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REPORTS OF THE TREASURER AND
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PORTLAND :
WILLIAM M. MARKS, PRINTER.
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REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
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MAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL,
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FOR THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER, 1879.
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The Directors of the Maine General Hospital, in submitting
their ninth annual report, congratulate the Corporators and its
many friends throughout the State upon its present prosperous
condition. -
At the commencement of the year a debt of about eleven
thousand dollars impended over us, which your Directors
regarded as a serious obstacle to the prosperity of the Institu-
tion, and determined to extinguish at the earliest possible day.
They at once pledged themselves for more than a third of the
amount needed, and the balance was promptly and generously
furnished by residents of this city, viz:
W. W. Thomas, $1,000
S. E. Spring, 1,000
A. W. H. Clapp, - 1,000
‘I. P. Farrington, 1,000
J. B. Brown, 1,000
James P. Baxter, 500
John T. Gilman, 500
H. N. Jose, 250
J. S. Winslow, 250
W. F. Milliken, 250
F. H. Fassett, 250
Wm. G. Davis, 250
Henry St. John Smith, 250
Wm. Hammond, |
Geo. S. Hunt,
Cummings & Brock,
Walter Corey,
Marrett, Bailey & Co.,
Chas. E. Jose & Co.,
Israel T. Dana,
Joseph Walker,
Albion Little,
Augustus Cummings,
Charles McLaughlin,
Mrs. Wm. Moulton,
W. F. Phillips & Co.,
Randall & McAllister,
George Walker,
Deering, Milliken & Co.,
H. M. Payson,
Chas. M. Gore,
James Bailey,
R. Lewis & Co.,
H. J. Libby,
John B. Curtis,
Daniel F. Emery, Jr.,
Francis Fessenden,
George Burnham,
D. W. Clark & Co.,
J. W. Waterhouse,
A. L. Gilkey,
A. K. Shurtleff,
Henry Deering,
Thomas Shannahan,
E. Newman & Co.,
O. M. & I). W. Nash,
E. H. Daveis,
Smith & Abbott,
J. A. Bond & Co.,
Knight, Redlon & Co.,
$250
250
125
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
75
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
25
25
25
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The hospital is now placed on a firmer financial basis than
ever before, and enters upon the new year free from debt and
with a small balance in the treasury.
One hundred and ninety-eight patients, coming from all parts
of the State, have been under treatment during the year.
Seventy-four were admitted on the free list,-and it is proper
to say in this connection that they could not possibly have
been received and supported without the liberal grant of five
thousand dollars from the State, and private contributions gen-
erously bestowed for the establishment of free beds. §
The records of the hospital show that from this large num-
ber of beneficiaries, nearly all returned in due time to their
families and several avocations much improved, and by far the
greater part with restored health.
Some of them were unmarried men and women, without per-
manent dwelling places, and dependent upon daily work for
their daily bread. Others and the larger part were heads of
families, to whom the conditions of health and bodily strength
were necessary to enable them to meet the actual necessities
of life. They could not have been successfully attended at
their residences or homes, as a large proportion of them
required for their restoration or relief both skillful surgery,
and hospital treatment and care.
In view of these facts, we respectfully ask the many patrons
of the Institution, and especially our legislators, if the same
amount of money could have been more wisely and satisfac-
torily bestowed, whether regarded in a philanthropic point of
view, or as an economical investment in the interest of the
State. -
Hospital Sunday contributions, amounting to $1,158.74,
have been sent to our Treasurer, for which we return our
warmest thanks.
Congregational Church, Winthrop, $ 7.56
First Parish, Unitarian, Portland, 124.05
Park Street, Unitarian, Portland, 31.00
D. C. 1.00
First Baptist, Skowhegan,
First Baptist, Rockland,
Williston Chapel, Portland,
First Congregational, Windham,
Unitarian, Brunswick,
St. Mark’s, Episcopal, Augusta,
First Congregational, Bridgton,
New Church, Fryeburg,
North Christian Church, Eastport,
Unitarian, Eastport,
Unitarian, Saco,
Lady from Saco,
Episcopal, Saco,
First Congregational, Falmouth,
St. Luke's, Episcopal, Portland,
W.ºwº, d, Rev. H. H. Osgood,
Unitarian, Augusta,
Second Congregational, Biddeford,
High Street, Congregational, Portland,
Portland Spiritual Association,
Methodist Episcopal, (Chestnut St.) Portland,
First Universalist, Rockland,
Church and Society, Litchfield,
|Universalist, Brownfield,
Free St. Baptist, Portland,
First Parish, Congregational, Brunswick,
Congregational, Rockland,
New Jerusalem, Portland,
Congregational, Dennysville,
Congregational, Gorham,
Second Parish, Portland,
• First Universalist, Dexter,
Second Congregational, Falmouth,
Congregational, Weld,
Methodist Episcopal, Boothbay,
$ 8.15
10.00
15,00
6.41
19.94
16.35
3.00
1.00
5.00
13.25
20.00
5.00
3.02
10.00
20.00
8.75
4.52
16.00
13.05
100.00
5.00
11.25
9.45
3.25
10.00
50.00
18.00
12.50
5.00
12.00
46.51
21.34
5.50
5.50
2.00
3.70
;
S. P. Jones, Norway, - - $ 7.00
Congregational, North Yarmouth, 2.00
Congregational, New Gloucester, . 26.34
Baptist, Alfred, 2.25
Bishop Healey, Catholic, Portland, - 108.00
Freewill Baptist, Vinalhaven, 8.25
First Congregational, Bridgton, - 1.50
First Universalist, Portland, 94.00
St. Stephen's, Portland, 15.00
State St., Portland, * 210.95
We must confess, however, to a feeling of disappointment,
that so small a proportion of the eight hundred and more
church organizations existing in the State have thus far res-
ponded to our call. The failure, if it may be so regarded, we
do not attribute to lukewarmness on the part of pastors and
parishes, but rather to the fact that they place too low an
estimate upon the importance of small collections, overlooking
their value as expressions of confidence and regard, and for-
getting also that if widely extended, the aggregate amount
would be a large acquisition to the fund for the benefit of the
poor.
The pastor of a small parish in the interior of the State
recently said to one of your Directors, “I received your cir-
cular and have great faith in your Institution. It is indeed a
noble charity, and eminently entitled to the sympathy and aid
of a Christian community; but my parish consists of few mem-
bers and is comparatively poor, and knowing that a contribu-
tion, if taken, would necessarily be very small, I decided after
consultation to let it pass.”
The same consideration and method of reasoning have
doubtless had their influence upon many other parishes in the
State, and have led to a similar decision.
We desire again to repeat what we have more than once
said, that large contributions are only expected from those who
are able to bestow them, and that the smallest offerings, such
as will come within the means of all who may be interested in
the object, will always be gladly and gratefully received.
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The permanent fund, derived from gifts and bequests, the
interest only of which can be used for Hospital purposes,
amounts to eighteen thousand two hundred and twenty-one
dollars and seven cents—six thousand dollars having been
added to it since the last annual meeting—and is invested in
unquestioned securities bearing six and seven per cent.interest.
P. & R. R. R. Bonds, $200.00
Gift from Needle-Woman's Friend Society, . 721.07
Frothingham Fund, a gift from Rev. Frederic Froth-
ingham, in memoriam of his father, the late Hon.
John Frothingham, of Montreal, Canada, 2,000.00
Legacy of Mr. Charles Holden, 300.00
Legacy of Mr. Andrew Spring, 5,000.00
Gift of Mrs. Charles Dummer, Hallowell, in memoriam
of her sister, Miss Mary Cleaves, 4,000.00
Legacy of Mrs. Rocksyllania True, 1,000.00
Bequest of Mrs. Eliza Ann Bradbury, the late wife
of Hon. James W. Bradbury; Augusta, the income
of which is to be applied to support a permanent
free bed, to be known by her name, 5,000.00
We gratefully acknowledge the establishment of seven free
beds during the year, the requisite funds having been kindly
supplied from the following sources:
Mrs. Charles Dummer, Hallowell, (permanent),
Hon. S. E. Spring, Portland, •
Ladies’ Visiting and Advisory Board,
Hon. John Mussey, Portland,
Mrs. Jane E. Judd, Augusta,
Ex-Governor Coburn, Skowhegan,
First Parish Sunday-school, Portland.
Every year attests the importance of the Ladies' Auxiliary
Committee. They occupy a place which could not otherwise
be filled, -in their constantly increasing interests in the wel-
fare of the patients, the kind words of sympathy which they
alone can adequately express, as well as by various gifts in
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culinary delicacies, books and flowers which they bestow with
a generous hand. They also render material aid in the annual
collection of money, no matter how small the amounts from
individual sources, which goes into the free bed fund. The
great value of their disinterested services we know and thank-
fully acknowledge. -
Surgical cases largely predominate. One hundred and fif-
teen operations have been performed during the year, and
their gravity and importance will be recognized by reference
to the appended list.
The medical and surgical staffs are composed of gentlemen
actively engaged in their professional pursuits, four of them
also having important positions as professors in the Medical
School of Maine. Each physician and surgeon makes at least
one daily visit, and as many more as the necessities of the
patients may require. In all important cases a full consulta-
tion is uniformly held, and no surgical operations are resorted
to without the concurrence, and unless unavoidably prevented,
the presence of the entire staff. Sometimes, and not unfre-
quently, three or four consecutive operations are performed,
occupying several of the most important working hours of the
day. Their duties, often laborious and exacting, are faithfully
discharged without any pecuniary compensation.
We have called your attention to this particular topic,
knowing that the actual amount of daily work which these
gentlemen humanely and gladly bestow, can only be appreciated
by those who are familiar with the details of hospital life.
We are constantly striving to bring the current expenses
down to the lowest limit compatible with a wise economy, and
the best interests of the Institution.
The gross expenditures for fuel, light, provisions, groceries,
medicine and wages, notwithstanding the large increase of
patients, have not much exceeded those of last year. It is
true that no increase in the number of employés has been
necessary to meet a larger requirement of service,—and the
marked reduction of prices in almost every commodity requisite
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to the maintenance of a large household will partly explain the
fact; but we must also claim that close attention in the purchase
of supplies, and the admirable system of accounts organized and
carried out by our Superintendent, have largely contributed
to this result.
Your attention is respectfully called to the reports of the
Treasurer, Superintendent, Ladies Auxiliary Committee and
Matron, here with presented.
They contain minute and important statistics relating to
their respective departments, and will be read with interest
and satisfaction.
Our thanks are due, and are here with presented to the many
friends of the Hospital in all parts of the State, who by generous
donations in various forms have manifested their interest in its
behalf, and largely contributed to the comfort and pleasure of
the patients. A full list of gifts, including those received from
town, county, and state fairs, with the names of the liberal
donors, will be found in the reports of the Superintendent and
Matron. -
Before closing our report we desire to say a few words on
hospital constructionin its relation toimmediate and prospective
wants, a subject of great importance, and which, in our belief,
is imperfectly understood in the community.
All general hospitals, unless established in very populous cit-
ies, make slow progress at first in securing public confidence and
favor. As a general rule, a strong reluctance exists in all classes
of society to recognize or partake of their manifold benefits.
But this condition of things does not long continue. Sooner or
later, a change comes over the public mind. Oft repeated ex-
periences, and representations to others of the beneficent work-
ings of such institutions, and especially, the triumphs of sur-
gical skill, which, coming under personal observation, soon be:
come widely known, are efficient factors in educating the peo-
ple up to a just appreciation of their intrinsic worth, and of the
strong claims they present for sympathy and support. Such is
the universal experience. Hence, in the construction of a gen-
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eral hospital, preparations are always made, and plans consum-
mated with especial reference to its prospective wants. In oth-
er words the selection of a location, its extent and surroundings,
the size, architecture and finish of the buildings, must be deter-
mined upon in obedience to a fact which long experience has
fully established, namely, that every general hospital at its
opening, and for a longer or shorter period thereafter, will have
comparatively few patients, and that provision must always be
made for a constantly increasing number, which, with proper
management, is sure to follow.
The early friends of the Maine General Hospital acted wisely,
as we believe, in laying its foundations broad and deep, and
with a far-seeing reference to the future. They decided, after
mature deliberation, to erect a building which, in its appoint-
ments and capabilities, would answer the wants of the State for
a long period of years. That decision at the time and sub-
sequently provoked severe criticism. The building is too
large, it was said, and more money has been expended upon it
than a wise economy can justify. But we have reason to be-
lieve that public opinion in this regard is now modified if not
changed, and that in the judgment of the best informed the
present condition of the hospital, in this early period of its
history, fully vindicates the wisdom of their decision. It is
daily growing in public favor. The average number of
patients admitted this year is more than thirty per cent larger
than that of the preceding year, and, with a corresponding
annual increase which we confidently expect, all the wards
will be occupied long before the close of another decade.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER
OF TEIE
MAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL,
FOR THE YEAR 1878–9.
PORTLAND, October, 1879.
To the Directors of the Maine General Hospital.
GENTLEMEN:—I submit a summary of the receipts and
expenditures of this Corporation for the year now closed, as
required by the by-laws.
From these statements it appears that the whole amount
received by the Treasurer during the past twelve months,
including balance on hand October, 1878, was thirty-two
thousand eight hundred and twenty-five dollars and ten cents,
and that the sum of payments made by him during the same
period was thirty-two thousand five hundred and eighty-four
dollars and twenty cents, and that there is on hand two hun-
dred and forty dollars and ninety cents.
The Treasurer is happy to say, that by the generous dona-
tions of a few gentlemen in Portland, the sum of about
$12,000 has been raised during the year to pay outstanding
bills, and that by this means, the Institution is at the close of
this year entirely free from debt.
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RECEIPTS.
Balance old account,
Legacies,
Annual Free Beds,
Hospital Sunday,
Special Donations,
Appropriation of State,
Loans,
Board of Patients,
Elevator Fund,
Income from Investments,
Subscriptions and Donations,
EXPENDITURES.
Salaries and Wages,
Subsistence,
Medical and Surgical Supplies,
Fuel and Lights,
Elevator,
Insurance,
Steam Heating Apparatus,
Repairs,
Construction,
Investments,
Loans,
Interest,
Furnishing,
Outstanding Bills,
Miscellaneous,
Balance on hand,
Respectfully submitted,
$ 86.25
6,000.00
1,250.00
1,158.74
114.49
5,000.00
200.00
4,905.24
1,358.85
875.64
11,875.89
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$32,825.10
$4,239.05
4,486.83
943.90
1,725.87
1,598.85
60.00
132.59
303.64
776.91
6,000.00
4,000.00
444.94
782.01
6,899.63
189.98
240.90
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$32,825.10
J. T. MCCOBB, Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN AND SUPERINTENDENT
OF THE
MAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL,
FOR THE YEAR 1878–9.
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To the Directors of the Maine General Hospital.
GENTLEMEN:—I have the honor to submit herewith my
annual report for the year ending September 30th, 1879.
Number of patients in the Hospital, October 1st, 1878: pay-
ing, 11; paying in part, 2.; free, 9; total, 22.
Admitted to the Hospital, from October 1st, 1878, to Septem-
ber 30th, 1879:
Males. Females. Total.
Patients paying board, 54 48 102
Patients paying board part of the time, 15 11 26
Patients entirely free, 27 21 48
96 80 176
These have been divided between the two departments as
follows:
Medical,
Surgical, 81 58 139
176
Whole number under treatment during the year, 198. There
have been discharged during the year 173, with the following
results:
Males. FemaleS. Total,
15
Recovered, 96
Relieved, 53
Not relieved, 8
Not treated, 12
Died, 4
The proportion of deaths to the whole number treated, 2.02
per cent.
The causes of deaths were as follows:
Chronic Bright's Disease, 1
Concussion of the Brain, 1.
Exhaustion following fracture of skull and femur, 1
Rapid gangrene following amputation of toe, 1.
We have cause to feel great satisfaction at this low rate
of mortality, which is much less than in any previous year not-
withstanding the number of patients, and the number and
variety of surgical operations have been larger than ever before.
This is the best evidence we could have that the sanitary
condition of the Hospital is all that could be desired.
Paying patients paid at the following rates: 1 paid at the
rate of $70.00 per week; 1 at $35.00; 1 at $24.00; 1 at $18.50;
25 at $14.00; 2 at $10.00; 97 at $7.00.
RESIDENCES.
Portland, - 46
Maine (except Portland), 122
New Hampshire, 3
Rhode Island, 1
Massachusetts, 1
Ohio, 1
Wisconsin, 1.
Canada, 1
The residences of the 168 patients from Maine, by counties,
were as follows:
Androscoggin, 1 Hancock, 9
Cumberland, 81 Kennebec, 12
Franklin, - 3 Knox, 1()
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Lincoln, 2 Somerset, 3
Oxford, 6 Waldo, 15
Penobscot, 3 Washington, 8
Piscataquis, 3 York, 9
Sagadahoc, 8
Number of weeks relief furnished to paying patients, 502
GG ( & GG “ free patients, 682 6–7
Total, 1184 6–7
This is equal to an average of 22.45 patients for the year,
which is an increase over the average number of last year of
over 39 per cent.
The current expenses for the year have been as follows:
Salaries and Wages, $4,239.05
Groceries, 1,746.99
Provisions, 1,634.71
Fish, 227.61
Milk, 522.24
Crackers, 30.23
Medical and Surgical Supplies, 943.90
Fuel, - 1,558.35
Lights, 125.24
Water, 100.00
Ice, - 71.50
Furnishing, 557.66
Repairs, 214.72
Insurance, - 60.00
Miscellaneous, 166.50
$12,198.70
Nearly all the amount charged to furnishing was for in-
creasing the original equipment of the Hospital to meet the
largely increased number of patients, which at one time
came up to thirty-five.
The amount expended on repairs was mostly on account of
the damage caused by lightning, and was not ordinary repairs.
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Notwithstanding these items have been charged in full as
current expenses, the average cost of each patient per week
has been but $10.30, which is $2.34 less than last year.
This reduction, it is obvious, is due to the larger number of
patients, and shows, I think, that with a fair number, the cost
of supporting our patients would be as low as in any similar
Hospital in the country. *
There has been received from patients for board, $4,905.24.
The excess of expenditure over receipts from patients is $7,-
298.46.
The free beds maintained by permanent endowment or
annual subscription which have been available during the
present Hospital year have been as follows;
By Mrs. Dummer, from Oct. 1, 1878, to Sept. 30, 1879.
(Permanently established May 24, 1877, in memory of Miss Mary Cleaves.)
By S. E. Spring, from Oct. 1, 1878, to Sept. 30, 1879.
By Mrs. J. E. Judd, from Oct. 1, 1878, to Sept. 30, 1879.
By Ladies’ Visiting Board, from Oct. 1, 1878, to Sept. 30, 1879.
By Ladies' Visiting Board, from Oct. 1, 1878, to Dec. 16, 1878.
By John Mussey, from March 3, 1878, to Sept. 30, 1879.
By Abner Coburn, from March 20, 1878, to Sept. 30, 1879.
By First Parish Sunday School, from Sept. 26, 1878, to Sept. 30, 1879.
This gives an aggregate of 278 weeks or what is equal to
5.3 free beds for the year. The Hospital has furnished re-
lief to free patients to the extent of 682 6-7 weeks, which is
equivalent to an average of 13.09 for the year.
The demand for free beds grows more and more urgent every
year, and it is a source of gratification that, each year, we have
been able to meet this demand to a greater extent. This ap-
pears by comparing the present with the previous four years.
The aggregate number of weeks relief furnished to free
patients the first year was 114; in the second year, 261 2-7 ; in
the third, 401 3-7 ; in the fourth, 495 5-7.
The generous contributions that made it possible to pay off
all the old debts of the Hospital in the early spring, relieved
us of a serious source of embarassment, and enabled us to
increase the free list to a larger extent than in any previous
year.
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It is important that the public should understand that it is
the intention to increase the number of free patients to the
utmost extent that the resouces of the Hospital will allow.
