaal>

woald havr a certain niunber of delegates allowed fbr a certainof the organlxatlon, bat at preaant It Is not necessary. a« wr art*

- t.. . .1 r, ..» i«|.i»ii»t < "•nuiiii'<«».

Th<- .<«. I »..u:{ move that ctonaa S be adopted as rea<t

U was moTfxt by Mtas BraM. and atconded by Miss Rlliott. ofnrir<<«. that cUiuse t be adopted aa read—Hbai each a»i»orlaiinn

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vltb ib» Canadian \atlooal Aaaodatkm aball pay annnally a fe« of tl.M for•acb dflrgat* "6 by It to •^rytv on ib» National Organltatlon CarrtaC

Mlu 8(;> lUMtlon baa Just boMi aakad If an aasoclailon bad pftMtb« <>ntranrr (•«• <>r |5.00. and did not aend a dalagat*. wben will ibay paytba n^xt fee. ai thr end of iba next tbraa yaara?

Tba Prraideni— I-"-'-^ " Th*y paid tba $5.M faa to Join our organlwUloa.

and If at tbc> end of >ra fallad to aend a dalatat*. I do not •• iMmwe <..ii!i« .lo anytblns -. f wa ara all »»nih>i«i»*Hc aboat »»«»" i»r«vuinnn|

Coil I Ma no rc«aon arby our Caoii ooal A>^ •!

not It larse anowball. wblcb b«cln» mII wayrapidly, and I bo|)e ibla may be tba caaa arlib tii« Canadian "

Tha following Nurse Organlsatlona of Canada mat by dalr^Oct. Ktb. 190t. and afftllatad to form "The Prorlalonal Society- of t).

adian National Aaaoclation of Trained Nuraea":—Thf Canadian Society of Super h of Tralnlnc Scboola for Nurvca.Ontario Graduate Nuraea' Aa»<'Canadian Nuraea' Aaaoclation of Muulraal.Hamilton Graduate Nuraes' Aaaoclation.Ottawa Graduate Nuraaa' AaaodaUon.Manitoba Provincial Nuraaa' Aaaoclation.Vancouver Graduate Nuraaa' Aaaoclation. '

Calgary Graduate Nuraaa' Aaaoclation.Bdmonliin (ra4iuat)- N'tiriWH' Akaoclatlon.Tor- iinae Aaaoclation.St. i«> Aaaoclation. Toronto.KlncKiou U4>u**rai Hu»pUal Alumnae Aaaoclation.Hospital for Sick Chlldr«>n .Alumnae Aaaodabon, Toronto.Alumnae Aaaocin- Hospital. Toronto.Alnmnaa Aaaocin .• Hoapltal. Toronto.Ganeral and Mariin- ii<>«ph.ii AlimiiMie Aaaoclation. St. « anartnes. OntMontreal General Moapltal Alumnae Aaaoclation.i:..f...r..i ».,.! Mnrine Hospital Alumnae Aaaoclation. Coll(""« >"i *»"

'»! were: Praaldant. Miss .Marv Agnt-'" 't4>neral Hoapltal: Saeretary-l i eaaun>:

S! nes. Genaral Hoapltal. Montreal. Quiiilon was adopted:

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NAME.Tbla So**'"'* ~»>ill be called

The Provisional Society of thaCanaaian National Aaaoclation of Trained Nursas.

OEUECTS.1. To proni' •) underatandlng and unity between Aaaoclatloos of

Trained Nurses . minion of Canada.2. Tboufb aiTi nation* witb tbe Intamatlonal Council of Nuraea to ao

quire knowladga of nuralng condhlooa In avery country, to enconraga aspirit of syinpatby with nuraea of other nations. an«l to affonl fadlltlea fornational hospitality.

?. Tn itrtiinfi'.f tilt* iiit(>fiilnaaa an«l Kmidr at tba nuralna mfciuiioo.

OFFKtI ni- iifiircri* oi trie i-r<ivislonal 8ofi*'i> nnail be a Praaid*m Him Sacr^

tary-Treaanrer, elected for a period of tbr«a years.

Asaoclailoiui of Nuraes on joining the Canadian National AasodatlonOI I rainad Nitraea ahall {>ay an affiliation fae of Ave dollars.

2. Bach Aaaoclation affiliated to the Canadian National Aaaoclation of

Trained Ntiraea ahall pay a fee of taro dolUrs for each daiagata appointedby It to serve on tha National Association.

It waa accordingly moved by Mlaa Snlvely. seconded by Mlaa Chealey. that

Mlsa Shaw be appointed Secretary-Treaaurer of tha new aaaoclation. Carried.

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Tb« PTMldent—Our eonvMitlon for the afternoon will now adjoorn to th«bo«piUl to wlto«M n dmnonstntlon to b« gtven by the nanes of the GeneralHospital Tralnlas School for Nnrvea. 1 wonM like to aay that there It an ex-

hibit In one of the wards of the General Hnepltal. which consista of nuuiyourtinc appliance*, which. I am cure, will prove of great tntereat to eT*nroa«preaent. 1 hope that after the deotoosiratlon !• over eYerjrooe pr—ant will

SM the exhibit.

The naotlng then adjoamad until Friday. Octoh*-- « »' m m « m

FRIDAY. OCTOBER 9. 1908.

ia30 a.m.

The Pre»ldeni—There may be aone member* who have not yat signedtheir names on the register. 1 would ask all the members of this aaaodatloato sign their names on the register at the door.

I shall ask the Secretary to read a letter from Miss Lewis, of the Ma-ternity Hospital. Montreal.

The Secretary then read a letter from .Miss Lewis, expressing her regret

at not being able to be preeent at the convention.The Praaldent—The first Item of bualneaa we have this morning Is the

placteg ^ef«Mre the aaeodatlon of the names of those who are making appll-

catkw for memberahlp. In addition to those that were mentioned yesterday.

The Secretary accordingly read the list of names :

It was moved by Mlas Malooy. seconded by Miss Melklejohn. that the

Dames proposed for membership be accefited as read. (Tarried >

The President—I should like to announce to ' -we havereceived this year a very cordial Invitation to hol<! in Van-

ooarer. British Columbia. This invitation is presented ny .Miss .^tc- arlane. the

Lady Superintendent of the General Hospital of that city, together with theGraduate Nurses' Association of Vancotiv-- ^^v have alao a very cordial

Invitation from Miss Wilson. Lady 8np«^r of the General HoaplUl.Winnipeg. Manitoba, asking us to hold o meeting In Winnipeg. Wehave also an invlution from the Chairman or President of the Board of Vic-

toria HoaplUl. London. Ontario, presented by Miss Stanley, the Lady Super-

intendent of that hosplul. After due consideration, the Council decided that

(trobably. as we were a young society, we had better not go so far as Van-couver or Winnipeg, much as we appreciate ation which has beenextended. It has been decided, therefore, tha- meeting will be held

In London. On' "^^ ''me of the meeting has tM-tm i»-ii to the decision of the

Co«»cil. probai uiber or Oetober. but the exact date will be announcedby the Council ... • .

I would like to announce further that any membera who are preaent whohave not yet regtutered. we ahall be glad Indeed to have their namea andaddreases on our register before the close of this convention, and I may also

say that any who wish to pay their dues—the dues are not really Imperativeuntil January, 1909—but any who may wish to pay their duea now. the Treaa-ur«-r will be glad to accept them.

I ahall now call npoo the Ohalrman of the .Nomlnatkm Committee to readthe report of the Nomlmtioo Committee.

The Chairman of tlM Nomtaatkm Coomlttee then read the flat of nameapreaented by the Nomlaatloa Conmltiee. aa fdlowa:

Fnr President—For First VIce-PnFor fleeond Vlce-PremdeniForSecrtUryFor TraaanrerFor Goaselllor

For Auditors

\li»- stjuii-v. i^ondon.Ml- >u',.- iv. Toronto.\\\n» ix>wis, Montreal.Miss Brent. Toronto.Mtss MelkleJohB. Otuwa.Misa UtrtaciUNi. Montreal.Miss Markensie Ottawa.Mlas ('

MIsa Si .«k.Miss Mci'oll. Ottawa.

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Tb* irrr»i<Xrni— i mould luir to say lo iii<- a<>i><»<-ut|iii. th.i- ;hi>Kc naint>«

will be posUd. b«t tb« Comdl d«cltf«d that u «nuld. i»tIui|>» )•• »i»«t. in

rl«« of th* fact that this mohilag'a aaaalon Btttct ancwarily tw • «hurt on«—that It would b» wiwr for oa to taka np aar alactioaa dorteg tba last hour ofihl.t afternoon. Wi> ahall. tbMrvfOra. llataa to Mlaa Oraona'a papar on 'TralntavSrhiMjl lllstor)

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I .t>.u!,i t!k«* to appoint Mlaa Allea S. 8ooit and Mlaa Matony to act aswe do tba balloting for tbo offlrrrs. I sbo* > say.

ufre are anr nomlnatUma otbar than tboar ^ ; to usb> ujiiton ('•'

• aajr mambar of the association U ai llbarUto ti inatloos -noon prior to the elections.

