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physicians : W. J. i^eilson, M.D.; "VY. S. England, M.D. 

 K. M. Simpson, M.D. 



Surgeons.— K. J. Blanchard, M.D. ; H. H. Cliown, M.D. 

 J. S. Gray, MD.; A. J. Macdonmell, M.D. Specialists for 

 Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat : J. W. Good, M.D. 

 W. Harvey Smith, M.D. Isoikted Wards : E. S. Popham 

 M.D.; E. W. Montgomery, M.D. Maternity Wards : J 

 O. Todd, M.D. ; A. W. Moody, M.D. Pathologist : Gordon 

 Bell, M.D. 



Resident Staff. — Medical Superintendent : Wm. Chest- 

 nutt, M.D., with three resident assistants. Lady Supierint en- 

 dent : Miss B. Holland, with thirty nurses in training, three 

 nurse graduates and two probationers. 



. During the last fifteen years the Act of Incorporation 

 and by-laws have several times been amended to suit the al- 

 tered circumstances of the hospital. 



THE WOMEN'S HOSPITAL AID SOCIETY. 



This society has already been mentioned in connection 

 with the General Hospital, and it is to the hospital that it 

 owes its alliegiance. It was organized in 1883, the annual 

 membership fee being $2. Its object was to supply the hos- 

 pital with bedding, clothing and other necessary comforts. 



The first officers were : President, Mrs. Aikens; Yice- 

 Presidents, Mesdames Brydges, Pinkham, Denison and Pit- 

 blado; Secretaries, the Misses Mingaye and Drever ; Trea- 

 surer, Miss Mingaye. Committees were also appointed for 

 various kinds of work 



In order to enable the society to make a good beginning 

 the storekeepers of the city supplied goods at very reasonable 

 prices, and Mr. M. T. Hunter generously paid for these goods 

 to the amount of $500. Thus the newly erected hospital 

 was well stocked with all the needed bedding and linen. 



Since that time the society has had a very prosperous ca- 

 reer. Having no buildings of its own, it has had to be in- 