Thus every donation, however small, may be said to go direct-
ly toward the support of free patients. Since the aggregate
number of weeks relief furnished to paying patients was 502
and the average cost per week was $10.30, the total cost of
maintaining the paying patients was $5,170.60, while the
amount received from them for board was $4,905.24, leaving a
deficit of only $265.36. So that virtually, all the income of the
Hospital from invested funds and donations from the State or
private individuals (except those given to pay off the debt)
during the past year have been expended in the care of free
patients. -
Since my last report, the elevator, which was so much
needed, has been put in and has proved a great benefit to the
patients, as they have been able to take exercise in the open
air during convalescence, which they were formerly prevented
from doing, on account of the fatigue caused by going up and
down stairs. The corridor connecting the pavilion with the
main building has been raised another story, so that the
patients in the upper ward have easy access to the elevator.
A telephone has been put into the Hospital, which puts us
in communication with several of the Hospital staff, all the
depots, steamers, etc., and most of the firms which we do busi-
ness with, and is proving to be a great convenience. This was
done without expense to the Hospital by special donations for
that purpose.
Appended to my report will be found a list of all the
surgical operations performed during the year, by which it will
be seen that the number has been very large in proportion to
the whole number of patients.
We have received during the year a great many valuable
contributions of fruit, vegetables, delicacies and other useful
articles which will be acknowledged in detail by the matron
in her report, which I inclose. I would mention specially the
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large contribution of fruit and vegetables received from the
exhibitors at the Maine State Fair. We have assurances that
similar donations will be received from other county and
town fairs soon to be held.
In conclusion, I would say that the past year has been by
far the pleasantest, most harmonious, and most successful in
every respect, of any since the Hospital was opened. We have
reason to believe that the prejudices against the institution are
beginning to disappear, and its advantages to the community
are being appreciated as they should be.
Respectfully submitted.
CHAS. O. HUNT,
Resident Physician and Superintendent.
Portland, Oct. 1st, 1879.
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SURGICAL OPERATIONS.
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OPERATIONS. ă 3 : REMARKS.
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Abscesses opened... . . . . . . . . . 5| 1| 6|Well, 4; relieved, 1; under treat-
ment, 1.
Amputation of breast. . . . . . . . 5| 5|for cancer, relieved, 5.
of leg. . . . . . . . . . . || 1 || 1 || 2 for comp. fracture, well, 1 ; for
enchondroma, tarsus, Well, 1.
at knee joint..... 1| 1|under treatment, 1.
of thigh. . . . . . . . . . 1 1|well, 1.
of toe. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1|died, 1.
Anchylosis, fingers. . . . . . . . . . . 1 1|not relieved, 1.
D66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1|by section of femur, not relieved, 1.
both knees. . . . . . . . | 1 1|relieved, 1.
shoulder.......... 1 1|well, 1.
Caries, tarsus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1| 1|relieved, 1.
Clavicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1|relieved, 1.
Cataract, extraction. . . . . . . . . . 3| 3|well, 1; relieved, 1; not relieved, 1.
Circumcision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1|under treatment, 1.
Ectropion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l 1|relieved, 1.
Extirpation of eye. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3|well, 2; complicated by fracture of
skull and femur, died, 1.
of inf. maxilla.....] 3|1|4|partial for caries, relieved, 4.
Fistulae divided,
perimeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 1 1|well, 1.
in ano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2|relieved, 1 ; under treatment, 1.
Fracture, humerus............ | 1 1|well, 1.
femur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2} 1 3|well, 2; died, 1.
Hemorrhoids, by ligation...... 2| 2 well, 2.
Hernia, radical cure. . . . . . . . . . 1|1|well, 1.
Lacerated cervix. . . . . . . . . . . . 1|1|well, 1.
Lithotomy, lateral. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1|well, 1.
Necrosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3| 3| 6|well, 2; relieved, 2; under treat-
ment, 2.
Ovarian tumor, tapped. . . . . . . 1| 1 |relieved, 1.
Perineorraphy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9| 9|well, 6; not relieved, 3.
Plaster jacket applied,
for lateral curvature. . . . . . . . 1| 1 2 relieved, 2.
for posterior curvature......] 3 5 8well, 1; relieved, 7.
Plastic operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1| 1;for deforming cicatrix of neck, re-
lieved, 1.
Prolapse of rectum. . . . . . . . . . . 1. 1|by caustic, relieved, 1.
Ranula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1|by seton, well, 1.
Staphylorraphy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1|well, 1.
Strabismus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1| 1|well, 1.
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SURGICAL OPERATIONS-Continued.
fº
OPERATIONS. § ; : REMARKS.
<! H
#|É| 3
Stricture of urethra
by divulsion . . . . . . . . 2 2|relieved, 1; well, 1.
Tenotomy, of tendo Achillis. | 1 1|for talipes, relieved, 1.
of ham-string tendons 1 1|for congen’l deformity, relieved, 1.
Testis removed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 1|well, 1.
Tonsillotomy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1| 1|well, 1.
Tumors removed,
Cancer of face. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4|relieved, 4.
axilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1| 1 |relieved, 1.
shoulder. . . . . . . . . . . 1| 1|relieved, 1.
tongue. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1|relieved, 1.
Cystic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4|1| 5|well, 5.
Lnlarged glands. . . . . . . . . 1 2 3|well, 3.
IEpithelioma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4| 1| 5|well, 4; relieved, 1.
Epulis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1|well, 1.
Erectile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1|not relieved, 1.
Fatty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1| 1|well, 1.
Fibroid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1| 1|well, 1.
Polypus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4| 4 of uterus, well, 3; of urethra, re-
lieved, 1.
Fungous granulations. . . . 1| 1|of bladder, relieved, 1.
Sebaceous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1|well, 1.
Varicocele, by ligature. . . . . . . 1 1|well, 1.
Varicose veins ligated. . . . . . . . 1] 1 well, 1.
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61|54|115
MATRON'S REPORT OF CONTRIBUTIONS
RECEIVED.
MONEY SUBSCRIBED FOR AN ELIEVATOR.
Am’t acknowl’d last year, $1,261.92
Interest, 29.41
Mrs. Thos. Breslin, Portland, 10.00
Mrs. Ellen Knight, & 4 1.00
Mrs. Mark P. Emery, “ 5.00
Mrs. J. Paine, { { .50
Mrs. Lucy VanAntwerp, “ .50
Mrs. Geo. F. Holmes, “ .50
Mrs. Wrm. S. Jerris, ( (, .50
Miss Mary Allen, ( & 1.00
Mrs. John C. Brooks, “ 5.00
Mrs. Chapman, { % 2.00
Mrs. James Noyes, { % 1.00
Mrs. C. J. Walker, & & 1.00
Mrs. A. M. Benson, & 4 .50
Mrs. Haskell, & 4 .50
Mrs. James P. Baxter, “ 10.00
Mr. John M. Morgan, Upper
Gloucester, 1.00
Miss Harriet K. Morgan, Upper
Gloucester, .50
Mrs. Edw. Fox, from friend,
Portland, 5.00
Paid Treasurer on account of Elevator,
Paid bills for altering doors,
Amount on hand,
Mrs. Manasseh Smith, from
friend, Portland, 1.00
Mrs. Darius H. Ingraham,
Portland, 2.00
Mr. Wm. P. P. Longfellow,
Cambridge, Mass., 25.00
Miss Susie Webster, Portland, .25
Mrs. Thomas Shaw, & 4 10.00
Mrs. St. John Smith, & 4 5.00
Mrs. Stineford, Saco, 1.00
Mr. S. B. Haskell, Portland, 1.00
Mrs. D. W. Clark, & 4 1.00
Rev. G. G. Winslow, Harring’n, 1.00
Erom a gentleman, Portland, 3.00
Mrs. S. E. Hooper, Boston, 2.00
Mrs. Manasseh Smith, Port-
land, 10.00
Mrs. F. A. Waldron, Portland, 2.00
Mrs. John T. Nichols, Saco, 1.00
Mrs. Ichabod Nichols,
Cambridge, Mass., 10.00
Miss Sarah Rice, Portland, 5.00
Total, * $1,417.08
$1,358.85
10.99
— $1,369.84
47.24
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS.
Portland Press, daily paper for one year.
Portland Advertiser, daily paper for One year.
Mrs. Russell, Portland, 1 jar preserved cherries.
Miss Marie Hersey, Portland, grapes.
Lnknown, Portland, linen and cotton pieces.
Miss Mary Tappan, Portland, 2 glasses jelly.
Miss H. J. Morrill, Deering, pieces of linen.
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Mr. C. C. Millett, Portland, 1 pair blankets.
Mr. E. C. Chamberlin, Portland, 1 pair blankets.
Mr. X. J. Little, Portland, 1 pair blankets.
Mr. H. P. Storer, Portland, 1 pair blankets.
Mr. J. M. Fifield, Portland, 1 pair blankets.
Mr. M. E. Bolster, Portland, 1 pair blankets.
Mr. H. L. Sturtevant, Portland, 1 pair blankets.
Vickery & Leighton, Portland, 1 pair blankets through Mrs. J. T. Fille-
Ol’OWI).
Rines Bros., Portland, 124 yds. cotton cloth.
Mrs. George W. True, Portland, oranges, pears, apples, tomatoes,
grapes, musk melon, flowers, trinkets for children, new garments, shirt,
Waist, half worn table cloth, and sheets.
Mrs. J. T. Gilman, Pörtland, strawberries, oranges, grapes, preserves,
Wine jelly, bottle peach syrup, bottle raspberry shrub, turkey, piece
sheeting, piece Russia crash, covers for cushions, piece bags, pieces lin-
en, carpet rugs, ironing holders, thermometer, tea caddy, tin pail, pie
rack, salt jar, books, magazines, and presents for the children.
Mr. Pennell, grocer, Portland, 5 turkeys, 1 goose.
Mr. George C. Shaw, Portland, 1 barrel flour.
Mrs. Cook, Portland, 1 pair chickens.
Mrs. Edmund Phinney, Portland, pears and sugar.
Mrs. J. S. Paine, Portland, apples, cider jelly, books, Atlantic Mon-
tlıly and papers.
Mrs. H. P. Storer, Portland, woolen socks, pieces of calico, sheets for
bandage, loaf sponge cake, apple tarts, soft custard, canned pears, 2 bbls.
pears, vegetables and flowers.
Mr. W. F. Phillips, Portland, 4 doz. gallipots, 1 vol. Harpers’ Magazine.
Mrs. J. T. McCobb, Portland, night dresses, drawers, shirts, pieces of
linen, and magazines.
Mrs. Samuel Small, Portland, bottle raspberry shrub.
Mr. Russell Barbour, Portland, 1 Small air cushion.
Fraternity, Portland, 2 doz. Oranges.
Mrs. J. E. Gilman, Portland, shirts and night dresses.
Mr. George Bradley, Portland, books.
Miss Alice Spring, Portland, picture from a gentleman.
Miss Butler, Portland, roll of linen.
Miss Loring, Boston, flowers.
Mr. Thomas Goodall, Sanford, Me., elegant cut flowers.
Mrs. S. E. Spring, Portland, linen and cotton pieces.
Mrs. S. R. Lyman, Portland, shirts, sheets, preserves and jelly.
Mr. A. N. Noyes, Portland, tin pails, meat pans, tin pans, strainer and
iron kettle.
Mrs. James L. Farmer, Portland, 4 vols. Littell’s Living Age.
Phi Alpha Society, Brunswick, 24 new sheets, 12 new pillow slips, 20
new towels, table cloths, bed spread, cotton and woolen socks, rasp-
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*,
berry shrub, ketchup, pickles, canned fruits, preserves, jelly, gelatine,
corn starch, farina, chocolate, toilet soaps, stationery, books, magazines,
vases, pictures, trinkets for children, a large quantity of linen and cot-
ton for dressing and bandages.
Mr. Frank Baker, Portland, 6 vols. magazines, 1 doz. jelly glasses.
Miss Elizabeth Merrill, New Gloucester, 1 piece sheeting.
Mrs. Joshua Waterhouse, Portland, 1 piece sheeting.
Mrs. A. E. Weston, Portland, oranges, towels, stockings, linen and cot-
ton pieces for bandages.
Mr. George Wright, Portland, pants, vests, and May flowers.
Mr. W. W. Roberts, Portland, books, magazines, and papers.
Miss Lydia A. Harris, Portland, scrap books, ironing holders, and tidy.
Mrs. Hatch, No. Berwick, May flowers and cherries.
Mrs. James P. Baxter, Portland, calico wrappers, sacques, and skirt.
A friend, Brunswick, 2 half Worn quilts, pin cushion, pieces cotton,
magazines, newspapers, and 2 bottles raspberry shrub.
Mrs. Manasseh Smith, Portland, 1 doz. cups and saucers, 2 dust pans,
sheets, pillow slips, oranges, canned peaches and jelly.
Mrs. J. W. Robinson, shirts and pieces for bandage.
Miss Clapp, scrap book, pictures, books and linen pieces.
Mrs. C. O. Hunt, night dress, shirts, drawers, vests and pieces of cotton.
Mrs. W. S. Davis, strawberries and flowers.
Mrs. William Hammond, raspberry jam, jelly, fruit, and 1 doz. bags
for bedsteads.
Mrs. Thomas Breslin, 1 doz. napkins, night dresses, caps, stockings,
pieces linen, preserves, jelly, spectacles, and other useful articles.
Mrs. Thomas R. Hayes, books and magazines.
Mrs. Andrew Spring, 2 doz. towels, tin pans, dippers, bowls, pudding
dishes, oranges and strawberries.
Dorcas Society, Gorham, 4 patch work quilts.
Miss Octavia Fox, 24 doz. towels, 1 doz. pillow slips.
Miss Emily Spring, picture frame.
Mr. George D. Rand, magazines and papers.
Mrs. John Rand, shirts, pants, and large bundle of pieces.
Miss Cornelia Dow, Portland, 4 bags for bedsteads, and cleaning pieces.
Mrs. Strout, Portland, magazines and newspapers.
Mrs. T. O'Brion, Portland, shirts, drawers, night dresses, and cotton
pieces for dressing.
Mrs. H. W. Spring, New Gloucester, 1 comfort.
Miss H. B. Fuller, Augusta, box pears.
Mrs. H. Aitchinson, Portland, box Guava jelly and linen sheet.
Unknown, 3 half worn blankets.
Mrs. McMillan, Portland, 4 vols. magazines.
Miss Kimball, Portland, linen and cotton pieces for dressing.
Mrs. I. T. Dana, Portland, raspberry shrub, jelly and clothing.
Mrs. Jonas Clark, Portland, shirts and sheets for bandage.
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Dr. Spalding, Portland, magazines and newspapers.
Miss Chase, Portland, fan.
Misses Abbot, Portland, books.
Mrs. Talbot, Portland, soft custards and cakes.
Mrs. W. W. Virgin, Portland, drawers, sheets, handkerchiefs and limen
pieces.
Miss L. E. Bancroft, Portland, night dresses, pieces for dressing,
slings, fruit and flowers.
Mrs. W. P. Preble, Portland, tumblers, drawers, roll cotton and jelly.
Mrs. Martha W. Osgood, Hollis, crab apples.
Mrs. Eliphalet Robinson, Cape Elizabeth, flowers.
Gardner Ludwig, Portland, pears.
Mrs. A. E. Weston and Miss Alice Spring, grape and crab apple jelly.
Mrs. Fillebrown, Portland, piece oil matting.
Miss Abbie Steele, Portland, raspberry jam and jelly.
Mrs. D. W. Fessenden, Portland, squabs, preserves, squashes, blanc
mange, pickles, asparagus and May flowers.
Rev. Thomas Hill, D. D., calla lilies.
Mrs. J. C. Churchill, Portland, chest of magazines and papers.
Mrs. John T. Nichols, Saco, clothing, cotton and linen pieces, jelly,
fruit and basket.
Dorcas Society, Gorham, 6 new night dresses, a large quantity of cot-
ton, linen and woolen pieces.
Miss H. B. Fuller, Augusta, 1 doz. new sheets, 16 new towels, gar-
ments, linen and cotton pieces, preserves and books.
Mrs. C. C. Mitchell, Portland, linen and cotton pieces.
Miss Chadwick, Portland, linen and cotton pieces.
Miss M. E. Barbour, Portland, sheets, pieces for dressing, 1 pr. shoes,
and 1 pair crutches.
Mrs. C. E. Davis, Portland, sheets and pieces for dressing.
From Harrington, Me., 2 chair cushions.
Ladies of Rockland, Me., 43 doz. jars preserves, 2 doz. glasses jelly, 8 cans
fruit, 6 jars pickles, and 1 bottle raspberry shrub.
Bee, 26 pillow slips, making 36 sheets and 8 pillow slips.
Flower Mission, flowers every week.
Young Men's Christian Association, papers.
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MAINE STATE FAIR.
Fruit.—Z. A. Gilbert, N. W. Adams, L. M. Beals, A. E. Bradford, D. J.
Briggs, C. W. Foss, S. S. Houghton, R. M. Jones, R. Prince, G. F. Mer-
rill, C. A. Leavitt, all of Turner Grange. S. J. Sweetsir, Chas. H. Blan-
chard, John Blanchard, S. M. Rideout, T. D. Pattee, D. B. Wilson, and
John Wilson, Cumberland; George B. Sawyer, and Henry Ingalls, Wis-
casset; H. M. Chase, North Yarmouth; G. Fernald, Harrison; G. M.
Stevens, and Warren Sparrow, Deering; Joseph Taylor, North Belgrade;
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Mrs. Strattard, Baldwin; Chas. W. Goddard, Samuel Rolfe, Portland;
in all 25 bushels apples, 4 bushels pears, two baskets grapes, and plate of
peaches.
Wegetables.—W. S. Tilton, Togus; J. S. Richardson, Deering; D. M.
Titcomb, Farmington; S. R. Sweetsir, S. M. Rideout, E. B. Osgood, Cum-
berland; State College Farm; in all 15 bushels assorted vegetables; James
Vickery, Portland, 2 pots plants.
FROM STANDISH FAIR. Fruit.—Freeman Paine, E. N. Blake, Elbridge
Bailey, Edward Files, Granville Leavitt, Benj. Irish, Daniel Johnson, A.
P. Shaw, John P. Warren, Joseph W. Knights, H. W. Dow, John D. Hig-
gins, A. W. Marrett, Wilson Dow, Joseph Holmes, John E. Thompson,
O. R. Phinney, A. S. Davis, H. J. Swasey, John Hasty, Wm. Shaw, Dan-
iel Moulton, O. H. Dow, Daniel S. Davis. Fruit and Vegetables.—A. S.
Sawyer, EIorace Meserve, S. F. Tufts, Alvah Weeks, Robie Whitney.
Vegetables.—Wm. S. Phinney, Wm. W. Libby, S. O. Paine, Amos Boul-
ter, W. F. Chase, Charles H. Allen, O. S. Sanborn, Andrew J. Otis, Miss
Maria Bradbury, fruit, vegetables, and a large box of elegant cut flowers;
Edwin Norton and C. F. Swasey, barrels for packing.
BUXTON AND Hollis FAIR. Fruit.—M. L. H. Owen, Edwin Hanson, J.
N. Deering, H. S. Martin, W. H. Moses, Mrs. Richard Dyer, Albion Pal-
Imer, Isaac W. Eaton, N. H. Woodman, N. C. Locke, Charles F. Locke,
Mrs. Ellis B. Usher, Mrs. Mary M. Earle, Miss Ella Towle, Mrs. Martha
U. Osgood, E. Deering, J. M. Harper, EI. H. Chadbourne, Charles Brad-
bury, Wm. N. Jose, Frank Dennett, Wm. B. Chadbourne, J. T. McKen-
Iney, Aaron Clarke, Roscoe G. Stewart, J. B. Smith, Dr. A. K. P. Meserve.
WINDEIAM Town FAIR. Fruit and Vegetables from E. S. True, Ally
Hawkes, Sewell McKenney, Dr. B. F. Dunn, Charles Jones, Oliver
Robinson, Almanza Collock, Joshua Tukey, Jason Knight, and Hall and
Senter.