<>nr— t do nui iniDk I shall be here this aftamooo.ident—Than I ahoold like to appoint Mlaa Chaalaysley—Thank yoo. Mlaa Sniraly. but I am afraid I shall not ba

abl.idfiK—Than Mlaa YcMinc nt tha Montreal Oanaral. If thara to no

coma bafore ontloo. I should like to aonooaoa thai"haa thia aaast< •!«« not tater than 12.15, in ordar that

WW awy ac€«r|>( iha vary kind InvHaUou to take luncheon at the Oolf Club this

afternoon.The Prealdant—There to Jnat one thing I should Is

that 1 hope ererjrooe of thto aaaoctotkm will conalder to

extend the Influence of thto aaaodtlon. to gather inenir>eri« nun me Miriety,

and that each one U prirtlegad to aay to anyone who to working In almllarwork In the United States that they are eligible for member- >^*'> '•> 'hta aoOtoljr.

Miss Metklejohn—Mlaa Sarah Sparka. the oooTenar ubarealoalnCommittee, of the May Court Club, extends an Invltatloii tlia tabar>ouloals dispensary thto aftemooo. It Is Just two or three blocks from here,

on Rldeau street. It Is a very well equipped dispensary, and I think everyoneaboold go. If poaalble.

The Prealdant—1 ahould Ilka to aay we have a targe number of ooplaa of

llM eooatltntlon here. Any mambara who would Ilka these are vary watoonato tbam.

We ahall now llatan to Mlaa Oraaoa on "Trmlnlng School History."

Mlaa Clara Oraane. Snperlntandaot of the General Hospital. BelleYllle.

Ont.. then read the following paper on "Training School History":

CANADIAN TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR NURSES.Trained nuritiDK !<• ibt* outcome of the reformatlofi that baa bean gradually

taking place In (he practice of medicine. We know that there are preventiveand curative agents outside of pills. i>owders and doaage: for. however goodthe treatment may be. to be of value it must be carried out fully and faith-

fully, and the ordinary hygiene of the sick room, the spectal mlaa for sick

diet, must be observed by a peraon of IntelllKence. tact and unwearying vigl-

tonce. or a great deal of the work of thr ' '-'nn Is loat.

As early aa 18M. noraooe .Mghtini: Is. and handed over the fundthat had been preaanted to her after : '• f*^- <*rini«.«i. \v«r r.. m.Thomas' HoapHal. for the purpoae of <>f

women In th*- csre of the nick and the •• ne

NIk tunately. tbe class and the ttuutber o( womenwbi> :omlse of grant auccess to the movement. Thaywere Muutfu «hu maw tM>(ure them the proapeet of a respectable and com-fortable living without undue expenditure of tobor.

About 1868 an appeal was made to Mlaa .NMghtlngale for aolatanca In re-

organliailon. and a new order of things was Instituted. After an almost

wholeaale weeding out of the old nuraes. a better ctass of woman ware ukenoo as naraea. atoters and hosplul superintendents. Two claaaea of probation-

ers were given Instruction—t>roba(ln»>>i'it and Mix-rinl nmhat loners Th*- for-

mer ctoss Included those who recei '«

Nightingale Fund payment tn mon« '•.

or tSO. The totter po' r 11 5o. (or u).< Ir

training. Thi* arrai.. «as made to . I*

to UUAllfy tkClBMlV*** l'> i^<* iirartirf iif homiilat iiiirning, Thtf Irainini; ••ecu-

pl«d oo« eoaplet* :ed to ci

work for tbr«><» yoiir r mnd<» lt>

tb« oare of

FTvcii '. <>vc>d tralaing did not supply the n««d nor give tho ooni'

\< ^ducattun required to elevate nurslnic to a sclentlflc art. altboiicli

It <>Dly aysiematlc ono glveD In England at the time. In the Laoeec of

Ma> ^U:. 187t. we And tlM following:

"The Importance of einclent and skilled nnr«lns In the management of thesick Is now so tboroughly understood and >

' hm we do not hesitate

to acknowledge our satisfaction in meetInK <iwing paragraph In anotice dreulated among the Influential meninerM oi me profession In Londonand tbo aristocracy generally: It Is proposed to esubUsh an Institution In this

ooontry slmlbtr In its objceu and coostitntioo to the Frauen Vereln. of Darm*stadt, Oermany. It srill be Intended chiefly for the education of ladles who areanxloQs to devote tbemaelves to nursing a« ;> iiniftxsioii

This Inatitatlon was called the Natk>t).<

From these beginnings we find the »\< '^ for nuraesother hospitals In London and KngUutl. a< to the

1 States and to Canada. The year 187? ihw th training

schoola for nurses In the Tnited States, na iaven and theMaaaaehasetts General, all three being th> Ions existing

daring and after the Civil War. and brou^ Torts of afew charitably disposed ladies, with tlie « ibor andmoaey. The training received at these m:i.<^,.^ ^».. .o ;.. ......... .v> care for

the sick poor.

In Canada. th«> town of St. Catharines was the first to follow the lead of

Miss .N'lghtliiRalt' Id the year 1873 plans were laid for establiHhinR of a train-

Idk itcbool fur nurses In connection with the Ciuru] and Marine Hospital,»hirh had been founded by Dr. Theophilus Mh'

I>r. Mack was untiring in his efforts to hr- nsrfulness of thehoaplul. and to his remarkable enterprise Is la that a train-

ing school for nurses sraa established In St. C.i re the largerriti«>i> ' rnlnion had taken this question ui>. . a time whenniirit< itchools were practically unknown < ni. and onlya few or iiw larger boapitals In Qreat Britain w<- irses.

Dr. Mack and those connected with him. t into

Canada the system of training that was proving «*MlM Money, the Matron of the hospital, was '

Kngland for the ituriMntc of brlnsing oat two Ir.j

to Im e or six.

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1

>npr sailed upon this mission..< -ring with her three trained iittrM-» from

(;ii.v ^ >f the same year St. Catharint» TrulntuKSrhcx 1.

I nam* of the Mack Training School, In honorof Jt* :..u

Ihirii i<io«-y's ah—Bce In England. Dr. Mack, by the kind assist-

friends, was enabled to rent and furnish a bouse suitableand to And a sondant sum of money for Its maintenance

ted until a home was rrected on tba hospitalI be early yaars of the training aetaool. to tlurt

uutory have the nuraw of this Institution bean booaed In

« of 1^ Mack Tralnlag School war* eaUed Slatara. and«.>r> in. both of which eaatooia wart dlaoardad aumy years

Regulatlotts of tba SelMtol at that time «• qnola: "Tba... by-lawa and eoaatltatkm. binding thamaalves to nanra*t six months as prohatlonars. frea: after that period they

r<>c«ivr<l. la addiiioo lo tD«ir ixMftl. a lued lUpend. pajrablr tnuutbly or quar-tarljr. aad a aoSlelaat aapplj of ttalform eloUilBf aaeh y—r.

"Krwr woBUUi MtMlng upon Um •nrloa nnat glv« aaturactorjr •tM«oo«iof purity of BMMlv*. of good eharactor aod Chrlatlan oooduct. and of havingrfx^ivtHl iho olMiMnu of n ••lain Rngllah cdiMsatlon.

«• BUT— . In the <i >iar«» of Uiolr duties, moat olMorva tbat Mcracy. and car<-: >id 'goaalp,' and th«>lr dt^meanor nhoutd 1>**

kind «nd rMpectfnl on all occaakm*. and wb«n on do?are ^x|i«^t^. In addltkm «o faking complete rharg* o:

Ki^ ' 'aaaarjr tr to wall iienaehe». aud tu tui> ihts

(li> itlon to tratlon < for tb* alrk. as w«»U a* tocbwriiiiiy iiaalat In any niuiifni not atrlciiy wiinln tbo limit of tb*lr T

This, til* oldoot school In Canada, has bam In wlafBca oootli

tbtrty-flre jraars. and Is lo-dajr ooa of tba baot kaowa of tbe emailscbools.

In tb0 Canada Lancet, Julv ?A»i ifiTT »•> rMid hh followH: ' ii

to establish a training sci

plUl. Toronto. Miss Ooldctbe management. She has bad ci»uitld«raUl« 4f«i»«rl«uoe

slan war and In British and continental boepitala. and I*,

qualified for such an undertaking. It Is propoaed t

young women, and distribute them about tbe wfrd-tbey will bare to discbarge tbe dutlea of tbe nuraea alrfB<:

period of residence will be about alx moniba. and tbe feei>

for tbe period, tncludlng board and k>dg1ng. ApproprUi; ^

given by medical gentlemen of tbe city. Those wishing to enter should applyat once to Ui»» noldie."

It was 1^ t-r. until four years Utter. April. IMl. that i: kschool in coi with this hospital was really eatabllsbed. i imtime tbe nursw* w«tre of tbe type found in all boapltals prior to tbe tNtublUb-ment of training scbools. Educational advantages were not considered essen-tial, and. Indeed, most of these women were of tbe charwoman type, andwere more anxious to keep up their own spirits by an occasional toaehlng oftheir lips to tbe bottle than to concern ibemaelTes about tba comfort and wel-

fare of their patients. Tbey slept In rooms off tbe wards, and took their mealsIn tbe basement.

One of tlieae waa old Nurse ElUa, who. after being p^utfoned off. wa*given a bed In one of tbe hospital wards. She smoked her pipe at Hill .mil

had her dally allowance of spirits. A scarlet fever patient was a

error to tbe ward where she slept, and the doctor having ordered •>

tug bath for all who bad been exposed (o the Infection, she was beard toe«HRlRi. with much Indlitnatlon : "Think of me. a woman eighty-three years

<>r had a bath : f**. being ordered to do such a thing!"staff at this Isted of six or seven bead nurses and twenty-

»fy*-u iiupll nurses. 1 <•• n<ini nurses, by tbe way. bad not then received anytraining, and one of tbem In later years explained proudly bow she bad beenmade a bead nurae one week after entering tbe school. Tbe aaalatant. MlasStarry, a graduate of an BngMsh bosplul. was tbe only one In the school whobad any training In hospital work.

