58 AROUND THE "WORLD VIA INDIA. 



add to it by conducting at the same time some business 

 enterprise. 



queen's hospital. 



Queen's Hospital (Fig. 13) is the only hospital in 

 Honolulu. It was erected and endowed by the late 

 Queen Emma (Fig. 12), who took a deep interest in 

 charity work. It is a handsome structure, located in 

 the center of a park ornamented with flowers and tropi- 

 cal trees and shrubs. The palm avenue leading from 

 the street to the entrance of the hospital is one of the 

 finest I have ever seen. The hospital is managed by a 

 board of trustees, composed of 40 members, and repre- 

 sents the most influential men of the city. The hospi- 

 tal has a capacity for 90 patients, and the new wing, 

 which is nearing completion, will accommodate an addi- 

 tional 50. Four physicians, appointed by the board of 

 trustees, constitute the staff. Formerly these physicians 

 were salaried, but. I presume in consequence of the ad- 

 ditional expenditure incident to the building of the new 

 wing, and the depression in the value of the real estate 

 in which the endowment largely consists, the salaries 

 have been withdrawn. The equipments of the hospital 

 are adequate, and the new operating room will fill a 

 long-felt want. The nursing is in the hands of 8 

 trained nurses, who receive a monthly salary of from 

 $40 to $50. Experiments have been made to train na- 

 tive young women, but they failed, so that the hospital 

 is put to the large expense of hiring trained nurses. 

 The indigent native sick are amply provided for, and 

 others pay according to their means. 



MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE HAWAIIAN TERRITORY. 



The first attempt to organize the medical • profession 

 Hawaii was made through the instigation of Dr. H. W. 

 Howard, in 1893, when the physicians of Honolulu 

 met from time to tjme in each other's houses, thus com- 

 bining social with professional interests. Under the 

 above title a permanent organization has been effected, 