SAGADAHoc County FAIR. Vegetables from Miss Snow, of Harding
Farm; Lewis Simpson and Charles A. Gilman, of Brunswick; Wm. Hall,
A. E. & George Tedford, and David Work, of Topsham; II. B. Richard-
son, of West Bath.
CoRNISH FAIR. Fruit and Vegetables.—John W. Pease, Hon. C. R.
Ayer, John C. Marr, Chas F. Watson, John Pease, Willis Warren, Daniel
Pugsby, Gilbert Chase, David Morrill, John N. Pugsby & Sons, William
F. Allen, Samuel Gould, Esq., John Bradeen & Son, George W. Fox,
Cornish ; Timothy Eastman, Alvin L. Eastman, East Parsonsfield; John
W. Parsons, Parsonsfield; John Holland, Limerick; David C. Norton,
Limington; Chas. F. Wadsworth, Chas. A. Warren, William Pendexter,
EIiram ; Mrs. Fannie Pease, jar maple syrup; Miss Hattie Pease, jar apple
jelly, Cornish; T. Bracket & Son, Jameson & Marr, Warren & Warren,
Pike & Boothby, barrels for packing.
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REPORT OF THE
VISITING AND ADVISORY BOARD
OF TEIE
MAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1879.
During the year now closing we have had two new mem-
bers on our Board, Mrs. W. G. Davis and Miss Paine, who
fill the vacancies caused by the resignations of Mrs. Shepley
and Mrs. Farrington.
The visiting has continued regularly, and the patients have
been ministered to, as far as lay within our power and prov-
ince.
The self-imposed work of collecting has been accomplished
with a fair amount of success, but the number of new names
on our list is not as great as we hoped for. A plan of contribu-
ting to charities recently adopted by some churches has taken
from us quite a number of subscribers, who prefer to give
to the Hospital in that way, and as no other gifts have come to
our treasury, we have been unable to establish more than
one free bed. This began last March and continues a year.
The entire amount of subscriptions since our last report is three
hundred and sixty-four dollars. We now hope to add to our
fund by a concert to be given soon, in which many of our
musical people are kindly interested.
EMILY MANNING SWAN,
Secretary V. and A. Board.
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OFFICERS
OF TEIE
MAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL.
1878 – 9.
PRESIDENT,
JOHN B. BROWN.
DIRECTORS,
JOHN T. GILMAN, President of the *
ISRAEL WASHIBURN, JR.,
SAMUEL E. SPRING, º IElected
A. W. H. CLAPP, cºon.
HORATIO N. JOSE,
WILLIAM W. THOMAS, J
CHARLES BUFFUM, | Appointed
2 by the
2 Board of Visitors.
*- SECRETARY,
FREDERIC HENRY GERRISH.
TREASURER,
JAMES T. MCCOBB.
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CONSULTING PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
JOHN T. GILMAN, M. D.,
WILLIAM WOOD, M.D.,
HIRAM. H. HILL, M. D.,
CHARLES E. SWAN, M. D.,
— ANDREW J. FULLER, M. D.,
ALONZO GARCELON, M. D.,
ALFRED MITCHELL, M. D.
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN AND SUPERINTENDENT,
CHARLES O. HUNT, M. D.
VISITING PHYSICLANS,
ISRAEL T. DANA, M. D.,
HORATIO N. SMALL, M. D.,
AUGUSTUS S. THAYER, M. D.
VISITING SURGEONS,
WILLIAM WARREN GREENE, M. D.,
STEPHEN H. WEEKS, M. D.,
SETH. C. GORDON, M. D.
PATHOLOGIST,
FREDERIC HENRY GERRISH, M. D.
HOUSE PUPILS,
ALFRED G. LADD, M. D.,
EDWARD PREBLE, M. D.
MATRON,
MRS. L. W. WARREN.
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VISITING AND ADVISORY BOARD,
MRS. ANDREW SPRING,
MRS. H. P. STORER,
MRS. SAMUEL SMALL,
MRS. M. H. SMITH,
MRS. D. W. FESSENDEN,
MRS. W. W. VIRGIN,
MISS E. M. SWAN,
MISS L. E. BANCROFT,
MRS. THOMAS FILLEBROWN,
MRS. WILLIAM HAMMOND,
MRS. W. G. DAVIS,
MISS A. M. PAINE.
4/3.J.
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T E N T H
A N N U A. L. R. E. P. O. R. T
OF T III.
DIRECT OR S
O }; T | I }.
|MAINE
GENERAL HOSPITAL;
WW IT II T II E
REPORTS OF THE TREASURER AND
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN.
1 S S () .
PORTLAND, ME.
S TEPHEN BERRY, PRINTER.
1880.
T E N T H
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
DIRECTORS
OF TEIE
|MAINE
GENERAL HOSPITAL;
WITH THE
REPORTS OF THE TREASURER AND
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN.
18 S O .
PORTLAND :
STEPHEN BERRY, PRINTER.
1880.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
OIF THE
MAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER, 1880.
The Directors of the Maine General Hospital, in com-
pliance with the requirements of its by-laws, respectfully
present to the corporation their tenth annual report.
Two hundred and sixty-three patients have been under
treatment during the year, which is an increase of sixty-five
as compared with the preceding year.
Ninety-six were received as beneficiaries, by which we
mean that they had medical or surgical treatment, medicine,
nurses and board, and all the privileges of the institution,
with the exception of private apartments, equally with the
rich, and without pecuniary charge.
We regret that, in consequence of limited resources, we
are restricted in the admission of free patients. Numerous
applications from all sections of the State are almost daily
made, which we are reluctantly compelled to reject. The
entire income of the Hospital, which includes the annual
appropriation from the State, Hospital Sunday contri-
butions and the interest of our permanent fund, after the
payment of necessary expenses, is appropriated to this
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beneficent object, and we will gladly extend the free list in
the future in full proportion to the means which may be
provided for its support.
A subscription of two hundred and fifty dollars will fur-
nish a free bed for one year, and a gift of four thousand
dollars will establish a permanent one bearing the name of
its donor. We also have a free bed fund derived from
smaller contributions, the interest of which is set apart for
this specific purpose, and the names of the contributors are
acknowledged in Our records and reports. An opportunity
is thus offered to all friends of the Institution, wherever re-
siding, to contribute in proportion to their means in aid of
its support, and, by generous endowments and bequests, to
place it securely upon the humane basis contemplated by
its founders and early friends.
Surgical cases largely predominate in our wards—in a
ratio of nearly three to one, as compared with the medical
department. In view of this fact, at the regular meeting
of the Directors held in May, Dr. Frederic Henry Gerrish
was unanimously elected an additional member of the sur-
gical staff. Dr. Weeks, now in Europe, is expected home
in December. This staff will then be complete, and the
duties of its members made less exacting than they now
are, by reducing the term of service of each from four to
three months during the hospital year.
The arduous and responsible services rendered by the
gentlemen composing the two staffs are wholly gratuitous,
and the same is true of all who are officially connected with
the Institution, with the exception of the Superintendent,
Matron and employés. We are compelled to reiterate this
fact, which has been prominently stated in previous reports,
to remove a misapprehension which still exists, and too evi-
dently prevails in the State, that they receive pecuniary
compensation.
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Since our last report, the grounds of the Hospital have
been enclosed within neat and substantial fences, marking
its boundary lines, and the cost of construction was mainly,
if not entirely, defrayed by contributions from private
Sources. More, however, is to be done in the way of grad-
ing and inexpensive Ornamentation to make our immediate
surroundings attractive to the eye and in keeping with im-
provements already commenced on adjacent land belonging
to the city.
Hospital Sunday contributions, amounting to $866.47,
have thus far been sent to our Treasurer, for which we re-
turn our sincere thanks.
First Baptist Church, Monmouth, § 3.00
High Street Church, Portland, 113.11
Second Congregational Society, Norway, 2.24
First Congregational Society, York, 8.00
State Street Church, Portland, balance, 1879, 58.80
M. E. Church, Newfield, 2.00
First Congregational Church, Searsport, 18.00
First Parish Universalist Society, Auburn, 8.53
Winthrop Congregational Society, - 4.73
Methodist Episcopal Church, Ogunquit, 1.00
Ç G 6 6 “ Harpswell, 3.69
First Parish, Unitarian, Portland, 114.39.
Congregational Church, Harrison, 3.25
Church and Society, North Bridgton, 6.75
Second Parish, Universalist, Camden, 2.81.
Walnut Hill Congregational Church, N. Gloucester, 10.00
Methodist Episcopal Church, Farmington, 2.25
St. Paul’s Church, Brunswick, - 5.00
Unitarian Church, Augusta, 25.23
Congregational Church, Farmington, 5,37
Methodist Episcopal Church, East North Yarmouth, 3.35
York, by hand of O. H. Stevens, 2,50
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First Parish, M. E. Church, Gardiner,
6.67
North Street M. E. Church, Gorham, 2.00
Methodist Episcopal Church, Ferry Village, 3.00
Free Street Baptist Society, Portland, 31.90
Sabbath School, Unitarian Society, Augusta, 6,00
New Jerusalem Church, Portland, 6.00
Methodist Episcopal Church, Richmond, 3.15
Congregational Church, Rockland, 15.41
First Congregational Church, Falmouth, 10.00
First Universalist Church, Portland, 104.00
West Congregational Church, Portland, 5.00
First Baptist Church, Rockland, 10.00
Congregational Church, Dennysville, 8.00
Methodist Episcopal Church, North Augusta, 2.00
St. Stephen’s Church, Portland, 16.25
Baptist Church, Monmouth, 4.00
St. John’s Universalist Church, Orono, 5.00
State Street Church, Portland, 176.27
First Parish Congregational Church, Brunswick, 22.00
First Baptist Church, Jefferson, 3.00
Congregational Church, Weld, 2.07
Second Parish, Unitarian, Saco, 18.00
S. & H. Baptist Church, Buckfield, 2.75
$866.47
In the report which we had the honor to present at the
close of the last hospital year, we referred at some length
to this subject, and earnestly appealed to the pastors and
parishes of all denominations in the State for their co-oper-
ation and aid, believing that small contributions from each
society would enable us to establish many free beds. We
do not propose at this time to say anything further in the
way of argument or appeal, but shall leave the matter in
the hands of the clergy, with the single remark, that while
cordially assenting as we do to the importance of raising
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and distributing money for all objects, however broad and
remote, which come within the province of an enlightened
Christian charity, we also believe that the lesser charities—
those which relate to our immediate neighborhoods and
homes—have equal, if not superior, claims for active sym-
pathy and support.
Since our last meeting, a bequest of five thousand dollars
from the late A. K. Shurtleff, Esq., of this city, has been
received, making the aggregate amount of our permanent
fund twenty-three thousand two hundred and twenty-one
dollars and seven cents, viz:
Portland & Rochester Railroad Bonds, $200.00
Gift from Needle-Woman’s Friend Society, 721.07
Frothingham Fund, a gift from Rev. Frederic
Frothingham, in memoriam of his father,
the late Hon. John Frothingham, of Mon-
treal, Canada, 2,000.00
Legacy of Mr. Charles Holden, 300.00
Legacy of Mr. Andrew Spring, 5,000.00
Gift of Mrs. Charles Dummer, Hallowell, in
memoriam of her sister, Miss Mary Cleaves, 4,000.00
Legacy of Mrs. Rocksyllania True, 1,000.00
Bequest of Mrs. Eliza Ann Bradbury, the late
wife of Hon. James W. Bradbury, Au-
gusta, the income of which is to be ap-
plied to support a permanent free bed to
be known by her name, 5,000.00
Bequest of Mr. A. K. Shurtleff, 5,000.00
We also have been notified by Mr. W. W. Vaughan,
Executor, that a bequest of two thousand dollars to the
free bed fund had been made by Mrs. Mary Harrison Flagg,
late of Hallowell, in this State, which will probably be paid
before the close of the present year. - -
We also gratefully acknowledge the establishment of
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eight annual free beds, the requisite means having been
generously supplied from the following sources:
Miss Fannie Chadwick,
Hon. S. E. Spring,
Hon. John Mussey,
Hon. Abner Coburn,
Mrs. J. E. Judd,
Ladies’ Visiting Board,
First Parish Sunday School,
Mrs. Charles Dummer.
The “Ladies’ Visiting and Advisory Board ” engage in their
special duties with constantly increasing interest and zeal.
Their weekly visits are made with great regularity, and are
warmly appreciated by the patients; and we desire, in our
official capacity, to acknowledge the great value we attach
to their truly disinterested services in behalf of the Institu-
tion.
Our warmest thanks are presented to numerous friends in
the State, for very acceptable gifts of fruit and flowers, pre-
serves, jellies, and the like, which they have bestowed with
a generous hand. Also, to the managers of several agricul-
tural fairs, for a liberal supply of assorted apples and veg-
etables, an enumeration of which, with the names of the
donors, will be found in the annexed reports of the Super-
intendent and Matron.
We especially invite your attention to the reports of the
Treasurer, Superintendent, Matron and Ladies' Auxiliary
Committee, here with presented. They contain much in-
teresting and important information upon all matters be-
longing to their several departments, and will be read with
satisfaction and pleasure.
Before closing our report, we desire to offer a few remarks
upon a topic which, in our judgment, has an important re-
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lation both to the interests of the Institution and to the wel-
fare of the community.
A recent number of the American Journal of the Medical
Sciences contains an interesting review of a work entitled
“An Epitome of the Surgical Practice of the Pennsylvania
Hospital since 1756.” It opens with the following asser-
tion : “A Hospital, fulfilling its true mission, is at once
and the same time a house of mercy for the helpless, and a
school of science on which even the richest are dependent.”
This clear, axiomatic statement we heartily endorse. Its
truth and importance were fully recognized in the petition
for an act of incorporation of the Maine General Hospital,
which we presented to our State Legislature at the session
of 1868. In speaking of the urgent needs of such an Insti-
tution in the State for the relief of human suffering in its
various forms, which a well regulated hospital, with skilled
surgeons and physicians can alone provide, the memorial
adds: “There is another consideration to which we invite
your attention, the value of which cannot be overestimated
in its bearing upon the interests of society. While we rec-
ognize the fact that hospitals are founded for the benefit of
the sick and for the alleviation of suffering, we must not
overlook the very important office they perform as schools
of observation and instruction, furnishing as they do the
best means for proficiency and skill in the various depart-
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ments of medicine and surgery We desire to emphasize
this point, inasmuch as the want of such an institution, in
its relation to the highest professional attainments and cul-
ture, has been long and deeply felt in the State.
The Maine General Hospital, especially when compared
with the time-honored Institution of Pennsylvania, is in its
infancy. But we are proud to say that, during the brief
period of its existence, it has entered upon—and may we not
say successfully—its true mission. º
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That it is emphatically a “House of Mercy,” where
tender and thoughtful regard, and every means by which
suffering may be prevented or lessened, are bestowed upon
each patient, and where all the conditions of health and
comfort are carefully considered and fulfilled, those who are
conversant with its interior life will at once admit. And,
if further proof is needed, we can confidently refer to the
many patients who have been the recipients of its faithful,
skillful and beneficent care. And the same may be said, so
far as its present limited opportunities will permit, of its
mission as a School of science. Important results are already
apparent in the increased enthusiasm with which students
who have the privilege of its clinical instruction engage in
their preliminary education, and especially in the evidence
furnished of a higher standard of professional attainment
and skill evinced by all who have come within its sphere of
influence. *
The great benefits which we believe will ultimately flow
from this source are now only foreshadowed, but it requires
no prophetic skill to predict that at no distant day the
Institution will have a wide scope for medical and surgical
instruction, and that its scientific usefulness will extend to
every member of the profession and to all classes of patients
within the borders of the State. -
The Pennsylvania Hospital is the oldest in America.
Among its earliest projectors and friends we find the names
of Thomas and Richard Penn, “true and absolute Proprie-
taries of the province of Pennsylvania,” Benjamin Franklin,
Thomas Bond, Joseph Morris and many others of equal re-
pute, who, in the years 1750 and 1751, took the initiatory
steps to secure its foundation. In July, 1755, the corner
stone was laid, bearing the following quaint inscription :
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I N T EI E Y E A R O E' C EI R, I S T
M D C C L V
GE OR GE THE 2 N D H APPILY REIGN IN G,
(FOR HE soughT THE HAPPINESS OF HIS PEOPLE,).
PHILADELPHIA FLOURISHING,
(FoR ITS INHABITANTS WERE PUBLICK SPIRITED,)
THIS BUILDING,
BY TEIE pounty OF THE GOVERNMENT AND OF MANY PRIVATE
PERSONS,
WAS PIOUSLY FOUNDED -
FOR THE RELIEF OF THE SICK AND MISERABLE ;
MAY THE GOD OF MERCIES
BLEss THE UNIXERTAKING.
It includes in its rôle of teachers Bond and Cadwalader,
Rush and Physick, and a long succession of eminent men
who in their day were lights of the profession, and made
Philadelphia for many years the favorite resort of physicians
and students for clinical instruction, and especially for the
study of practical anatomy and surgery.
At the present day, numerous kindred institutions for
general or special purposes cluster in all the principal cities
of our country. With few exceptions, they are generously
endowed both by public and private munificence, and, in
their reciprocal relations to the profession and to the com-
munity, are doing an amount of good, the value of which
cannot be estimated by silver or gold. 2
May we not confidently look forward to the day when
our Hospital, with ample resources to meet all its wants, will
be recognized as the crowning ornament and honor of the
State, whether regarded as a “House of Mercy for the help-
less,” or in its relation to the advancement of medical and
surgical science, or as the truest expression of the Christian
culture of its people 7
REPORT OF THE TREASURER
OF TEIE
MAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL,
F O R T H E YE A. R. 1879 – 8 0.
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PORTLAND, October 1, 1880.
Tº the Directors of the Maine General Hospital.
GENTLEMEN:—I submit a summary of the receipts and
expenditures of the Hospital for the year now closed, as
required by the by-laws of the corporation:
From this summary it appears that the whole amount re-
ceived by the Treasurer for the past year, including balance
on hand at the commencement of the year, was twenty
thousand six hundred and thirty-nine dollars and sixty-
eight cents, and that the sum of payments made by him
during the year was twenty thousand five hundred and
seventy-two dollars and twenty-three cents, leaving a bal-
ance on hand of sixty-seven dollars and forty-five cents.
RECEIPTS.
Balance old account, $ 240.90
Legacies, 5,000.00
Annual free beds, 1,400.00
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Hospital Sunday, 866.47
Income from investments, 1,342.49
Appropriation from State, 6,250.00
Miscellaneous (old materials), --- 41.77
Board of patients, 5,353.05
Subscriptions and donations, 145.00
$20,639.68
EXPENDITUIRES.
Salaries and Wages, $4,791.13
Subsistence, * 4,707.59
Medical and Surgical Supplies, 1,202.77
Fuel and Lights, 2,803.93
Loans (Elevator), 200.00
Construction, 439.58
Steam Heating Apparatus, 85.81
Repairs, 316.60
Furnishing, - 585.23
Insurance, tº 60.00
Miscellaneous, 271.93
Investments, - 3,188.00
Interest and Premiums, 1,919.66
Balance on hand, 67.45
$20,639.68
Respectfully submitted,
J. T. MCCOBB, Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN AND SUPERINTENDENT
OF THE -
MAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL,
F O R T H E YE A. R. 1879 – 8 ().
To the Directors of the Maine General Hospital.
GENTLEMEN:—I have the honor to submit herewith my
annual report for the year ending September 30, 1880.
Number of patients in the Hospital, October 1, 1879:
Paying, 11; paying in part, 4; free, 15. Total, 25.
Admitted to the Hospital from October 1, 1879, to Sep-
tember 30, 1880 :
Males. Eemales. Total.
Patients paying board, 64 58 122
Patients paying board part of the time, 23 12 35
Patients entirely free, 37 44 81
124 114 238
These have been divided between the two departments,
as follows:
Males. Females. Total.
Medical, 36 29 65
Surgical, 88 85 173
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Whole number under treatment during the year, 263.
