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CHARLESTON, S. C. 
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188:!. TRUSTEES 
OF THE 
Sautj) dtaroliita graining School for ftnrsts. 
R. A. KINLOCH, M. D., President. 
A. H. HAYDEN, . Vice-President. 
HENRY A. DeSAUSSURE Secretary. 
J N. ROBSON, Treasurer. 
HARVEY COGSWELL, Charleston. 
W. A. COURTENAY, . . . Mayor of Charleston, ex-officio. 
A. COWARD, State Superintendent of Education, ex-officio. 
THEO. G. CROFT, M. D., Aiken. 
P. GOURDIN DeSAUSSURE, M. D., . . . . Charleston. 
P. E. GRIFFIN, Columbia. 
BERNARD O’NEILL Charleston. 
J. FORD PRIOLEAU, M. D., Charleston. 
T. GRANGE SIMONS, M. D., Charleston. 
J. R. SOLOMONS, M. D., Charleston. 
A. STEMMERMANN, . . ' Charleston. 
Miss A. F. JONES, Principal. 
Miss E. A. HURD, Assistant Principal. 
Graduates of the New York Hospital Training School. ERRATA. 
P. E. Griffin, on page 2, should read P. E. Griffin, M. D., 
Superintendent S. C. Lunatic Asylum. 
P. Gourdin DeSaussure, M. D., Secretary. memorial 
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of 
Soiith Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly: 
The Memorial of the undersigned respectfully shows to 
your Honorable Body that there is in the Hospitals and 
Charitable Institutions, and among the communities of our 
State, a great and widespread need for trained and skilled 
nurses for the sick. 
That there is now manifested an earnest desire among the 
Medical Profession and Medical Boards, and the public, to 
found and sustain an institution for the special training of 
nurses in this State, and utilize for the public the opportuni- 
ties specially offered at our own public Hospitals for the es- 
tablishment and conduct of such training school. 
That the founding and support of such schools in other 
States have always resulted in great public good and bless- 
ing. And where established they have grown to be self-sup- 
porting, because of their place and power in the community. 
That the presence of such an institution in this State, at this 
time, would open to the women of our State a new field for 
high and humane activity and labor, for which, by nature, 
they are specially endowed, would contribute largely to out- 
general educational advancement, and would greatly pro- 
mote the objects and increase the efficiency and blessing of 
out chaiitable institutions, both public and private, and raise 
up m our midst-a corps of professionally trained, humane co- 
workers with the physician in his labor for humanity. 
do the effecting of these most desirable and beneficent pub.- 
11c ends> we>the undersigned, physicians and officers of public 
chanties and others interested in the general educational wel- 
fare of the State, invoke your Honorable Body to aid and ad- 
vance this movement by an incorporation of the promoters 
thereof by the passage of the accompanying Act, and by an 
appropriation of the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, the fund 
now necessary for the immediate and special purpose of the 
foundation and opening of such school. 
And your memorialists will ever pray, &c. 4 
AN ACT relating to “ The South Carolina Training School 
for Nurses.” 
Whereas, there is in the Hospitals and charitable institu- 
tions, and communities of our State, a great and widespread 
need for skilled and trained nurses ; and there is now mani- 
fested an earnest desire among the medical profession, and 
medical boards and the public, to found and sustain an insti- 
tution for the special training of nurses within this State, and 
to utilize for the public good the opportunities especially of- 
fered for such Training School at our Public Hospitals; 
And, whereas, the founding of such an Institution in our 
State would give to our women a new field of labor, for which 
by nature they are specially endowed, will largely contribute 
to our educational advancement, and greatly promote the ob- 
jects and increase the efficiency and benefits of our Charitable 
Institutions, both public and private, and raise up in our 
midst a professionally trained corps of beneficent co-laborers 
with the physician in his labor for humanity ; 
And, whereas, to this end certain physicians and those in- 
terested in the public charities and hospitals and educational 
interests of the State, have memorialized the General Assem- 
bly of this State to aid and advance such movement, by the 
incorporation of the promoters thereof, and an appropriation 
of the sum of P'ive Thousand Dollars, the fund necessary for 
the immediate and special purpose of the founding of such 
School. 
Now, therefore, 
, Section i. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- 
resentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sit- 
ting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, 
That there is hereby founded and established at Charleston, 
South Carolina, The South Carolina Training School for 
Nurses. That the particular aim and object of said school 
shall be to educate skilled nurses suitable for the needs of 
hospitals, and capable of being intrusted with the care of the 
sick at their own homes. 5 
Sec. 2. That the Superintendent of Education of the State, 
the Mayor of the City of Charleston, R. A. Kinloch, M. D., 
J. Ford Prioleau, M. D., T. Grange Simons, M. D., P. G. 
DeSaussure, M. D., Bernard O’Neill, Esq., A. H. Hayden, 
Esq., J. N. Robson, Esq., Die J. R. Solomons, A. Stemmer- 
rnann, Esq., Harvey Cogswell, Esq., and H. A. DeSaussure, 
Esq., and their associates, are hereby declared to be a body 
corporate by the title and style of “ The Trustees of the South 
Carolina Training School for Nurses,” and shall, by its said 
name, have perpetual succession of officers and members, the 
right to use and keep a common seal, and the same to alter 
at will; and to have and enjoy all and every right and privi- 
lege, power and franchise incident and belonging to incorpo- 
rate bodies. They shall, also, have full power and authority, 
from time to time, to make, constitute and establish such by- 
laws, rules, and orders as to them shall seem necessary and 
convenient for the better regulation, government, well-order- 
ing and directing of themselves as Trustees aforesaid, as well 
as of the South Carolina Training School for Nurses, and all 
officers, professors, teachers, or other persons by them em- 
ployed in and about the same, and of all pupils in the said 
school, and for the better managing, limiting and appointing 
of all and singular the trust and authorities in them reposed, 
and for the doing, managing and transacting all things neces- 
sary for government of the said South Carolina Training 
School for Nurses; and the same by-laws, rules, and orders 
to put in force accordingly; and the same again at their will 
and pleasure to alter, change, revoke, and annul: all of which 
by-laws, rules, and orders shall be binding on each and every 
of the Trustees, and on all officers, professors and teachers, 
and other persons by them employed, and by all pupils in 
said school, and shall be observed by each and every of them, 
according to the tenor and effect thereof, under the several 
pains, penalties and disabilities therein expressed. 
