Mercy College of Nursing - Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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FROM THE SCRAF BOOK OF 1322 | C Of S o s s Surgeon s Office U. S. ARMY Fort Rosecrans, California Temporary Naval Hospital San Diego. Calif. August 10, 1903 I o the Sisters. St. Joseph s Hospital: The sailors at the Naval Hospital send their respects and sincere thanks to the Sisters at St. Joseph s Hospital. The sher- bet was delicious, and it was much enjoyed by all the patients. They feel most grateful to tlie Sisters for their kind thought. Very respectfully, s The Surgeon in Charge Benninptoi) Disaster It was a dismal tragedy which took j)lace hist week down by the City of the Silver Gate. The sympathy of the entire nation went out to the olhcers and men o f the ill-fated Bennington that came so near to utter destruction in what is, perhaps, the most placid sea on earth. The people of San Uicgo must have felt as the people of Havan.v in that awful nigiit seven years ago. It is no trilling occurrence Ihatj brings half a laindred dead to a small city ' s doors and puts half ar hundred more wounded unto death in its hospitals. Even this appalling occurrence had its consoling features. Those wlio survived tlie catastrophe showed a striking devotion to the car« of their suffering comrades and paid honorable tribute to those who had answered the last bugle call. All the hospitals in San Diego opened wide their doors to care for the stricken sailor men. True to tlie obligation of their noble profession, tlie doctors gathered to du whatever may be done to alleviate pain and hold back in many a broken body the flickering spark of life. The women, too, cain,e ircm tlieir homes and tlieir families to give their kindly encouragement and gentle ministrations. Not last nor least of the efforts put forth on the sad occasion were those of the Sisters of Mercy The Sisters of this community have served on many a battlefield, and are evei; will- ing workers when the cry of pain comes from the men wlio guard tlie nation ' s flag. St. Joseph ' s Sanitarium in San Diego did its full duty to the gallant jackies of the Bennington. It is M tlint n.o Vq,.,. rin.,.,,. - J- ■• ' - ..-j-.-i. -• ■ ■■

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' - , , toss ?;„,,.„ RAOUATE OF ■; ICAN RED CROSS NURSE AMERICAN RED CROSS NURSE DATg- Department of Nursing Helen Abel and E. (Car swell) LricKson watcn Ellen Welch pre- view lor tlie Alumnae Ffisnion Snow to raise Inncls lor tne Mae Murpliy Scnolarship. Mildred (Zeisir) Cyrein. Aliunnae president, looks on as Anita Riccn- uiti, the nrst scholarship graduate, caps the incoming scholarship student, Lois Robinson.

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ST. JOSEFS ' S, MERCY HOSFITAL ANNUAL CENSUS 1890 f ' First pali.iil .uliiiillfil Inly 1891 1892 9 1 1893 96 1894 120 1895 I I 1896 ! ' ' 1897 1898 .... N W ' csl Wiiit ' iimi Cli.i|ji l IjLiilf 1899 liO 1900 I ' ) ) 1901 122 1902 I ' j 1903 no Eiist Wing liegun 1904 225 1905 227 1906 235 1907 300 1908 333 1909 393 1910 511 Afjftl guests rcniovL ' tl from Hospital into other quarters 1911 544 19 12 641 1915 552 1911 747 191--, 760 1916 825 Slirfjery and X-ra linilt 1917 15U2 1918 2150 1919 2289 lOJO 5282 1921 5313 1922 5226 C ensus to here does not in( liide iiewnoriis MI2-, 3638 11)2 1 3861 Mo ed into Meny llnspilal No ember 14 1925 4455 1926 5164 1927 6000 1928 6187 1929 6121 1930 6001 1951 5641 1932 6541 1955 6452 1934 6163 1955 8015 1936 9440 1957 9825 1958 10151 1939 10901 1940 12981 1941 15993 1942 17926 1943 18655 1944 14887 1945 15502 1946 18472 1947 18115 1948 17899 1949 18826 1950 18229 1951 20873 1952 22143 M,d„al. Adnit ;- ( l.il.l eul,orn Sirui..,!. Adull t ' Cl.il.lre OLstetnt Mutliers rds otiier tlian total rensns not availahle iniless si shown on grapl rapli