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to pay, the amount depending' entirely on their means. 

 A charming feature in the wards of this hospital is an 

 abundance of fresh-cut flowers on high, narrow, long 

 tables at the foot of the beds in constant sight of the 

 patient when awake. The hospital has its own training 

 school for female nurses, with an attendance of 64 at 

 the present time. They are in training for three years, 

 but receive a small compensation after three months. 

 Among the interesting surgical cases shown by Dr. 

 Collins were the following: A Maori who, by the acci- 

 dental discharge of a shotgun he Avas handling, shot 

 away the larger part of the body of the left side of the 



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lower jaw. Edema of the larynx was threatened, and 

 a tracheotomy was made. At the end of twenty-four 

 hours the tube was removed, and although the left side 

 of the face remained greatly swollen, he is improving 

 rapidly. Several cases of compound fracture; resec- 

 t : on of cecum for tuberculosis; gastroenterostomy for 

 stricture of the pylorus ; extensive fracture of the skull 

 in a boy, for which trephining was performed. On an av- 

 erage about 100 laparotomies are performed in the hos- 

 pital every year by the different attending surgeons. 

 This comparatively small number of abdominal opera- 

 tions, however, does not represent the bulk of this kind 

 of work done in the city, as onlv the attending staff is 



