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DR. ROBERT FRAZIER of Camden, was born in Bethlehem, Albany county, February 17, 1817. He was a graduate of the Albany Medical College in 1838. He immediately began practice in McConnellsville, where he remained until 1859, when he moved into Camden, where he practiced until his death in 1891. Always interested in public affairs, Dr. Frazier was a member of the state legislature and of the board of supervisors. He was postmaster of Camden, and for many years chairman of the board of education. Of literary tastes, he was the organizer of a literary society. As president of the board of water commissioners he was very influential in procuring a system of waterworks for Camden. In 1866 he was elected vice president and, in 1872, president of the Oneida County Medical Society.
The three events of most importance during the fifties were the semi-cen- tennial of the Oneida County Medical Society, the opening of the Utica City Hospital in 1856, and the organization of the Oneida County Homeopathic Medical Society in 1857. The first officers of the latter society were Dr. E. H. Munger, of Waterville, president; Dr. William B. Stebbins, of Little Falls, vice president; and Dr. Thomas F. Pomeroy, of Utica, secretary and treasurer. The other charter members were Drs. John A. Paine, L. B. Wells, J. C. Raymond, W. H. Watson and H. E. Dykeman of Utica, and H. M. Paine of Clinton. This society has led a successful existence to the present day, and two of its members still living, but retired from practice, Dr. William H. Watson and Dr. M. O. Terry, have risen to the position of Surgeon General of the State of New York.
UTICA GENERAL HOSPITAL-In the year 1856 the city of Utica built, at a cost of $12,000, a three story brick building on South street to be used as a workhouse. Two years later, through the efforts of Dr. Ira D. Hopkins, however, this edifice was adopted to hospital purposes, and became known as the Utica City Hospital. It was used as an abode for the sick, as a repository for drunkards, and for various other purposes. A caretaker, called a keeper, and his wife were put in charge, and an attending physician was appointed. The first attendant was Dr. Ira D. Hopkins, and he was followed by Drs. J. E. Jones, T. M. Bergen, Moses Bagg, Alonzo Churchill, J. H. Glass, J. G. Kil- bourn, J. F. Douglass, J. R. Broom and H. E. Brown. In 1873, on the forma- tion of the Charity Commission, the City Hospital went under its control, but
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no great change was made in its regime. Prior to 1886 the operating in the hospital was done in the wards or in vacant cells or rooms. In 1886, however, one of the retention cells was converted into a permanent surgery, and, though the appliances were somewhat primitive, the institution was kept in a clean condition, the diet was good and nutritious, and a large amount of good med- ical and surgical work was carried on.
As the building grew older and the plumbing became defective, the City Hospital gradually became less and less what a hospital should be, and in 1902 it was decided entirely to reorganize the institution. During the next two years the building was completely renovated, an operating room, patholog- ical laboratory, porches, new flooring and plumbing, and many other improve- ments were installed, in the effort to make the institution agree with the modern idea of a first class hospital. On July 15, 1903, the renovated institution was put in charge of a medical staff, consisting of members of the regular and homeopathic school, each physician serving three to six months out of the year. The name was changed to "Utica General Hospital." With the increased facilities the number of patients to receive treatment has increased rapidly. Whereas, in 1901, but 345 patients received treatment, in 1905 there were 419, in 1906 there were 653, and in 1910, 812 patients. In 1904 a pavilion for contagious diseases was opened, 150 by 30 feet in size, and in 1905 a nurse's training school was started. The present capacity of the main building is 50, and of the contagious pavilion 25.
The following physicians have been on the visiting staff since the reorgani- zation in 1903, the names in italics still serving: Drs. J. H. Glass, E. M. Hyland, J. G. Kilbourn, M. O. Terry, W. C. Gibson, H. S. Quinn, C. E. Chase, C. G. Capron, W. E. Ford, J. D. Jones, F. H. Peck, A. R. Grant, C. P. Russell, G. M. Fisher, S. C. Maxson, T. H. Farrell, L. W. Dean, W. B. Roemer, S. W. Rice, T. J. Bergen, F. J. Douglass, S. J. Fairbanks, W. S. Nelson, R. L. Baker, E. B. Guile, D. R. Kinloch, M. J. Davies, C. E. Alliaume, L B. Amsbry, H. H. Shaw, W. J. Schuyler, F. W. Smith, F. R. Ford, W. H. Beattie, F. T. Owens, C. H. Baldwin.
