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extends over four years. The nurses are id charge of 

 a matron and five Protestant sisters. They receive a 

 small compensation during their pupilage. A well- 

 equipped laboratory and a complete Roentgen outfit add 

 much to the scientific work of the institution. The 

 attending' surgeons are called "honorary surgeons." The 

 present surgical staff consists of W. C'hisholm, M.D. 

 London. M.R.C.S. England; R. Steer Bowker, L.R.C.P. 

 Kdin., M.R.C.S. England; Thomas Fiaschi. M.D. and 

 M.Ch. Univ. of Pisa: H. L. Maitland, M.B., Ch.M. 

 Sydney. The medical staff has an equal number of 



Fig. 28. — View of Sydney Hospital from the Northwest. 



members. The specialists are well represented in tin- 

 institution. A very interesting feature in this hospital 

 is the meeting of all attending men for consultation 

 every Tuesday evening. At these meetings cases are 

 presented and difficult diagnoses settled, and advice 

 freely given as to the best treatment to he pursued. 

 This phase of the medical service has much to recom- 

 mend for imitation in our great hospitals. Dr. Fiaschi, 

 who conducted me through the hospital, showed me 

 many cases of gastric and intestinal surgery, all doing 

 well, and a number of cases of hydatids recently oper- 

 ated on. Operations for stone in kidney and bladder 



