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Wheeeas, the trustees believe that the members 

 of the staff likewise desire this result and wUl 

 continue to cooperate in carrying out the policy 

 of the hospital as considered for the best interest 

 of the patients and the hospital; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That the following regulations be 

 adopted : 



1. That members of the staff shall bring promptly 

 to the attention of the director of the hospital 

 any conditions or circumstances which they feel 

 justify criticism and should be corrected, also 

 any just complaints uttered by their patients or 

 the friends and relatives of patients, applying 

 either to the professional service or to the man- 

 agement. 



2. That all fees to be charged for services ren- 

 dered any patients in the private rooms of the 

 Hospital shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the 

 committee on fees, and shall in no case exceed 

 the amounts stated below, except where the con- 

 sent of said committee shall have been obtained; 

 it being understood, however, that all fees charged 

 shall in no case impose a hardship upon those re- 

 sponsible for their payment and shall be arranged 

 in advance of admission wherever possible, or as 

 soon thereafter as possible. 



(a) Professional service by physicians, $35 

 per week, which includes at least three visits by 

 the patient's physician. 



(6) Consultation fees, $25. 



(o) Maximum fee for major operation, $1,000. 



(d) No consultation fee shall be charged pa- 

 tients entering the public wards when the exami- 

 nation has been made anywhere in the hospital. 



3. That not more than 10 rooms shall be at the 

 disposal of any one member of the staff at one 

 time if the private rooms are in demand by other 

 members of the staff having the same privilege. 



THE HUNAN-YALE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE 



On June 18, eleven Chinese young men 

 received their M.D. degrees at the Hunan- 

 Tale College of Medicine at Changsha, China. 

 This medical college is part of the educational 

 enterprise known as " Tale-in-Ohina," the 

 first of the American institutions overseas 

 to be launched by and to bear the name of 

 the alma mater. 



In 1900, Hunan Province was closed to 

 foreigners. Its wealth of resource, its edu- 

 cational traditions, the caliber of its men, were 

 all known; but no Westerner was desired 



inside. On July 28, 1903, a treaty threw its 

 capital, Changsha, open to the world. Soon 

 after, it was decided to establish there the edu- 

 cational work of Tale University. 



Starting with a class of high-school fresh- 

 men in 1906, Tale-in-China now includes a 

 College of Arts and Sciences, authorized by 

 the Connecticut legislature to grant degrees; 

 a Preparatory School; a modern medical 

 college, with associated hospital and school 

 of nursing. The student enrollment is nearly 

 400. 



In 1913 a modern hospital was promised by 

 a Tale graduate; and the assurance of this 

 gift so stimulated the Chinese of this interior 

 capital city that they formed a society for the 

 promotion of medical education. A joint 

 local board now administers all the medical 

 work, and the Hunan government makes an 

 annual grant of $50,000 silver. In addition, 

 generous grants are received from the China 

 Medical Board of the Eockefeller Foimd- 

 ation and from the Commonwealth Fund. 



The medical college requires two years of 

 pre-medical science laboratory work, and 

 grants the medical degree only after five years 

 of study, the fifth being largely a hospital 

 year. 



The graduation in June was the first in the 

 medical college and was a memorable occasion, 

 large numbers of Chinese officials being pres- 

 ent in recognition of the fact that this 

 institution stands conspicuous in China as 

 representing a true Chinese and American 

 cooperation. 



The Medical Advisory Board includes Dr. 

 W. B. James, chairman. Dr. W. H. Welch, 

 Dr. John Howland, Dr. S. W. Lambert, Dr. 

 F. T. Murphy, Dr. George Blumer, Dr. 

 Harvey Gushing, Dr. E. P. Strong and Dr. A. 

 D. Bevan. 



A NEW MUSEUM AT CASTINE, MAINE 



Near the site of the first French settlement 

 (1611) at Castine, a museum is being erected. 

 It is Y5 feet in length, about 35 feet deep 

 and is flanked by a terrace overlooking Cas- 

 tine Bay. The construction is fireproof and 

 the building will have objects of historical 