CIVIL WAR SURGEONS
Many Oneida county physicians served their country as surgeons during the Civil war. Those whose records have been obtainable from the office of the Surgeon General in Washington are as follows:
DR. ALONZO CHURCHILL (Utica), assistant surgeon 14th N. Y. Infantry, May 17, 1861; mustered out May 24, 1863. Surgeon 8th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, Nov. 10, 1863; mustered out June 3, 1865. Died at Utica, N. Y., December 28, 1896.
DR. WALTER B. COVENTRY (Utica), surgeon 26th N. Y. Infantry, May 21, 1861; mustered out May 28, 1863; died Marquette, September 2, 1865.
DR. EDWIN HUTCHINSON (Utica), medical cadet, U. S. A., September 24, 1861; discharged September 1, 1862. Assistant surgeon 3d Maryland In-
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fantry, September 2, 1862; resigned September 16, 1863. Surgeon 137th N. Y. Infantry, September 17, 1863; mustered out June 1, 1865. Died Utica, N. Y., October 18, 1887.
DR. THOMAS MACOMB FLANDRAU (Rome), surgeon 146th N. Y. Infantry, October 10, 1862; mustered out July 16, 1865; died Rome, N. Y., August 8, 1898.
DR. DAVID ALBERT BARNUM (Cassville), assistant surgeon 16th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, March 1, 1865; mustered out August 21, 1865. Died Cassville, N. Y., January 1, 1905.
DR. C. JUDSON HILL (Utica), assistant surgeon 91st N. Y. Infantry, De- cember, 1861; discharged November 22, 1864. Died Utica, N. Y., February 18, 1891.
DR. SAMUEL GARDNER WOLCOTT (Utica), contract surgeon, May 8, 1864; annulled August 30, 1864. Died Utica, N. Y., June 3, 1883.
DR. WILLIAM HENRY NELSON (Taberg), contract surgeon, March 7, 1862; annulled April 10, 1862. Died Taberg, N. Y., July 22, 1899.
DR. ALBERT M. SOMERS (Deansboro), assistant surgeon 146 N Y. Infantry, October 18, 1862; discharged December 7, 1862. Died Deansboro, N. Y., No- vember 10, 1904.
DR. JOSEPH E. WEST (Utica), assistant surgeon 14th N. Y. Infantry. Sur- geon 28th N. Y. Infantry. Died Utica, N. Y., March 6, 1897.
DR. GEORGE SEYMOUR (Utica), contract surgeon. Died October, 1909, at Utica, N. Y.
DR. RICHARD E. SUTTON (Rome), surgeon 115 N. Y. Infantry. Contract surgeon. Died at Rome, November 10, 1897.
DR. MATTHIAS COOK (Utica), contract surgeon. Assistant surgeon 2d Ohio Cavalry. Died at Utica, N. Y., March 7, 1910.
DR. SAMUEL INGRAHAM (Verona), assistant surgeon 14th N. Y. Infantry. Assistant surgeon 117th N. Y. Infantry. Died Glen Echo, N. Y., August 2, 1893.
DR. EDWARD LOOMIS (Westmoreland), surgeon 117th N. Y. Infantry. Died Oneida, N. Y., July 7, 1895.
DR. HENRY W. CARPENTER (Trenton), assistant surgeon 117th N. Y. In- fantry; surgeon 117th N. Y. Infantry. Died Oneida, N. Y., May 19, 1897.
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DR. WILLIAM H. H. MORRIS (Utica), assistant surgeon 146th N. Y. In- fantry. Died Brooklyn, N. Y., May 3, 1907.
DR. WARREN E. DAY (West Schuyler), assistant surgeon 117th N. Y. In- fantry ; contract surgeon. For some years after the war Dr. Day practiced in Utica, but later moved to Prescott, Arizona.
The period immediately following the close of the Civil War marks the be- ginning of the organization of private hospitals in the county, and from that date to the present the history of the medical profession centers largely around the activities of the various hospitals. These institutions, in the order of their organization, were: St. Elizabeth's Hospital, 1867; St. Luke's Home, 1869; The Utica City Dispensary, 1870; Faxton Hospital, 1875; Rome Hospital, 1884; and the Utica Homeopathic Hospital, 1895.