There have been discharged during the year 233, with the
following results:
Recovered, 112
Relieved, 84.
Not relieved, - 12
Not treated, . 17
Died, 8
The proportion of deaths to the whole number treated,
3.04 per cent.
The causes of death were as follows:
Shock from ovariotomy,
Typhoid fever,
Pyaemia (contracted before admission),
Cancer of lungs,
Exhaustion from cancer,
Chronic abscess,
Meningitis,
Exhaustion, 1.
*
Paying patients paid at the following rates:–1 paid at
the rate of $70.00 per week; 5 at $28.00; 1 at $21.00; 43
at $14.00; 1 at $10.00; 105 at $7.00.
RESIDENCES:
Portland,
Maine (except Portland),
New Hampshire,
Vermont,
Massachusetts,
New York,
Pennsylvania,
Iowa,
New Brunswick,
Canada,
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The residences of the 221 patients from Maine, by Coun-
ties, were as follows:
Androscoggin, 4
Cumberland, 92
Franklin, 2
Hancock, 13
Kennebec, 9
Knox, 13
Lincoln, 9
Oxford, 2
Penobscot, 8
Piscataquis, 7
Sagadahoc, 8
Somerset, 7
Waldo, 20
Washington, 5
York, 22
Number of weeks relief furnished to paying patients, 541 6-7
66 € 6 66
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free patients, 682 3-7
This is equal to an average of 23.41 patients for the year.
The current expenses for the year have been as follows:
Salaries and Wages, $4,791.13
Groceries, 2,038.32
Provisions, 1,708.17
Fish, 211.86
Milk, 518.45
Crackers, 39.21
Ice, 91.58
Water, 100.00
Medical and Surgical Supplies, 1,202.77
Light, 127.59
Fuel,” 1,442.59
Furnishing, 585.23
Repairs, 316.60
Insurance, 60.00
Miscellaneous, 271.93
$13,505.43
* Value of coal on hand Oct. 1, 1879, $ 91.86.
{{ & ©
Oct. 1, 1880,
Compare with Treasurer's Report.
1,325.61.
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This makes the average cost of each patient per week,
$10.99.
There has been received from patients for board, $5,353.05.
The excess of expenditures over receipts from patients,
is $8,152.38.
The free beds maintained by permanent endowment or
annual subscription, which have been available during the
present hospital year, have been as follows:
PERMANIENT.
By Mrs. Chas. Dummer, from October 1, 1879, to September 30, 1880.
(Established May 24, 1877, in memory of Miss Mary Cleaves.)
By bequest of Eliza A. Bradbury, from October 1, 1879, to September 30, 1880.
By bequest of A. K. Shurtleff, from March 10, 1880, to September 30, 1880.
ANNUAL.
By Miss Chadwick, from October 1, 1879, to September 30, 1880.
By S. E. Spring, from October 1, 1879, to September 30, 1880.
By John Mussey, from October 1, 1879, to September 30, 1880.
By Ladies’ Visiting Board, from October 1, 1879, to September 30, 1880.
By Abner Coburn, from October 1, 1879, to March 20, 1880.
By Mrs. J. E. Judd, from October 1, 1879, to April 9, 1880.
By First Parish Sunday School, from October 1, 1879, to September 26, 1880.
By Mrs. Chas. Dummer, from December 19, 1879, to September 30, 1880.
By Ladies’ Visiting Board, from April 1, 1880, to September 30, 1880.
This gives an aggregate of 511; weeks, and is equal to an
average of 9.78 free beds for the year. The Hospital has
furnished relief to free patients equal to 682} weeks, which
is equivalent to an average of 13.09 for the year.
Appended to my report will be found a list of all the sur-
gical operations performed during the year, with a brief
summary of the results.
We are indebted to many kind friends for contributions
of useful articles and fruit and other delicacies for the pa -
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tients, a detailed list of which will be found in the Matron’s
report, which I enclose. - #
The year has been in every way a successful and har-
monious one.
Respectfully submitted,
- CHARLES O. HUNT,
* Resident Physician and Superintendent.
Portland, October 1, 1880. g
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SURGICAL
OPERATIONS.

OPERATIONS. 3 |# º: R.E.MARKS.
Tº 3 || $
à | # É
Abscesses opened, ....... º 2 || 8 || 5 | well, 1; relieved, 3; under treat-
ment, 1.
Amputation of thigh,. . . . . . . . . 1 1 well, 1.
leg, . . . . . . . . . . . 1 || 1 | well, 1.
a ſtil, . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 died, 1.
fingers,........ 2 2 well, 2. e
toe, . . . . . . . . . . . 1 || 1 || 2 | well, 2.
Anchylosis, shoulder, . . . . . . . ... 1 1 relieved, 1.
both hips, . . . . . . . . . 1. 1 relieved, 1.
hip, knee & ankles, 1 1 not relieved, 1.
Caries, inf. maxilla, ...... . . . ... 1 1 relieved, 1.
Cataract, extraction, ... ........| 1 || 2 || 3 | well, 2; relieved, 1.
Circumcision, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 well, 2.
Cystocele—plastic operation,... 2 || 2 | well, 1; under treatment, 1.
Dislocation of humerus reduced, 1 || 1 | well, 1 ;
Enucleation of eye, . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 well, 6;
Fissure of anus, dilated, . . . . . . . . 1 1 well, 1;
Fistula in amo, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 well, 2;
Fracture, tibia and fibula,...... 2 2 well, 2;
femur,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 well, 1 ;
Hemorrhoids, by ligation,...... 2 || 2 || 4 || well, 4;
Ingrowing toe nail,. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 || 1 || 2 | well, 1; relieved, 1.
Iridectomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 || 1 || 4 || relieved, 1 ; not relieved, 3.
Ligation popliteal artery,.......| 1 1 well, 1.
Litholapaxy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 well, 1.
Morbid growths removed.
Cancer.
Breast, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 |18 || well, 11; relieved, 1 ; died, 1.
Face, . . . . . • * c e º e & © e ... 4 4 well, 3; relieved, 1.
Rectum, ... . . e ‘º e º & e º e º e 3 || 3 || relieved, 3.
Testicle, . . . . . e - ºn e º e < e < 1 1 died, 1.
Uterus, . . . . . . . . tº g º e º e e 1 || 1 || relieved, 1.
Cystic, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 || 2 || 3 || well, 3.
Enlarged glands, . . . . . . . . . . 2 || 2 || 4 || well, 3; under treatment, 1.
Erectile, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 well, 1
Fibroid, ... . . . . . . . . . . . tº tº e º 1 || 1 | well, 1.
Fibro-cystic, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 well, 1.
Fungous granulations,. . . . . - 2 || 2 | well, 2.
Irritable cicatrix, . . . . . . . . . . 1 || 1 || well, 1.
Papillomata, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 well, 1. * *
Polypus, uterine, ... . . . . . . . 1 || 1 || well, 1.
Urethral caruncle,......... 1 || 1 || well, 1.
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SURGICAL OPERATIONS–CoNTINUED.

OPERATIONS. # # º: R.E.M.A.R.K.S.
'3 3. º
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Necrosis,.................... 4 4 well, 3; relieved, 1.
Neurotomy, Eye, . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 || 1 || relieved, 1.
Ovariotomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 || 2 | well, 1; died, 1.
Ovarian tumor, tapped, ....... 1 || 1 | relieved, 1.
Perineorraphy, ... . . . . • e e s e e 9 || 9 || well, 9.
Plaster Jacket applied,...... 2 | 11 || 13 relieved, 12; not relieved, 1.
Pterygium, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 relieved, 1.
Ptosis, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 relieved, 1.
Skin-grafting, . . . . . . . . . . . . ...| 1 || 1 || 2 | relieved, 2.
Strabismus, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 || 2 | well, 1 ; relieved, 1.
Stricture of urethra
by divulsion, ..... 3 3 well, 3.
Symblepharon, ... . . . . . . . . . . I 1 relieved, 1.
Tenotomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 relieved, 1.
Vaginismus, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 || 1 || well, 1.
Varicose veins ligated,.......| 1 || 1 || 2 | well, 2.
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 || 70 | 130
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MATRON'S REPORT OF CONTRIBUTIONS
RECEIVED.
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ELEVATOR, ACCOUNT.
Amount on hand at last report, $47,24
Friend, Portland, .50
Friend, Portland, 6.00
Mrs. S. B. Haskell, Portland, 1.00
Mrs. Dole, Norridgewock, 1.00
Mrs. Wakefield, Bangor, 5.00
Mrs. William Butler, Rockland, - .50
Mrs. Bradford Butler, Rockland, .50
Mrs. Henry Prentiss, Bangor, 20.00
Miss Rebecca Usher, Hollis, 5.00
Interest, - 1.70
Total, $88.44
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS.
Portland Press, daily paper for one year.
Portland Advertiser, daily paper for one year.
Mrs. James P. Baxter, Portland, pears and strawberries.
Mrs. William Hammond, Portland, marmalade, pears, raspberry shrub and
books.
Miss H. B. Fuller, Augusta, pears, jellies and preserves.
Mrs. George W. True, Portland, linen and cotton pieces.
Millett, Chamberlin & Little, Portland, alpaca covers.
Mrs. Nehemiah Rice, Boston, shirts.
Mrs. Bosworth, Marietta, Ohio, 4 cans Liebig’s extract beef.
Mrs. Charles McLaughlin, Portland, magazines, pieces linen and cotton.
Mrs. W. W. Latham, Portland, cotton pieces for dressing.
Mrs. Hall Boyd, Portland, sheets, shirts and pieces for dressing. \s
Mrs. Jonas Clark, Portland, sheets, shirts and pieces for dressing.
Mrs. Frank Pitcher, Portland, sheets and pieces for dressing.
22.
Mrs. William P. Preble, Portland, shirts, night dress, 1 pair pants, 2 vests,
cotton pieces for dressing, books, magazines, papers and other useful articles.
Mrs. Charles Gilson, Portland, shirts, sheets and other pieces.
Dr. Stephen Weeks, Portland, shirts and linen pieces for bandages.
Mrs. Vickery, Portland, large bundle of sheets and pieces for bandages.
Miss Margaret Neal, Portland, pillow slips, chair, crockery ware, glass
mortar, can cosmoline and other useful things.
Miss L. Bancroft, Portland, night dresses, shirts, sheets and snow pudding.
Friend, Portland, 1% bushels potatoes.
Miss Cornelia Dow, Portland, linen and cotton pieces.
Mrs. Hophni Eaton, Portland, linen sheet and pieces cotton.
Mrs. Thomas Shaw, Portland, linen and cotton pieces.
Mr. J. E. Merrill, Boston, Littell's Living Age.
Mrs. H. P. Storer, Portland, sheets, fruit, preserves and vegetables.
Miss Marie Hersey, Portland, linen pieces, magazines, fruit and ice cream.
Mrs. A. L. Dresser, Portland, shirts and damask for cushions.
Mrs. W. W. Virgin, Portland, shirts and cotton pieces.
Miss Anna Paine, Portland, wrapper, Scribner's Magazines and papers.
Mrs. George Walker, Portland, sheets, linen and cotton pieces.
Mrs. S. R. Lyman, Portland, sheets, shirts, towels, shrub and jellies.
Mrs. J. E. Donnell, Portland, sheets and pieces of cotton.
Mrs. William E. Gould, Deering, dresses, old blankets, sheets, shirts, dress-
ing pieces, jellies, fruit and vegetables. &
Mr. C. J. Pennell, Portland, 4 turkeys, 12 boxes strawberries.
Mr. George C. Shaw, Portland, 1 barrel flour.
Miss Abbie Steele, Portland, cotton pieces, jellies and preserves.
Mrs. Waterman, Gorham, large bundle sheets and pieces.
Mrs. William P. Chase, Paris, sheets and dressing pieces.
Mrs. J. T. Gilman, Portland, crash towels, terry for cushions, linen pieces,
2 pairs slippers, baskets, books, fruit, preserves, patch-work quilt and ironing
holder. -
Mrs. Henry W. Hersey, Portland, shirts and papers.
Mrs. Darius White, Portland, shirts, sheets and pillow slips.
Mrs. Samuel Waterhouse, Portland, sheets and pieces.
Mrs. C. G. Allen, Portland, sheets and pieces. -
Mrs. J. T. Nichols, Saco, new night dress, drawers, chemise, jellies and
fruit.
Mrs. Eliphalet Merrill, Portland, sheets for bandages.
Mrs. James Champlin, Portland, sheets for bandages.
Unknown, roll of pieces.
Mrs. E. P. Chase, Portland, cotton pieces.
Mrs. Irving Blake, Portland, cotton and linen pieces.
Miss Alicia Marks, Portland, cotton pieces.
Mrs. Samuel E. Spring, Portland, box of oranges, strawberries, and shirts.
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Mrs. Daniel Fox, Portland, 25 rolls of bandage.
Mr. D. W. Fessenden, Portland, squashes, tomatoes, potatoes, pickles and
crab apples. *
Mrs. George Peirce, Portland, sheet and linen pieces.
Mr. James F. Libby, Portland, newspapers.
Mr. Francis Fessenden, Portland, 2 volumes Harper’s Magazines.
Miss Abbie Dyer, Portland, sheets for bandages.
Ladies of High Street Circle, 2 Canton flannel sacques, and flowers.
Mrs. O. M. Nash, Portland, sheets for bandage.
Unknown, books and papers.
Mrs. Andrew Spring, Portland, 6 pairs slippers, sheets for bandage, oranges,
apples, pears, strawberries, and crockery ware.
Mrs. William G. Davis, Portland, sheets for bandage, strawberries and
flowers. -
Mrs. E. Y. Hinks, Portland, newspapers.
Mrs. Joseph Lake, Portland, 1 pair crutches, cushions, hair pillows, large
quantity of cotton and linen pieces, and several useful articles.
Miss Octavia Fox, Portland, 2 dozen towels, 8 sheets, 12 pillow slips, new.
Miss Emily Spring, Portland, games, book, and pieces cotton.
Mr. W. F. Phillips, Portland, 1 volume magazines.
Mrs. Bourne, Kennebunk, scrap book.
Mrs. Daniel Small, Portland, 2 jars preserves.
Mr. Preble, Portland, 2 boxes games and books.
Miss E. S. Jones, Portland, 3 night dresses.
Mrs. R. L. Ferrin, Brunswick, 1 dozen glasses jelly.
Mrs. W. R. Stevens, Brunswick, 1 jar jelly.
Miss Taylor, Saco, box of pieces for bandage, and dressing.
Rev. Thomas Hill, D.D., Portland, calla lilies.
Vickery & Leighton, Portland, 34 yards patch for cushions.
Mr. Thomas Goodall, Sanford, elegant cut flowers.
Miss Fannie C. Chadwick, Portland, night dresses and pieces for bandage,
magazines and papers. -
Miss Emma Ware, Portland, books. * =
William Warren Greene, M.D., Portland, books and magazines.
Mrs. Edward Fox, Portland, 8 sheets, new.
Mrs. Frederick Lovejoy, Liberty, sheets and pieces of flannel.
Mrs. Manasseh Smith, Portland, 1 piece sheeting, and old cotton.
Mrs. Joseph Simms, Portland, shirts.
Mrs. Henry Fox, Portland, magazines and linen pieces.
Mrs. T. R. Hayes, Portland, preserves, magazines and papers.
Mrs. Eliza Clark, Falmouth, patch-work quilt.
Friends, Falmouth, 3 bags for bedsteads. w
Mrs. W. W. Thomas, Portland, shirts.
Mrs. Edward Daveis, Portland, shirts, night dresses, drawers and sheet.
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Miss Mary Daveis, Portland, night dresses and drawers.
Mrs. Lewis B. Smith, Portland, shirts.
Frederick Maxey, M.D., Saco, dressing gown.
Mrs. Frederick Storer, Portland, shirts.
Mrs. Mason G. Webb, Portland, shirts and night dresses.
Hon. Israel Washburn, Portland, books and magazines.
Miss Butler, Portland, shirts.
Gentleman, Portland, shirts.
Mrs. C. O. Hunt, Portland, sheets, shirts and other garments.
Dr. Johnson, Gorham, flowers.
Mrs. Joseph Walker, Portland, sheets for bandage and 1 volume Scribner's
Magazine.
Ladies’ Visiting and Advisory Board, 6 pairs slippers.
Unknown Friend, Gorham, large bundle of old sheets for bandages.
Mrs. William Bradbury, Hiram, 1 barrel apples. -
Mrs. Jonas Clark, Portland, shirts and sheets for bandages.
Miss Helén A. Butler, Rockland, patch-work quilt.
Mrs. Samuel Small, Portland, covering for cushions.
Joe Spring, boy 13 years, Hiram, barrel apples.
Mr. W. Jordan, Portland, shirts.
|Unknown, pieces for cushion covers.
Lydia Allen, Dennysville, crab apples.
Mrs. Edward Baker, Portland, sheets, drawers, stockings, night shirts, rub-
ber sheet and crockery ware. -
Maine State Fair, Lewiston, 2 barrels apples.
Flowers from the Flower Mission.
Rho Alpha, Brunswick, 14 sheets, 4 pillow slips, 8 crash towels.
Bee, 20 pillow slips, 12 calico tidies, oil chromo. -
Mr. S. R. Sweetser and Mr. Charles S. Pope, Manchester, 1 barrel apples.
Mr. Charles O’Brion, Portland, 1 barrel apples,
Friend, air bed, new.
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BUXTON AND HOLLIS FAIR.
Three barrels of apples and a box of grapes, from the following donors:—
Stephen L. Smith, James Towle, O. Hanson, J. N. Marshall, E. Deering,
W. E. Carle, William Waterhouse, Warren Aldrich, Stephen Towle, J. F.
Warren, A. F. Smith, John F. McKenney, N. W. Sawyer, Lilla Emery.
Ralph Ray, John B. Bradbury, Aaron Clark, W. P. Chadbourne, Moses Burn-
ham, M. E. Owen, J. W. Eaton, Mrs. Anna Bacon, H. S. Martin, Mrs. Isaac
Towle, Mrs. Usher, Charles Bradbury, B. J. Palmer, G. H. Moore, I. N. Deer-
ing, S. E. Redlon, M. L. H. Owen, J. F. Smith.
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REPORT OF THE
VISITING AND ADVISORY BOARD
OF THE
MAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1880.
At the November meeting of the Visiting and Advisory
Board, the annual election of officers took place. Mrs.
Spring, as President, and Miss Bancroft, as Treasurer, were
re-elected, and Miss Paine was made Secretary, in place of
Miss Swan, who, to the great regret of the ladies, met with
them for the last time.
The Board has been so unfortunate during this year as
to lose, by resignation, Miss Swan, Mrs. Virgin and Mrs.
Hammond, and, by death, Mrs. Storer. The vacancies
have been in two cases filled, by Mrs. William E. Gould, of
Deering, and Mrs. Thomas R. Hayes. ſº -
Mrs. Henry M. Payson has given the sum of $86.32 to be
used especially for the benefit of any children who may be
patients, to render their stay in the Hospital happier or
more comfortable. ... -
By means of subscriptions collected by the members, the
Board have been enabled to support two free beds for a
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year, as well as to supply many little luxuries and comforts.
Vases have been furnished for the flowers brought by the
committee, by private friends or by the Flower Mission.
Slippers were bought for the men in Ward B, where they
were much needed.
The regular weekly visits have been made, and appeared
to be enjoyed by the patients. In this connection, it seems
to the ladies advisable to urge upon the friends of the Hos-
pital the fact that many things are needed, and that all
things are useful. -
Housekeeping articles, and even clothing, are in demand,
as well as material for bandages, or fruit or delicacies for
the patients. Many of the poorer patients come so illy pro-
vided with necessary clothing, that it has been found indis-
pensable, in several instances, to supply whole sets of warm
underclothing, especially in cases of convalescents just leav-
ing the Hospital.
