Annual report for year ending May, 1903 / Garscube Cottage Hospital for Soldiers, Maryhill.

  • Garscube Cottage Hospital for Soldiers (Glasgow, Scotland)
Date:
1903
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Credit: Annual report for year ending May, 1903 / Garscube Cottage Hospital for Soldiers, Maryhill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    posal of the committee for the accommodation of soldiers from any Scottish depot. The hospital was most conveniently situ- ated ; had an excellent site which gave the necessary light and fresh air, and was placed in beautiful and secluded grounds. The response to the appeal by the committee for funds to carry on the work, as will be seen from the treasurer’s report, was very gratifying, and proved sufficient to keep the hospital going for a little over the year ending May, 1903. Since the opening of the hospital on the 29th of May, 1902, twenty-one discharged soldiers have been admitted. Ten others applied for admission but had to wait some time as they could not be accommodated at the date of application. As a vacant bed occurred, each was written to. In some cases the applicant had died, and in others, means had somehow been obtained to relieve their sufferings. These facts, the committee venture to think, thoroughly justified the appeal which was made, especially when it is pointed out that in the majority of cases the men were suffering from most serious affections. Sixteen out of the twenty-one cases admitted are recorded by the honorary physician as suffering from incurable ailments. Nine of the soldiers admitted were phthisical : of these two improved, two remain in the hospital, two died, and three left the hospital worse than when admitted. Further, as showing the different kinds of affections from which the men suffered, it may be pointed out that one remains in the hospital with aneurism, much worse than when admitted; two patients had Bright's disease ; there was one case of cancer of the throat which still remains in hospital, and there was one case of diabetes. The other affections included ulcers, rheumatism, anaemia, heart disease, and gun-shot wounds. A gratifying point in connection with the hospital work is to be recorded in the fact that although the men were discharged as no longer fit for the service, yet in a few cases the patients improved. Thus, one man who had been discharged owing to a gun-shot wound in the arm, was transferred to another hospital where he was operated upon and has now a useful arm. In the cases which were found to improve, the work was helped by the facilities kindly offered and gladly accepted from Rosneath