SAINT ELIZABETH's HOSPITAL AND HOME-In the year 1866 Mother Bernardina of the Order of St. Francis, who, for seven years had been teaching school and visiting the homes of the sick in West Utica, found an old woman who needed better care than could be given her in her hovel. A tenement house on Col- umbia street at that time being vacant, the Mother engaged it, cleaned it up, and removed her one patient to that shelter. Thus was founded St. Eliza- beth's Hospital, the first private hospital in Oneida county. By hard work, with fairs, bazaars, balls and theatricals, the Catholic ladies of Utica raised money to support and increase the hospital. Dr. Edwin Hutchinson was given medical charge, and had practically complete control from the foundation until his death in 1887. Many other physicians, however, availed themselves of the privileges of the hospital, where all were welcome, and a few, among them Drs. Joseph E. West, George Seymour and Frank D. Crim, held staff appoint- ments. It soon being evident that the small tenement was neither large enough nor sufficiently fireproof to house the sick, efforts were for years made to raise the necessary money to erect a suitable building. In these efforts Dr. Hutchinson was especially active. Finally a way was seen clear to commence construction, and in 1887 the new hospital was opened. The opening, how- ever, was not the occasion for joy which had been anticipated, for the first patient to be admitted was the brilliant surgeon in charge, who had for so many years worked to achieve this end. Dr. Hutchinson saw the completion of his long years of effort, but saw it with the eyes of a dying man. After Dr. Hutchinson's death it was decided to have a larger attending staff, and Dr. Hamilton Quinn was appointed surgeon in charge. In 1895 Dr. Quinn resigned and was succeeded by Dr. E. M. Hyland, who holds the position at the present day. In the fall of the same year the new surgery was opened. The hospital at present has accommodations for 42 patients, 16 in private rooms and 26 in wards. In the year 1910, 712 patients were cared for. In 1910, thirteen acres of land, comprising the Joseph Parker property on Genesee street just south of the home of the late William Blaikie was purchased by the hospital, and it is expected that in the spring of 1912 ground will be broken for a new large modern hospital on that site.
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Besides the surgeons in charge the following have held appointments on the staff of the hospital, those in italics being present members: Drs. J. H. Glass, J. G. Kilbourn, W. B. Palmer, H. R. Simmons, E. D. Fuller, William Gibson, C. P. Russell, H. G. Jones, J. D. Jones, W. A. Burgess, W. E. Wetmore, L. F. Pattengill, D. C. Dye, L. H. Jones, H. E. Brown, C. G. Ward, J. F. Wingen- bach, S. G. Maxson, C. R. Weed, W. S. Morris, F. M. Miller, A. M. Johnston, H. H. Lenahan, H. H. Shaw, W. D. Peckham, H. J. Brayton, G. M. Fisher, M. D. Graham, F. H. Church, H. P. Cutter, W. V. Quin, L. W. Lock, and F. J. Owens.
SAINT LUKE'S HOME AND HOSPITAL-In 1867 the rector of Grace Church, Dr. VanDeusen, appealed in a sermon to his parishioners for the foundation of a Home for Aged Women, the result of which was the donation by Mr. Tru- man K. Butler of an unfinished house on Columbia street for this purpose, and in the fall of 1869 St. Luke's Home was opened. For three years the duties of the institution were confined to the aged, but in 1872 the adjoining building was added and a hospital department was opened. An appeal was made to the medical profession, and the following fourteen physicians offered their services to the hospital: Drs. Bagg, Spear, Uhlein, Russell, Churchill, Hopkins, Chamberlayne, Rathbun, Hastings, Wells, Watson, Hill, Raymond and Gardner. The first year the hospital had four patients. For the next few years the history of the institution is somewhat hazy. In 1878 the Board of Almoners of the Home and the managers of the Hospital Department were united, and the usefulness of the hospital was thereby increased, in that year twenty-two patients having been cared for. In 1881 a change was made, in that two visiting physicians were appointed, Dr. George Seymour, representing the regular school, and Dr. Charles E. Chase, the homeopathic. In this year seventy- nine patients received care, and a free dispensary was opened.
The year 1882 marks a turning point in the history of the institution, as the "one man system" was adopted, by which a single medical director was given complete authority in the hospital, all other members of the staff being his associates. Dr. Willis E. Ford was appointed to the position, and has held it ever since. Drs. James H. Glass and William H. Booth were made visiting surgeons. From that date the hospital has grown steadily in size and useful- ness. In 1887 the old building had become so overcrowded with its 214 patients, that a new building, containing twenty private rooms, two wards, an operating room and an electrical plant was built. During the year 1888 a great ad- vance was made by the organization of the St. Luke's Training School for Nurses, said to be the first training school off the Atlantic coast. The results of this innovation are too well known to require comment.