Sec. 3. That the said Trustees shall consist of not more 
than fifteen (15) nor less than ten (10) members, whereof the 
Superintendent of Education of the State of South Carolina,- 6 
and the Mayor of Charleston for the time being, shall always 
be cx officio Trustees; and when any vacancy among the 
non-official Trustees shall occur, by death, resignation, or 
otherwise, the same shall be filled by the remaining trustees. 
Sec. 4. That the said “ The Trustees of the South Caro- 
lina Training School for Nurses” are authorized and empow- 
ered to receive and hold donations, devises, bequests, and 
legacies, and to hold real and personal property to the 
amount of one hundred thousand dollars, for the use and ben- 
efit of the said school. 
Sec. 5. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with 
this Act are hereby repealed. 
Approved 23d December, 1883. BY-LAWS OF TRUSTEES. 
RULE L—Officers. 
The officers of the Trustees, who shall also be Trusteesj 
shall be— 
1. A President. 
2. A Vice-President. 
3. A Secretary. 
4. A Treasurer. 
And elected at the atlnual meeting in April, by a two-third 
vote of the Trustees, whose number is provided for in 
the Act of Incorporation. 
RULE ll.—President. 
The President shall preside at all meetings ; call meetings 
at his discretion, or upon the written request of three (3) 
members; and annually appoint the standing committees pro- 
vided for in these rules; and be ex-officio a member of each; 
He shall report annually in writing, at the annual meeting of 
the Trustees, giving a condensed statement of the condition 
of the school, its labors, pupils, finances and outlook, with 
such recommendations as he thinks proper to submit. 
RULE lll.—Vice-President. 
The Vice-President shall in the absence of the President 
perform his duties. 
The Secretary shall perform the duties usually appertaining 
to this office, including recording and correspondence. 
RULE IV.—Secretary. 
RULE V.—-Treasurer 
The Treasurer shall receive, invest and take charge of the 
funds of the school; and make an amliial report (oftener if re- 8 
quired) to the President and Trustees of receipts and disburse- 
ments. All checks drawn against the funds of the school 
shall be countersigned by the President. 
At the annual meeting of the Trustees the President shall 
appoint the following standing committees, and the President 
shall be ex-officio a member of each ; 
RULE Vl.—Standing Committees. 
Finance Committee. 
Visiting Committee. 
RULE VII.—Finance Committee, 
The Finance Committee shall consist of three members, 
besides the President and Treasurer as ex-officio members, and 
shall manage the finances of the school, subject to direction 
of the Trustees. 
RULE VllL—“Visiting Committee. 
The Visiting Committee shall consist of two members, and 
with the President ex-officio. Its duty shall be in supervising 
the school and aiding the Principal in carrying out the rules 
prescribed for its regulation. They shall visit the school 
once in each week. 
An alphabetical list of the Trustees shall bo made; and the 
first two on the list shall be the first Visiting Committee, they 
determining which shall serve two and which one month; 
and, thereafter, at the end of each month the senior shall be 
relieved, and a new member (the next on the list) shall take 
his place; the elder Committee-man to be Chairman. 
RULE IX.—Meetings. 
The annual meetings of the Trustees shall be held on the 
first Monday in April of each year. 
The stated meetings of the Board shall be held quarterly, 
on the first Mondays in January, April, July and October. 
Special meetings may be called by the President at his dis- 
cretion, and must be called by him on the written request of 
three of the Trustees. 
Notice ofall meetings must be given three days prior thereto. 9 
RULE X.—Quorum. Absentees. 
A majority of the Trustees shall constitute a quorum for 
the transaction of business. 
Unless satisfactory reason be given, prolonged absence from 
meetings shall justify absentee’s name being stricken from the 
roll of Trustees. 
No member of the Board shall receive any compensation 
for services rendered. 
RULE XL—Order of Business. 
The order of business at meetings shall be— 
1. Reading minutes of last meeting. 
2. Unfinished business. 
3. Reports of committees, 
4. Special order. 
5. Communications. 
6. Motions and resolutions. 
7. Adjournment. 
These rules may be amended, added to, or otherwise altered 
from time to time; Provided notice of such amendment, addi- 
tion, or alteration, be given at any regular meeting of the 
Board and passed by a two-third vote at the next regular 
meeting. The two-third vote herein required being two- 
thirds of the fifteen Trustees. 
RULE Xll.—Alterations and Amendments. 
RULE XIII.—Vacancies. 
Vacancies in the number of Trustees, provided for in the 
Act of Incorporation, shall be reported by the President at 
the meeting next after which it comes to his knowledge, but 
may be reported by any other Trustee, and notice thereof 
shall be immediately sent to each of the Trustees, Such va- 
cancy may be filled at any regular meeting subsequent to its 
announcement to the Trustees by the President or other mem- 
ber, and it shall require ten affirmative votes to elect any per- 
son to fill such vacancy. REGULATIONS 
FOR THE 
SOUTH CAROLINA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES. 
So far as concerns the Training School, the course of in- 
struction will commence on the first Monday of April.* This 
will, however, not prevent applicants being received at other 
times. 
