APPENDIX.

The following is the report of the training school for nurses, under the supervision of Miss Sarah C. Ebersole, directress of nurses:

The usual routine work has been pursued throughout the year. Graduating exercises were held May 3, 1899, at which time 17 nurses received their diplomas. There were 125 applications for admission to this department during the year. Seventynine were formally considered, 25 were admitted on probation, 19 were accepted and enrolled, and 3 have been dismissed for various reasons. There are 32 nurses, including probationers, enrolled in the school at present. The course of instruction has been conducted by the following lecturers on their respective subjects, viz: A. M. Curtis, A. M., M. D., gynecology and abdominal nursing. E. A. Balloch, A. M., M. D., general surgery and bandaging.

E. O. Belt, M. D., diseases of the eye and ear.

N. R. Jenner, M. D., obstetrics and care of infants.

J. R. Francis, M. D., diseases of children.

J. M. Lamb, M. D., D. D. S., physiology.

F. E. Maxcy, M. D., hygiene and general medical nursing.

J. W. Mitchell, M. D., materia medica.

W. A. Warfield, M. D., anatomy.

C. I. West, M. D., bacteriology and urinalysis.

Prof. Louis J. Sanders, massage.

Miss S. C. Ebersole, dietetics.

List of graduates and their present occupations and whereabouts.

APPENDIX.

The following is the report of the training school for nurses, under the supervision of Miss Sarah C. Ebersole, directress of nurses:

The usual routine work has been pursued throughout the year. Graduating exercises were held May 3, 1899, at which time 17 nurses received their diplomas. There were 125 applications for admission to this department during the year. Seventynine were formally considered, 25 were admitted on probation, 19 were accepted and enrolled, and 3 have been dismissed for various reasons. There are 32 nurses, including probationers, enrolled in the school at present. The course of instruction has been conducted by the following lecturers on their respective subjects, viz: A. M. Curtis, A. M., M. D., gynecology and abdominal nursing. E. A. Balloch, A. M., M. D., general surgery and bandaging.

E. O. Belt, M. D., diseases of the eye and ear.

N. R. Jenner, M. D., obstetrics and care of infants.

J. R. Francis, M. D., diseases of children.

J. M. Lamb, M. D., D. D. S., physiology.

F. E. Maxey, M. D., hygiene and general medical nursing.

J. W. Mitchell, M. D., materia medica.

W. A. Warfield, M. D., anatomy.

C. I. West, M. D., bacteriology and urinalysis.

Prof. Louis J. Sanders, massage.

Miss S. C. Ebersole, dietetics.

List of graduates and their present occupations and whereabouts.

List of graduates and their present occupations and whereabouts-Continued.

CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION SENT APPLICANTS.

The Freedmen's Hospital Training School for Nurses is established to give a two years' course of training to women who desire to enter the profession of nursing. Applicants may be received at any time during the year when there is a vacancy. Those wishing to obtain this course of instruction must apply to the surgeon in chief of the Freedmen's Hospital, and printed instructions will be furnished respecting the personal information to be given by applicants. Letters of application should be accompanied by a statement from a clergyman testifying to good moral character, and from a physician certifying to sound health and unimpaired faculties. Applicants must be between twenty-one and thirty-five years of age, of at least average height and physique, and must give satisfactory evidence of a general fitness of disposition and temperament for the work of nursing. It has been the practice of the hospital to appoint only unmarried colored women (this term includes widows). Upon the recommendation of the superintendent of the nurses and the approval of the surgeon in chief, they will be received one month on probation. During the