1 STATISTICS t . f I « t_OF— OPATHIC' .AND ALLCEOPATHIC HOSPITALS. sjpXSW BY E. C. FRANKLIN, M. D., Professor of Surgery in the Homoeopathic Medical College of Missouri. * * n red—for sale at tiy^ Price $1 50 per IjLundred—for sale at lh^ 61 N. Fifth Street, Bet. Locust and Ouvjp, -oxr -Orynir ^ATf) JOB PKINTER. ^ # 'SAINT LjOUIS, EOMfEOPATHIC! PHIBWCI. • t [Established l&ii)3.] 51 North Fifth, between Olive and Locust, Opposite Mercantile Library H. 0. G. LUYTIES, ' Apothecary to the 40 31 2 2 1 1 26 iv 81 6tf 3< lOfi 71 1 1 14 14 1 1 2 2 1 1 53 44 10 9 10 •7 p 7 1 1 13 12 4 4 „ ~ 1 1 4 3 14 11 2 •> 4 4 Moribund................. Mania a Pom.............. Marasmus................ Melancholy................ Menorrhagia.............. Necrosis.................. Nephritis................. Neuralgia................. (Kdema................... Opacity of Cornea......... Ophthalmia............... Urchins................... Pneumonia............... Pregnancy aim Parturition. Phthisis Pulmonalis....... Pleurisy.................. Prolapsus Uieii........... Paralysis................. 1 eriostitis................ Phlegmon................ Premature Labor......... I'araphlegia.............. Rheumatism.............. Rubeola.................. Syphilis.................. Sprain................... Sunstroke................ Scrofula.................. Sore Throat.............. Tumor................... Toxemia.................. Tonsilitis ................ Tetanus.................. Ulcer.................... Variola................... Vuluera.................. Varicose Vein?............ Chorea ................... Total................... (S „■ <- X o - - o S6 ^ H -- -- -- s r, •i 1 1 ^ 8 1 1 1 6 1 3 1 1 3: 2ft 3 in 2- 12 T4 4S ?6 1 4* 12 ; 2 8 6 I ,1 1 0 1 4? 37 ft 5 17" 150 i 5 0 3 3 ft 1 4 I 2 1 T 1 1 1 21 i p i i 1 2 i 990 731 120 4 The number of deaths has been 120 during the past half year, and one hundred and thirty-nine (139) are remaining in the wards under treatment. The medical expenses for the half year ending last night have been $1,249 63, including $414 08, being the amount for medicines furnished the Health Office, Smallpox and Quarantine Hospital?, which, being deducted from the total amount, leaves $835 55 as the actual cost for the medical department of this hospital. It may be noticed that the medical expenses of the hospital for the past six mouths have been much less than they were for the corresponding months In preceding years, notwithstanding that the prices paid for all the principal medicines have been from two to four hundred per cent, above that formerly charged. The average length of time in the hospital for each patient has been (excluding the insane) about nineteen (19) days. I remain, gentlemen, very respectfully, your obedient servant, R. H. PADDOCK, Resident Physician. Per contra to this Report, I will present the statistics of the Homoeopathic Hospital under my charge, sittached to the Cav- alry Depot of this city. This Hospital was established by Capt. Ingham Coryell, C. Q. M. of the Western Division Cavalry Buroau; March 1st of the present year, for the purpose of affording medical and surgical treatment to tho sick employees in the Depot. To Mr. Yeatman, President of the Western Sani- tary Commission, is this Department indebted for the necessary supply of Hospital furniture required for the use and comfort of tho patients while inmates of the institution. The building selected for Hospital purposes is situated at the western border of the Cavalry Depot, and composes a part of the Government buildings previously attached to tho Benton Barracks, which, in the early period of the rebellion, was occupied by troops sta- tioned at this Post The structure is built of rough boards, one story high, ventilated at the top with a verandah on either side, for protection from the boisterous storms of winter, as well as the excessive heat of summer. It is capable of furnishing accom- modation for 30 patients, and can be increased to 50 if necessity requires. One ward is used exclusively for surgical casos, and quite a number of fractures have been already successfully treated, besides a number of surgical operations have been performed resulting from accident or otherwise. During the existence of the Hospital, the number of laborers, employees, &c, attached to the Depot have averaged about 1,200, and, as the Eeport shows, 833 sick and injured have been treated in the Institution for the half year ending August 31st, 1864. The following is a copy of the Report as made to tho C. Q. M. of the Department. 5 Report of Sick and Injured treated in Cavalry Bureau the Half Year ending August 31st, 1864, by E. C. Franklin, Surgeon in charge. diseases. Arthritis........ Abscess......... Amputation..... Bronchitis...... Catarrh......... Contusion....... Cholera Morbus.... Diarrhoea........ Dysenteria...... Diphtheritis..... Erysipelas...... Enteralgia...... Eczema......... Fever, Intermittent Fever, Remittent.. Fever, Typhoid___ Fracture.......... Gastritis.......... Gastralgia........ Gonorrhoea........ Hepatitis.......... Herpes............ Hemorrhoids....... .Icterus........... Impetigo.......... Laryngitis........ Mania-a-Potu...... Nephritis.......... Neuralgia.......... Ophthalmia........ Orchitis........... Otitis............. Parotitis.......... Pericarditis........ Periostitis........ Pneumonia....... Pleuritis.......... ft a w w H H s 3 2 ° OQ o o Q S5 Q 1 1 8 8 1 .. 1 31 31 35 35 98 97 4 4 95 92 32 27 3 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 44 44 98 97 ] 39 35 s 4 3 11 11 1 1 3 3 6 6 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 5 5 2 2 1 1 2 2 18 17 6 6 3 3 4 4 2 2 , 3 3 13 13 f 6 6 , REMARKS. SDied from gangrene of the stump, 8 days after the operation. ( Complicated with ■] meningitis, and ter- (minating in typhoid. G Report— Continued. DISEASES. 05 ^ « £ K P < 3 19 10 1 9 7 1 1 1 11 2 17 3 1 8 52 1 1 2 89 833 3 8 |g p p w M P © M M w P3 REMARKS. 3 19 10 1 9 7 1 1 ii 2 16 3 1 8 51 1 1 2 89 813 i i 15 Sycosis........... i 5 Spinul Moningitis.. Ulcer............. Varicose Ulcer.... Varix............ All other diseases.. Total........ • Average length of ti me in Hospital ,12 c lays. By reference to the figures, it appears that in the Allceopathic Hospital, with all the appliances of comfort, professional skill and attendance, tho city affords, the number of patients treated was 990, with a mortality of 120 and 139 remaining-in Hospital- This gives the number of Deaths to those admitted in Hospital as over 12 per cent., exclusive of those remaining. The record of the Homoeopathic Hospital gives 833 cases admitted, with five deaths and only 15 remaining in Hospital, making a mortal- ity of 6-10 of one per cent.—a clear gain over its rival institution of 11 and 4-10 per cent. So much for the general results j and for fear of any carping about the matter, let us examine the comparative statistics of the four specific diseases treated in both institutions, and their relative results. In the Allceopathic Hospital there were treated 30 cases of Dysentery, with 21 deaths, making a mortality of 70 per cent. In the Homoeopathic Hospital there were treated 32 cases of Dysentery, with no deaths. Of Typhoid Fever theie were 10 cases treated in the Allceopa- thic Hospital, with 7 deaths, making a mortality of 70 per cent.; while in the Homoeopathic Hospital there were 39 cases treated, with only two deaths, making a mortality of only 5 and 1-1Q per cent. Of Diarrhoea there were treated, in the Allceopathic Hospital, 106 cases, with 23 deaths, or a mortality of over 22 per cent.; while in the Homoeopathic Hospital there were treated 95 cases of Diarrhwa, and no deaths. Of Pneumonia there wore treated, in tho Allceopathic Hospi- tal, 23 cases, with 12 deaths, or a mortality of over 52 per cent. In the Homoeopathic Hospital there were treated of Pneumo- nia 13 cases, and no deaths. Of the four diseases named, the admissions were more than one-sixth of the whole number received into the City Hospital; and as the mortality of these four diseases exceeds in number that of any other four diseases, and over one-half of the whole mortality, it is manifest that the diseases named were the leading and most serious maladies treated in that institution. Taking these four diseases conjointly, it appears, therefore, that 169 cases were admitted into the Allceopathic Hospital, of which number 63 died—making a mortality of 37 and 2-10 per cent.; while the whole number of such diseases admitted into the Homoeopathic Hospital were 179 cases, and only 2 deaths— giving a mortality of 1 and 1-10 per cent. Or, to place the results of the treatment side by side, we have: ALLCEOPATHIC. HOMCEOPATHTC. DISEASES. fa • ° w O <- P w P ,.5 M ° 1 DISEASES. ° H ■ CB 8 < 32 39 95 13 P *>* H U 1. Dysentery.... 30 2. Typhoid Fever: 10 4. Pneumonia ... | 23 21 23 12 70 70 22 ! 52 | Dysentery ... Typhoid Vever Pneumonia.... 0 2 0 0 0 5»x. 0 0 Average mortality, 37 ^o per cent.||Average mortality, 1 ^ per cent I 8 It is therefore clearly demonstrated that the Homoeopathic system of medicine is infinitely (Superior, as compared with the Allceopathic practice in the Hospitals referred to, and that the record of mortality is largely in favor of the Homoeopathic sys- tem in the general results of Hospital practice, while in the four principal diseases, and those most fatal in their tendencies, the comparison is even more .overwhelmingly in favor of tho Homoe- opathic system of medicine. With such a statement of facts, deduced by the statistics of these two medical institutions, as presented by their respective medical officers, will any one deny the superior advantages Homoeopathy posseses over its rival system of medicine, that boasts " the learning and investigation of all time "? With a record so largely in favor of Homoeopathy, can any one be found so deaf to the humanitarian interests of the poor, who seek refuge in our medical asylums for protection from the ravages of disease, as to shut them out from the ark of safety that Ho- moeopathy extends in the hour of sickness and suffering ? Let our City Fathers look well to this matter, and avoid the terrible responsibility that awaits them in the criminal neglect of a duty so plain to themselves and so vitally important to the poor who are received into our public Hospitals.