' REGULATIONS 
OF THE 
Infirmary of Trinity Parish, 
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JOHN W. AMERMAN, PRINTER, 
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No. 47 Cedar Street. 
1874. CONSULTING PHYSICIANS. 
Dk. WM. M. POLK, 288 Fifth Avenue. 
Dr. WM. H. DRAPER, 4 East 37th Street. 
ATTENDING PHYSICIANS. 
Dr. GEORGE H. HUMPHREYS, 18 West 10th Street, 
Dr. HORATIO BRIDGE, 42 West 23d Street. 
Dr. CARLOS P. TUCKER, 43 West 26th Street. 
Dr. JOHN G. CURTIS, 35 West 33d Street. 
VISITING PHYSICIAN. 
Dr. 6HBO. H'. MITCHELL, *407 111-took Street. 
OPTHALIiIC SURGEON. 
Dr. RICHARD H. DERBY, 111 East 25th Street. ®nnit>j |»ftoman) 
RULES AND REGULATIONS 
ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE VESTRY OF TRINITY CHURCH 
IN CHARGE OF THE INFIRMARY, MAY 28, 1874. 
1. This Infirmary is intended for the sick poor belong- 
ing to Trinity Parish, in the City of New-York. 
2. Whenever there is room, the Rector may, in his 
discretion, extend its benefits to the sick poor of free or 
Mission Churches of the City outside this Parish, 
3. Application for admittance must be made to the 
Rector, or to some person deputed by him to act in his 
place, and the applicant, if not personally known to him, 
must be recommended by one of the Assistant Ministers 
or other Clergy of the Parish. 
4. No person will be admitted without a certificate 
from the Visiting Physician, or other physician duly quali- 
fied to act, that the case comes within the rules; except 
in cases of extreme urgency, provided for in Rule No. 20. 
5. No contagious, obstetric or chronic case shall be 
admitted. 6. The Sister in charge shall be known as the Superin- 
tendent, and shall be appointed by the Committee, and 
hold office during its pleasure. 
V. The Committee on the Infirmary shall hold stated 
monthly meetings at the Infirmary, and shall, from time 
to time, inspect its condition, and that of the sick therein. 
8. At each stated meeting of the Committee, the 
Superintendent will present a statement in detail of the 
current expenses of the Infirmary for the preceding 
month, together with vouchers for the same. 
9. The Superintendent shall also, at each stated meet- 
ing, report in writing the names of all patients admitted 
since the last meeting, their ages and diseases, their na- 
tionality and occupation, and the results of their treat- 
ment. Such reports shall be registered in a book to be 
kept at the Vestry office, and entitled the “Record of 
the Infirmary.” 
10. Patients must strictly conform to such regulations 
as may, from time to time, be established by the proper 
authority, and to the directions of the Superintendent 
or the Medical officers. On failure to do so, they may, 
by order of the Rector or of the Committee, be removed 
from the Infirmary. 
11. Visits to patients by their friends shall be allowed 
only on days and at hours to be specified by the Super- 
intendent ; and the Superintendent may terminate such 
visits whenever she shall deem it expedient. 
12. Articles of food, delicacies, and the like, brought 
to patients by visitors, must be left with the Superin- tendent, and issued only by her or by an Attending Phy- 
sician. Visitors violating this rule will not be re-ad- 
mitted. 
13. Convalescents must leave the Infirmary whenever 
the Attending Physician pronounces it safe, or whenever 
directed to do so by the Superintendent. 
14. The religious services shall be as ordered by the 
Rector, and no Clergyman, other than those of this Par- 
ish, shall hold any services within the Infirmary, unless 
authorized to do so by the Rector. 
15. Every patient entering the Infirmary shall be noti- 
fied by the Superintendent of such of these regulations 
as refer to the conduct of patients and their visitors. 
16. The Committee shall appoint the physicians, and 
fix their number. 
17. The Attending Physicians and the Visiting Phy- 
sician shall constitute the Medical Board, and may make 
such rules for their own government as are not inconsist- 
ent with those of this Committee. 
18. In case of a vacancy in the Medical Board, they 
may nominate to the Committee suitable persons for ap- 
pointment. 
19. There shall be a Committee of Inspection ap- 
pointed from among its members by the Medical Board. 
Such Committee shall, at least once a fortnight, inspect 
the Infirmary building, examine into the condition of 
the wards, water-closets and bath-rooms, the quality of the food and medicines issued to patients, and the capa- 
city and conduct of the nurses. It shall report from 
time to time to this Committee. 
20. Exceptional cases of extreme urgency may be 
admitted by the Superintendent without an order from 
the Rector; but any such admission shall be forthwith 
reported to him or his deputy for the time being, and be 
subject to his approval. 
21. Convalescent patients are expected and required 
to share in the labor incident to the management of the 
Institution.