Contributions are earnestly solicited of old cotton and
linen clothing of all kinds, table or bed linen, spreads, blan-
kets, towels, or crash, glass or crockery, as well as vegetables,
fruit, preserves, jellies, books, papers; in fact, all articles
needed in ordinary housekeeping, as well as special contri-
butions for the sick. The Hospital being in constant opera-
tion, the wear and tear of housekeeping utensils is necessa-
rily great, and the articles need constant renewal, causing a
bill of expense not always taken into consideration by people
in general, and it does not occur to many that reading mat-
ter is very perishable. -
ANNA. M. PAINE,
Secretary Visiting and Advisory Board Maine
General Hospital.
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O F F I C E R S
MAINE GENERAL HospitaL,
1879 – 8 O.
PRESIDENT,
JOHN B. BROWN.
DIRECTORS,
JOHN T. GILMAN, President of the Board,
ISRAEL WASHBURN, JR,
SAMUEL E. SPRING, > º
€
A. W. H. CLAPP, coºlion.
HORATIO N. JOSE,
WILLIAM W. THOMAS, –
FRANCIS COBB, - Appointed
- 2 by the
- Board of Visitors.
2
SECRETARY,
FREDERIC HENRY GERRISH.
TREASUR.E.R.
JAMES T. MCCOBB.
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CONSULTING PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
JOHN T. GILMAN, M. D.,
WILLIAM WOOD, M.D.,
HIRAM. H. HILL, M. D.,
CHARLES E. SWAN, M. D.,
ANDREW J. FULLER, M.D.,
ALONZO GARCELON, M. D.,
ALFRED MITCHELL, M. D.
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN AND SUPERINTENDENT,
CHARLES O. HUNT, M. D.
VISITING PHYSICIANs,
ISRAEL T. DANA, M. D.,
HORATIO N. SMALL, M.D.,
AUGUSTUS S. THAYER, M.D.
VISITING SURGEONs,
WILLIAM WARREN GREENE, M.D.,
STEPHEN H. WEEKS, M.D.,
SETH. C. GORDON, M.D., t
FREDERIC HENRY GERRISH, M. D.
HOUSE PUPILS,
FRED. E. MAXCY, M. D.,
CHARLES D. SMITH, M. D.
MATRON,
MRS. L. W. WARREN.
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VISITING AND ADVISORY BOARD,
MRS. ANDREW SPRING,
MRS. H. P. STORER,
MRS. SAMUEL SMALL,
|MRS. M. H. SMITH,
MRS. D. W. FESSENDEN,
MRS. W. W. VIRGIN,
MISS L. E. BANCROFT,
MRS. THOMAS FILLEBROWN,
MRS. WILLIAM HAMMOND,
MRS. W. G. DAVIS,
MISS A. M. PAINE,
MRS. W. E. GOULD.
vºw ºv. Cº. miur.
Júl 14 1909
NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
DIRECTORS
OF THE
Maine General Hospital,
WITH THE ACCOMPANYING
REPORTS OF THE TREASURER AND
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN.
P. R. E S E N T E D TO THE CO R. PO R A TO R. S
AT THEIR
ANNUAL MEETING, NOVEMBER 5, 1889.
PORTLAND :
STEPHEN BERRY, PRINTER.
1889,
NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF TDIE
DIRECTORS
OF THE
Maine General Hospital,
WITLI TIII: A CCOMPANYING.
REPORTS OF THE TREASURER AND
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN.
P. R. E S E N T E D TO T H E C O R. P. O. R. A. T O R. S
AT TIIIEIR.
ANNUAL MEETING, NOVEMBER 5, 1889.
PORTLAND :
STEPHEN BERRY, PRINTER.
1889.
O F F I C E R S
OF TEIE
MAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL,
1889–90.
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PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION,
WILLIAM T. PUTNAM.
DIRECTORS,
NATHAN WEBB, President, Portland. N
A. W. H. CLAPP, C & Elected
HORATIO N. JOSE, & 6
> by the
WILLIAM W. THOMAS, “ &
SIDNEY W. THAXTER, “ Corporation.
JOSEPH W. SYMONDS, “ 2
GEO. E. B. JACKSON, Portland. Y †
Appointed by
WM. B. LAPHAM, M. D., Augusta, ). tº º
WM. OSGOOD, M. D., North Yarmouth.J Board Of Visitors.
SECRETARY AND TREASURER,
F. R. B A R RETT,
Address P. O. Box 616.
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CONSULTING PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
WILLIAM WOOD, M. D.
HIRAM. H. HILL, M. D.
CHARLES E. SWAN, M. D.
ANDREW J. FULLER, M. D.
ALONZO GARCELON, M. D.
ALFRED MITCHELL, M. D.
M. C. WEDGWOOD, M. D.
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN AND SUPERINTENDENT,
CHARLES O. HUNT M. D.
ATTENDING PHYSICIANS,
ISRAEL T, DANA, M. D.
AUGUSTUS S. THAYER, M. D.
CHARLES A. RING, M. D.
HENRY H. HUNT, M. D.
ATTENDING SURGEONS,
STEPHEN H. WEEKS, M. D.
SETH. C. GORDON, M. D.
FREDERIC HENRY GERRISH, M. D.
LEWIS W. PENDLETON, M. D.
OPHTHALMIG AND AURAL SURGEON,
JAMES A. SPALDING, M. D.
PATHOLOGIST,
ADDISON S. THAYER, M. D.
HOUSE PUPILS,
CHARLES P. SMALL, M. D.
A. F. HUNT, M. D.
4.
MATRON,
MRS. L. W. WARREN.
SUPERINTENDENT OF NURSES,
MTSS EMMA. L. STOWE.
VISITING AND ADVISORY BOARD,
MRS. ANDREW SPRING, President.
MISS ANNA. M. PAINE, Secretary.
MISS L. E. BANCROFT, Treasurer.
MRS. D. W. FESSENDEN,
MRS. W. E. GOULD,
MRS. J. E. BLABON,
MRS. W. W. VIRGIN,
MRS. SAMUEL B. WASHBURN,
MISS ELECTRA BROWN,
MRS. EDWARD P. CHASE,
MRS. H. L. HOUGHTON.
MAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING WITH SEPTEMBER 30, 1889.
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In making their 19th annual report, the Directors of the
Maine General Hospital review with satisfaction the evidence
that the Hospital has steadily grown in popular esteem, fully
maintained its usefulness, and justified the confident hopes of
its promoters.
The service has continued to be well distributed among all
portions of the state, no section receiving any preference over
another. Indeed, the proportion of patients from Sections near
to and within easy reach of the Hospital, is not as much in ex-
cess of that from remote districts as might be naturally antici-
pated. And if cases of severe accidents and injuries arising
near by, and demanding instant care, in which naturally im-
mediate recourse to the Hospital is had, are left out of account,
any apparent disproportion in respect to locality largely dis-
appears.
No change has been made in the medical or surgical staff.
The value to the Hospital of such a corps of physicians and
surgeons whose scientific study has been supplemented by long
and large experience, can hardly be set too high. To their un-
remitting and gratuitous Services, the success of this institution
must in no slight measure be attributed.
In former reports, attention has been directed to the cer-
tainty that before long steps ought to be taken to fully
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execute the plans entertained at the time of the foundation of
the Hospital, and to increase its accommodation. For several
years, the number of inmates has at times exhausted the
capacity of the wards and private rooms, compelling a tem-
porary postponement of the reception of applicants for treat-
ment. At the present time, the directors believe no serious
inconvenience has been caused any one by this state of things
—though they have been conscious that an unusual and sud-
den increase of cases requiring prompt attention and aid would
find them unable to afford the relief which the Hospital
should give. They have been oppressed with the conviction
that additional buildings are required to accomplish all that
its friends and generous supporters expect from it, and have
carfully considered what could and ought to be done to supply
the deficiency. The funds that have been accumulated and
strictly reserved for the support of the Hospital have always
been, and for years are likely to be, insufficient without some
state aid to maintain current expenses, while so much free
support is given to destitute patients. Certainly the directors
would anticipate censure if they should cut off all such support
in excess of what can be maintained by the funds expressly
given for free beds. To pursue such a policy would inevitably
require the frequent dismissal of patients needing only a few
weeks more care for full restoration to health, and who, if
prematurely dismissed, would lose much of the benefit already
received; and that for no other reason than because they have
not means to pay for a few weeks, or it may be days, additional
board.
Yet this must follow any considerable diversion of the fund
to building purposes, however urgent the need.
After much discussion and examination of the problem, it
has been deemed prudent to make a beginning on the work of
extension, and to rely for its completion upon that spirit of our
people which has never failed to sustain, and carry on to suc-
cess, every measure for the promotion of this great charity.
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Accordingly, they have obtained plans for an additional
wing conforming generally with the Original design, and includ-
ing some necessary accommodations for resident officers, and
have caused the construction to the first floor to be undertaken.
This work would have been by this time completed, had there
not been some delay in obtaining material.
Before adopting plans, and determining to adhere to the
methods that the promoters of the hospital pursued, the ques-
tions of the comparative advantages of permanent buildings
and of cheaper temporary structures, to be destroyed after a
few years occupancy, pressed itself on our attention. This is not a
new question. It was carefully weighed before the first founda-
tions were laid, at a time when the resources available would
have dictated the cheaper course, if the advantages seemed
nearly equal. At that time, the reasons for the policy taken
seemed conclusive. The present directors, however, have not
contented themselves with simply following the views of their
predecessors. They have made all the investigations of the
subject in their power, and are convinced that the original decis-
ion in favor of permanency of erections should be adhered to.
Perhaps no more concise and forcible statement in support of
their decision, could be given than the following, from a gentle-
man who adds to much experience in hospital management
careful study of this question :
“In regard to building cheap temporary structures for hos-
pitals, with the idea of destroying them after a few years use,
I think this plan is no longer advocated by the best authorities.
It was proposed, on account of the mortality from pyaemia, Sep-
ticaemia, erysipelas, hospital gangrene and diseases of that nature,
which was formerly so large in some of the older hospitals.
But with our present knowledge and practical use of disin-
fectants and antiseptics, the death rate from these causes has
become insignificant even in crowded hospitals, and there is no
longer the same necessity for renewing the buildings every few
years. -
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“Cambridge and Worcester have within a few years built
new city hospitals and have put up permanent buildings. The
Massachusetts General Hospital and the Boston City Hospital
have also within a few years added new wards to their institu-
tions, and have built permanent structures. In building the
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the question of hospital
construction was examined in the most exhaustive manner, and
permanent buildings have been erected at great cost.
“I do not mean to say that cheap wooden structures may
not serve a good purpose for a few years, when the need is
pressing and the means small, but I do not think any good
authority would advise building in that way from choice.”
When the new wing is ready for use, the present capacity
will be somewhat more than doubled, while increase of cost
of maintenance will be in far less ratio. -
The directors confidently anticipate the active co-operation
of the corporators in the task of securing means required to
carry on the work begun, and secure its early completion.
For details of internal affairs during the year reference is
made to the reports of the Superintendent, Matron and Ad-
visory Board. The Treasurer's report makes full exhibit of
financial affairs.
To these reports, here with submitted, nothing need be added,
but they are commended to the particular attention of every
citizen of the state.
NATHAN WEBB,
A. W. H. CLAPP,
HORATIO N. JOSE,
WILLIAM W. THOMAS,
SIDNEY W. THAXTER,
JOSEPH W. SYMONDS,
GEORGE E. B. JACKSON,
WILLIAM OSGOOD,
WILLIAM B. LAPHAM,
Directors.
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R EP OR T OF THE T R E A SU R E R ,
FOR THE YEAR 1888–’89.
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To the Directors of the Maine General Hospital.
GENTLEMEN:—I herewith submit my report for the year
ending with September 30, 1889. There is no interest over-
due or outstanding at the present time on any of the invested
funds of the institution.
Respectfully,
F. R. BARRETT,
Treasurer.
Portland, October 1, 1889.
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DR. TREASURER, IN Account witH MAINE GENERAL HospitaL. CR.
To cash balance, October 1, 1888, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $31.64 By cash paid for Expenses at Hospital, . . . . . . . . . . $33,700.76
& & from Sundry Donations, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.00 & & “ “ General Expenses,.... . . . . . . . . . . 272.62
{{ “ Annual Free Bed Subscriptions, . . . . . . 3,500.00 {{ lent with collateral Security, . . . . . . . . . . . 51,300.00
{{ “ Hospital Sunday Contributions, . . . . . . 783.65 & & lent on Mortgages, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000.00
( & “ State Appropriations, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000.00 ( & paid for Securities bought, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,115.00
& & “ Paying Patients, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 17,703.66 & & paid on construction New Wing, . . . . . . 4,500.00
& & “ Service of Nurses, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . % . . . . 108.98 & & “ for completion New Boiler House, .. 4,834.60
& & “ Income from Investments applicable
to Distributive Income, . . . . . . . . . . . 8,049.81
{{ “ Income from Investments applicable
to other purposes, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.10
& £ “ Mortgages paid,... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,550.00
& 4 “ Bonds matured and paid, . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000.00
& & “ Loans on collateral paid,... . . . . . . . . . . 71,300.00
& & “ Legacy of Cyrus Woodman, ... . . . . . . . 1,000.00
4 & “ “ “ William H. Jerris,..... . . . . 250.00
& & “ Gift of George H. Witherle,... . . . . . . . . 500.00
( & “ Concert of Mrs. Annie L. C. Raymond, 1,830.00
& & “ To credit H. C. Baxter, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
{{ “ Withdrawn from deposit on interest,.. 2,455.14
$121,722.98 $121,722.98
l?ortland, October 1, 1889.
F. R. BARRETT,
Treasurer.
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MAINTENANCE OF THE HOSPITAL.
Receipts for the year:-
Paying Patients,
Sundry Donations,
Annual Free Bed Subscriptions,
Hospital Sunday Collections,
Appropriations by the State,
Income of Funds Applicable,
Service of Nurses,
Expenses for the year:-
Salaries and Wages,
Subsistence,
Medical and Surgical Supplies,
Fuel, *
Light,
Repairs,
Furnishing,
Miscellanous,
General Expenses,
Premium,
$17,703,66
118.00
3,500.00
783.65
5,000.00
7,627.31
108.98
*ms
$34,841.60
$ 9,388.34
13,162.12
3,096.97
3,770.61
213.52
2,318.80
1,320.82
429.58
272.62
S68.22
*
$34,841.60
Payments from the General Fund this year have been for:—
Completion of New Boiler House,
$4,834.60
On Account of Construction of New Wing to the
Hospital,
4,500.00
$9,334 60
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TABLE NO. 1.
ANNUAL FREE BED SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Boston & Maine Railroad,
Mrs. L. D. M. Sweat,
The Maine Baptists,
Henry L. Houghton,
Mrs. Samuel E. Spring,
State Street Church, Portland,
Miss Almira K. Hasty, in memory of her father, Elihu
$250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
Hasty, 250.00
Portland Company, 250.00
Maine Central R. R. Company, 250.00
E. B. Mallet, Jr., of Freeport, for Freemasons, 250.00
& C & C . [ { { { for Freeport and Pownal, 250.00
Mrs. Annie L. C. Raymond, 250.00
Mrs. John B. Brown, 250.00
Bradstreet Lumber Company, 250.00
$3,500.00
TABLE NO. 2.
HOSPITAL SUNDAY CONTRIBUTIONS.
St. Luke's Cathedral, Portland, $39.85
First Congregational Church, Bridgton, 11.67
St. Lawrence Street Church, Portland, 5.00
High Street Church, Portland, 89.84
Williston Church, Portland, 7.00
First Congregational Church, Searsport, 17.00
First Congregational Church of Westbrook, Saccarappa, 61.83
First Parish Church, Yarmouth, 5.00
|Unitarian Church, Houlton, 7.00
First Congregational Church, York, 9.50
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Free Baptist Church, Springvale, 3.10
South Bridgtou Congregational Church, 22.32
Church of the Good Samaritan, Houlton, 2.25
Essex Street Free Baptist Bangor, 2.00
Clark Memorial Church, Woodfords, 5.00
Free Baptist Church, Harrison, 5.46
Independent Congregational (Unitarian), Bangor, 51.83
M. E. Sunday School, Thomaston, 3.00
Second Parish Church, Portland, 7.75
Methodist Episcopal Church, Augusta, 3.50
Congregational Church, New Gloucester, 14.00
Unitarian Church, Brunswick, 10.00
West Congregational Church, Portland, 5.00
North Shapleigh, Free Baptist, 5.40
Universalist Church, Bryant's Pond, 4.16
Universalist Church, Hanover, 2.97
Rev. S. M. Dutton, Georgetown, 1.00
First Parish (Unitarian), Portland, 64.08
Second Congregational Church of Westbrook, Saccarappa, 25.17
Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport and Westport, 7.70
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Portland, 208.53
Warren Church, Cumberland Mills, 23.64
North Yarmouth Congregational Church, 4.83
Edgecomb Free Baptist Church, 1.50
Congregational Church, Dennysville, 10.77
First Congregational Church, Calais, 35.00
$7S3.65
TABLE NO. 3.
IN V E S T M E N T s.
Maine Central Railroad Stock, $ 100.00
Portland & Rochester Railroad Stock, 100.00
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Maine Central Railroad, cons. 7s,
« . & C ( & cons. 5s,
Cumberland National Bank Stock,
National Traders Bank Stock,
Canal National Bank & g
Casco National Bank C &
Adams Express Comply “
Portland 6s, due Sept. 1, 1907,
Bath 6s, due April 1, 1891,
Portland & Kennebec R. R. 6s, due 1895,
Augusta Water Co. 5s, due July 1, 1917,
Portland Water Co. 4s, due 1927,
Wyandotte Co. 6s, due July 1, 1896,
Bangor 6s, due January 1, 1894,
Portland 6s, due March 1, 1891,
Loans secured by collateral,
Chicago & G. Western R. R. 5s,
Lime Rock R. R. 5s,
Portland Water Co. 6s, due 1891,
Camden & Rockland Water Co. 4%s,
Notes secured by mortgage of Real Estate,
Bath 6s, due January 1, 1891,
Add—
Hospital, $178,622.81
Debit balance premium account,
New Wing,
Cash on deposit,
Total of Trial Balance,
2,000.00
9,000.00
4,080.00
700.00
800.00
1,900.00
300.00
7,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
5,000.00
10,000.00
5,000.00
1,000.00
3,000.00
40,000.00
5,000.00
4,987.50
7,000.00
4,850.00
46,750.00
500.00
*
$161,067.50
186,025.08
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TABLE No. 4.
Legacy of Mary H. Flagg, income for free beds,
{ { “ Rocksyllania True, income for free
beds,
Legacy of A. K. Shurtleff, income for free beds,
with preference to natives of Oxford Co.,
Gift of Heirs of Miss Helen Spring, income for
free beds,
Gift of Miss Ann M. Williams, income for free
beds,
Gift of Mrs. Chas. Dummer, Mary Cleaves free
bed, t
Legacy of Nath’l C. Sawyer, “Sawyer Bed,”
Gift of Sidney W. Thaxter, Laura M. F. Thaxter
free bed,
Gift of E. D. Chamberlain, Margaret E. M. Cham-
berlain free bed, -
Legacy of Mrs. Charles Dummer, Dummer free
bed,
Legacy of Mrs. Charlotte I. Harward, Wm.
Eugene Harward free bed,
Legacy of Charles Holden, no restriction on use
of income,
Legacy of Mrs. Eliza Ann Bradbury, no restric-
tion on use of income,
Legacy of Mrs. Sarah Bradbury, no restriction on
use of income,
Gift of Fred'k Frothingham, in memory of his
father, John Frothingham, of Montreal,
Legacy of John Taylor Gilman, M.D., no restric-
tion on income, -
Needlewoman's Friend Society, relief of needle-
WOmen,
LIST OF LEGACIES AND GIFTS TO THE FUNDS OF THE HOSPITAL.
