Hospitals, dispensaries and nursing : papers and discussions in the International congress of charities, correction and philanthropy, section III, Chicago, June 12th to 17th, 1893 / ed. by John S. Billings, M.D., Henry M. Hurd, M.D.

  • International Congress of Charities, Correction, and Philanthropy (1893 : Chicago).
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1894
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Credit: Hospitals, dispensaries and nursing : papers and discussions in the International congress of charities, correction and philanthropy, section III, Chicago, June 12th to 17th, 1893 / ed. by John S. Billings, M.D., Henry M. Hurd, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PRELIMINARY NOTICE. The papers and discussions herewith presented constitute the transactions of Section III of the International Congress of Charities, Correction and Philanthropy, which was held in Chicago, from June 12 to 17,1893, under the auspices of the World's Congress Auxiliary of the World's Columbian Exposition. On Wednesday, June 14th, Section III, through its chairman, Dr. John S. Billings, of Washing- ton, had charge of one of the general sessions of the Congress, at which time papers were presented by the chairman on the Relations of Hospitals to Public Health; by Lord Cathcart, of London, on the Medical Charities of the English Metropolis; by Miss Isabel A. Hampton, of Baltimore, on Educational Standards for Nurses; by Mr. Henry C. Burdett, of London, on Hospital Finance and Method of Keeping Accounts, and by Lieut.-Col. J. Lane Notter, Professor of Military Hygiene, Army Medical School, Netley, on the Applicability of Hygiene to the Conditions of Modern Warfare. Sectional meetings were also held, at which papers were pre- sented as follows: Monday, June 12, 2 p. m. (Nursing Subsection included). Organization of the Section. The Trustee of the Hospital, Mr. Richard Wood, Philadelphia. The Relation of Training Schools to Hospitals, Miss L. L. Dock, Baltimore, The Relation of the Medical Staff to the Governing Bodies in Hos- pitals, Dr. Edward Cowles, Somerville, Mass. Hospital Administration, Dr. H. Merke, Director Krankenhaus Moabit, Berlin. The Relation of Hospitals to Medical Education, Dr. Henry M. Hurd, Baltimore. Tuesday, June 13, 10.30 a.m. Hospital Accounts and Methods of Bookkeeping, Mr. James R. Lathrop, New York. On Paying Patients in Hospitals, Dr. H. M. Lyman, Chicago.