In 1892 the hospital had again outgrown its quarters, and a large addition was built, doubling the capacity, and including a children's ward. In 1894 the need was felt for a summer hospital for infants suffering from cholera infantum, and one was started on the New Hartford road. For three years this was well filled, but the sanitary reforms inaugurated in the city at the time caused such a marked decrease in this class of patients, that the hospital was cleared in 1900. In 1896 the family of the late P. V. Rogers presented to
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the hospital a well equipped surgery, to be known as the Rogers Memorial Operating Room.
For the next nine years but few changes were made, except those necessitated by the rapid increase in the number of patients treated, which had grown in 1904 to 594. For several years it had been evident that the overcrowded con- dition of the hospital demanded a radical increase in capacity. As the need became pressing it was met by the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick T. Procter, who built and furnished completely the imposing new institution near the western boundaries of the city, which was opened October 17, 1905, thus again doubling the usefulness of the hospital, in which, during the year 1910, 1,052 patients were treated. In 1906 the Als Ich Khan Society presented a fund for the support of a visiting nurse, and in 1908 the donors of the new hospital added a well equipped isolation pavilion.
The physicians who have been members of the visiting staff since its re- organization in 1882, with the dates of their appointment are as follows, those at present serving being in italics: 1882, Drs. Willis E. Ford, James H. Glass and Wilbur H. Booth; 1885, Drs. William M. Gibson and James G. Kilbourn; 1887, Drs. E. D. Fuller and J. Sands Maxson; 1888, Drs. M. M. Bagg, Chas. P. Russell and George Seymour; 1889, Drs. J. D. Jones and H. G. Jones; 1890, Dr. A. J. Brown; 1891, Dr. A. R. Simmons; 1892, Dr. William J. Schuyler; 1894, Dr. F. H. Peck; 1896, Dr. Angeline Martine; 1898, Drs. J. N. Teeter, P. J. Campbell and Wm. Stump; 1901, Drs. Walter C. Gibson and G. M. Fisher; 1902, Dr. R. O. Lees; 1903, Dr. W. B. Roemer; 1905, Drs. Andrew Sloan and Lewis Amsbry; 1906, Drs. W. H. Beattie and H. N. Squier; 1907, Drs. C. A. Frost and F. R. Ford; 1909, Dr. D. R. Kinloch.
THE UTICA CITY DISPENSARY-On September 24, 1870, the Utica City Dis- pensary was incorporated "to supply medicines and medical and surgical aid to the sick poor of the city of Utica." The incorporators were Mr. Charles W. Hutchinson, James F. Mann, William Kernan, Ellis H. Roberts and John F. Seymour. The first board of managers was composed of Drs. Wales Buel, C. B. Tefft, Hugh Sloan, J. E. West, Ira D. Hopkins, Wm. L. Baldwin, Edwin Hutchinson, and Messrs. Henry Martin, John M. Crouse, James Watson Wil- liams, Thomas Burke and Parker W. Tefft. The original officers were: Presi- dent, Mr. Williams; vice president, Dr. Buel; secretary, Dr. Baldwin; treasurer, Dr. Tefft. Money for the support of the Dispensary was raised by popular subscription, a house was rented on Elizabeth street opposite Grace Church, and the physicians of the board of managers acted as attending physicians. In 1872 Mrs. James Watson Williams donated the house at 26 Elizabeth street, which for many years was the home of the Dispensary, which, with certain brief lapses, has been open since that date. In 1879 Mr. Edward Curran was elected president, and a thorough reorganization was effected. On Jan- uary 13, 1903, the property of the Dispensary having been condemned to make room for the new court house, and the proceeds of its sale having been utilized for the purchase of the house at 124 Mary street, the institution was removed to that address. In June, 1908, the present organization was adopted and special tuberculosis and throat clinics established. The present officers are :
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Dr. James H. Glass, president; Mr. Edward Brandegee, vice president; Dr. William Gibson, secretary, and Dr. Ira D. Hopkins, treasurer. The staff for the year 1911 consists of Drs. C. H. Baldwin, chief of staff; Lewis Amsbry, Flor- ence I. Staunton, F. H. Owens and J. W. W. Dimon.
