Volume XXII - Monroe County Library System

Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Serials Collection
so nobly commenced. We regret we have
not a full report of Dr. Anderson's interesting
remarks.
The next speaker was Rev. Dr. Anstice, ,
who said : " It is a precept of holy religion
to rejoice with those who rejoice, and
we now rejoice with all here that they can
look upon the realization of a long-looked
for event. We could rejoice much more
if they had not to make bricks with so inadequate
a supply of straw. As yet it is a
venture of faith, though it is not a groundless
faith, for it is one which reaches down
and twines around the interest and sympathy
of the children. I have great faith
in the children, and I know the undertaking
will succeed. I rejoice in this for two
reasons : First, because the children now
growing up will take great interest in what
they have labored for, and second, they
will receive by what they have done a
blessed education in the very first principles
of practical Christianity—doing good
to others. What we all need is to rid ourselves
of that demon, selfishness, and have
more feeling for the sufferings of others.
All success, therefore, to the efforts of the
children, and may the Children's Pavilion
^(all paid for) soon be an accomplished
fact."
The following is the address of Rev. N.
M. Mann
" There^re two classes of people I have
envied, doctors and nurses ; people who,
while we who talk are merely sentimentalizing
on the miseries of mankind,take hold and
do away with them. I have never seen a
doctor soothing a sick person without
thinking, here is one doing the work of life,
not merely professing to do it. I would
have been glad indeed to have been left off
the programme and to have had my place
represented by one of the medical profession,
who might speak of what has been
done, especially for children. I only know
that in the course of the last few centuries,
through the efforts of the medical profes-
THE HOSPITAL REVIEW.
sion, the "average age of mankind has been
raised to a high point, between thirty and
forty years. Those able to judge think
that in a savage life people live on an average
only about five years. This is accounted
for by the fact that many die in babyhood.
It is thought from statistics that in early
civilized times the average time of life in
Europe was about twelve years. It is
now thirty-six years. This result has been
reached by the skill of physicians and
nurses. Some years ago I had the honor
of taking incipient steps in the formation
of a society in this city for the prevention
of cruelty to children which is now merged
in the Humane Society, I'remember in
the early years of the society's existence,
we were embarassed by the want of a
proper place to send children who were in a
state of disease through the ill treatment
of parents or guardians. The-Children's
Pavilion will answer this purpose admirably.
I thank God for the provision now
about to be made. The doors of this institution
are open to the rich and the poor,
to Jew and Christian, to all classes regardless
of faith or want of faith. I trust no
lack of funds will prevent the advancement
of this undertaking."
The last address was made by Rev.
Myron Adams. He said : " In anticipation
of saying a word this afternoon I endeavored
to get a litttle information as to
how and when hospitals began to exist. If
anyone has endeavored to learn this from
common sources he has found them very
meager. Hospitals are said to have existed
under the Buddhists and during the early
part of the Christian era ; but altogether
little is known of them. I shut up the
books and there came into my mind something
pertinent to all kinds of hospital work.
You all know the story. A man who was
traveling between Jerusalem and Jericho,
met with an accident. Certain men
came along, one of whom had sympathy
•with hospitals. The first of these gentle