In 1884 tbe training school waa fe-organlsed on a modem baaln

manaic<^(*nt of MIkx Snlvely (a Canadian, and a graduate of Be^pit a iiresettt Superintendent of tbe school, and from UU» Umefort .rroved nursing waa abroad in our land.

Ttic tratniuit »cnool of the Toronto General Hospital Is Che largest in

Canada at present^ having one hundred and ten pupil nurses on tbe roll.

In tbe year 1876 two training acbools were organlxed. one in connection

with tbe Hospital for Sick Children. Toronto, with fonr pupil nuraea. Only one

of theae remained In the school long enough (<> r«-o<>ive her diploma iwu ><>ani

hiter. Tbla acbool baa sixty pupil nurses In At the pr i

Is to be congratulated on having tbe flne«< .><>st beau d

home for Its nurses on tbe continent, tbe gift o( .Mr. J. Ross Rubvr;*uu.

In the same year a acbool waa organlxed in connection with tbe General

H<M|<l(«i »'. Kiactton oy ibc laie in i\ w ) :

•• r

tb« cuff. th^M of whom oomplotod th« twoId tb» ymn which rollow«d th« number ». .^ „.«».* lur uu(m< ^r^^ .4^^*.^

la cohmcUoo with htMpltal* kurf* and small. Of thMo w« wl I oolr bav«tinii* lo mwtton a tfw of the mor* Important.

•• Lady 8unl<>)r Intiltute for Trained Nur»e«. Otuwa. organ led In IStO.

»asseatlon of Ladjr Stanlejr. wife of the Governor-G«n«nil o.' Canada at

ihat tlm«. and named after her. This was an Independent corporation,

though the pnplla reeelYed their practlcaJ tralnlmt In the wards of the Countyof Carleton General Proteatant Hospital and In the Ottawa Maternity Hospital.

In March of the year IMl the Lady Stanley Institute was. by Act of Par-

lUment. amalgamated with the County of Carleton General Protesunt Hos-

pital. The training school then became an InteKral departmMit of the hospiul.under the same management and control. The Act prorMes that It shall be

nmlntalned by the hospital, and continue to be known as the Lady StanleyInstitute for Trained Nurses.

Another of th** nchools organised about this time was that In connectloa«i(h St. Mtchael It Hm^pltnl. Toronto, opened in 18f2 with five pupil nursea.

This school has no« - nurses.

The oldest and t n school In British Columbia Is that of the RoyalJubilee, In Victoria, rounaeo in 1M7 In commemoration of the Diamond Jubileeof our late Queen.

In Manitoba, the Winnipeg General has been doing good work for a num-ber of years.

In |ji««r Canada, the honor of establishing the first training school (1890)belouK Montreal General Hospital. Many attempts made prerlous tothU 4 < ded In failure. A» early as 1870 a matron was selected ands* hoeplUl by Miss ^

tie. but after a few years of uphill»• ned to Rnffland r the methods employed were atfa > fuikd to grasp I' um. It Is difficult

tc as I have said her dismal failures.

Liki- an o(n>*r iiosiuiaiH of inai i»€>rlod, the Montreal iM-nerai nad Its trials, thesame faulty methods preralllng there aa elsewhere. The nurses were hiredby the month, and treated as servants, but neither housed nor fed as well asthe servants of to^y. To-day the Montreal General Is the second largestschool In th<> Dominion having elghty-flve piiiiil nu^«(>^.

Mi)n!r«.<! .i! iiiother large* rla Hospital.. -cri!iU»-<l in IS;-- 'irses on the n. < seventy-six.

den we renieUit>«r ibat thirty-flvt* year* smu there »«« but one trainingIn Canada, and that t»day we have over one hundred well-organlaed

achools. and ov«>r fifteen hundred pupil numea In tralnlnit we haveevery reason to be proud of our position In the nursing w se thinkof these schools, extending over the country from the AtuuiK <<> mr Pacific.

eadi with Its carefully planned sebene of teaching. «iih tta pupil nurses.

young women of educatioo and lateincaBce. provided with teachers and lec-

turers ehoaoB from the best talent available: each with tta careful training la

dietetics, and moat of them with fine bones and recreation crounds. we realisethat It Is a far cry back to the days of the good nuree- whop>r-k-d up knowledge by experience, that is. by exi :>nn her pat*

lod who learned the best way of doing things l> ^ -rst first,

.klle many dUftcultles have been overcome at hed for

K> }uung a oonntry. we cannot afford to rant conipnt wnn the succesaachieved. Miwh tlUM. tabor and thought have been expended, many prayersand heart-burnings offored np by the ploneera of training schooto to bring the»<>rk thus far. and we. too. Bust bear onr ahare, remembering that:

"New times demand new oMMunres and new men:The world advances and in tlma ontfrowsThe hiws that In oor IMbera' days were best:And doobtleas. after na, aone pnrer sebemeWill be shaped out by wiser men than we.Made wiser br the steady grosrth of truih."

aThe Pr«ftli1ent—W* shall now l|«t«i to MIm 8uui1«jp. on *'Pr*UmlttArT

Trnlntaf of ^

Mlu 8(.« .•4<rtn(endent of the Victoria Hoxpital. I^ondon. then raaidth« followlns i»itvT oo "PrvHmlnary Tralnina of ^

With the danaod for adacated nurse*, li wa hmtM !aokInto oar metboda. with a daalrt to Inprova them. .t).

trolled everjr advance made In Iheir proranaloo.** a: ttalone preliminary Inatrvetlon haa paaaed the experimfraun aiase. lo a aenoiieplan la many of oor hoapltale. SeveQieeo yaara aco tiM CNmi|D(# ftofttl In-flrtnarv runr«<i\<><i iht- idf* i>f a rourai*. which Inclvdad ieciwa IBd demon*

••riolocy. Hyflene. Cookery and Wardlioepltal eauhlUhed a Hvntem .lifr.ruig

ftkOtn end Hi view. Ahont ItO" ii.

•mary enthuslaani. began to en ning Its merit by Ita speedy adopilua ia a Uu»^

iu W4t(hu(i».

tendents. w;

more ei-

centaceTht

work b>

the com'and ahuher hea!sioo. I

Idealff. i:

pTfvtroK

ry education was to "eqnii ' acUcalinderlylng principles goven . Mndy"'1 the best method of se< he nse

it*rstand the danger of Totectlidlngs, and to t»alnijiiii urofee*

Tly enrolled uod< tiigberand have a mor« .• and

- i«e now. QUI a* tu dihe advisability le

•^ to the hospital muing schools will le

iiii|iuiaii(iii, '.I' the practical work (x*: ir

of methods .- inred pupil time for the In i«»

sick. Makli). - -"...n..^ .,»re of lln»-" • .11

aoMHUit of tli >r a hoei>: tl

demonstratio rds or oir . asthey no' -aaai are slightly. If at all. increased, but if not.the beiK outlay.

In looking uvvr rvpuru and statistics obtained from (^anadlan hospitalswe find a fairly good percentage have undertaken the work. Four schools oatof a dosen representatives have paid Instructors, and an average period ofthree months. Two carry oat the the same schemes by a re-arransMBvnt of

hoapltal duties under the assistants. Two. owing to lack of accommodation,prepare their puplb by demonstmtions In the wards and classes three evealagsIn the week: others continue a more or lass modified Idea of the old aystem:but all approve of preliminary Instruction.

That a lack of uniformity prevails !« conceded: thtit thiji nilxht bt^ over-

come either by appointing a committee r*^ 'n

already started, and arrsnge therefrom h uKthe Oovemment to appoint an Inspector (uurtu.-) wUb autburliy to ad, .t^ In

the Public school system.Our hospitals are largely, I believe. If not altogether, under Ooiremment

Inspection, and our trustees In sympathy with our ambitions, no that a waymight be paved through their co-operation.

Naturally we look to the larger schools to perfect this system, but we muntnot overlo^ the fact that In »o doing they may place the smaller arh^MtU at a

dlaadvantace. They look to us for help, rather than dlscouragem* •!

we reeommend to them from our preparatory classes canildatr

refused on the ground of not being able to keep pace '

Would the smaller schools honor the recommendation b>

probation period? On the surfsee it would appear a gres-

burdened heads, and might possibly secure to the profe>

matartel.Our Ideals are not overtaken, but we are gaining ground. The ;

Inary c4drse Is only a stepplni-stooe to the central school system. In

sections technical schools luive proved of great value, and It Is not too much

I»

' »*\i>«>ct iIiAl our Public ochtMil )tVttt*«ni tnii\ v«*t nttfT an elective OOUnie (O

t\\ r a BCbool M]ulp-!>• work % succeM."

ni In our work w« cannoC too thorouKhlyJouniala In keeping before us the many

» Snlrelr. Brent and Shaw gire us the benefit of

I >.houId like to Mk Mias Shaw, of the MoDtreftl

li' I of thp work In Montreal aader a paidIv ->' our President to give oa aome Idea ofh

Montreal Qeneral Hospital wasiM'Kui ootha or under. The work didnot di' ^ corered or th4> kind of worktaken ... ..'.., '""'1 jrear. but the period waslooxer (ban in t deecrlbe the work of the»ecijnii ^•>a^ 1 •«Mi het:un. is going on In

e\ 1 the preliminarycl.> >>e on duty In theufM^s ro« a certain number ofbed* in rh* ". in exactly the Mmew.. •• dlffereii' <.ldl-

tl' and 8tu<: aaau» "WO seciiiJiiJ«. One-b < iiejr have a studyh, ilrlfii# iitiir1\' mill

li

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b< ' '-v, have «v«ry dny pii

n' 11 they hare a lesson <

h>i(ieu- i;lIvUc^. From 11 until 12.30 they have, lu

• al deroo The other section8 study. OccasionallyII he demonHtratton demanda a longer period, and I give eachs< - Bach section has half an hour for dinner. They bare anbo'ii .'»i i.i.n ital work, which has bei— -»•'— n In the demonstration, and wehave, adjoining the claas-room. a roon tlce. fitted up with appUancaaancb a* are used in the hi>»iijtat in .% i. nut ice during that time.

