The Book of the Rotunda Hospital
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.'<••'',- '.' '': ,( I' /' 'v%. THE 8G»K ':my\- iOSPITAL KlRtPATRICK JELLETT THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES THE BOOK OF THE ROTUNDA HOSPITAL BARTHOLOMEW MOSSE (fROM THE PORTRAIT IN THE BOARD ROOM OF THE HOSPITAL). THE BOOK OP THE ROTUNDA HOSPITAL AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE DUBLIN LYING-IN HOSPITAL FROM ITS FOUNDATION IN 1745 TO THE PRESENT TIME T. PERCY C. [KIRKPATRICK, M.D., M.R.LA. FELLOW AND REGIS TEAE OP THE EOYAL COLLEGE OP PHYSICIANS OF IRELAND EDITED BY HENRY JELLETT, M.D., F.R.C.P.L MASTER OF THE HOSPITAL XonDon ADLARD & SON, BARTHOLOMEW PRESS BARTHOLOMEW" CLOSE, E.G. 1913 PRINTED BY ADLAKD AND SON LONDON AND DOEKINO tl/st:.T)iV. 1^/5 MISERIS • SOLAMEN • INSTITUIT M • DCC • L • VII Great hearted Founder, to whose prescient care we owe a debt that never can be paid, Accept the duteous thanks that love inspires, accept the tribute of a nation's praise. You worked to save the sick, to soothe the pain of those who heavy laden called for help, But, e'er the work was finished, passed away, leaving the future in Another's hands. Your statue stands within our ancient halls, your portrait looks upon our daily work. Poor dead and useless things, where every stone brings back again your living memory. What need have we of bronze or sculptor's skill to call back those who leave such work as you Whose sacrifice lives on—an endless spring of healing water on a thirsty earth ? J. PEEFACE rilHB Dublin Lying-in Hospital stands pre-eminent among similar "*- institutions of Great Britain and Ireland, whether one regards it from the point of view of its age, or the mag-nitude of the work it has done and is still doing. Founded early in the eighteenth century, it grew with the prosperity of the country, and later ministered to the needs of the people whom the decline of that prosperity brought in poverty and misery to its doors. Like the country, the Hospital, too, has had its vicissitudes, and more than once both seemed doomed to failure. Both, however, have survived, and are now entering on a future that promises to be brighter than ever the past has been. This triumph of the Hospital over the difficulties that beset its path is due in a large measure to those who have served it so well all through its long history, and who have with such loyalty and ability carried out the wise plans of its founder. Mosse designed that his Hospital should serve two great purposes—the relief of the poor, and the teaching of midwifery—and these objects have ever been kept in the forefront by those who have had the management of its fortimes. Even when things looked darkest, when funds were almost exhausted, and friends seemed to waver, the Governors held fast to the rule that no poor woman in the time of her need should be refused the relief she sought at the doors of the Hospital. There is hardly a country in the world that has not sent some of her sous and daughters to learn midwifery in the Dublin Lying-in Hospital. It seems right that the history of such an institution should be preserved, both as a tribute of our gratitude to those who have handed it down to us, and as an expression of our confidence that our successors will carry on the noble traditions of the place. In writing this history of the Hospital, I have been much indebted to the work of those who from time to time have recorded their investigations into its origin and work, and I have endeavoured always to acknowledge this indebtedness by references to their writings. The Governors of the Hospital, promjited by that liberality which has been so conspicuous in their administration and in that of their predecessors, have placed freely at my Vlll The Book of the Rotunda Hospital. disposal the ample records of the Hospital that have been preserved, and for this liberality I return them my sincere thanks. To the Registrar, Mr. FitzGerald, and to his able assistant, Mr. Macwilliam, I am much indebted for the time and trouble they have so willingly given in helping me to make use of these records. Much