The course of instruction extends over a period of two years. 
The school consists of fourteen or sixteen pupils, divided 
into classes, who serve respectively as assistants and as head 
nurses, for such periods, in each case, as shall be fixed by the 
Principal under the direction of the Trustees. 
Applicants for tuition in the Training School must be be- 
tween twenty and thirty-five years of age, and possess a good 
common school education. They must produce certificates 
of good character, good health and physical capacity for the 
duties of nurses satisfactory to the Trustees, and should make 
application to the Principal of the School. 
If admitted, they will be expected to serve one month on 
probation, during which time they will receive board and 
lodging, but no compensation unless accepted as pupils, when 
they must sign an agreement to remain in the school and 
subject themselves to its rules.for the full period of two years 
from the commencement of their term, unless failing of pro- 
motion, and during the second year of their course they will 
be expected and required to perform such duties as nurses, in 
Hospitals or private families, as may be assigned them by the 
Trustees. 
* The first term of the School will commence on Ist October, 1883, and 
such pupils as enter at that time will be graduated, and diplomas 
given—provided they pass the examination—on the completion of their 
term of two years. 11 
At the end of each term there shall be an examination of 
the graduating class, conducted under the supervision and in 
the presence of the Trustees, which, being creditably passed 
shall entitle its members to a Diploma under the seal of the 
School. 
The Principal of the School shall exercise the functions of 
her office subject to the general authority of the Trustees. 
With this reservation, the School shall be under her direct 
supervision and control, and her authority shall extend over 
all that pertains to the duties and discipline of the nurses in 
the wards, as well as to the details of their instruction in the 
School. All the servants and orderlies shall be responsible 
to her in the performance of such duties as relate to the 
nursing of the patients. 
In case of misconduct or insubordination, the Principal 
may suspend members of the class from duty, and refer the 
case to the Visiting Committee for final decision. 
The pay for the first year is ,$5-00 a month, for the second 
year $lO.OO a month. This sum is allowed for the dress, text* 
books, and other personal expenses of the nurse, and is in no 
wise intended as wages, it being considered that the education 
given is a full equivalent for their services. They are required 
after the month of probation, when on duty, to wear the dress 
prescribed by the Institution, which is of blue and white seer- 
sucker, simply made, white apron and cap, and linen collar and 
cuffs. 
The instruction will be given by sucli physicians as desig- 
nated by the Trustees ; by the Principal of the School, and by 
the Head Nurse of the Ward; each ward being provided, as 
far as possible, with a Head Nurse. 
It will consist in part of didactic lectures relating to the 
general principals of nursing; the observation and recording 
of sy into ms ; the diet of the sick, and the methods of manag- 
ing helpless patients. 
The examination of graduates shall be as near the first of 
April as in each year is practicable, and the diplomas delivered 
within two weeks after the examination is completed. 12 
COURSE OF TRAINING. 
1. The dressing of blisters, burns, sores, and wounds; the 
application of fomentations, poultices, cups and leeches. 
i. The administration of enemas, and use of catheter, 
3. The management of midwifery, and uterine cases. 
4. The best method of friction to the body and extremities. 
5. The management of helpless patients; making beds; 
moving, changing, and giving baths in bed; preventing and 
dressing bed sores; and managing positions. 
6. Bandaging, making bandages and rollers, lining of 
splints. 
7. The preparing, cooking, and serving of delicacies for the 
sick. 
They will also be given instruction in the best practical 
methods of supplying fresh air, warming and ventilating sick 
rooms in a proper manner, and are taught to take care of 
rooms and wards ; to keep all utensils perfectly clean and dis- 
infected ; to make accurate observations and reports to the 
physician of the state of the secretions, expectoration, pulse, 
skin, appetite, temperature of the body, intelligence—as deli- 
rium or stupor,—breathing, sleep, condition of wounds, erup- 
tions, formation of matter, effect of diet, or of stimulants, or of 
medicines; and to learn the management of convalescents. 
The teaching will be given by visiting and resident physi- 
cians and surgeons, or such other physicians as designated by 
the Trustees, at the bedside of the patients, and by the Prin- 
cipal, Assistant-Principal, and Head Nurses. Lectures, reci- 
tations, and demonstrations will take place from time to time, 
and examinations at stated periods. 13 
FORM OF APPLICATION. 
THIS SIDE IS TO BE FILLED OUT IN THE CANDIDATE’S OWN HANDWRITING, AND 
SENT TO PRINCIPAL OF THE “ SOUTH CAROLINA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR 
NURSES,” CITY HOSPITAL, CHARLESTON, S. C. 
Candidate’s name in full, and address, 
2. Condition in life, single or a widow 
3. Present occupation or employment 
4. Place and date of birth > 
i . 
5. Height 
6. Weight 
7. Where educated 
8. Are you strong and healthy, and have i 
you always been so ? "j 
9. Are your sight and hearing perfect? 
10- Have you any tendency to pulmonary f 
complaint? \.. 
11. Have you any physical defects? 
12. If a widow, have you children? How 
many? How old? How are they 
provided for? 
13. Where (if any) was your last situation? 
How long were you in it? 
14. Names in full and addresses of two per- 
sons to be referred to. State how long 
each has known you. If previously 
employed, one of these must be the 
last employer. 
has known me years. 
has known mo years. 
15. Have jmu read, and do you clearly un- j 
derstand the Regulations ? 1 
I declare the above statement to be correct. 
Date. 
Signed.. 14 
RULES FOR THE HOME 
Rule I. The hour for rising is 6:30 A. M. Before leaving 
the Home for the Hospital, each nurse must make her bed, 
dust and arrange her room and closet, leaving them in good 
order, so that they may be ready for inspection by visitors at 
any time during the day. 