While one aeeilon Is pra< tig oo with the supplyWork Th'-n ilu-y hav. jftcmoon in nnrslngIII vhole ooarae.

di drug* After•I I .lUcruaie we«'^

.1 A .. .1

;

Ion goea on \v

VakinK 'it HHTKI'^ai Hupim... :'- *wf an b«Mir M»r

tea. and are off duty at 6 o< >a Tharaday.laaiead of Saturday. On 8ui ...acUca makingaappUes until i*> orlock: off g the Brat we«k. imtll

th'« ^> >«< )>n>i > t»ir amiMitii > make suppUea again

O' I u'Min ^ tiat In not neceeaar)'. and11 'V,. \« < If fhf* <*nd of two monthstl, 'hey have a Utile

|f! iiave been taught.I ivy lo tell ua her method

> I was xvry much edlHad».'... and I should like to hav*

.it th<t iirfkKDi tintM Ad niirMa< I

October.th»» pro-

•rwjttcaliy all tbvlr tlttt«. i Urglu thir »urk. a* in ib« «•«•

J4onirt>ai <•• Kicai auppij ruum «\ n<*ii ini'y art* laniiiiitr «iibthat work t he lln«a roon, ibMi to th* w«rd bathrooaiii. taagbttb« oare o( ;.• m^;;. ...; .<<»iinrv rt>i«>4. ftvra • f«« leelaroa oo plumblag,•ad do that work, wblr! ^ pap*r. pormlts (h« aaraaa of tiMward to taki* r«rf of fh>- ' ^'' .tr** throagh wtth the bathr<Kmi. •«•

k- < for (bu 'lejr cooUna«> that

II. In fnrf. one month advr t

cap*, but .• 'iu tbc> Kraduate from that dr;

hare no fu: hroom or anythinK lo that reaiM

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given leaooD« lu 4'i'ui«u:ar> bjrgleae, aaatomy. practical nuniinc audmateria medlca. but. ao far. I have not aeeD tbe wayclear to glvr '^— leaaoaa. except In the aettlog or trays andcare of milk, i: *. Perhapa I •hoald tell yoa why. We Svperlntend-rats are frequi;. .

•**«< "» rt>tumi» « candidate at th«« ••"•• <»' ihr**- ti.nntha

(or one reason or » hat when 1 did gl\ lese

branches, more thai< present time. the> h>ii

as they got oat. and tb< iUued nurses, and thenot think ft wnn fair (n .ae Association of Lomilit- , A. In correspondence scho<

t! lat reason I have not tak>

exTcni. iHw iniiiK i nave louod helpful Is the way we maim.,

I have had trooble In some of the hospltaU. where I have ba<i

amoont of linen. As soon as our probationary nurses come etfi^tgo wnmg In tb«* hospital, and they are blamed for It. ao I adoptwhich was new to myself, though perhaps not new to some oih«

tral supply room I keep all tray covers and napkins which b<

Institution. These are given out. and they serve all tho m-wards, and then call each morning for the Unen neceeaa-next 24 hotirtt. m> that each f>rlvate patient In the hosi

tray r< hree meala. As soonended >urses to be sent to tt

weeks i raining iM-iort- tni-v go cm night duty.

The President—1 think I have very little to add to what has already beensaid. I can only tell you that the preliminary course In the Toronto Oeseral is

for a three months' period : that our probationers begin In the sargteal supplyroom In making dreaalngs for the whole hospital, which are made In this room,together with what ia naed in our operating theatre: In maklnx the longsponges and small sponges, and all these things, as well as hags In «hir;i to

carry the sponges and things to be sterilised. All theee are made li;

gical enpply room. The probationers are detailed. Jtwt as hat; ht^en

In otiier hospitals, to do the Uvatorles. and lo this way to sn

regular nurses. They are also taught anatomy, physiology u

In nursing and practical demonstrations durinii the three monthhavo. off of our Council room, a room fltt<.*d up with bedding andthe neceaaaries, where the nurses are uughi to do practically anthat will be reqnlred of them after tliey enter the school as names. Aof three montlw. probationers pass an esamination in all thev

unght theoretically, and also in practleal woriL This examlnatl<'

conducted, and. of rourM*. tliouah «very Superlnteodent of tra

knows that she Is a -veil whether a probationersuccessful or not. ^ necessary to be preaent at

tlons. and see for heriwlf what wurk a probationer can do.

Miss Shaw—May I add that at the Montreal General the atmea have atheoretical esaadaatioo at the end of three months, and a praeUeal deoMB*stration before tliey fet their caps.

Miss Stanley— ' '^ont the three scliools already represented. I thinkwe have a fairly ui. riculuro.

Miss Shaw—Are ihv uur»es at the London Hospital In the wards at all dur-

ing the two months?Miss Stanley—Tea, Miss Shaw. Their practical demonstrations are

effected in a central demonstration room, and once a week they are requlr*^

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to drmonstniit* hack to m* to lb* puhiir wuni., At tu kI of »lx w«ck« theyarc d4>]ricaird to the wards to lake < ivnu.

Th. I'r.-i.l. I• If ih.T.- 1« iw> fur;., 1>*P^T. W* WlII h««r

,v \fi.. Harris, vlaltlng narae of the AdU-iiay't Work." Mlaa Harrti tx^lnic

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A DAY'S WORK.' the Ottawa AiiAo. ventlon o' iloHtt' 'o fh«» •iv>.'..ni:iM. rttl^nts « •inf.

lines UlU down by•use to boaite visit

MS t<i Oil- Mi[i«T*r> in tn« means by wbichoved. and tb«>ir families protected from

obtained by subscription to defray ther thf riirr.rii v.-«r. On the fifteenth of

^ Hospital. Ottawa, was• d such a «ucc«*»j» that,

TigMe Another.K narse of the

lents visited had not sttfllcieni nour*i^iitiirtii, iMir till- im-iiiiH iii iiiiutiii ii

*'~'f.ict wss OBsde koown to

'he May Court Club, this humane oi has been our unfalHns....*^.iir»-.. from tl»e lln«» .'.••..•r..i.-iv ...... ..4.Ki^g food, warm

(oedlelne. an<! I cannot suf-\i>r«'Mi my icr. .• riM)i>«Tatlon.

-tame'•'' ulcus

>t*i»» AkMjclailoi). This1 |vm . with some one

: r u-aiiiii iidance.on adnii nuber. his

.it-!»». date of »ii»i '"" 'r'nr

r^fveps. and showsits bistor)' noioH .1.^

neccMsary. A and•n» takf>n by t vinf,

of meau- 1 utber necessaries•mfort ar- it vi^if n record Is

•n.

irreatly slmpUBed a lame part of m <*aa«« areitig patients, who h >emb-leb subjects to en >ary.-—•'"-•- '- ''Mind i.. .»•-.. .11. .. «.. ,."• "'•*

rovlded.' •imfortitlilt* homes, as Wfll

• apprect ttrSAt ma«rnv my Mrr heei

.1. ttiMl U H of iu> wurk. Th'«|ih i>l««<i One man the f

.

•;itlle fur lift' after the.jitti.titn I flrifi itml I

about two jreare mm* wl^^

8S

pat«d youtii. ibereforv i - i-iiii ».t. imK favonible grouiwork. Il(> was tWiCV »«!> -.. .1 -.i. :'..:: >;: .iiid OUB* bftck MCbproY«d. but ooljr to auceuttib (o trwmti attack on both occaMion* wnm arraauinvd work. Tbo aspanaaa of bta kwc Ulnaaa aooo Mi him at tbo mi4 oChis fluanclal raaoureoa. nnabl* to work, wfth a wlfo and two balplaaa chlMmidopatidlnf apoo him for avpport. fioih father and motbor turned to mo foraid In flndlBg aocb work aa the poor woman oould do. In ord<T to koap thoirlittle bone tog*tb«r. 8ba could not laava bor Uttlo oo«ti. » ngvat waaa ouraing baby. I perauad^d tba man to go to a boapiial <• <-«d caaaa.and by tba aid of fricnda procurad tba cleaning of offlcoa nlgbt and morningfor the poor motb«r.