FAXTON HOSPITAL was erected during the years 1874 and 1875 by Hon. Theodore S. Faxton. The original charter required that the institution be opened to physicians of all schools, and in 1889 an amendment was adopted that two physicians in charge be appointed, one representing the Medical So- ciety of the County of Oneida, and the other the Homeopathic Medical Society of the County of Oneida. Dr. Alonzo Churchill was the first surgeon in chief. In 1879 Drs. Booth and Terry held these positions, and the visiting staff con- sisted of Drs. Churchill, Isaac Douglass, Chamberlayne, Wells, Moore, William H. Watson, Gardner, William Russell, James Hunt, Bagg, W. E. Ford, W. Clarke and C. E. Chase. It was early found that the demand for a hospital was not great enough to fill the available space, and in 1878 the two upper floors were converted into a home for aged men, the building serving this double function for several years. During the next ten years the growth of the hospital was slow, in the year 1889 only fifty-two patients having been treated within its walls. In 1891 the entire institution was renovated. In the year 1892 Dr. James H. Glass was made a member of the visiting staff, and in 1893 was appointed surgeon in charge of the regular staff. In 1892, under the efficient direction of Miss Katherine Newman, the training school was founded.
The year 1895 is noted for two facts-the withdrawal of the homeopathic staff, thus placing the entire service under Dr. Glass as surgeon in charge, and the appointment of a resident physician, Dr. J. Fred Douglass being the first incumbent. Since this change was made the progress of the hospital has been continuous. In 1897 the Florence Nightingale Home for Nurses was opened and an X-ray plant installed. The Fox-Hayward Memorial, the gift of Mrs. Helen Hayward in memory of her father and husband, was completed in 1899, and supplied the hospital with a thoroughly up to date surgical plant. The rapid increase in the work of the hospital, from 52 patients in 1888, to 340 in 1895, and 684 in 1900, to 939 in 1905, made further increase necessary, and in November, 1907, the Nicholas F. Vedder Memorial was built from funds bequeathed by Mr. Vedder. This new wing contained a second complete surg- ical suite, a number of private rooms, a dormitory for private nurses, and a well equipped pathological laboratory, the gift of Mrs. Edwin Thorn. In 1903 Mrs. Robert Williams endowed a district nurse, and the next year built the Williams Memorial building for use as an isolation ward. In 1910 this was changed into an obstetrical pavilion. The increased facilities of the hos- pital have caused its increased usefulness, and during the year 1910 its private rooms and ward beds have been occupied by 1,231 patients. The following physicians have been members of its visiting staff since its reorganization in 1894, the names in italics being still on the staff: Drs. James H. Glass, S. R. Simmons, J. G. Kilbourn, F. F. Ellenwood, H. C. Palmer, L. F. Pattengill, W. B. Palmer, LeRoy Jones, J. M. Ross, H. E. Shumway, F. H. Brewer, C. G.
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Ward, C. B. Tefft, M. J. Davies, W. H. Brownell, Wm. Powell, Chas. W. Crumb, Chas. P. Russell, Theodore Deecke, Jas. G. Hunt, D. H. Roberts and David Eynon; 1895, Wm. Stump; 1896, Drs. C. V. J. Doolittle and D. R. Kinloch; 1897, Drs. F. J. Douglass and T. H. Farrell; 1899, Drs. F. D. Crim and Wm. Moffatt; 1900, Dr. H. H. Wilson; 1901, Dr. F. W. Smith; 1902, Drs. S. W. Rice, R. L. Baker, F. S. Delong and John Groman; 1904, Dr. Wm. S. Nelson; 1905, Dr. A. T. Davis; 1906, Dr. C. Hune Baldwin; 1907, Dr. J. T. Gage; 1908, Drs. T. C. Gifford, Florence J. Staunton, and J. W. Rayhill; 1910, Drs. H. D. L. Spence, J. W. W. Dimon, F. Robertaccio, J. W. Flemming, J. Rossi and T. Wood Clarke.
ROME HOSPITAL-In January of the year 1883, as the result of a fire in the city of Rome, in which two men were fatally injured and were cared for in a vacant store, and of a railroad accident, the victims of which had to be tended in the private residence of Dr. T. M. Flandrau, this gentleman and his wife began work to arouse public sentiment as to the need of a hospital for the care of such cases. To the indefatigable work of these two public-spirited citi- zens is due the Rome Hospital. In the words of Mrs. Wheeler Armstrong, in a presidential address in 1899, "Dr. and Mrs. Flandrau were in reality the founders, and to them we owe our hospital."