$2,000.00
1,000.00
5,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000 00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
300.00
5,000.00
200.00
3,000.00
5,000.00
721,07
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Legacy of Abner Coburn, no restriction, 100,000.00
& & “ Joshua Maxwell, no restriction, 100.00
{ { “ Andrew Spring, “ & & 5,000.00
{{ “ John B. Brown, “ & & 5,000.00
( & “ Caroline W. Brooks, no restriction, 2,000.00
& C “ Dolly M. Field, ( C {{ 100.00
* “ Samuel E. Spring, no restriction, 5,000.00
C & “ Horace Harvey, & 4 ( & 1,000.00
& C “ Joseph Ilsley, ( & C & 1,000.00
C & “ Mrs. Charles Dummer, Dummer bed,
to accumulate, 3,456.94
Legacy of William H. Jerris, for free bed, 250.00
& & “Cyrus Woodman, no restriction, 1,000.00
Gift of George H. Witherle, in memory of his wife,
Sarah P. Witherle, income for free beds, 500.00
Gift of Annie Louise Cary, no restriction on in-
COme, 2,500.00
$176,128.01
*
DR.
TRIAL BALANCE,
OCTOBER 1, 1889.
CR.
Notes Receivable,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tº e g tº º e º a tº a tº º sº
Premium, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hospital,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stocks and Bonds, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes Secured by Mortgage, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
South Wing (construction), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SWan & Barrett, . . . . . . . . . . . . e s s e o e o e s • 2 * * * * * * * * *
$ 40,000.00
2,380.28
178,622.81
74,317.50
46,750,00
4,500.00
521.99
$347,092.58
Free Bed Funds, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Funds with Income Unrestricted,............ • .
Permanent Free Bed Funds, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Needlewoman’s Friend Society Fund,....... . . . .
General Fund, . . . . . . . ….............
Dummer Free Bed (to accumulate), . . . . . . . . . . . .
H. C. Baxter,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
October 1, 1889.
F. R. BARRETT,
$ 11,750.00
16,000.00
24,000.00
721.07
178,622.81
112,441.76
3,456.94
100.00
$347,092.58
Treasurer.
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ATUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE.
We hereby certify that we have audited the account of the
Treasurer of the Maine General Hospital, for the year ending
with September 30, 1889, and find the same correctly kept and
with proper vouchers for the items charged.
We have also examined the several securities in his keeping
belonging to the Hospital, and find the same in accordance with
the books, and to be as stated in the list of investments accom-
panying his report for the year. -
H. N. JOSE,
GEO. E. B. JACKSON,
Auditing Committee.
Portland, November 5, 1889.
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REPORT OF THE
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN AND SUPERINTENDENT.
To the Directors of the Maine General Hospital.
GENTLEMEN:—I have the honor to submit herewith my an-
nual report for the year ending September 30, 1889.
Number of patients in the Hospital, October 1, 1888:
Paying, 24; paying in part, 5; free, 27; total, 56.
Admitted to the Hospital from October 1, 1888, to September
30, 1889:
Males. Females. Total.
Patients paying board, 222 186 4.08
Patients paying board part of the time, 34 37 71
Patients entirely free, 88 67 155
tºmmº-mºmes ºssºmsºmºmºsºme ºsmºmºmºs
344 290 634
These were classified as follows:
Males. Females. Totai.
Surgical, 236 214 450
Medical, & 91 68 159
Ophthalmic and Aural, 17 8 25
634
Whole number under treatment during the year, 690,
20
The above table does not fairly represent the work done in
the ophthalmic and aural departments, as a number of patients
admitted as medical or surgical patients were treated by the
ophthalmic surgeon. His records show the number of patients
treated as follows: Males, 37; Females, 22; Total, 59.
There have been discharged during the year 633, with the
following results:
Recovered, 299
Relieved, 212
Not relieved, 34
Not treated, 52
Died, 36
Proportion of deaths to whole number of results 5.68 per cent.
The causes of death were as follows:
Cancer,
Bright's disease,
Tubercular meningitis,
Phthisis,
Rheumatism,
Heart disease,
Typhoid fever,
Old age,
Septicæmia,
Rail-road injury,
Empyama,
Peritonitis,
Exhaustion,
Shock,
Fracture of spine,
1
Paying patients paid at the following rates: 277 paid at the
rate of $7.00 per week; 156 at $14.00; 15 at $21.00; 29 at
$28.00; 2 at $35,00,
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RESIDENCEs.
Portland, 83
Maine (except Portland), 479
New Hampshire,
Vermont,
º
Massachusetts,
New York,
Peunsylvania,
Ohio,
Minnesota,
Dakota,
California,
:
|
Colorado,
Indian Territory,
Canada,
New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia,
Prince Edward's Island,
1.
The residences of the 562 patients from Maine, classified
according to counties, were as follows:
Androscoggin, 23 Oxford, t 38
Aroostook, 14 Penobscot, 41
Cumberland, 147 Piscataquis, 16.
Franklin, 22 Sagadahoc, 20
Hancock, 28 Somerset, 15
Kennebec, * 42 Waldo, 23
Knox, - 44 Washington, 24
Lincoln, 16 York, 49
Number of weeks relief furnished to paying patients, 1,638%
& & & 6 & & & &g “: free C & 1,273%
This is equal to an average of 31.43 paying patients, and
24.42 free patients, and a total average of 55.85.
The current expenses for the year were as follows:
Salaries and wages, tº $9,388.34
Groceries, 4,865.37
Provisions, 5,618.45
Fish, 648.87
Milk, 1,594.33
Crackers and baker's bread, 184.60
Ice, 150.50
Water, 100.00
Medical and Surgical supplies, 3,096.97
Light, 213.52
Fuel, *2,484.64
|Purnishing, 1,320.82
Repairs, 2,318.80
General Expenses, 272.62
Miscellaneous, 429.58
$32,687.41
Average cost of each patient per week, $11.22.
The cost of maintaining the paying patients, 1,638% weeks
at $11.22 per week, was $18,386.37. There was received from
patients for board $17,703.66.
On November 30th, a case of diphtheria appeared in our
female ward, which was quickly followed by two others in the
same ward, and, later, by a case in the male ward, and the porter
was also attacked. Two of the cases were quite severe and
protracted in their course. The others were mild and of short
duration. All eventually recovered. It was ascertained, without
any doubt, that the disease was brought into the Hospital by
the clothing of a patient, who had been exposed to it, in her
family, just before coming here, and was not, in any way,
* Value of coal on hand October 1, 1888, $ 678.47
£ & { { “ October 1, 1889, 1,964.44
Compare with Treasurer's report. e
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chargeable to any unsanitary condition of the building. As
diphtheria was prevalent at the time, the situation was con-
sidered serious enough to demand the most radical measures to
arrest the spread of the disease. The cases were removed at
once to the isolating cottage. All patients, who could be safely
sent home, were discharged, till the number was so much re-
duced, that those remaining could be cared for in the two lower
stories of the Hospital. The upper story was then thoroughly
scoured and disinfected. All bedding was disinfected and sent
to the laundry. The mattresses were put into a steam chest
and exposed to steam, under pressure, for hours. The walls
were given three coats of paint, and all the wood-work was
varnished and the floors oiled. The patients were then moved
and each of the other stories was treated in the same thorough
manner.
We had the satisfaction of seeing the disease quickly ar-
rested. And at the same time the appearance of the Hospital
was very much improved. The plaster walls, never having been
painted, had become dingy from fourteen years' use. The walls
can now be washed as often as may be necessary. The cost
of this painting was $1,374,-which is the explanation of the
unusual amount charged to repairs.
Notwithstanding the interruption to our work which this
trouble caused, and which extended over nearly two months,
the statistics show an increase in the number of admissions, as
compared with last year, of 73, and, in the daily average, of
3.88. The work grows every year, and never before have we
felt the need of more room, to the same extent. There has
been no time during the year, that we could accommodate all
patients at the time applications for admission were made.
There have been, at times, from twenty-five to thirty patients
waiting for vacancies, that they might be admitted. In some
CaSéS nearly a month has elapsed before an application on the
file could be reached. It is to be hoped that means will be ob-
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tained to finish the western pavilion, now commenced, as rapidly
as possible. * >
In May, Mrs. Leese, the Superintendent of Nurses, resigned
her position, on account of the illness of a member of her
family. Her resignation was accepted with much regret. The
Training School, during the four years of her administration,
had become well established, and had proved its usefulness to
the Hospital and to the community. To fill the vacancy, we
were very fortunate in securing the services of Miss Emma L.
Stowe, a lady well equipped for the position by long Service as
Assistant Superintendent of the Training School of the Boston
City Hospital. Under her instruction, I feel sure that the school
will continue to prosper, and the pupils will receive the thor-
ough training needed to fit them for the responsibilities of their
future work. -
The following pupils were graduated during the year :
Miss Elizabeth F. Read, London, England.
Miss Neda S. Pratt, Auburn. --
Miss Elizabeth Elliott, East Machias.
Miss Cindie E. Allen, Fairfield.
Miss Annie L. P. Harrison, St. John, N. B.
Miss Martha E. Bartlett, Hanover. -
Miss Annie S. Noyes, Jonesboro.
Appended to my report will be found a list of all the surgical
operations performed during the year, with a statement of re-
sults. *
I enclose Matron's report of contributions received.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES O. HUNT,
• Resident Physician and Superintendent.
Portland, October 1, 1889.
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SURGICAL OPERATIONS.

‘5 % º
#3 # 3
# 3 || 3 || 3 || 3 || –
3 3 4– * | += º
P = p Q) O • *-4
Z, O' | b | 2 | Z | C
Abdominal Section.
Cancer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e e a e s e e e s is e s s a e e º 'º e 3 3
OVariotomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6 4
Bullet wounds in intestines, ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Hysterectomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 2
Herniæ, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4
Tait's Operation, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 || 10 3
Tubal pregnancy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l 1.
Abscesses, opened, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 || 11 5
Amputation of forearm, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
finger, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3
thumb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
thigh,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e e º 'º e º 'º º 3 3
leg, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 1
Chopart's,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Pirogoff's,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.
toe, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 || 3
Cervix uteri, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I
at shoulder joint, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 1
Anchylosis broken up of ankle, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
elbow, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
knee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5
shoulder,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Wrist, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. 3
Caries, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 || 1
Castration, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Carbuncle, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Circumcision, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Cicatrix removed, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
J)ilatation of cervix uteri,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 || 3
of Vagina, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1
Dislocation, shoulder, reduced,.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3
Excision of knee joint,... . . . . . . . . . , sº e s • e º e s s e s e a s 1 , || 1
humerus,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
radius, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 | 1
femur,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
ribs, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 || 4 2
tonsils,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4
Vein, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Elytrorrhaphy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
for Cystocele, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9
for rectocele, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 || 1
Felon, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Fissure of anus dilated, ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4
Fistula, anal, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6
recto Vaginal, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.
Salivary, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 1
Fractures reduced, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . te
radius, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3
26
SURGICAL OPERATIONS (CONTINUED.)

* º
*H to
iš | | | 3 |#
.5 ± tº 3 || 3 | .
##| | | | #| g | 3
ż5 || 5 || 3 || 3 | #
Fractures femur,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
tibia and fibula comp., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 || 3 || 1
humerus, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 || 1 || |
finger, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
patella, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
DOS6, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 | 1
jaw, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * e e a tº e º 'º e º e tº 1 1
Fracture of skull, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Foreign body removed from Oesophagus,...... . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Hare lip, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Haemorrhoids, ligation,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 | 26 || 1
Hernia, radical Cure, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Hydrocele, radical cure, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3
Hysterectomy, Vaginal, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Hypospadias,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * tº a tº e º e º 'º e º e 1 1
Litholapaxy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 . 1
Lacerations of flesh, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tº ºs e o e e s a 6 5 | 1
Morbid growths removed.
Cancer,
Axilla, recurrent,. . . . . . . . . . . . • G c e s 2 & e º e < e e s 6 4 || 1 1
Breast, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9 || 4 1.
Eye lid, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 | 1
Groin, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.
Jaw, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 | 1
Lip, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5
Nose, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Nipple, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Penis,... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 1
Scrotum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Tonsil,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Tongue, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 || 1
Thigh,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l l
Uterus, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Angioma, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Adenoma,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Cystic,... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4
Lipoma,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6
Myoma, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.
Neuroma, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 1
Fibroma,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 | 1
Naevus, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I
Osteoma,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Polypus—nasal,. . . . . . . . . . tº e º e º & © º º sº tº e º e º & © e º e º g 4 4
Uterine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 1
Labia Majora,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Sebaceous, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Urethral caruncles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3
Nerve stretching, . . . . . • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * . . . . 1 1
2 2
Osteotomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 e º 0 & 0 t e º e º 'º e s e º 0 e º tº e s e
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SURGICAL OPERATIONS (continued.)

&#-f º
2.É 3 | }.
as "º | . . GO || Tº
5 : 53 || 3 || 3 || .
B 5 || 3 || 4 || 2 || 3
= 5, E | 7 || o | Sº
Zºo Ö £3 || 2 || C.
Ophthalmic Operations.
Cornea Tattooed,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Canaliculus opened,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Cataract, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 || 2 || 1
Enucleation, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... tº tº e º 'º e º ſº tº . . . . . . 2 2
Ectropion,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * º ºr tº gº tº 1 1
Foreign body in iris, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Internal Strabismus,. . . . . . . . . . . . . .* * * is e tº a e e s a s e º e 1 1.
Iridectomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 || 1 || 1 |
Reratotomy, . . . . . . . . . * c e º sº e º is e º e º & e º is e g º e º e s is e 1 1.
Lacrymal abscess, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Sclerotomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Staphyloma of Cornea, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Tarsal cyst, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & e º 'º tº e º e s s e º e º º e e 1 1
Periostitis,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • gº tº * > * g e 3 3
Paracentesis, supra pubic,.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Perineorrhaphy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 33 || 1
Plaster jackets applied,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . © º & © tº a º f tº e e º e 4 3 | 1
Plastic, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • - - - - - - - - 5 3. 2
Sequestrotomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • ſº tº e º 'º ... 2 2
Sinus opened,.... . . . . . . . . * * * * g º is e º ſº tº e º ſº e º e º 'º e g º º e 10 5 4 1.
Scalp Wound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Stricture of urethra.
dilatation, . . . . . . . . . . tº tº º ºx & © tº º ſº dº tº 8 7 | 1
divulsion, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 || 4
of rectum, . . . . . . . . . . . a. * * * * * * * * * tº e º e º 'º e . . . . 4 4
Sponge grafting, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Skin grafting, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tº dº º gº © e º & e º s º ſº gº e . . . . . . . 1 1
Skull trephined, ..... - - - - - - - - - tº ſº gº tº & © tº e º ſº tº º ſº e g º º . . . . . | 1 1.
Tenotomy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 || 6
Thoracentesis, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... • . . . . . tº º tº º ºs e º 'º e º ºs e º gº tº e 1 1
Trachelorrhaphy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 41 2 I
Talipes Varus, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Ununited fracture.
Tibia, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * 3 3
Radius and ulna, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Urethra, dilated, ... . . . • e º e o e s e a c e s e º is a s e s & & © e s e e s tº 4 1 3
Uterus, Curetted,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 || 14 || 4 || 1
Urethrotomy. - sº
External, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tº gº tº e º º is e º tº ſº e º ſº tº e º e s is e s e e 1 1
Internal, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Varicocele, ligation, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5
Varicose veins, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3
Vulvo vaginal gland, extirpated,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
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MATRON'S REPORT OF CONTRIBUTIONS
RECEIVED.
ELEVATOR, ACCOUNT.
Amount on hand at last report, $682.74
Mrs. Woodbury S. Dana, Portland, 1.6(\
Mrs. John T. Gilman, Portland, 2.50
Cash, 9.00
Interest on deposit, 36.70
$731.94
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS.
Portland Press, daily.
Portland Advertiser, daily.
Portland Express, daily.
IPortland Globe, weekly,
Portland Transcript, weekly.
Zion's Advocate, weekly.
Christian Mirror, weekly.
Portland Sunday Times, weekly.
Aroostook Herald, weekly.
Kennebec Journal, daily.
Maine Farmer, weekly.
Mount Desert Herald, weekly.
. Cape Elizabeth Sentinel, weekly.
New York Medical Journal, weekly.
Annals of Gynaecology.
Bowdoinham Advertiser, weekly.
American Sentinel, Weekly.
Pemaquid Advertiser, weekly.
Associated Charities, Portland, 3 night dresses.
Bee, Portland, 5 pillow slips.
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Bee Minor, Portland, 1 doz. sheets.
Mrs. J. B. Brown, Portland, magazines, papers and flannels.
Mrs. Henry Blanchard, Portland, Christian Registers, preserves, jellies,
bandage and dressing pieces.
Mrs. Giles O. Bailey, Portland, magazines and dressing pieces.
Mrs. Borland, Damariscotta, 2 volumes Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
and other magazines, dressing and bandage pieces.
Mr. W. B. Bradley, Portland, air cushion, syringe and shirts.
Mrs. Mary Barbour, Portland, dressing pieces.
Mrs. John Marshall Brown, Thornhurst Farm, one-half bushel pears.
Miss Electra Brown, Portland, dressing pieces.
Mrs. Nathan Clifford, Portland, night dresses, shirts, papers and maga-
zines.
Mrs. Edwin Clement, Portland, night dresses and magazines.
Miss M. J. Clapp, magazines and dressing pieces.
Mrs. Wm. Dennett, Bangor, night dresses, shirts, bandage and dressing
pieces.
Miss Annie T. Dennett, Bangor, 10 new towels.
Mrs. Judge Day, Barnstable, Mass., shirts, dressing pieces and scrap book
for children’s ward.
Mrs. I. T. Dana, Portland, dressing gown, shirts, sacque and dressing
pieces.
Mrs. George F. Emery, Portland, magazines and papers.
Miss Octavia Fox, Portland, 1 doz. sheets, 1 doz. pillow slips, 1 doz. towels.
Society of Friends, Westbrook, 1 volume Harper's Young People, picture
books, card pictures and paper dolls, for the children.
Mrs. F. H. Fassett, Portland, night shirts.
Mrs. Cornelius Groot, New York, box books.
Mrs. J. T. Gilman, Portland, fruit, bandage and dressing pieces.
Mrs. Allen Gardiner, Kezar Falls, bandage pieces.
Mrs. J. W. Hathaway, Norridgewock, linen and dressing pieces.
Miss Hussey, 1 night shirt, 4 glasses jelly.
Mr. Stuyvesant T. B. Jackson, London Graphic.
Mrs. Leonard Jordan, Portland, shirts.
Ladies' Auxiliary Association, First Parish, books.
Mrs. S. R. Lyman, Portland, bandage and dressing pieces.
Miss Arilla Mitchell, Gray, books.
Mrs. Marston, Portland, dressing pieces.
Mrs. Megguier, Portland, large bundle dressing pieces.
Miss A. M. Paine, Portland, book, papers, linen and cotton dressing pieces.
Mrs. William Putnam, Portland, magazines.
Mrs. Annie L. C. Raymond, New York, books, stereoscopic views and
flowers.
Mrs. Charles Ring, Portland, shirts,
30
Mrs. A. W. Roberts, Portland, 1 volume New Church Messenger.
Miss Mary Spalding, Portland, magazines, books for children’s ward.
Mrs. Louise E. Stetson, Camden, Me., 1 volume Youth's Companion.
Mrs. R. T. Symonds, Portland, magazines, sacques, 1 pair gaiters, 1 pair
linen pants, children's clothing, bandage and dressing pieces.
Mrs. Manasseh Smith, Portland, 1 dozen towels, half dozen napkins,
4 sheets, for Smith Room.
Mrs. Thomas Talbot, Portland, 1 pair feather pillows for Spring Room.
Mr Josiah Snell, Winthrop, 8 bbls. apples.
Mrs. T. O. Shaw, Portland, pictures for children.
Miss M. E. Spalding, Portland, 1 volume Century, 1 volume Golden Rule
and other papers.
Mrs. George F. Talbot, Portland, night shirts, bandage and dressing pieces.
Unknown, drawers, day and night shirts.
Mrs. William Wirt Virgin, Portland, dressing gown, shirts and dressing
pieces.
Mrs. Robinson, Chicago, 2 rubber sheets, 1 bath tub.
Mrs. Samuel E. Spring, Portland, 1 Volume Century, 1 box Florida oranges.