Often my '

' •• powers ara brought into plax to darlaa OMChoda ofgetting patlet In the freah air. Roofa. porchea. wbaalehalra. bam-mocka. and. lit ...... *..»«*, an attic room, have been brour'*' -...i.i....^ t- ..

aldaa of tbla room were torn down and allding window -^

or arviTt* «(>iither COa^«' cnmaM wnn (Imwn acrckiM t)

tine freah a:

was : heated.•tanc« a platform In a v«r> »iuall >ar<l »a« brouKiwas coDlbiod to ber bed. waa carried here everv t>

lay there In ber cot until duak. To ahleld '

to a frame held above ber by four post^

Thia cheery patient always greeted me «< a >•'

alated on my taking a flower from a amall bed *•

own band In the centra of the yard, and whose evi:.. —watched as It bloomad.

Verandahs are aaatly preaaed into use. l>oth for night and day In >t)in-

nxT curtains can be bung to shield the imtlet

wlmlowii and boards transform the verandah r

the patlant.

Some time ago I was called to aee a young num. well advaacad In thediaeaae. who he had come home to die. I found bim in a roomcrowded with and with only one long, narrow window for rantllar

tlon. On goibK upniairs. I noticed a good<slxed verandah overlookinr "--

driveway and canal. I remarked that thia might be flttc-d up aa a rocx

my patient. This pussled the family, aa they did not think such acould be done: but after a few suggestions, a single bed was moved <

table and chair pillowed, a curtain waa hting to screen him from the

of his neighbors, and before I left my patient was inatallcd In hla newters. On my next visit ht^ mansr^i to crawl from his bed to a whe^land waa brought Into I suggested bis getting >

for his own use. and «r him how to take his o«and keep his chart. Inih iiii«r< su<d him and arooaed him from m^ n

naas. Now he is improving dally, and takea great pride in keeping bi>«

and following my Inatructiona In all thlnga.

In my work the daya go on seemingly much alike, yet each brings somenew leason to learn, sonu- lu-w wroiilem to nolve.

At one time It i-^ 1 In the removal of a ]>

against the wl^hf^s of trying to flnl s place f<>

Ip the crowd'- 1 :li<* avallal- tU In th<

Then, again. i;: 1 !:• 1 i :-: -lue unfort . ;in«er «friends or means, and «iraoded in a poor lodging bou»4>. ut.

recall—that of a young man who ahared a wretched room, am-fottl-amelUng. with two others. The poor fellow waa glad o{ .>•>> )>•«.. ..

lay hla head, and never even dreamed of the Infection with which he wasatnrattng hla rooawnates.

Since early itpiinK several pailenta have found temporary ahaltvr ta tents

loaned by the Antl-Tuberculoabi Aaaodatlon.Every day we aee more clearly the Imperative need of a proiv '

In which our unfortunate patients can be imHated with comfort at

the approved sdentiflc treatment t) >Uar dlsenmedical men may be able to carry < 'i«»orie» f

'IrMided orourKi' of mankind. Prom «*xUtlni: taacM. «rv«»on lo bojM- thul. twfnrr- rhi* r}f>i««» <*f th«* " ir. toch .'

^n(l<>i^l be our*, and mv l

"ur bHp. »8 veil a« «QWabera of our Aiiti-Tu{>*Tt-uio»iH AftNociauun

EUZAHETH E. HARRIS

Tke Pre«ld«-nt—W« teve atill hftif an hour. Perhaps It woald hr ad-\tsabl«> for uh to (uninlfte the papora of th« aeaaioD and leave the election

on. to I ahall call upon .Mlaa Shaw to give na her- irse."

MiM Shaw. Inttrurtresa of Nuraea. General Hospital. Montreal, then-t^d a paper on "The Vi»itln« Nurse." aa follows:

—

I'erhapa In no way is ih<* N ursine I'rofeaaion makinc aa much proKress.ng so eaaentlallr into touch with the siilrlt of the time, as in the work of

^ iMting Norses, and yet. Kurely. in no way do we come cloaer to the workin whirh trained nursing bad its beginning— (the hott*e-to>hoaae nursing)

—

done in the little village of Kalserwerth.To-day the work of the Visiting Nurse la ao varied in its scope, the con-

,iifi.in« tin.i.<r whIch it ifi Carried on differ ao greatly that It seemed b<>tter

iiaper broad in outlook rather than complete In detail—an out-> bvlrtif done in many places rather than a full and atatislical

rsing In any one place. Accordingly information was.: cities In England. Scotland and the Tnited States, as

-•. a5 lo Caixailu. and reports, etc.. procure«l from tl associations.

I' Vi aa boards of health and the societies of organ! ty. as well asfrom Visiting Nursing Associations. In considering sucn n'lKins. it is needfulTO renmnber that In addition there la much work done by laolated workers.liuch aa pariah nurses, etc.. the -«—'«• i of which l« not found In any report.but which la neverthelesa value! riterestlng work.

VL-iting or Dlntric r \iin»tiii. .>: and— In the aims of the Society of- House n<in 1K48. we ffnd the first mention ofarses wt.,

.

i>onr In their own horoes." But "organ-w .1 i.^trir nursiug b«gaii ia itiv n • 1S62 in Liverpool, when it was— •' i':a:.> eatabllalied by Mr. \\ iione. Such was the success of

that a few years later we nmj Liverpool divided for this puriiose

-«n distrlrta. «ach with Its own nurse. In 1868 the first society was: In lx>ndon: this was the East Ixmdon Nursing Society. In 1874opolltan and National Society was ••siablished. and by its high

I •><lucation«l .!• iiiiirwi rai»i«d thf «.tii!ii)ard of nurses employed in

Aaaocin and Trainlnit Hom*^ weremany <•' ;rrat Hrltain. Then In ISS9

iiiMU or KuKiUh •! ' ''•ing. the founding;ltute for Nun«e«, . i-t of the In-HMlte

lining, aupport and malntenanre of Huiiit-u to act x

.•oor" in their own homen— In other words, the larg«-

•iivirlct nursing. Taking the Metropolitan and District > urging>n as lu nucleus. It affiliated wtth Itaalf tlw majority of associationsting, and has since bean tnatntoiMita] la eaublfariilng »fr<ii..t.^

Nuralag AaaoctatlOBa'* asd "Coanty NuralBt AsaoclatkmsI Kingdom. The work In Bngland. Walaa and Irelaad i

itral Council. Seotlaad baa a council of her own. «nlTtK and inspection of the Scottish nurses. A Qoe« ^

'icate of ihre«> yearn' training In hospitals approved I

in lo which Hhe must have bad six months' tralnli

•>ri in ot iffillatfd bones. She la required to sign an »<enre the for a eerUta parlod of Umi^—"wherever It re<i

^^^' ........' la eaterad oa tba QiMMi'a roll she mtiai oal>affiliated with the laatltiKe. The coat of a Qana'aIfW) a vi-ar The nur»e r«M-eIve« nalarv of CM tO L

jueaa'a probaitonrrcloiliinK

uaad a AnuUI allo«aoc« for boots. In towns whsr* Ul«re b mors than oa*nun*, the nursM Uv* toc«(li«r. and whsr* •>•••'•• -•^ a nnmbsr of nursMIherv U a rsfvlar hooi* Mdnr 111* eharv* of . -adMiL Tb« hours for

work are elf^t boors dallr. •ac«trt on Bandn. ooir the most urgMitcases are visited. A half tiajr U to l>e Rlreo st irsst once a fortnight anii a

month's bolldajr each year. The bourn for wnrk rary somewhat In th**

dlffrrfnt associations. As example of xhiK Associations,working In affiliation with the Queen's 1: ikx>1 and Birming-ham Associations may be cooaMersd. In ijv«*riMM)i iniri> are fifty-two nurssssnd Hve sapertntcadenCa—of ^the ftfty-tsro about forty are Qusvn's naracs.the remslnder bstag Queen's' probatlonen—that Is to say. f-" tMfled

nurses takimc tbelr district training. All claaaos of work are ><-ept

iiinrnffious rases. mldwifer>' and night srork. The n"rM•^ ji •••.•€!

a day. They go on duty from 8JO to 1 pjn.. si

report states that this arrangcmeBt Is made "In <

utsy be made comfortable for the nlghL" There Is a a^psrsi**

doing "visiting nursing." Here I may say that In Bngllsb use fh«-

distinction In the terms "district" and "visiting^—Che formerunpaid nursing, the latter term being used when aome remuner.-In IJrerpool the fees are quoted as being from 7a. 6d. to £ 1 i>

l.i><*r|>ool Association niso doas school work. Daring 190T

dressings were done In the aehools and S70 children visited •!

;

niMl report emphastsea the value oC the district nurse In (• >' hiiu:

and cleanliness" In the bona* of the poor, and the medical ri-ni^i

quoted as saying "tliat the district nursing staff Is a valuable acoaaaary toI'Ubllc health woriL"

In Klrmlngbam there are two so twenty nurses. Nightwork is occasionally done, oiherwis- line Is the same as In

Uvertiool. No school nursing is doo«-

One of the homes hss recently been re-organlted as a training r<

for the Jubilee Institute. The average number of vtalts Is fffteen to t». .

daily. Some of the nurses employed are not Queen's nurses or Qu'-n

«

probationers, but al^ have had three years' previous training.

In Ilolton there are eleven Queen's nurses and one Queen's probati<';

All classes of cases are taken, except scarlet fever, measles and small I'v

Average visits eleven dally.