The hour for closing the Home is 10 p. m. All inmates of 
the Home are expected to be within doors at that hour, un- 
less they have special permission to be absent. The lights 
will be put out in the parlor and halls, and nurses must retire 
to their rooms. 
The gas must be turned down when a nurse, leaves the room. 
Rule 2. The hours for meals are—-breakfast from 7to 8 
A. M.; first dinner, 12:30; second dinner, 1:30; first supper, 7; 
second supper, from 8:10 to 8:45. Nurses must not linger m 
the dining room after meals. No food is provided for the 
nurses out of the appointed time, except when ordered by the 
Matron at the request of the Principal. Nurses are not to 
go into the kitchen, nor give orders to the cook—all such 
matters to be referred to the Matron. No visitors are to be 
invited to meals; or to spend the night in the Home. The 
parlor is for the reception of visitors, but a nurse can invite 
ladies to her room if agreeable to her room-mate. 
Rule 3. Conditions upon which the nurses can have the 
privileges of the laundry ; Twelve pieces, well marked, and 
one dress are allowed each person per week. No laces, mus- 
lins, or white muslin skirts will be received. Each must be 
provided with a clothes-bag, marked, in which clothes are to 
be put and placed on each floor early Monday morning, or 
late Sunday evening, if convenient. A book with list of 
clothes, dated, must be sent in every week, with name on the 
outside of book. On Thursdays the dresses and skirts must 
be taken, but no clothes from the Matron till Saturday, when 
all must verify their lists before taking their clothes away. 
Any one disregarding these regulations will forfeit the 
privilege of having their clothes laundried in the Home. 15 
Rule 4. The nurses are under the authority of the Prin- 
cipal, in the Home, in the Hospital, and when on private ser- 
vice. When taken off duty, on account of sickness, they 
must not leave the home nor return to their Hospital duties 
without the direction of the Principal; neither can they at any 
time go to the Hospital without permission, except at the reg- 
ular hours. Nurses are not permitted to receive calls in the 
wards of the Hospital from their friends or other nurses. 
Rule 5. A Physician will be selected by the President of 
the Board to attend the nurses in sickness. They will not be 
allowed to consult any other medical man without permission 
from the Principal, nor to obtain medicine from the Hospital 
drug store without the order of the Home doctor, or that of 
the Principal. 
Rule 6. Nurses who may have children will not be allowed 
to keen them at the Home. 
Punctuality, personal neatness, general order, a gentle voice 
and manner, and a patient temper, are essentials in a good 
nurse. Let the nurse cultivate these qualities, together with 
a humane, loving spirit. 
rulp:s for nurses and orderlip:s. 
1. The hours of-duty for Nurses and Orderlies by day, shall 
be from 7 o’clock A. M. to 7P. M.; and by night from 7 o’clock 
p. M. to 7 A. M. 
2. Each Nurse must be in her Ward promptly at 7 o’clock 
in the morning. She must be neatly dressed, with her hair 
smoothly arranged. Her clothing and person must be kept 
scrupulously clean. 
3. The Assistant Nurses and Orderlies must regard them- 
selves as subordinate to the Head Nurse of the Ward and 
obey her orders. No commands shall be received from 
patients. 16 
4- Nurses must observe proper decorum and civility toward 
patients, Orderlies and each other. Every person should be 
addressed by the surname, and no other name or designation 
is to be used. 
5. Nurses and Orderlies on the entrance of an Officer or 
stranger into the Ward shall at once rise, if seated, and give 
all visitors prompt attention. 
6. The Nurses will take their meals in the Nurses’ Dining 
Room. Breakfast will be served at 7.30 o’clock in the morn- 
ing, dinner at 12 o’clock noon, and supper at half-past 5 
o’clock in the afternoon. 
7. Meals must be punctually attended by the Nurses in 
turn ; one Nurse always remaining in the Ward or within call. 
It shall be the duty of the Head Nurse of each Ward daily 
before the House Surgeon or Physician makes his round, to 
enter the name of each patient in the Ward on the diet sheet, 
and present the same for the House Surgeon or Physician to 
prescribe the diet of each patient in the Ward. 
It shall be the duty of the Head Nurse, immediately after 
the House Surgeon or Physician leaves the Ward, to make a 
duplicate of the diet sheet, provided for above, and send the 
original to the office of the Superintendent of the Hospital, 
keeping the duplicate for verification of the diet ordered for 
each patient. 
8. It shall be the duty of the Head Nurse, or of the Orderly 
of each Ward, to enter the name of each patient in the Ward 
every morning in the Diet Sheet. Special care must be taken 
by Nurses to ascertain the wishes of patients seriously sick in 
regard to food, drink and other matters, and to inform the 
House Surgeon on the subject when on his rounds. 
The Head Nurse or Orderly shall compare the food sup- 
plied with the order, and mark it “Complete” or “Incom- 
plete,” as the case may be, adding her or his name. If it is 
“ Incompletenotice of the omission shall be given to the 
Superintendent, and if not corrected within fifteen minutes, 
the fact shall be reported to the House Surgeon of the Ward 
for report to the Visiting Committee of the Hospital. 
9. When any food, drink or fruit shall be supplied for any 17 
patient by friends or other persons outside, it shall not be 
given to the patient except by the approval of the House 
Surgeon. 
10. The appropriation by any Nurse or Orderly, or other 
employee, of any article of food or drink prescribed for a 
patient, will be deemed an offense justifying the discharge of 
the person so offending. 
ii. Nurses will be required to replace thermometers and 
other expensive articles which may be broken or lost through 
their fault or neglect. 
