150 AROUND THE WORLD VIA INDIA. 



ridge, from where a beautiful view can be obtained of 

 the city aud the distant mountain ranges (Fig. 29). 

 It has accommodations for 80 patients. All the build- 

 ings are of stone, and the wards are well lighted and 

 cheerful. The diphtheria ward is never empty. One 

 of the trained nurses administers the antitoxin under 

 the direction of the attending physicians. The same 

 nurse also has charge of the laboratory. The visiting 

 medical officers are : W. M. Campbell. L.B.C.P., Edin. ; 

 Alfred E. Wigg, M.D.; Brux.; Alfred Lendon, M.D.. 

 London; Harry Swift, B.A., M.D., Camb. ; A. M. 

 Morgan, M.B., B.S., Ad.; E. Brumritt, M.E.C.S. Two 

 consulting medical officers, two consulting pathologists, 

 and one oculist, two dentists, one aurist, seven anes- 

 thetists, one pathologist, one bacteriologist, one radiog- 

 rapher, one sanitary adviser, one registrar and one in- 

 t-erne complete the long list of medical men who serve 

 this institution. One matron and. a staff of six sisters 

 supervise the nursing and have charge of the training 

 school, which has at present an attendance of 50 pupil 

 nurses. The hospital is kept scrupulously clean, and 

 the little patients receive the benefits of nursing of 

 (he highest order and the very best medical and surgical 

 Service. Electric lighting, complete equipments and 

 appliances for diagnosis and all kinds of surgical work 

 add much to the efficiency of the institution. Medical 

 students are admitted to the clinics, and several mem- 

 bers of the attending staff are clinical professors of the 

 university. This hospital is kept supplied throughout 

 tho entire year with a wealth of flowers. 



The citizens of Adelaide take great interest in 

 this hospital, and their liberal contributions enables 

 the administration to carry out its humane inten- 

 tions in the most satisfactory manner. I visited the 

 hospital in company with Dr. Lendon, professor of 

 obstetrics and diseases of children, who is familiar with 

 all the details of its construction and management, and 

 is one of the most influential members of its medical 