On Jan. 1. 1>08. there were 1.RS7 Qa*^^*s nor»e» on the roll "Hie County.Nursing Associations previouslywomen having had at leaat ni

holding the certlflcale of the Central mkjwu. h i.

th<-lr district imlning at the Plslstow Home, wl

ourwes Is sysi«matlsed and carr'-' *'- '»—

They work afterwarda In rural

Queen's nurae. They are undf;Their cost is from £45 to £•• There sre at i

!*• vjilant-

nurses working in rho munty 'f Krnrlnnd. Th«- h ann»n!

report of the Inst" atteutluu t>> •^sslng rttsiHAslbl!

Institute in rpisMfv nurses for n* .nients In their wi

are mld« iiuol uursing and work for he newly estsbllxlx < i

societies. rns from the same retwrt that under the woiWn >m

penaatlon a< i :n>- various associstlons are liable to pay compen»Jk(i<>;

district nurse for sny injury or acddenC received In the couraa of !•-

•i>

ployment. Many of the associations require their nurses to tske out i>>ii(i<

in the Royal National Nurses' Peoalon Fund and then supplement thes<-

policies.

In parts of Ireland, where pover* great to adni •

of local associstlons. thpn* arf nunc 1 by the Inst.

by special fuiMls. such > nd.

School Nurses R> to the fact that school nursing

Is done by some of th«* afocxiationH artmaied tn•' *~ '-->--

and I think quite recently in one or two other :

on It •'-'^ municipal authorities. T»- •..".i""

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numtMT or viauiog »cbool noraes. all having • thn>«' ycam' rtrtin* -r-

•ac* b KlrMi to aoraM who haw alao had ex|MTi«<nre lo •llntri'

Sanitary In«p«>ctor*- Twentjr-one of the iw««iity-««laht niunlciiMi c f,ri»ur«-

llons In L.«)a(lon t^oipkiv womvn aa MOltary lnM|M>ctors and health vtiltor*.•mouDiloa In *n to forty )> humi^mt Tti.. <fiifi»w .,f iheae lad}' ln«pectora TaryIn tht> differoiii boroush* > of faeuirlaa. workshopa.laundries and r«*staurant» houaaa whare rooms arat*>i to lodcan. and of ih. orlas. tettodrias. etcTh*«« Inafwctora ara alao sout to be discharged'

^>n hospitals, and buu»c» wbcrt? ly occurred, andcarry oo the Inveetlgatlon of i: and of caaes of

~ and to work for the preren- '»«rciiio»is.

member that there are on lady tnapectors In a cityha....„ _ ,».,....»;ion of over four and a haU i........ii- - "<^n appreciate thegreat Importance of the fact that the London Ooant\ has recently ob-taln'*d lectHlation aathorizIiiK th«> niiiM>iiiirii«>nt of h<-.> i-k to work withih- Inspectors. are toh»^ >«as made, but 'hn In-

»lMi-:i<rii »as given In rei>i> lu a quentiou a* lu whether %Ui; -re

employed by the munlcliial health authorities. It seems o hedu!ie» of iheae inapeotors and visitors could only be carried on by doctors ornur!M«».

Health Societies—Many of the various health societies which have re-

cently been widely eaublished in Great Britain are employing visiting nursesIn Aorw ii< Til.- campaign agalnat tuberculosis.

Idltlon to the nuraea working with the varlons agencies whichh.> oned (as haa been previously stated), there are always a num-h«! 'e visiting nurses working for churches nr Individuals about whoae»' •;t''>^'»1H'«* tn obtain nny statistics.

Statea—When one turns from the cooskler>uurse in Great Hritain to the consideration

1 j^tatfH. one Is confrontetl with a much more dlfficukr»t of all. to the fact that the non-existence of any

•,..«. ..«.,, < organisation, such as the Jubilee Institute, makesit necessarv I liferent cities or communities as aeiiarate units, andD4M s« In;.

.

1 er««t whole. Then In any one of these differentci':' ~ X And several rlslting nursing associations, and'>:(!• r -

lift nurses: alao the work done by visiting nvpt**to >i- i • than In Great Britain. For theaa reaaons.it f—u work done In a number of cities. dHarlngIn •»<.• and impurtaiu*-.

!>• ladelphia. Washington may be classed together, because in

each of mtue rules there Is only one visiting nnralng aasoctatloo: In each thenurses live togeiher In a Home, and the salaries paid are about the sane. $tSto $35 per month.

Detroit haa seven nnraca aad a super; one of the niirsea doea»rh<M»! worit and ofif tuhemiluMlH work on.. . others do general work.

"itdoor uniform. They average six toi«veo hours. Sunday work is "at the

di ,^rluteadeiit. Night work Is only done In rare caaea.nr: lal emergancy nuraea. Tba 'Xubareuk»slK nurse" workaIn he recently eatabllahed tubarcnloal* The schotWn <r visited 1.S0S children. baaMaa payi: <n) visits ofIt) ' " «5J draaslngs. Her work waa «> nut i i-miful that It

h.> lo Board of Health, who will have four school nuraaa."« vooag iDothers la the care of tiialr taCanta—alck

« trlaltlog nuraaa. and the aaaoclatloo hopaa to•e In the Work with Juvenile dallaatMota.

its tbrrr ^ nurses and a superintendent.MS is an I tmtnttie nrhnnl In Vlrgtala,

}' 4rs one of thf MurM>* bad d«mu m:): - ^ ''ar ago tha<" -aaed the number of school nurses ic ! the Boards

M

Ilftrlcl

tch

..111

tc

of HMlfh and Rdooiiloa ilwt Uim« BuniM would b« wfibdravo at the ««d ofD«eMab»r. Aa • rMttll. In Janaary. IMt. the elty uthorldio 4i>tM>iiif<<l nMpcnrtslng aehool nura*. with five Malaunta. Sir;

ku don* inb«fr«ilo«la work only; a dajr nnraenr la-te ii#iil«in<-: !i«o done, mod on* nana do«a work lu ciiunvcuuu »tit) amlik ataitot allan quarter. A apactel nlgbt nnraa fVBd provldoa nursMfor critical msm Hoora on duty aro olfht and a half daUj. wltli a half dayoff «aoh waak. and aa naeh Urn* oa Snndaya "aa can ooooelotttlou»iy betakan" aftar. caring for acuta eaaaa. A nuraa paya from aavan to twelvevlatU dally.

Wanhlnsfoii haw a MtufT of l*-u iiiir««*« aiid a huimtIiiNmiiIimiI Th<> »ori»tyla call* be•Ho pr.. to

Inatmct (bum Ui ibu car«> of ibvlr nick." One ourae doe* ;

The naraea have the aame 8nb4>Clee8 aa the agants of the \

tiea. and cooperate with tbem.In Cleveland, alao. there la only oae vlalting nuraea' aaaoclatlon; tmt the

ttoraea live where tbey chooae. They receive from ISO to $70 per month.colUr*. cuffs- aprona and outdoor uniform. They are on duty eight hoursdally, have half a day f*^ «t-f>«*kl\ ami mii vl«l!ii nii ^nniluv miiv (<> nniro

eaaea. Three nnraee w<

three In oonneetlon whticooneoted with the Lakeaid« HuntiiiAi. autl uu*

one doea cripple aciiool and r«>H«>r work: the

nurslnx. There are no >-' •velaud.In Ilaltimore then- iUng nursln.

anpl^a forty graduate numfK. lu ivn, ibey attended1400 tttberenloala caaea. The nuraea aYorage tw*-;

Nli^t work la only done by apedal arrangement. Vt""-

la i^ven. the nuraea living where they chooae. On«-

allowed. There are five acbini nun«t>M fninlnvf**! ]

Buffalo haa had a VWtiiare employad—aalary ISO a >

her of vlalta per day la ate. "> •^>1 uurs*- i.y the i

Health.The VI

nurae*. aufgraduaiea rtTfivf* ironi .^

a half day off la given t«calle only holda good: <>

did tubereoloala workharlng theae patienta ca

The Ineinirtlve Dii*

1886. haa at preaent a »>

undergraduate nursea. ao4Nine graduate nuraea and tv

Hoapital do general vii^!

and three gradoatea an<i

do maternity work. On<hood hooaes and one «•

houra dally, but only in i-.

celve from 145 to |M a nv niahedwaiata. collars and aprona. m engag«':Maternity cases are attended uoiy alivr oonfloement.

In the Trnlnfnn School for District N«n»*Hi itnd^r th^ «apenMlaa McLo. ..f the VIctoHan ..

A courae < lontha' inKtnictioi. Ugiven: nurs***! rprpiirp board and lodging out no Haiary <>aK

formerly carried oa by the aaaoclatlon and reaulted In \>y

the civic autborftlea. of thirty-two aehool nuraea. Th*ri. ».. ^.^ pal

tubereuloaia nuraea.Chiraao has one Vlsitina Norsina Aaaociation. with a statr of thirtv

of Denver Ims apile from th«f Co

d aa aatiafactory asurae.

oaton. eatabtished in

.,'«»rlnt«njd«*nr an«1 fnnra :r«iiuinK school for

ur««>s from the Maaa.>graduatee do tn

from the Boaton '

•'• lay nuraeries ..i

• ry. Nurses ar»' <i:

mdays an<) ho'i.in

67

nurMw "Ivt* from $50 to $85 a month, and are obliged to 4epo«U 7

p«r c«i >r uklary. They Ut* wb«re thejr chooM '^within rMMOiMbledkitjux •

.... Outdoor anlfonDB mn prorld^d. Tb« DorMs areon dui> but "work mtiat be flalslMd'*: oa Sundays •mercencyrlalta oi... . .. ....• u./ u glv«o twloe a month **whea consisteot wttb thevor*." General work Is done, comafftoas eaaeo being rislted "tor porpoeeeof Itnitniriion ** Boeidea the regular district avrslng. work In done In con-n« peoaarlee. with thf Children'a Memorln a and withth* *.** aapponed by the Relief and Aid H< Kach of thet««?oi> Mv«a aistrlcta has Its cleaning woman. Its day aursery. lu socialsettlement. Its probation officer. Us reUef Tisltors. Its ambulance serrlce. andwith all of theee the district nurse cooperates. The Chicago District NursingAssodatloQ and Its superintendent. Miss Harriet Palmer, are well knownfor good work and exc«lleDt organlaattoa.