12. It shall be the duty of the Head Nurse to report promptly 
to the Principal of the School, and she, if necessary, to the 
Superintendent, everything in the Ward requiring attention, 
and especially the failure of the supply of ice, and any misbe- 
havior or insubordination of patients or persons employed. 
The omission to do this will be considered a serious offense. 
13. After the morning or afternoon prescriptions have been 
completed, the Head Nurse of the Ward shall send them down 
to the Apothecary, together with the empty bottles. Any 
failure to supply medicines or surgical apparatus must be im- 
mediately reported to the Principal of the School, and by her, 
if necessary, to the Superintendent. 
14. All medicines, dressings, etc., must be kept in the med- 
icine closet provided for the purpose, and the closet kept 
always locked. 
15. Any unfavorable condition taking place in a patient 
must be promptly reported to the House Surgeon. 
16. The affairs and condition of all patients are to be con- 
sidered as strictly private. 
17. The Nurse or Orderly in charge will be held responsi- 
ble for the whereabouts of the patients of the Ward. 
18. If a card .is not supplied to a Ward within an hour after 
the arrival of a patient, the Head Nurse or Orderly must im- 
mediately report the omission to the Principal of the School, 
and she to the Superintendent. 
19. When a patient is to be discharged, the Head Nurse or 
Orderly will see that the patient is properly dressed, and takes 
away all his or her effects ; and shall accompany such patient 18 
to the Superintendent’s office, and there deposit his or her 
card. 
20, All linen must be changed at the prescribed time, and 
an accurate account kept of the number and condition of the 
stock of the Ward. 
21. All bandages unfit for washing and waste material gen- 
erally must be put in the waste pail at once, and all soiled 
clothes or other material for the laundry in the clothes basket. 
At five minutes before g a. m. the pail and clothes bag must 
be removed, the pails must be emptied, and the clothes taken 
to the Matron, and the bags and pails promptly returned. 
22. Each Head Nurse will be held responsible for the con- 
dition of her Ward, its order and ventilation, including the 
dining-room, closets and lavatory attached, and for the clean- 
liness and serviceable condition of all utensils. 
23. When the temperature of the Ward falls below 62° or 
rises above 68° in cold weather, it must be reported to the 
Principal of the School. When the sun is too bright or 
warm, the blinds must be closed. 
24. Beds and bedding must be aired carefully, some each 
day, that all may be fresh at least once a week. 
25. When a patient leaves the Hospital, his or her bed 
must be aired thoroughly, and for as long a period as the 
House Surgeon shall direct. 
26. Every direction of the Medical Officers must be carefully 
noted and obeyed, and medicines must be administered faith- 
fully at the time and in the quantity prescribed. 
27. At the discretion of the Principal, Nurses will be 
allowed leave of absence one afternoon in each week ; and 
they shall, also, if the pressure of their duties and the condi- 
tion of the weather permits, spend an hour every day in the 
open air. They will also be excused from duty one-half 
day every Sunday, alternating, as the Principal shall direct, 
so that each shall be absent in the forenoon of one Sunday, 
and in the afternoon of the next Sunday. They will likewise 
have permission to be absent one evening in each week, and 
to have a vacation of two weeks in each year ; which ab- 
sences and vacations shall be fixed by the Trustees on 19 
recommendation of the Principal, according to the exigencies 
of the Hospital service, with just regard to their wishes and 
convenience. 
28. Nurses will not require passes to go out; but they 
must obtain permission from the House Surgeon if they de- 
sire to go out while on duty at other than the regular hours. 
When off duty, the Principal may grant permission. 
29. The Head Nurses of Wards may go out for a walk 
every day, and the Assistants from 
If the weather prevents open air exercise, they may go to 
their own rooms or those of other Nurses at will. They are 
earnestly recommended, however, to so use the time as to 
present the greatest possible contrast to their work in the 
Wards. The sitting-room shall be lighted every evening 
from eight to ten for the use of the Nurses, who may receive 
visitors during these hours, subject to the discretion of the 
Principal. 
30. Nurses and Orderlies are not to visit other Wards or 
talk to other Nurses and Orderlies when on duty, except in 
performance thereof. 
31. The Night Nurses will be allowed recreation when off 
duty, subject to the supervision of the Principal. Orderlies 
will have the same privilege, subject to the supervision of the 
House Surgeon. They must not remain in the Wards during 
their leisure hours. 
32. Orderlies will apply for passes to the House Surgeon 
of his Ward. 
33. Loud talking across Wards or Halls, or unnecessary 
noise of an}' kind, is forbidden. 
RULES FOR NURSES GOING OUT TO PRIVATE 
SERVICE. 
The nurses are to attend the' sick, both rich and poor, at 
hospitals or private houses, as the Committee or Principal 
may appoint. 20 
When sent from the Home to attend a patient, they receive 
their instructions from the Principal. 
While on duty in the Home, at the Hospital, or in private 
houses, the regulations of the School with regard to dress 
are to be observed by the nurse. 
A nurse is always to bring back with her a report of her 
conduct and efficiency from the family of her patient, and 
from the medical attendant. 
It is expected that nurses will bear in mind the importance 
of the situation they have undertaken, and will evince, at all 
times, the self-denial, forbearance, gentleness, and good tem- 
per so essential in their attendance on the sick, and also to 
their character as nurses. They are to take the whole charge 
of the sick-room, doing everything that is requisite in it, 
when called upon to do so. When nursing in families where 
there are no servants, if their attention be not of necessity 
wholly devoted to their patient, they are expected to make 
themselves generally useful. They are to be careful not to 
increase the expense of the family in any way. They are also 
most earnestly charged to hold sacred the knowledge which, 
to a certain extent, they must obtain of the private affairs of 
such households or individuals as they may attend. 