On May 31, 1883, the Bureau of Employment and Relief, a society of philan- thropie ladies, urged thereto by Mrs. Flandrau's appeals, appointed a committee consisting of Mary L. Huntington, Adalyn E. Hayden and Phebe H. Stryker, to "write an appeal for help from the city to start a Cottage Hospital." The response from the Common Council was prompt, the rectory of St. Joseph's Church on Ridge street being rented for three years at $300 a year. By means of a charity ball, fairs and concerts sufficient funds were raised, on March 7, 1884, articles of incorporation were issued, and on April 3, 1884, the Rome Hospital received its first patient. The first president of the Board of Trustees was Mrs. F. A. Ethridge, and the original medical staff consisted of Drs. T. M. Flandrau, chairman; W. J. P. Kingsley, T. G. Nock, Jr., H. C. Palmer, R. E. Sutton, H. C. Sutton and S. O. Scudder. The first year thirteen patients were cared for. It soon became evident that the house selected was not suited to the purposes of a hospital, and in 1887 the trustees decided to build their own hospital. Money was raised by subscription, a lot on Garden street 275 by 200 feet in size was purchased for $1,130, the cornerstone was laid by Dr. Flan- drau on September 27, 1887, and on June 28, 1888 the present hospital was formally opened, the total cost of grounds and construction approximating $13,000. The expenses of maintenance were met by an annual appropriation from the city of $500, from a long list of "life members" who subscribed $25 each, from balls, fairs and kermisses. In 1892 the medical staff appealed for an operating room, but it was not until 1895 that this was obtained. The same year a trained nurse, Miss Rose Ellis, was made head nurse. In 1898, on the death of Dr. Flandrau, Dr. H. C. Sutton was elected chief of staff. During that year the number of patients admitted first passed the one hundred mark, and the city authorities, recognizing the increased scope of the work, raised their appropriation to $1,000. In 1901 the training school for nurses was organized Vol. 1-21
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and the surgery improved. During the years 1905-06 extensive alterations were made. A new annex was built with money given by Dr. C. C. Reid, Mr. Jonathan S. Haselton and others, the lower floor of which contained a thor- ough surgical plant, and the upper floor was used as a nurses' home. The second floor of the main building, formerly used for employes, was converted into patient's rooms, and the men's ward was enlarged. The result of the enlargement was that during the year 1906, the number of patients admitted increased to 290. In 1906 the training school adopted the curriculum required by the State Board of Regents, and in 1909 the degree of "R. N." was awarded to the graduates. In 1906, Miss Katherine Newman, who had been so active in the reorganization of Faxton Hospital in Utica, was made superintendent, and again the hospital underwent a thorough overhauling. The third floor was converted into a maternity ward, the surgical department was more com- pletely isolated, and in various ways the hospital was brought thoroughly up to date. On the resignation of Dr. Sutton, due to ill health, in 1907, Dr. W. B. Reid was appointed surgeon in charge by the trustees. After a few months' service, however, the medical staff elected Dr. A. A. Gillette, then the chief of the medical service, to the position of president of the medical staff in com- plete charge of all the work of the institution, and shortly afterwards Dr. Reid's connection with the Rome Hospital was severed. In 1908 an X-ray plant was installed and a first class pathological laboratory equipped. The growth of the institution during the past few years has been very rapid, both as to the num- ber of patients and the increased facilities for scientific medical and surgical work. During the year ending 1911 the thirty beds in the hospital had con- tained 412 patients. The president of the medical staff at present is Dr. H. D. White. The members of the medical staff since the organization of the hos- pital are as follows, the names in italics being at present on the staff: Drs. T. M. Flandrau, W. J. P. Kingsley, T. G. Nock, Jr., H. C. Palmer, R. E. Sutton, H. C. Sutton, S. O. Scudder, Eliza Ellinwood, Edwin Evans, James H. Whaley, A. Gifford, M. C. West, A. A. Gillette, E. J. Lawton, Julia Marchand, C. C. Reid, A. B. Southwick, R. F. Tousley, W. L. Kingsley, Wm. Kuhn, N. C. Scudder, J. Middleditch, A. E. Dietrick, J. R. Post, T. P. Scully, C. B. West, W. B. Reid, H. D. White, S. B. Kingsley, G. N. Lehr, C. R. Mahady, H. F. Bartlett, H. F. Hubbard, H. J. Teller, C. A. Frost, J. O. Stranahan, A. J. Brown, D. C. Broga, K. E. Williams, J. L. Golly and J. T. Wingate.
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