Text Appearing Before Image: ed for a term of six months; the externes, whoare appointed from the advanced classes of tlie MedicalSchool, have a service of two weeks. They assist the housephysicians in caring for the out-patients. Last year nine hundred twenty-four patients were caredfor in the Hospital, with a very low mortality. In the out-patient department practically two thousand patients were at-tended without a single death of the mother. Three hundredthirty-eight Caesarean Section operations were performed lastyear. Still the demand is greater than can be met, but withthe coming new Hospital, the work will be made more effi-cient, and more people can be served. Of the babies born illBoston last year, 14% were born to patients of this Hospital.Also a large proportion of the total number of babies bornwere under the care of physicians and nurses who receivedtheir training in the Boston Lying-in Hospital. This givesboth the laymen and the profession a very close interest inthe welfare of this institution. 41 Text Appearing After Image: y. < y M H THE HOUSE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN T? ARLY in the year 1860, Miss Anne Smith Robbins-■- presented the plan for the House of the GoodSamaritan to Dr. H. J. Bigelow. He and otherleaders among Boston physicians approved the plan, whichwas to provide a small hospital to care for indigent sick,adults and children, who had diseases requiring a long periodfor recovery, or were incurable. This marked the first at-tempt in this country to provide hospital care for chronicand incurable diseases. Miss Robbins was peculiarly fitted for this work. Shehad been raised by indulgent parents. But owing to astrange turn of fate she was left almost penniless at theirdeath. She was compelled to live in boarding houses, whereshe came to know the sad plight of poor women who hadincurable diseases. They could not be admitted to any exist-ing hospital. The large hospitals were for accidents andacute diseases. She was a lady of fine training and deepsympathies, so she pondered over these condition
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