“ The Trustees of the South Carolina Training School for Nurses” 
being a corporate body, are entitled, under the Act of Incorporation, by 
its corporate name, “to receive and hold donations, devises, bequests 
and legacies, and to hold real and personal property * * for the 
use and benefit of the said school.” 
The insertion in any will of the following clause is sufficient to make 
the Trustees legatees: 
“I give and bequeath unto the Trustees of the South Carolina Training 
School for Nurses, the sum of. dollars, 
for the use and benefit of said school, in such manner as the said 
trustees shall see proper.” 
Or the person making the will may designate the use to be made of 
the legacy. BY-LAWS 
OF THE 
LADIES’AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION 
TO THE 
South Carolina Training School for Nurses. 
The object of this Association shall be to aid and assist 
the Trustees of the South Carolina Training School for 
Nurses in establishing and conducting said School. 
The immediate object being to create an interest in the 
same throughout the State, and to collect funds sufficient to 
purchase or provide a suitable Home for the pupils ; to secure 
additional members for the Association, whose duty will be 
to use their influence in favoring the object of the School by 
securing scholars, receiving donations, and, when practical, 
by visiting the Horae and School at the Hospital. 
The officers of the Association shall consist of; 
RULE I.—Officers, 
1. A President. 
2. Ist Vice-President. 
3. 2d Vice-President. 
4. Secretary and Treasurer. 
They shall be elected at the Anniversary Meeting of each 
year, to be held on the first Tuesday in January, by a ma- 
jority of the members present. 
RULE ll.—President. 
The President shall preside at all meetings ; call meetings 
at her discretion, or upon the written request of three (3) 
members; she shall annually appoint the Standing Com- 
mittees provided for in these rules, and be ex-officio a member 
of each. She shall report annually, in writing, at the Anni- 
versary Meeting of the Association upon such matters as pertain to the objects pf the Association, and present such 
recommendations as she may think proper to submit. 
The Vice-President shall in the absence of the President 
perform the duties of her office. 
RULE 111.—Vice-Presidents. 
RULE IV.—Secretary and Treasurer 
The Secretary and Treasurer shall perform the duties of 
recording the minutes of the meetings and correspondence, 
and shall receive, invest, and take charge of the funds of the 
Association. She shall make an annual report (oftener if 
required) to the President and members, of receipts and dis- 
bursements. 
All checks drawn against the funds of the Association shall 
be countersigned by the President. 
At the anniversary meeting of the Association, the Presi- 
dent shall appoint the following Standing Committees, and 
the President shall be ex-officio a member of each : 
RULE V.—Standing Committees. 
Executive Committees shall consist of six members. 
A Finance Committee. 
The Visiting Committees. 
The Soliciting Committees. 
The Finance Committee shall consist of three (3) members 
besides the President and Treasurer as ex-officio members, and 
shall manage the finances of the Association. 
RULE Vl.—Finance Committee 
The Soliciting Committees shall consist of members in 
each ward of the City or County. Their duties shall be to 
solicit members and donations. 
RULE Vll.—Soliciting Committees. 
The Visiting Committees shall consist of eight (8) mem- 
bers, who shall visit the Home for the pupils, and, when prac- 
ticable, the Hospital; by their influence to maintain a high 
standard of efficiency, and correct deportment among the 
pupils of the school. 
RULE Vlll.—Visiting Committees. 23 
Visiting Committees shall be appointed for each month. 
A list of them, and the period of time they are expected to 
act, shall be prepared by the Secretary and Treasurer, who 
shall also notify the members as to such service being due 
from them. 
RULE IX.—Meetings. 
The anniversary meeting of the Association shall be held 
on the first Tuesday in January of each year. 
Stated meetings shall be held monthly on the first Tuesday, 
or such day as the President and Executive Committee ap- 
point. 
Any one can become a member by applying to any mem- 
ber of the Association, accompanying the application with 
the annual dues. 
RULE X.—Membership. 
The annual dues of a member shall be two dollars, payable 
in advance in January. 
RULE XL—Dues. 
RULE Xll.—Quorum. 
Eleven members shall constitute a quorum for the trans- 
action of all business. 
RULE XIII. 
The order of business at meetings shall be— 
1. Reading minutes of last meeting. 
2. Unfinished business. 
3. Reports of Committees. 
4. Special order. 
5. Communications. 
6. Motions and resolutions. 
7. Adjournments. 
RULE XlV.—Alterations and Amendments. 
These rules may be amended, added to, or otherwise altered 
from time to time; Provided notice of such amendment, addi- 
tion, or alteration, be given at any regular meeting of the 
Association, and passed by a two-third vote at the next reg- 
ular meeting. OFFICERS AND MEMBERS 
OF 
LADIES’ AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION 
APRIL, 1884. 
Mrs. Andrew Simonds, President. 
Mrs. Geo W. Witte, First Vice-President. 
Mrs. Paul Trenholm, Second Vice-President. 
Mrs. E. H. Jackson, Secretary and Treasurer. 
Adams, Mrs. C. D. C Barnwell County, S, C. 
Adger, Mrs. Andrew Charleston, S. C. 
Adger, Miss J. A Charleston, S. C. 
Adger, Miss J. E Charleston, S. C. 
Adger, Miss Willie Charleston, S. C. 
Adger, Mrs. William Charleston, S. C. 
Allston, Mrs. L. G Georgetown County, S. C. 
Anderson, Mrs. J. D Laurens, S. C. 
Baggot, Mrs. M. A Barnwell County, S. C. 
Baker, Mrs. Henry • Charleston, S. C. 
Barker, Mrs. T. G Charleston, S. C. 
Banks, Mrs. Hugh R . . . . . Charleston, S. C. 
