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ward in this hospital is one of the finest I have ever 

 seen. The upper part of the walls are frescoed, the pic- 

 tures representing fairy tales, and at the foot of each 

 bed is suspended from an erect curved wire a small 

 conical tin cup which visiting relatives, friends and the 

 Flower Mission supply regularly with fresh cut flowers. 

 I was shown here a number of cases of liver hydatids 

 recently operated on. It is the experience of surgeons 

 that these cysts seldom rupture into the stomach and 

 that, as a rule, they do not give rise to adhesions. Hyda- 

 tid of the kidney is very rare. This hospital has an 

 enviable record in the surgical treatment of perforating 

 typhoid ulcer. During the last two years six cases were 

 operated on and of these only one died. In about half 

 of the cases this accident is initiated by a sudden fall 

 of temperature. Chloroform is the anesthetic of choice. 

 Silk, kangaroo tendon, catgut, silkworm-gut and horse- 

 hair are all in use, according to the indications pre- 

 sented by the wound under treatment. The govern- 

 ment appropriation for this hospital amounts to from 

 $15,000 to $25,000 a year and the subscriptions from 

 $10 to $15,000. Patients who can pay are charged from 

 50 cents to $7.50 per week, the latter figure being the 

 maximum. This is one of the few hospitals in Australia 

 supplied with a steam-heating apparatus. The train- 

 ing school for female nurses connected with this hos- 

 pital has 50 pupils who serve for three years and have 

 to pass two satisfactory and quite rigid examinations 

 before they receive their certificate. In this connection 

 it is worthy of notice that in each hospital the nurse's 

 garb differs in color, all shades of blue, and gray and 

 black, with white caps of the strangest designs, distin- 

 guish the nursing staffs of the different hospitals. 



During the last year 1.910 patients were admitted to 

 the wards and 4,750 out-patients with 2,058 casualties 

 were cared for in the outdoor department. It is note- 

 worthy in looking up the records of the hospital in ref- 

 erence to the religious convictions of the patients that 