Mrs. Andrew Spring, Portland, 100 huck towels and papers.
Miss Abbie Steele, Portland, English Illustrated Magazine.
Mrs. William Willis, Washington, linen dressing pieces.
Mrs. George Walker, Portland, bandage and dressing pieces.
Mrs. Woodbury, Portland, dressing pieces.
Mrs. Warriner, Portland, 1 volume Harper’s Magazine.
Mrs. George W. True, Portland, shirts and dressing pieces.
Miss Alice M. Harlow, Augusta, jellies, linen and cotton pieces.
Mr. J. G. Garland, Biddeford, large box of magazines.
Mrs. Dane, Portland, Harper's Young People.
Mrs. Henry Payson, Portland, shirts.
Miss Etta Parker, Portland, bandage pieces.
Miss Helen C. Brown, checker board.
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REPORT OF THE
WISITING AND ADVISORY BOARD.
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º º
The report of the Visiting and Advisory Board can be made in
few words, most of the work being of a nature difficult to put
upon paper.
The visiting has been done with more or less frequency.
The Sunday services have been continued, causing great
pleasure to the patients, who warmly express their gratitude to
those serving in them. The committee having them in charge
are also glad to express their thanks.
The usual free bed has been maintained during the past
year.
ANNA. M. PAINE, Secretary.
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TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
DIRECTORS
OF THE
Maine General Hospital,
REPORTS OF THE TREASURER AND
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN.
PRESENTED TO THE CORPORATORS,
AT THE IR
ANNUAL MEETING, NOVEMBER 3, 1891.
PORTLAND :
STEPHEN BERRY, Plt, NTElt.
1891.
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
of THE
DIRECTORS
OF THE
Maine General Hospital,
REPORTS OF THE TREASURER AND
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN.
PRESENTED TO THE CORPORATORS,
AT THEIR
ANNUAL MEETING, NOVEMBER 3, 1891.
PORTLAND :
STEPHEN BERRY, PRINTER.
1891.
— O El E I C E R S —
OF THE
MAINE GENERAL Hospital,
1 89 1–9 2.
PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION,
WILLIAM L. PUTN AM.
DIRECTORS,
NATHAN WEBB, President, Portland. )
HORATIO N. JOSE, & 6
WILLIAM W. THOMAS, “
SIDNEY W. THAXTER, “ >
JOSEPH. W. SYMONDS, “ Corporation.
WM. H. MOULTON, “ J
Elected
by the
5 | Avro
wM. B. LAPHAM, M. D., Augusta, “”
WM. OSGOOD, M. D., North Yarmouth. J Board of Visitors.
SECRETARY AND TREASURER,
F R A N K LIN R. B A R RETT,
Address P. O. Box 616,
Portland, Me.
3
CONSULTING PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
WILLIAM WOOD, M. D.
CHARLES E. SWAN, M. D.
ANDREW J. FULLER, M. D.
ALONZO GARCELON, M. D.
ALFRED MITCHELL, M. D.
M. C. WEDGWOOD, M. D.
* ESIDENT PHYSICIAN AND SUPERINTENDENT,
CHARLES O. HUNT, M. D.
* ATTENDING PHYSICIANS,
ISRAEL T. DANA, M. D.
AUGUSTUS S. THAYER, M. D.
CHARLES A. RING, M. D.
HENRY H. HUNT, M. D.
ATTENDING SURGEONS,
STEPHEN H. WEEKS, M. D.
SETH. C. GORDON, M. D.
LEWIS W. PENDLETON, M. D.
ALFRED KING, M. D.
SURGEON FOR THE EYE AND EAR,
JAMES A. SPALDING, M. D.
ADJUNCT SURGEONS,
WM. LAWRENCE DANA, M. D.
JOHN F. THOMPSON, M. D.
GEORGE H. CUMMINGS, M. D.
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PATHOLOGIST,
ADDISON S. THAYER, M. D.
HOUSE PUPILS,
WM. H. BRADFORD, M. D.
FRANK IRWING BROWN, M. D.
MATRON,
MRS. L. W. WARREN.
SUPERINTENDENT OF NURSFS,
Miss FANNY A. TUCKER
VISITING AND ADVISORY BOARD,
MRS. ANDREW SPRING, President.
MISS ANNA. M. PAINE, Secretary.
MISS L. E. BANCROFT, Treasurer.
MRS. D. W. FESSENDEN,
MRS. J. E. BLABON,
MRS. W. W. VIRGIN,
MRS. SAMUEL B. WASHIBURN,
MISS ELECTRA BROWN,
MRS. EDWARD P. CHASE,
MRS. H. L. HOUGHTON.
MAINE GENERAL HospitaL.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING WITH SEPTEMBER, 30, 1891.
In making this twenty-first annual report, the Directors
would remind the Corporators and friends of the Maine General
Hospital that the year just closed was the seventeenth of the
actual Hospital work. The first four annual reports dealt with
the questions connected with the work of organizing, providing
means, and construction and furnishing. Examination of those
early reports will show the magnitude of the task assumed by
the early friends and managers of this institution, the difficulties:
that continually faced them, and the patient persistence and
hopefulness with which those difficulties were steadily met and
overcome. The subsequent history of the Hospital gives abun-
dant proof of their broad views and sagacious foresight.
The embarrassment growing out of the want of pecuniary
resources, which so seriously weighed on the institution at the
outset, is still felt, and must continue to be felt for yet a long
time. As this is a charitable and not a business corporation,
it can look to no future profits in money from its management,
however prudently and skillfully conducted, or however ex-
tended. In the future it must depend, as in the past it has
relied, on the voluntary contributions of the generous people of
the state, and sympathizing friends without the state.
6
As announced in the last two reports, the Directors, urged
by the pressing and steadily increasing demand for additional
Service, ventured upon the erection of a new wing which will
practically double the Hospital capacity. Though the finan-
cial difficulties of this undertaking have compelled the slow
progress of the work, other and inevitable delays have inter-
vened, and have postponed its completion to the great disap-
pointment of the Directors. The fair prospect now is, that it
will be ready for occupancy at an early day.
With all the assistance derived from the donations received
since the commencement of this new building, it has been
necessary to encroach to a large amount upon the funds we
hoped to be able to reserve for the supply of means to meet
current expenses. But a confident belief is entertained that
the same generous disposition which has thus far sustained
this institution will provide the necessary resources for its
continued success and usefulness.
The Treasurer's account. accompanying this report, shows
the financial condition of the corporation, and its receipts and
expenditures for the year 1890–91. *
The Superintendent's report shows the work done and the
results. An inspection of this report gives gratifying informa-
tion of the great variety of service rendered, and at the same
time that it manifests the necessity of an institution like the
Maine General Hospital, awakens a sense of pride that this
need has been so efficiently responded to by the benevolent
citizens of Maine. -
It is some months more than a year since the Directors felt
constrained to relieve somewhat the tax upon the surgical staff,
by the appointment of adjunct surgeons. The selections for
those places have proved in an eminent degree fortunate and
useful. The benefits hoped have been fully realized. Without
such relief, the entire surgical staff was in danger of being over-
worked, and forced by a sense of duty to themselves to retire
from their arduous and unpaid work. Even with this aid, one
7
of the staff, Dr. Frederic H. Gerrish, has found himself com-
pelled to resign his position as one of the surgeons. It is not \
necessary for the Directors to say they received Dr. Gerrish's
resignation with profound regret, both because the Hospital
would thereby be deprived of his intelligent and skillful service,
and because they cannot escape a fear, that his long and ar-
duous labors for this institution may have in a degree con-
tributed to that impairment of his strength which admonishes
him to care more for himself.
From the outset, Dr. Gerrish entered zealously into the pre-
liminary work of founding the Hospital, and without interrup-
tion continued his labor in its behalf to the time of his resig-
nation. The extent and value of his service can hardly be ap-
preciated. He will, we trust, find ample reward in the grate-
ful acknowledgments of all the officers and friends of the in-
stitution, and in his own consciousness of unselfish and useful
Service to this great charity. t
To the vacancy occasioned by this resignation, the Directors
have appointed Dr. Alfred King, M. D.
During the past year this Board and the Hospital has suf-
ferred serious loss by the death of Hon. A. W. H. Clapp, and
of Hon. George E. B. Jackson. -
Mr. Clapp was a member of every Board of Directors from
the beginning. It is safe to say that of all who have up to
this time given their time, influence and money to this insti-
tution, no one was ever more zealously devoted to its success
or more wisely anxious for its welfare than he was always found
to be. He never shrank from any work that would benefit it,
nor withheld his hand from any contribution to its needs. As
an associate he was always frank, friendly and judicious. The
Directors have taken care that their records shall preserve a
sincere expression of the high estimation in which they hold
his memory.
Mr. Jackson had been for a shorter time one of the Directors,
but long enough to confirm the hopes which prompted his
8
selection for the place. . On this Board he manifested all
those qualities of intelligent judgment, conscientious firmness,
courtesy, attention to duty and fidelity to trusts reposed in
him, for which throughout his life he was so well known,
and which gave him so exalted a reputation in this city, where
he lived from his birth till the close of his honorable life.
Of him, too, the Directors who survive cherish the most
affectionate and grateful memory. *
The ladies of the Visiting and Advisory Board deserve the
thanks of the Directors for their interest in the work of the
Hospital, and for the watchful care they have given to its
well being.
It is impossible, without too much extending this report, to
name in it every one who has made valuable contributions and
gifts to the Hospital. They are intended to be named in the
reports of the Treasurer and of the Matron, and to each and
every one the Directors desire to make thankful acknowledg-
ment.
The School for Nurses has been long enough established to
amply confirm its value. The frequent testimony from families
who have employed the graduates of this school would justify
its continuance. If, however, the Hospital itself found no gain
from the school, there might be question how far it would be
warrantable to maintain it. Happily, Hospital experience and
that of the public are in harmony, and this training school
encounters no unfavorable criticism.
By some oversight, an error was made in the last annual re-
port, in respect to the number of patients admitted from the
State of Maine. The total number was given as 3,047, when
the correct number was 4,992. There followed a distribution
by counties, which being based on the erroneous total, is also
erroneous and prejudicial.
Accompanying this report will be found a tabular state-
ment of the “Residence of patients from Maine, classified by
9
counties.” By this it is shown that to the present time 5,610
residents of Maine have been received and treated as patients.
There have also been received and treated 650 patients from
other states and foreign countries, making a total of 6,260 .
patients since the first was received November 9, 1874.
NATHAN WEBB,
H. N. JOSE,
* WM. W. TMOMAs,
SIDNEY W. THAXTER,
JOSEPH. W. SYMONDS,
WILLIAM OSGOOD, .
WM. B. LAPHAM,
October 1, 1891. * Directors.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER,
To the President and Directors of the
Maine General Hospital.
GENTLEMEN:—I beg to submit my report for the year end-
ing with September 30, 1891.
As heretofore, the expenses incurred for the maintenance of
the Hospital have been paid by the Superintendent, who has
received each month, from the Treasurer, the gross amount of
a schedule of bills approved by the committee of your board.
The classification, therefore, of all such expenses appears on
my books from the returns made by him.
Respectfully,
F. R. BARRETT,
Treasurer,
Portland, October 1, 1891.
§
DR. TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH MAINE GENERAL HospitaL. CR.
To cash from last account, ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250.00 By cash paid for Expenses at the Hospital,.......|| $33,495.94
6 & “ Sundry Donations, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.46|| § { “ “ General Expenses, Insurance,
& & “ Annual Free Bed Subscriptions,...... 2,300.00 etc., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.81
& & “ Hospital Sunday Collections,. . . . . . . . . 937.52 & £ lent on collateral Security, . . . . . . . . . . . 33,506.50
& £ “ State Appropriations,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000.00| * { “ on notes secured by mortgage, . . . . . 10,000.00
& & “ Paying Patients, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,995.34|| || “ paid for other Investments,. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,012.50
4 & “ Service of Nurses, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.43 & & deposited on interest, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,124.38
$ tº “ Income of Investments applicable to “ paid on construction of South Wing,.... 26,347.90
Distributive Income, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,256.58 { { on hand to new account, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.46
& 4 “ Income applicable to other purposes, . 251.66 -
{ { “ Mortgages paid, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000.00
& & “ Bonds sold and matured, . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,500.00
& & “ Ioans on collateral paid,... . . . . . . . . . . 37,506.50
( & “ Legacy of Miss Octavia Fox,... . . . . . . 1,000.00
& & & & 6 & “ A. W. H. Clapp, . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000.00
& g & & “ “ Charles P. Ingraham,. . . . . . 2,000.00
& & & Cº. £ 4 “ Lucy Ann Evans, . . . . . . . . . 2,000.00
& £ “ Gift of William W. Thomas,. . . . . . . . 5,000.00
& & { { “ “ Henry Pierce, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00
$109,001.49 $109,001.49
l?ortland, October 1, 1891.
F. R. BARRETT,
Treasurer.
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MAINTENANCE OF THE HOSPITAL.
Receipts from :-
Paying Patients,
Sundry Donations,
Annual Free Bed Subscriptions,
Hospital Sunday Collections,
Appropriations by the State,
Income of Funds Applicable,
Service of Nurses,
Expenses:—
Salaries and Wages,
Subsistence,
Medical and Surgical Supplies,
Fuel, -
Light,
F urnishing,
Repairs,
Miscellaneous,
General Expenses,
Construction,
Premium,
TABLE NO. 1.
ANNUAL FREE BED SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Mrs. Margaret J. Sweat, ''. 4.
The Daughters of the late Darius Alden,
Henry L. Houghton, preference for Bath patients,
The Maine Baptists, -
º
$17,995.34
252.46
2,300.00
937.52
5,000.00
7,256.58
251.43
$33,993.33
$ 9,961.25
14,456.14
3,415.41
2,621.59
213.89
1,075.21
1,135.15
436.10
356.81
181.19
140.59
*s-
$33,993.33
$250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
-
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g
The Maine Baptists, extra Service, 50.00
Miss Almira K. Hasty, in memory of her Father, g
Elihu Hasty, 250.00
Boston & Maine Railroad, 250.00
Mrs. Annie L. C. Raymond, - 250.00
Mrs. John B. Brown, 250.00
Mrs. H. M. Wheeler, 250.00
$2,300.00
LEGACIES AND SPECIAL GIFTS.
Legacy of Miss Octavia Fox, $1,000.00
“ “ Hon. A. W. H. Clapp, 5,000.00
“ “ Mr. Chas. P. Ingraham, 2,000.00
6 & “ Mrs. Lucy Ann Evans, 2,000.00
Gift of Hon. Wm. W. Thomas for a Free Bed, in
memory of his son, John Pickering Thomas, 5,000.00
Gift of Mr. Henry Pierce, 500.00
$15,500.00
TABLE NO. 2.
HOSPITAL SUNDAY CONTRIBUTIONS.
Second Parish Church, Portland, $22.15
Central Congregational Church, Bangor, 20.00
First Universalist Church, Portland, 45.00
St. Lawrence Street Church, Portland, 12.00
North Bridgton Congregational Church, North Bridgton, 6.81
Harrison Congregational Church, Harrison, - 3.61
Williston Congregational Church, Portland, 5.00
First Congregational Church, Gorham, - 38.40
Methodist Episcopal Church, Waterville, 5.00
High Street Congregational Church, Portland, 94.25
15
St. Stephen's Church, Portland, 15.32
Second Congregational Church of Westbrook, Saccarappa, 1921
Miss Belle Hall's Sunday School Class, Second Congre-
gational Church, etc., Saccarappa, 2.50
Congregational Church, Bridgton, 7.00
State Street Church, Portland, 100.00
Methodist Episcopal Church, South Berwick, * 4.38
Methodist Episcopal Church, South Portland, 2.25
Pratt Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, Rockland, 3.00
Congregational Church, Topsham, 6.38
Baptist Church, Alfred, . .65
Congregational Church, Princeton, 4.00
Baptist Church, Buxton Centre, 4.00
|First Parish Church, Portland, - 77.55
|Unitarian Church, Brunswick, 18.00
Congregational Church, Princeton, (additional), 1.00
Congregational Church, Dennysville, 8.25
Second Congregational Church, Searsport Harbor, 10.00
Congregational Church, New Gloucester, 10 50
Second Parish Church (Unitarian), Saco, 21.00
Infant Class M. E. Church, Thomaston, 4.00
Unitarian Church, Miss Fuller, Augusta, 30.00
IFirst Congregational Church, Brunswick, 17.35
First Congregational Unitarian Church, Castine, 10.25
North Bridgton Congregational Church, North Bridgton, 5.56
Harrison Congregational Church, Harrison, 5.10
Methodist Episcopal Church, Georgetown, 2.00
Warren Congregational Church, Cumberland Mills, 30.00
lſnitarian Church, Houlton, 6,05
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Portland, 200.00
TJnion Church, Greenville, 10.00
Congregational Church, Kittery Point, 5.00
Congregational Church, Calais, 45.00
$937.52
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TABLF, NO. 3.
IN V E S T M E N T S.
Par Value.
Maine Central Railroad Stock, $ 100.00
Portland & Rochester Railroad Stock, 100.00
Maine Central Railroad, cons. 7s, 2,000.00
4 & & & § { cons. 5s, 9,000.00
Cumberland National Bank Stock, 4,080.00
National Traders Bank Stock, 700.00
Canal National Bank & 4 800,00
Casco National Bank & 4 1,900.00
Adams Express Company “ 300.00
Portland 6s, 1907, 7,000.00
Portland & Kennebec R. R. 6s, 1895, 1,000.00
Portland Water Company 4s, 10,000.00
Augusta Water Company 5s, - 5,000.00
Portage City W. W. Company 6s, 1,000.00
Washington Water Co. 6s, 1,000.00
Wyandotte County 6s, 1896, 5,000.00
Bangor 6s, 1894, 1,000.00
Portland Water Co. 68, 1891, 5,000.00
Camden & Rockland Water Co. 4%s, 5,000.00
Notes secured by mortgage, s 48,500.00
Loans on collateral, & + 27,000.00
$135,480.00
Add–
Hospital, $178,622.81
New Wing, - 50,984.41
Cash deposited, - 3,583.05
“ on hand, f 157.46
233,347.73
*
Total of Trial Balance, $368,827.73
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TABLE NO. 4.
LIST OF LEGACIES AND GIFTS TO THE SEVERAL
MAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL.
Legacy of Mary H. Flagg, income for free beds,
“ “ Rocksyllania True, income for free beds,
& 4 “ William H. Jerris, income for free beds,
Gift of Heirs of Miss Helen Spring, income for free
beds,
Gift of Miss Ann M. Williams, income for free
beds,
Gift of George H. Witherle, in memory of wife,
Sarah P. Witherle, income for free beds,
Legacy of Mrs. Almira E. Rice, income for free beds,
Gift of Mrs. Chas. Dummer, Mary Cleaves free
bed,
Gift of S. W. Thaxter, Laura M. F. Thaxter free
bed, *
Gift of E. D. Chamberlain, Margaret E. M. Cham-
berlain free bed,
Gift of Hon. W. W. Thomas, John Pickering
Thomas free bed,
Legacy of Nath’l C. Sawyer, Sawyer free bed,
“ A. K. Shurtleff, Shurtleff free bed,
“ “ Mrs. C. I. Harward, William Eugene
Harward free bed,
Legacy of Mrs. Charles Dummer, Dummer free
bed,
Legacy of Mrs. Charles Dummer, Dummer free bed,
to accumulate, now,
Legacy of Chas. Holden, no restriction on income,
6 & “ Mrs. Eliza . A. Bradbury, no restriction
on income, - *
Legacy of Mrs. Sarah Bradbury, no restriction on
income,
2
FUNDS OF
$2,000.00
1,000.00
250.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
500.00
3,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
5,000.00
4,000.00
5,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
3,829.00
300,00
5,000.00
200.00
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Legacy of Dr. John Taylor Gilman, no restriction
on income, -
Gift of Miss Annie Louise Cary, no restriction on
income,
Gift of Frederick Frothingham, in memory of his
father, John Frothingham,
Legacy of Hon. A. W. H. Clapp, no restriction on
income,
Needlewoman's Friend Society Fund, income for
relief of needlewomen, \
Legacy of Hon. Abner Coburn, no restriction,
{{ “ Joshua Maxwell, & © & G.