Bamberg, Mrs. E. M. Bamberg, 
Barnwell County, S. C 
Bamberg, Mrs. I. S Bamberg, 
Barnwell County, S. C 
Beatie, Mrs. H Greenville County, S. C. 
Beaty, Mrs J. M ...... . Winnsboro’, 
Fairfield County, S. C 
Bellinger, Mrs. John Charleston, S. C. 
Bennett, Mrs. W. C Abbeville C. H., S. C. 
Benton, Mrs. W. A Chesterfield County, S. C. 
Blodgett, Mrs. Eber Charleston, S. C. 
Bonham, Mrs. M. L.,Jr Abbeville County. S. C. 
Boozer, Mrs. S. P Newberry C. H., S. C. 
Bratton, Mrs. M. R Yorkville C. H., S. C. 
Brown, Mrs. Edmonds T. . . . Charleston, S. C. 
Browne, Mrs. E. C. L Charleston, S. C. 25 
Bryan, Mrs. Geo. D Charleston, S. C. 
Bryan, Mrs. J. P. K Charleston, S. C. 
Buist, Mrs. Henry Charleston, S. C. 
Buist, Mrs. Geo. Lamb Charleston, S. C. 
Burckmeyer, Mrs. C. L . . . . Charleston, S. C. 
Bull, Mrs. N. R. ...... . Orangeburg County, S. C. 
Cathcart, Mrs. Robt. S. , . . . Charleston, S. C. 
Cloud, Miss E. R Fairfield County, S. C. 
*Coit, Mrs. M. C. . Chesterfield County, S. C. 
Congdon, Mrs. Geo. R Georgetown County, S. C. 
Counts, Mrs. Col Barnwell County, S. C. 
Courtenay, Mrs. W. A Charleston, S. C. 
DeLeon, Mrs. H. H t. * . Charleston, S. C. 
DeSaussure. Miss F. E Charleston, S. C. 
DeSaussure, Mrs. L. D Charleston, S. C. 
Dibble, Mrs. Samuel Orangeburg C. H., S. C. 
Dowie, Mrs. George Charleston, S. C. 
Drake, Mrs. C. M Charleston, S. C. 
Dressel, Mrs Charleston, S. C. 
Duvall, Mrs. G. W Chesterfield County, S. C. 
Edgerton, Mrs. J. E Charleston, S. C. 
Evans, Mrs. J. C Chesterfield County, S. C. 
Faber, Mrs. J. C Charleston, S. C. 
F'erguson, Mrs. T. B Greenville, S. C. 
Fleniken, Mrs. D. R Winnsboro, 
Fairfield County, S. C. 
Ford, Miss Charleston, S. C. 
Forrest, Mrs. John Charleston, S. C. 
Forster, Mrs. A. M Georgetown County, S. C. 
Frost, Mrs. Edwin . Charleston, S. C. 
Frost, Mrs. Henry. Charleston, S. C. 
Frotti, Mrs. S. W Barnwell County, S. C. 
Gaillard, Mrs. H. A Fairfield County, S. C. 
Gardner, Mrs. E. H Charleston, S. C. 
Gibbes, Mrs. Geo. E Charleston, S. C. 
Gibbes, Mrs. James S. . . : , , Charleston, S. C. 
Glidden, Mrs. C. H Charleston, S. C. 
Glover, Mrs. J. V Orangeburg, S. C. 
Green, Mrs. H. P Columbia, S. C. 
Griffin, Mrs. P. E Columbia, S. C. 
Harlee, Mrs. Gen. W. W . . . . Marion C. H., S. C. 
Hart, Mrs. N. S Charleston, S. C. 
Hart, Mrs. S. N. ...... . Charleston, S. C. 
Haskell, Mrs. A. C Columbia, S. C. 
Hayden, Mrs. A. H Charleston, S. C. 26 
Hays, Mrs. Edward Orangeburg, S. C. 
Heriot, Mrs. Eliza S Plantersville, S. C. 
Hill, Mrs. C. A Charleston, S. C. 
Holmes, Mrs. Geo. S Charleston, S. C. 
Howe, Mrs. George, Jr Columbia, S. C. 
Huger, Mrs. W. H Charleston, S. C. 
Hubbell, Mrs. E. R. C Orangeburg, S. C. 
Hunt, Mrs. W. H Newberry C. H., S. C. 
Hunter, Mrs. J. P Laurens C. H., S. C. 
Hunter, Mrs. W, M Laurens C. H., S. C. 
Huntley, Mrs. J. S Chesterfield County, S. C. 
Hutson, Mrs. E. P Barnwell County, S. C. 
Isaacs, Mrs. A Greenville, S. C. 
Jackson, Mrs. E, H Charleston, S. C. 
Jackson, Mrs. Stephen Chesterfield County, S. C. 
Jervey, Mrs. James Charleston, S. C. 
Jervey, Mrs. Wm. St. J Charleston, S. C. 
Johnson, Mrs. J. M Marion C. H., S. C. 
Johnston, Mrs. A. S Charleston, S. C. 
Johnstone, Mrs. Allan Newberry County, S. C. 
Jones, Mrs. Fannie M Charleston, S. C. 
Kay, Mrs. M. E Charleston, S. C. 
Kelly, Miss E. A Charleston, S. C. 
Kerr, Mrs. W. H Fairfield County, S. C. 
Kerrison, Mrs. E. L Charleston, S. C. 
Kilgore, Mrs. B. F Woodruff P. 0., S. C. 
Kinloch, Miss M. H Charleston, S. C. 
Kinloch, Mrs. R. A Charleston, S. C. 
Kirkpatrick, Mrs. J. D Charleston, S. C. 
Kollock, Mrs. C Cheraw, S. C. 
Ladson, Mrs. W. H Charleston, S. C. 