^lien we turn to DIstrSot NnralBg in New York City we find that thereIn no nn.. r«>ntra] assodatloa. The New York Board of Health, the CharityOr. n Society, the Aaaoclatloo for ImproTlng the Condition of thel^x lienry Street Settlement—better known as the Nurses' Settlement—and lb* Presbyterian Hospttal. all carry on rlslting nursing, and of coarse,besides these are cMnic dispensary and parish nurses and others scatteredhere and ther<> through the city, working for private Individuals or societies.

The board of Health since Sept. 1. 1908. Is employing 105 nurses. Thereare at present 81 school nurses. During the past summer the Board ofHealth proTtded sixty of the 71 nurses, forming the sanuaer corps, whoworked for the welfare of the babies of New York. These nnrses were In-

structed to visit the mothers of all babies whose birth had been reeordedduHiu; ;h- !<i>r1nK months to investigate the care of the baby, to give neceesar and when required to refer cases to the proper relief

so< general work of the Board of Health nurses has this three-

fold aim—tu iQvestigste. to instruct, and when necessary to secure the co-

operation of other oncanlxatlons. such as hospitals, sanitariums, societies oforgaalMd charity, etc. The Charity Organisation Society of New Yorksmph^ys eight nurses, who do educational and instructive work, actual nurs-ing being the exception, and not the rule, the general aim being to teachc:esnllneas. aaaltatloa and dietetics. The nurses receive froaa |M to $76 amonth, and aver»»o tmm four to ten vi«i»« i^r .Uv Vn Sunday work.

The Societ> ovinx the €*> iploys seventeenviiiitlnit nurses. .rvsent are do I a of educationaland follow-up work."

First—Two nnrses do 0eBeral nursing among the relief cases of theassodatloa.

Second—The three nnrses follow up cases of sick babies brought to

dispensaries for trsataent. They visit eadi case until the baby is eitherwett. In the hands of a aoitable agency, or dead, and teach the mother howtr. /..». tn^ «K« hsby. also SB sing that the home cottdltions are not detrimental

nurses ars In chanpe of the *7few York Milk Commlttae*aIn (tots snd Consultations for Mothers." They visit the honMsof rttnc iTillk from th*' depots.

•Hae Rest** matfsmity nurse* visit pregnant womenft! coaSnemsnt and after conflfhcment. until the motheris wru and comp«teoi to ears for the bahj. They average fifteen vlslta toeach case fire bitors and ten after conflaenMnt—but In one case flftj^nlae

visits were made. These cases ars all ra-vtslted whea the ehOd Is a ymr old.

All these nnrses receive VTS a month: thej average from seven to ninetU4(« a Amr; thcT work nndoT g sapsTvlaor of anrsee.

nrr Street or Nnrses* Settlement was begna ahont fifteen yearsajr< « lilltaa Wald and another nnrsa. who Mrtahllabad thnmaehres in

the 'V**i side of New York City, to nivse tt- \^oor In Uielr homes,seriously and adeqnataly. histnictlon not hsInK itnarr motive.** TMawas and is the basic principle of tha aattlament vtslilnf nnralng. To-dayth«>re arr about thirty nurses, and a system eormlnff a laife part of Maahat>

Un. la iddltkNi to vhlch all maaaac of otlMr aortal work U rarrlad eta. Allaorta of eaaaa ara anraad. In 1M7 UM$ aoralas vUlu aad M79 ooovalaaeaotvlaka war* OMda. A cooTalaaeaat koma oa Um Hodaoo la nalataJaad bj tbaaattlanaot. a«i cairlad oa awlar tba aaparvtaioa of ona of iba aaraaa.Claaaaa la boa>a aarata« ara bald. Tba awaaa Uva In aattlawat booaaa. aadao In oonradaablp witb ocbar aodalHrorfcara. Tba aHlamaat waa largaUrlaatntnaatal In tba aatabUakaant of acbool annMa la Naw York.

Tba %'lalllac Naralag DafHiitaMat-of the Praabjrtartaa HoapltaJ la tbraa>toM la Ita object. PIrat. adncatlonalfc for tba atadant aaraaa. Bacond. oo-oparation witb tb« boapflnl work. Tblrd. banaOt to tba patianfa frooi botbtba naralag aod (be adncarkmal work In tba bOB»a. It waa bagnn foar jraara

ago witb ona gradnata taatmctor and^.ona papll aura*—t»dar tbara ara alx

aaraaa. ona gradnata Inatmctor. ona gradnata anraa dolag tobermloala work,one doing ''•orlal" work, and tbrae pvpll nnraaa dolag medical aad aarglcalwork. The noraea average from nine to twelve vtatta a day. Tbe gradaateaboard and lodge Cbamaelvea. and racelva froai ITS a montb up. and tba papUaare of conraa raaldant In tba Bcbool of Naralag. Tbe oooraa la vtaMignariing Is volnatary. and laata for two UMMtba. duiing wblcb parted tbannrae baa no duties In tbe boapHal. but time for claaaaa and lectnrea Is

allowed. Tba pnpUs receive tbia training la tbeir tblrd year.

As la tba caaa witb all tbe regular dlatrtct nursing aocietlea, tbere la

a loan closet supplied witb linen and sick room utensils, etc. Tbe baaalltof thto department, botb (o tba School of Naralag and to the boapltal. baabeen great and murh good arorfe baa baaa doaa, aot only In tbe care of tbesick but on tbe llnea of prevention and adneatlon.

Pittsburg bait hIx orcanlsatkma employing vMtlDg nuraea. and daringtbe paat sumnx mployed six nuraea to work among tbe aickbabies.

In the Orangea. New Jeraey. tbaVe are tbrae vlahlng asaocla-Uons. and tbe Antl-Tubercnloafai Committee emptoya ont .; nnrae.Surely tbeae are esamplea of tbe aaad of centraHaatlon.

The Antl<Tuberculoals SodaClaa la many placea ara employing visiting

nurses, as are different brancbaa of tbe Bad Croaa Sodaty. alnca tbla aodetybaa recently taken up tbe anM4abarealoala campaign.

So la all tbeae cltlaa» by tbaae and otber agendaa. tbe work la pilngon. progreaaing In amoant. Ineraaaing In apbere. extending from ona land

to another.Visiting Nursing In Prance—Only t»day I aaw In tbe Ameiicaa Journal

of Nursing that a vlaiting nurse baa been tnatalled In Hordeaux by Dr.

Hamilton. She worka In cooperation with the out-|>:< ;>artnieat ofth4^ Proteatant Hospital. She Is tbe 1h-st visiting nunM- *• under the

'tern of nursing.I ting Nursing In Canada—Turning to our own country, tbe work of

in«- > irtorlan Order of Nuraea moat ftrat be eonaldered. Altboogb tbe order6o0t not confine Itaalf to visiting nursing, of Ma eighty-one nnraaa tbirty-onc

are at praaent doing boapltal wort, atill It la aa a ('•••••w' '••iraing aaaodatkMithat it Is beat known. And in it we have tbe v< advantage of acentral association This advantage abonid be kept v uind In beginningany form < k. and the poaslbillty of sffiitatinK any such workwith the oru iere<l. I have heard ardent visiting nurses, organisers

of such worlt li. -od Staiea. arlsh that they had aome such central or-

ganixatlon as ti. m Order.At present vuitluc nurslna is done by - in Vancoaver. Wlaalpag.

Port William. Oravenhorst. lx>ndon. Haii ronto. Klngatoa. OCtaara,

Moatreal. 8L John. Yarmouth. Halifax. Trun. « iti>»o. Baddeck aad Sydaey.Tbe Victorian Order requires that Its nurMa have had a diploma from a

"General Hoapltal Training School" and aerve a four months' pmhadonaryterm In ona of tba training bomea of tbe order. The nurses : »m$Md a year, haaldaa board, lodging, laundry and uniform: they > red

to be on duty eight boors dally, and the regulations state that on Suudayaonly cases requiring Immediate attention shall be visited. However, in tbe

II

i»»( annual r«port on* docIcm that In one diatrioc Ui« average boora ofSunday duty are pot down at Rev«»n

School nur»lng baa been b* Montreal and HamlHoo. This workla yet In Ua Infancy. Special tu .^ work la being done In Toronto byone noree working under the Boaru <>[ Health, but In coonection with the out-patient department of the Toronto General Hoapltal. In Otuwa there la atubercttkials nurse working under the Antl-Tuberculoala Society, and In coo-n««tlon with ibe new Tuberculosis Dlsiienaary supported by the May CourtClub.

In Toronto, besides the Victorian Order, there are aereml soeleties' ein«pioxiK..' vuiting nurses. A visiting nurse has recently been eatabltabed InI Finally. It must be remeinbered In Canada, as elaewbere, thatt •'••rtain amount of vUltlng nursing going on under obnrch organise-tiijii -« suppor- '.ars of which It Is very difficult tx> gain.

