view, however, of the past year, attention must be called to the fact, that the enlargement of its capacity cannot be long delayed, or it will be impossible to care for, in a satisfactory manner, the increasing numbers of persons who are equally deserving with those now receiving its benefits, and who demand admission to its wards. In the surgical department the need is more seriously felt than ever of properly arranged and larger rooms for outpatients, and of a more commodious and convenient operating room, with waiting and reception rooms adjoining, so that those who have undergone surgical operations may be removed, as they cannot now be, from the sight and hearing of others who are waiting and fearing to go through the same ordeal. A number of valuable books have been presented during the year to the Medical Library, for which much can be done to make it creditable and useful to the Hospital. Thanks are due for the packages of magazines and papers that were frequently received during the year; to the ladies and their friends, who have kindly, and with much labor, prepared a new catalogue of the general library, and to the ladies of the Flower Mission, whose regular weekly visits have given much pleasure to the patients. The clergymen and others who have contributed to the comfort and consolation of the sick, by their frequent visits and many attentions, are remembered with grateful appreciation for their kind labors for the Hospital. Trusting that the confidence that has been placed in me by the Trustees may prove to be well deserved, and with grateful acknowledgments to them for their generous support, and to the gentlemen of the Medical Staff for the very essential aid they have given me in my undertaking, I have the honor to be, gentlemen, Very respectfully, EDWARD COWLES, Superintendent and Resident Physician. In first line, page 24, after the words "however of", insert the words "the experience of the Hospital during." |