Lachicotte, Mrs. J. R Waverly Mills, 
Waccamaw, S. C. 
Lawton, Mrs. W. W Charleston, S. C. 
Lesesne, Mrs. S. L Charleston, S. C. 
Lengnick, Mrs. A .Charleston, S. C. 
Lopez, Mrs. J. H Charleston, S. C. 
Lowry, Mrs. T. J Yorkville, S. C. 
Lowndes, Miss S Charleston, S. C. 
Luhn, Mrs. G. J Charleston, S. C. 
Mallonee, Mrs. J. C Charleston, S. C. 
Manville, Mrs. A. P Barnwell County, S. C. 
Marshall, Mrs. J. W Abbeville C. H., S. C. 
Miller, Mrs. W. S Charleston, S. C. 
Miles, Mrs. J. J Barnwell County, S. C. 27 
Moise, Mrs. B. F Charleston, S. C. 
Moore, Mrs. E. C Charleston, S. C. 
Motte, Mrs. J. W Chesterfield C. H., S. C. 
Mower, Mrs. Cynthia Newberry County, S. C. 
Munnerlyn, Mrs. B. A Georgetown, S. C. 
Malloy, Mrs. M. A Chesterfield County, S. C. 
Mauldin, Mrs. W. L Greenville, S. C. 
McCaw, Mrs. B. M Yorkville, S. C. 
McCrady, Mrs Charleston, S. C. 
McGahan, Mrs. T. R Charleston, S. C. 
Mclver, Mrs. Henry Chesterfield County, S. C. 
Mclver, Mrs. John H Chesterfield County, S. C. 
McLoy, Mrs. A Charleston, S. C. 
McMillan, Mrs. W. C Marion, S. C. 
McPheters, Mrs. A. C Yorkville, S. C. 
McCaughrin, Mrs. R. L Newberry, S. C. 
Nesbit, Mrs. Ralph Waverly Mills, 
Waccamaw, S. C. 
Neuffer, Mrs. M. L. ..... . Orangeburg, S. C. 
Nolte, Mrs Charleston, S. C. 
O’Bannon, Mrs. J. J Barnwell County, S. C. 
O’Driscoll, Mrs. D. M Charleston, S. C. 
Parker, Mrs. W. C Abbeville, S. C. 
Parker, Mrs. W. H Abbeville, S. C. 
Patrick, Mrs. C. C . Charleston, S. C. 
Pelzer, Mrs. F. J., Jr Charleston, S. C. 
Perry, Mrs. A. S. J Charleston, S. C. 
Pickett, Mrs. M. P. ..... . Charleston, S. C. 
Pinckney, Mrs. C, C Charleston, S. C. 
Pritchard, Mrs. J. C Chesterfield County, S. C. 
Pringle, Mrs. John Julius .... Plantersville, S. C. 
Ravenel, Miss C. P Charleston, S. C. 
Rice, Mrs. J. A. J Barnwell County, S. C. 
Rion, Mrs. Jas. H Winnsboro, S. C. 
Roach, Mrs. Wm Charleston, S. C. 
Roberts, Mrs. David Charleston, S. C. 
Robertson, Mrs. H. C Charleston, S. C. 
Robertson, Mrs. W. R Winnsboro, S. C. 
Ryan, Mrs. Kate Barnwell County, S. C. 
Salinas, Mrs. C. B Charleston, S. C. 
Scoville, Mrs. W. N Orangeburg County, S. C 
Simonds, Mrs. Andrew Charleston, S. C. 
Simons, Mrs. T. Grange .... Charleston, S. C. 
Simpson, Mrs. J. P Laurens C. H., S. C. 
Simpson, Mrs. W. W Woodruff P. O., S. C. 28 
Sir;all, Mrs. J. H . Charleston, S. C. 
Small, Mrs. Jacob Charleston, S. C. 
Smith, Mrs. Ford Charleston, S. C. 
Smith, Miss C. M Charleston, S. C. 
Solomons, Mrs. J. R Charleston, S. C. 
Stickney, Mrs. Asa Charleston, S. C. 
Stokes, Mrs. John W Greenville County, S. C. 
Stroman, Mrs. C. L Orangeburg, S. C. 
Taylor, Mrs. B. W Columbia, S. C. 
Taylor, Mrs. Frank Charleston, S. C. 
Tiedeman, Mrs, P. C Charleston, S. C. 
Toale, Mrs. P. P Charleston, S. C. 
Trenholm, Mrs. Paul C Charleston, S. C. 
Trenholm, Mrs. William .... Charleston, S. C. 
Turner, Mrs. Thomas . . . . Charleston, S. C. 
Valk, Mrs. C. A Charleston, S. C. 
Vedder, Mrs. Chas. S Charleston, S. C. 
Vereen, Mrs. W. J Chesterfield County, S. C 
Waddill, Mrs. Eh J Chesterfield County, S. C 
Walsh, Mrs. J. T Marion C. H., S. C. 
Ward, Mrs. B. H Waverly Mills, 
Waccamaw, S. C. 
Washington, Miss M. B Charleston, S. C. 
White, Mrs. J. B Marion C. H., S. C. 
White, Mrs. S. E Georgetown, S. C. 
Williams, Miss L. L Charleston, S. C. 
Williams, Mrs. W, B Charleston, S. C. 
Wilson, Mrs. J, J Chesterfield County, S. C 
Wilson, Mrs. W. B Yorkville, S. C. 
Witte, Mrs. A. F. , . .... Charleston, S. C. 
Witte, Mrs. C. O Charleston, S. C. 
Wolfe, Mrs. S. S Winnsboro, S. C. 
Young, Mrs. Louis G Charleston, S. C. 
Young, Mrs. Henry. ..... Charleston, S. C.