I—In con the work that la being done toHlay by thethere aiviua much food for thought In connection with our

•!<i In tho flmt plan*, here Is a constantly Increasing field of

X. Do we sufficiently conalder the nature1^ women from whose ranks the supply

1 nursing to^ay. there Is frequentlyt K>ctloo, relief Investigation. lnstrao>

•• care of Infanta. We eee the ofMoethe t I nur»«. the tuberculosis nurse.

V tbei

>rk must needs be wider than^h^-a the Beia liteU to private nursing. Institutional «-ork.

and the visiting of the ol(l-fn!<hione«i type. Such an out-

look should InOuence the <>n stven In hygiene. In

practical cook n the care of ba) alih as well aa In disease.But above all. mioiiiu we not see to It that ih 'r graduation oar nursesshould know what Is being done to-day by ih< nurse, of whom It has»M^,i HAld: "She waa bom an alleviating agit..... ...v Is now a "latter day

h mlsalonnr.'*one of the ableat women I know onoe said that when, after years of work

a» a superintendent In more than one hospital, she Orst did visiting nursingfor tbe Bosrd of Health In New York city, she felt as If she had stepped outof a dark and narrow room Into the 0|>en day.

By lectures on social work, by simple talks and discussions, by requiredreading of selected articles, something at lease could be done to bring this

"open day" of social work and opportunity t>efore our pupil nurses. So thatto some, perebanoe, may come tbe desire for such work, and the determination,before tbe pariod of training Is over, to use every opportunity of preparinic for(hi«> xirial mfrvii't' whii-h Im to-day the privilege* <>' '>^*> vlHltlnL. tiiirai'

FLORA M

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Graduate of tbe X-....^... : ..'.pltal.

{ i'->: luslon of MJss Shaw's paper tbe session was adjourned at12.15. to II I at 3 o'clock in the sfternooo.

Convention called to order.

rrsaldent—I srould like to a»K tn«> niemiH«rit or lUe sorieiy ir ine\ ^

seata In the front rows, so that tlioae only who will have a vot>- ^' -"'f^rs will be tbe members of •*•'- -— Wy. Our visitors w>

>m voting, and If tbe meml»- society will coni<• no difficulty about tbe mar . . ..•' new members art a.

• Ota.

-s, yon see the offtcers tbtt the Nominating fVitnmlttee hnvai'\..- 'U before yon. I would ' election.ih.t- if anjrone has any other c.e It fromU\v floor Are there any addJiluual nomtuatluns'

Mi*i> Greene—We shall bare no other names to vo

Ii w«« mor^d br MiM Scott. Mcond< )olio. that ibr oom*Inattoos. as tbcy bad baan poatad npob boald ba acc^ptad.Carrtad.

Mlaa 8baw—Ara tbara fovr vacaneiaa In tba Couaell?Tba Praaldant—It baa baao asplainad br tba Cbalrman NomlnaUon

Oommltlaa that tbara waa a mlaandarataiKflnc abotit th# r. vaeaselaaOB tba CouDcll. If MNDaoQa will mora tb*- <mB as fardown aa tba Coondllora m^ aball procaei! in.

It vaa morad by Mlaa Scott, aaoooded by Mi»« Mviklvjohu. that:Tba Praaldant be MIm Stanley.Tbe First Vlce>Praaldaot be Mlaa Snlvely. Toronto.The Second Vic*>Prasldant be Mlas l^wU. Montreal.Tba Secratarj ba Mlaa Brmt. Toronto.Tbe TTMunirar ba Mlaa Malklaiobn. OttawaAnd tbat tba Auditors be Mlaa Sbarp. Woodstock, and MU* McColl Ot.

tawa. Carried.Ballots were distributed for oae In tbe election of rotinr!1I<>

Tbe Prealdent—Wblle tbe aerutlnaers are looktoK taiiou, I thinkaooia BH^bara of tba aaaoclatloo bave aome remarkt^

Tba Secretary—I beg to move tbat a r v *.• »«iit to MissMelklejohn and manibars of tbe Lady 8tanle> or MfTonltng us the useof this rooni~-I tblnk tbe Secretary of the h<>'-i>iiiii »roif tu th« ansoolatloo

—

and alao to tbank tbe Saoratary and Miss Melklejohn for the use of tbe LadyStanley Inatltute for oar maatlng

.

It waa morad by Mlaa Brant, seconded by Miss Lewis, tbat a v<

tbankit Tm' coitvrved to Mlas Malklajohn and tba Saoratary of tbe Ladyley I their grtBt ktadnaaa In affording tbe nee of a room for ibaCon -d.

I sboolfl nove a vo- •* officers -

Lnk. »r the eti iit at th«' anley. H<^on<ied by Mis*« imuumii oi owi^n Sound, uutt a

veyod to tbe Ladies' Doard of St. Lake's HosplUi for— and boaplullty In entertaining tbe members of tbe- he Golf Clab. Carried.':mh ^'hesley be so good as to convey iho ihanki^ of

tbis aaa<> r their kindness?MUi.MOTed b' '><•> ')ll^ HhMi*. ia'ixU

racelTa a roi- , •!«»:•><«(« durinK <h^

aaaalon. Carried.Tbe Prealdent—I an aare tbat I only voice tbe sentimenu of erary mem-

ber of tbis aasodatloo when I say tbat tbe i'

' ^ nil on oar side.

and I am sure tbat tbe Inspiration tbe delei:. has been very

oonsMerable.Miss Cbesley—As President of tbe Ottawa .1 sboald

like to thank tbe autborttlea of this society for n them to

attend this meeting.The President—On behalf of tbe aaaodattn: r pTcamre

to know tbat tbe members of the Ottawa Aus, and I am sure I can say to tbe member* <<

dalegataa. tbat it baa been a great plaa«':

aaaodatlon with us this afternoon. 1 w<

I appraclata tba afforta by tbe nvrses of tiuK umtiniai m KitiuK un nm n u wijvalaabia dauumstratioo aa tbey gave oa yaaterday. and also in givloit as aroom In which «a coold asblblt tba vartoaa boapltal appliances tbat havebeen ao mocb appredatad by tboaa who have attended this convaBtlon. All

thoit«> who appreciate with m» the efforta of tbe nurses and of Mlaa Malklejobnaasistant (convention, not only in tbe demoaatratlon. bat

Nknd recei' • bad yeaterday afternoon, will ba kind enoagbtu ktand.

1 have much pleasure. Miss Melklejohn. in presenting to you. and tmat

fl

that toil «ilt r«>nv<»r to your nurses and jroar aoelAty. oar deop apprscUitloo ofthelt r b«hal(.

>n— It tuLB be«n a (tmu pl«uor«. Madame PrMMent andUdii«. ;u baviAK uverroD* her*, and I am very glad If the demonstration vasenjoyed.

The President—I may say I hope we shall hare time to pay a rtsit to theToberculoets AasoclaUoo. and also 8t Luke's Hoeptul. We are maklnf the•eeslon short for this purpoee.

It was moved hy Miaa Qreene. seconded by Mlas Brent, that a vote ofthAiiks fritni th»> UM>><ir|stlon be OOOVeyed to his l^>rH«hlii l>w> llUhoii ii< Mt.

ods. Chairman of the Hosi' iwa. for their kindness In <•

tioii « ..rried.

Tti> President—1 will ask Miss Melklejohn once more to oonve>••men our appreciation.1 be President then announced that Miss LlvlnfnUm. Miss MackeiMte aad

.M.o t*ralg had been elected Con "Tht' PresMent—If there Is i r boslneaa. It becomes my very plea-

Mini duty to Introduce to this sot...... ...eir new PresMent. Miss Stanley. LadySuperintendent of the Victoria Hospital. London.

Ml)t» Stanley—I think the pleasure that I am going to derive from havingyott Idon next year will compensate for my embarrassment now. I

nn . .lid you have made a mistake, but at any rate you have not madeluUiAk*;—If enthuaiasni will carry the meetlnc next year to a successful

•me. we nhall have It. I am alw«r« enthusiastic where nursing interests

arc at stake, and I thank you v» r' lionor you have paid me.

Miss Stanley, the new P^e^: • chair.•rw f.— 1 1 should Ilkf ii> iiMnv ii M.ti- of ttanks to the retiring

Fr«'> y. for her untiring etfortit on our behalf. I feel that»h.. ....jlished is largely through her kindness aad her hardv>.' k.

The vote uf thiinks proposed by Miss Stanley to the retiring PresMent».t- 4econ<l<Hl leJohn, and unanimously carried.

%!!•"« Sn' von a!! v*Ty mtfeh lnd**«»<1 The success of this• remember all

has been doneluiM-ij lo Huinu n\ .\tiNs Stanley andthere Is nothing quite so Inspiring

.»»..... v-ou ar« asked to do any workmd your enthusiasm by re*

aticins for help.

for this right now. be-ran >i like every member of

•' a pvrikouiil lett«>r. Mylug wtiat your particular needstraining school, what your particular wishes and am-

ttidi at the next meeting I may be able in some way to arrangethat will meet Home, at least, of your wishes. I feel that only••re strength, and It is only by your cooperation that I can hopex this year. I hoi»e we shall have It at the end of the year In as

. re IKM modest I would say better—condition than It Is now.1 h< ii>> 'Mng then adjourned, to meet In London. Oni.. next year.

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