{{ “ Andrew Spring, {{ & &
£ . “ Hon. John B. Brown, “ & ©
“ “ Mrs. Caroline W. Brooks, no restriction,
& & C & & &
Dolly M. Field, tg & ©
* “ Hon. Samuel E. Spring, “ & &
C & “ Horace Harvey, & © ( &
& C & & Joseph Ilsley, C & {{
{{ “Cyrus Woodman, & C { {
Gift of Heirs of Mrs. Susan C. Messer, no restric-
tion, ,'
Legacy of Hon. William Senter, no restriction,
“ “ William Henry Swart, “ C &
& 6 “ Miss Octavia Fox, & C & ©
“ “ Charles P. Ingraham, “ & &
“ “ Mrs. Lucy Ann Evans, “ {{
5,000.00
2,500.00
3,000.00
5,000.00
721.07
100,000.00
100.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
2,000.00
100.00
5,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
250.00
500.00
1,100.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
§

TRIAL BALANCE,
DR. OCTOBER 1, 1891. CR.
Cash, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 157.46 Free Bed Funds, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e tº e º 'º e º e º e º 'º e $ 9,750.00
Hospital,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178,622.81 Funds with Income Unrestricted, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,000.00
Stocks and Bonds, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . © tº C & e º gº tº º 59,980.00 Permanent Free Beds, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,000.00
Notes Secured by Mortgage, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,.... || 48,500.00 Needlewoman’s Friend Society Fund, .......... 721.07
South Wing, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,984.41 General Fund, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,404.85
Swan & Barrett, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tº 4 c e º 'º º ſº tº e º gº tº e e 3,583.05 Unproductive Property,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178,622.81
Notes Receivable,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,000.00 Dummer Free Bed, (to accumulate,)........... 3,829.00
Gifts to Building Funds, ... . . . . . . . . . tº tº e e s is e e º 'º 500.00
$368,827.73 $368,827.73
October 1, 1891,
F. R. BARRETT,
Treasurer.
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AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE.
We certify that we have audited the account of the Treas-
urer of the Maine General Hospital for the year ending with
September 30, 1891, and find the same correctly kept and
with proper vouchers for the items charged.
We have also examined the Securities, in his keeping be-
longing to the Hospital, and find the same to agree with the
books, and to be as stated in the list of investments accom-
panying his report for the year.
EH. N. JOSE,
S. W. THAXTER,
Auditing Committee.
Portland, October 1, 1891.
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R EP O R T OF THE
Resident Physician and Superintendent.
. To the Directors of the Maine General Hospital. -
GENTLEMEN:—I have the honor to submit herewith my
annual report for the year ending September 30, 1891.
Number of patients in the Hospital, October 1, 1890:
Paying, 24; paying in part, 8; free, 25; total, 57.
Admitted to the Hospital from October 1, 1890, to Septem-
ber 30, 1891.
Males. Females. Total. .
Patients paying board, 208 237 445. .
Patients paying board part of the time, 39 28 67
Patients entirely free, 102 64 166.
349 329 678
These were classified as follows:
ſ Males. Females. Total.
Surgical, - - 254 263, 517
Medical, - 72 54 126.
Ophthalmic and Aural, 23 12 35
678,
Total number in Hospital during the year, 735.
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There have been discharged during the year 675, with the
following results: - -
Recovered, 343
Relieved, 201
Not relieved, 22
Not treated, 76
, Died, 33
The causes of death were as follows: -
Shock, (railroad injury, 4; fall, 1 ; operation, 2,) 7
Acute nephritis, 2
Exhaustion, (following multiple fractures,) 1.
Paralysis, 1.
Peritonitis, (following severe burn,) * 1.
;Septic Peritonitis, (following abdominal Section,) 8
iDraemic poisoning, 3
“Cancer, 4.
Intestinal obstruction, 1.
Heart disease, 1
Septicæmia, (following operation for stricture,) 1
& C (following litholapaxy,) 1.
Gangrene of Intestine, 1.
Delirium tremens, 1.
Paying patients paid at the following rates: 261 paid at the
irate of $7.00 per week; 188 at $14.00; 1 at $17.50; 24 at
$21.00; 35 at 28.00; 3 at 35.00. $3
|RESIDENCEs.
Portland, 91
Maine (except Portland), 526
New Hampshire, 35
Vermont, * 2
Massachusetts, 9
Other states and countries, 15
The residences of the 617 patients from Maine, classified ac-
Cording to counties, were as follows:
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Androscoggin, 25 Oxford, & 34
Aroostook, 32 Penobscot, 46
Cumberland, 171 Piscataquis, 11
Franklin, 21 Sagadahoc, 15
Hancock, 30 Somerset, 27
Rennebec, 41 Waldo, 30
Enox, 49 Washington, 23
Lincoln, 25 York, 37
Number of weeks relief furnished to paying patients, 1,640
& & & C & 4 { { { % “ free & & 1,398
This is equal to an average of 31.45 paying patients, and
26.81 free patients, and a total average of 58.26.
The current expenses for the year were as follows:
Salaries and wages, $9,961.25
Groceries, 4,767.25
Provisions, - 6,722.44
Fish, 693.70
Milk, 1,805.38
Crackers and baker's bread, 136.31 -
Ice, 231.06
Water, 100.00
Medical and Surgical supplies, 3,415.41
Light, 213.89
Fuel, *2,571.13
Furnishing, 1,075.21
Repairs, 1,135.15
General Expenses, 356.81
Miscellaneous, 436.10
$33,621.09
Average cost of each patient per week, $11,06.
*Value of coal on hand October 1, 1890, $297.10
& & { ºf “ October 1, 1891, 347.56
Compare with Treasurer's report.
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The cost of maintaining the paying patients, 1,640 weeks at
$11.06 per week, was $18,149.63. There was received from
patients for board, $17,995.34 . -
The preceding statistics of the year's work need no special
comment. The resources of the Hospital have been taxed to
the utmost, but we have not been able to meet the demand.
We hoped to have the use of the new pavilion before this time,
but unexpected delays have prevented. By discharging patients
at the earliest possible moment, consistent with their safety, and
refusing almost all cases of chronic disease, we have been able to
have under treatment a much larger number than ever before,
though the daily average has been but little greater than that
of last year, and was less, by a small fraction, than that of
1886–7.
The following is a summary of the work done in the Train-
ing School :
Eight nurses have been graduated. Three have fallen out
on account of illness, or for cause. Of thirteen probationers
received, ten have been accepted as pupils. One nurse has re-
turned to complete her course.
The Superintendent of Nurses has heard one hundred and
four class recitations from the manuals and text books and
given forty lessons in elementary massage, and twelve lessons
in sick cookery, the nurses going to the kitchen for practical
instruction.
Thirty lectures have been given by Drs. Dana, Weeks, Gor-
don, Gerrish, Pendleton and Ring, and Dr. W. L. Dana gave
Several lessons in bandaging.
The following nurses received diplomas after passing Satis-
factory examination :
Miss Sarah A. Lyons, Old Orchard, Me.
Miss Evelyn M. Osgood, Durham, Me.
Miss Amelia L. Smith, Machias, Me.
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Miss Mary E. Whitehouse, Damariscotta, Me.
Miss Jeannette L. Allen, Freeport, Me.
Miss Minnie E. Hodgaon, South Paris, Me.
Miss Emma Holt, Quebec.
Miss Fidelia Drew, Haverhill, Mass.
Appended to my report will be found a list of all the surgi-
cal operations performed during the year, with a statement
of results.
I enclose Matron's report of contributions received.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES O. HUNT,
Resident Physician and Superintendent.
Portland, October 1, 1891.
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f
SURGICAL OPERATIONS.
^* *H ºn -
##| || 3 |#
33 E. Q) 9 Sº
~ 3 S. - || - º
##| 3 |#| gº! É
ź5 || 3 || 3 || 2 || 5
Abdominal Section. *
Ovariotomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 || 23
Cyst of broad ligament,..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3
Tait's Operation, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - || 3 1
Hysterectomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 || 1
Cancer of uterus and broad ligaments, ... . . . . . . . 1 1
InêSentely, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.
Uterine fibroid, ... .................... . . . . . . . . 3 1 . 2
Exploratory incision,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 2
Suppurative appendicitis, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Enterectomy and anastomosis, .................. 1 1
Tubercular peritonitis, ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Abscess, spinal,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... • * * * * * 2 2
C*cal, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
palmar, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 1
Amputation of finger, ................... . . . . . . . . . . 3 3
thumb, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T 1
thigh,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4 || 1 3
at knee joint, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1
Chopart's,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
toe, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3
penis, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Anchylosis broken up, of ankle,..... ... ' s e e s e s w w e e º e 1 1
elbow, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
knee, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 | 1
shoulder,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Wrist,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Castration,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 10 || 1
Circumcision,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * > 0 e º e 2 2
Cicatrix removed,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 1
Colotomy, inguinal, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. 1
lumbar, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... • * * * * * I 1
Dislocation of shoulder (old). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Excision of knee joint,........ . . . . . . . . . • * > * * * * * * * * s 4 3 || 1
ip, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
shoulder,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
elbow,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.
ribs, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . } • • * * * * * * 1 1
upper jaw, . . . . . . . . • * * * tº e s tº e º 'º e º e º & e º e s e 1 - 1
COCCYX, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
tonsils,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '• • - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2
Elytrorrhaphy, for cystocele, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 || 10
- rectocele,'... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6
Extraction of bullets, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'• * * * * 3 3
Fissure of anus dilated, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 || 1
Fistula, anal, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9 || 3 || 1
recto-Vaginal, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
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SURGICAL OPERATIONS (CONTINUED.)

4- tº & º
3 #| 3 || 3 | #
#3 || 3 || || || 3
a ; 3 || 3 || || || 3
3 = | & "3 || 3 | .9
Z, O' | Pº ſº | 2 | C
Fistula, perimeal, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3
Fractures reduced, humerus, ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
radius, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
ulna, . . . . • e g g g g º ºs e º ºs e e º e s m e º e e º ºs º ºs e º e º sº a " 1 1
femur,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
tibia,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
fibula,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 |
tibia and fibula,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
tibia and fibula, comp., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
ribs, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 1.
skull, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I
Hare lip, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * tº gº tº tº & & e º 'º e º 'º º is e º e º $ tº e 3 2 || 1
Haemorrhoids, ligation,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 | 18 || 1 || 1
excision, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 || 1
Hermia, radical cure, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4
Herniotomy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Hydrocele, radical cure, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Hysterectomy, Vaginal, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Litholapaxy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... • * s a e 3 2 1
Lacerated wounds sutured,......... tº , º e º gº tº as e & * e s is a e 5 5
Morbid growths removed.
C2, D CCT.
back, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
breast, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 | 20
cheek,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... e º e s e s 3 3
eye-lid, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
jaw, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 || 2
©3, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 1
lip, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7
neck, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
110S6, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 | 1
rectum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = e º 'º e s m e º e º e º & & e s s ſº 3 1 2
O testicle, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
tongue, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
uterus, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * g e s tº 1 1
Vulva, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3
angioma,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
adenoma, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5
Cystic, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 3 3
epulis, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
lipoma,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
fibroma,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
D&VllS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l 1
polypus-nasal,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 || 1
pharyngeal, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
uterine, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Sebaceous, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Urethral caruncles. . . . . . . . . . e e º e º 'º e e º e º ſº a º ºs e e º e e s tº e 1 1
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SURGICAL OPERATIONS (continued)

º
4- or, gº
35 | g | | | 3 | .
5 ; 3 || 3 | is 3
5 *, Q) Q O | . .
zo || 2 || 2 || 2 || C.
Nerve stretching, Sciatic, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * c e º 'º gº . ... 2 1.
Nephrotomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q tº º e < e < e º sº e e 1.
Nephrectomy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1.
Ophthalmic Operations.
Canaliculi opened, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3
Cataract, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5
Enucleation, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3
Iridectomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 || 2
Pterygium, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 1 1
Resection of Optic nerve, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 1
Sclerotomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 * * * * * * * e s e s e e s e e e 1 1
Strabismus, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Tarsal cyst removed, . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * g º e 3 3
Paracentesis, abdominal, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.
Perineorrhaphy, . . . . . . . e s e e s e g e º e s a e e e s s e e s e e * . . . . . . 45 || 45
Periostitis, incision, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 1
Plaster jackets applied,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 13
Plastic, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Sequestrotomy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • * 19 6 |12 || 1
Sinus opened, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 7 10 || 2
Stricture of urethra, dilatation, ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 9 || 3 || 1 || 2
ext, urethrotomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.
of rectum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 1
Skin grafting, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Tarsectomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • e º ºs e < e < * * * * * * * * * * * * g e s e 1 1.
Tenotomy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 2
Trachelorrhaphy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 49 1
Trephining tibia, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Ununited fracture, humerus, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 1
radius and ulna,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 J
Uterus Curetted, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 || 25 | 5
Varicocele, ligation, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8
Varicose veins, ligation, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e e º ºs ºr e º e º e º e 5 5
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MATRON'S REPORT OF CONTRIBUTIONS
RECEIVED.
IELEVATOR, ACCOUNT.
Amount on hand at last report, $775.21
Friend, Portland, 5.00
Interest on deposit, 35.08
$815.29
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS.
Portland Press, daily.
Portland Advertiser, daily.
Portland Express, daily.
Portland Globe, weekly.
Portland Transcript, weekly.
Zion's Advocate, weekly, two copies.
Christian Mirror, weekly.
Kennebec Journal, daily.
Maine Farmer, weekly.
Mount Desert Herald, weekly.
Cape Elizabeth Sentinel, weekly.
New York Medical Journal, weekly.
Annals of Gynaecology.
Times and Register, weekly.
Bowdoinham Advertiser.
Pemaquid Advertiser, weekly.
Westbrook Chronicle.
Farmington Chronicle.
Industrial Journal.
Miss Elizabeth T. Merrill, Lewiston Journal.
Mrs. Fred Allen, Portland, 6 volumes Harper's Magazines.
Miss Allen, Portland, Shirts.
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From the ladies of All Souls Universalist Church, 1 Quilt.
Bee, Portland, 12 sheets, 8 towels.
Miss Electra. Brown, 1 doz, half sheets. A
Mrs. L. A. Baker, l’ortland, bandage and dressing pieces.
Mrs. Henry Blanchard, Portland, dressing pieces.
Henry Coutts, 1 coat.
Mrs. W. H. Clifford, Portland, shirts.
Mrs. J. B. Coyle, Portland, shirts.
Miss M. J. Clapp, Portland, magazines and books.
Mrs. Annie L. Dolliff, Biddeford, 6 volumes magazines bound.
Mr. E. B. Drummond, newspapers.
Mrs. I. T. Dana, Portland, shirts, nightdresses, sacque coat and flannel
dressing gown.
Mrs. Edward Davies, Portland, dressing pieces.
Miss Cornelia Dow, Portland, linen dressing pieces.
Mrs. E. E. Eastman, Portland, shirts, night dresses, linen dressing pieces,
magazines and papers.
Mrs. John T. Gilman, Portland, shirts and drawers.
Miss Louisa Harlow, Augusta, Me., $3.00.
Mrs. J. H. Manley, Augusta, Me., box pictures for children.
Augusta, Me., 1 bbl. magazines and papers.
Mrs. Laura Heath, Portland, Missionary Review.
King's Daughters, Westbrook, 6 night dresses for children, 6 nightingales
Ring's Daughters, Calais, Me., Congregational Church magazines.
Album Quilt from the Ladies of the Universalist Church, Freeport, Me.
Mrs. A. W. Longfellow, Portland, shirts, drawers, stockings, cuffs, hand-
kerchief and pair boots.
Ladies of the Episcopal Church Woodfords, 1 log cabin quilt.
Master Edson P. Mears and Miss Hattie Brown, Round Pond, Me., 1 patch-
work quilt. A - -
Mrs. McGlaughlin, Portland, 14 volumes Godey's Ladies Book, l volume
Peterson's Magazines and several miscellaneous works.
Dr. A. M. Parker, Deering, 1 affghan.
Mr. Charles Pennell, Portland, turkeys for Christmas.
Mr. H. M. Pearson, Portland, shirts and dressing pieces. ---
Miss Ella Pratt, Crystal, Me., picture cards for children.
Miss Etta Parker, Portland, dressing pieces.
Mrs. Edward Rand, Portland, shirts and flannels.
Mrs. Chas. Ring, Portland, shirts.
Rainbow Band, Castine, Me., flowers.
George C. Shaw & Co., 50 oranges, 15 lbs. candy, 15 lbs. nuts, for patients
and nurses Christmas.
Miss Abbie Steele, Portland, English Illustrated Magazines.
Mr. Francis K. Swan, Portland, The Independent Congregationalist.
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Mrs. James Hopkins Smith, Portland, large box of roses.
Mrs. John Sawyer, Portland, shirts and dressing pieces.
Mrs. Fred Storer, Portland, dressing pieces.
Mr. P. A. Turner, Scrap books for children.
Roger and Helen Thaxter, Portland, books, games and toys.
Mrs. Paul, Portland, handkerchiefs, etc., for the children.
Mrs. Weston Milliken, Portland, money.
Miss A. M. Paine, Portland, magazines and papers.
Miss Woodbury, $2.00 to purchase fruit for the children.
Mr. Merry, a patient, money. -
Dr. C. A. Small, Augusta, money.
Unknown, shirts and dressing pieces.
Unknown, Century, Harper's and Scribner's magazines.
Mrs. William Wirt Virgin, Portland, shirts.
Mrs. Augustus Wright's children, Portland, book, games, basket, fancy
box for pencils, several other toys and candy. -
Children of the Methodist Sabbath School, Malden, New York, books,
pictures, letters and money.
Woodford's Society of Christian Workers, dolls for children's Ward.
Mrs. Dr. William Wood, Portland, shirts.
Y. P. S. C. E., West Church, Portland, flowers.
Georgie Graffam, pine apple, bananas and lemons for the children.
Mrs. Stockwell, Quebec, picture books.
Mrs. O. H. Hay, Portland, 1 woolen wrapper, 5 volumes Dickens, 3 vol-
umes Thackery, 5 paper covered books, 1 volume Domestic Science.
Mrs. W. H. Clifford, Portland, shirts. s
J. S. Heald, M. C. R. R., night shirts.
Miss Bancroft, Portland, day and night shirts.
Mrs. Lucian Snow, for Spring room, 17 towels and 1 dozen napkins.
Jnknown, package of shirts and other garments. -
Mrs. Jacobs, Portland, large quantity of sweet peas.
Harold and Jack Dana, Portland, 1 volume of St. Nicholas.
Mr. George E. Bird, Portland, 2 volumes Littell's Living Age.
Dr. James A. Spalding, Portland, books.
Mrs. Abba D. Jones, Damariscotta, dressing pieces.
Miss Georgianna Carson, Washington, card picture book.
Mrs. John Lynch, Washington, 1% doz. pillow slips, 8 sheets, 2 quilts, 2
pair of blankets for Spring Room.
Mrs. Swasey, Portland, magazines and papers.
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REPORT OF TELE
; Visiting and Advisory Board. :
As for several years past the officers of the Visiting and Ad-
visory Board of the Maine General Hospital have been : Pres-
ident, Mrs. Andrew Spring; Treasurer, Miss L. E. Bancroft ;
Secretary, Miss Anna M. Paine.
The visiting has been done with some interruptions, owing to
two vacancies existing, soon we trust to be filled.
The Sunday services have been regularly maintained, and
the thanks of the committee are due to those clergyman who
have come through all weathers to hold these services for the
benefit of the patients.
Through a member of this Board, Christmas cards were
given to all the patients, some sixty in number, by Messrs.
Loring, Short & Harmon.
- ANNA. M. PAINE, Secretary
October 1, 1891.