information about the early days of the Hospital and those who served it has been obtained at the Irish Public Record Office, and for the recovery of this I am indebted especially to the searches made for me by Miss Sibyl Kirkpatrick, and for the great assistance and courtesy afforded to her in those searches by Mr. Herbert Wood. To Dr. Robert J. Rowlette, Pathologist of the Hospital, and to Mr. Robert J. Phelps, Librarian of the Royal College of Physicians, my thanks are due for much help with the manuscript, and also to Dr. Ernest Tweedy for much valuable assistance and advice. The illustrations, which form such an important addition to the book, have all been prepared under the direct superAdsion of the Master, Dr. Henry Jellett. The disappearance of the manuscript history of the Hospital, prepared towards the close of the eighteenth century by Benjamin Higgins, is a serious loss, and one must only hope that the loss will not be permanent. Perhaps this book may be the means of bringing the work of Higgins to light, or of discovering the whereabouts of other valuable documents relating to the early history of the Hospital. Any such information will be very welcome, for one feels that the more one knows of the Hospital and its work, the more will one honour it and feel grateful to its beneficent founder. T. PERCY C. KIRKPATRICK. 23, LowEE Baggot Street, Dublin. CONTENTS PAGE . xii List op Subscribers . CHAPTER I Midwifery in Dublin at the Beginning of the Eiguteenth Century, and tue Foundation of tub First Hospital ...... 1 CHAFTEE II Work in the Lying-in Hospital in George's Lane . .10 CHAPTER III The Building of the New Hospital . .19 CHAPTER IV The Charter and the Completion of the New Hospital . .28 CHAPTER V The Mastership of Mosse ......... 37 CHAPTER VI Sir Fielding Ould . • . .48 CHAPTER VII Completing the Hospital and Building the "Rotunda" . .61 CHAPTER VIII The Rev. Thomas Mosse, Chaplain, and tub Teaching of Midwifery . 70 CHAPTER IX The Masterships of Collum, Jebb, and Rock . .83 h X The Book of the Rotunda Hospital. PAOE CHAPTER X The New Rooms .......... 95 CHAPTER XI The Mastership of Joseph Clarke ....... lOG CHAPTER XII Thomas Evoky and Thomas Kelly ....... 120 CHAPTER XIII Hopkins and Labatt ......... 133 CHAPTER XIV John Pentland, Robekt Collins, and Evory Kennedy . 144 CHAPTER XV Charles Johnson, Robert Suekleton, and Alfred McClintock . 157 CHAPTER XVI John Denuam and George Johnston ....... 168 CHAPTER XVII — . The Transition Period Atthill and Macan . .178 CHAPTER XVIII The Modern Period—Dr. Smyly, Dr. Pubefoy, Dr. Tweedy, and Dr. Jellett 186 APPENDICES I. References .......... 195 II. List of Officers of the Hospital . 201 III. The Will of Bartholomew Mosse . 210 IV. Notice of the Sale by Auction of the Effects of the late Dr. Mosse 216 INDEX 217 LIST or ILLUSTRATIONS Board Room of the TTospitai.) Baktholomew Mosse (feom the Portrait m the £ Tout spiece TO FACE PA«B 6 The Old Hospital in George's Lane . 18 • • The Lyino-in HoariTAL, Dublin . 22 The Entrance Hall of the Hospital . 24 Mosse in 1753 A Ticket in the Lottery promoted by 32 The Grand Staircase, looking into the Chapel by Mosse 38 An Old Admission Form for Patients Initialled Hospital 42 Bartholomew Mosse-Bust in the Hall of the 44 Herbaceous Border in the Gardens . 4G • • Bartholomew Mosse's Bed . • 52 • ' Sir Fielding Gold . 56 The Chapel—East Wall . • - • GO The Chapel—a Portion of the Ceiling G2 • • The Chapel, looking West . the Gardens GG The Maternity Hospital and Assembly Rooms from G8 Wedgwood Decorations on the Rotunda 72 • • The Tennis Courts . Hospita 7G A Corridor on the First Floor of the Maternity 84 The Hall in the Master's House 88 • • • A View in the Gardens . • Win as se EN from th The Maternity Hospital and the Plunket Cairnes 94 • Gardens . • •• 9G The Rotunda and New Rooms, Dublin. 108 The South Front of the Hospital, looking West . 112 The Board Room, showing Portrait op Mosse 120 The North Front of the Hospital and Gardens 124 The South Front of the Hospital, looking East . xu The Book of the Rotunda Hospital. A Group of Students, 1911 .... 132 The South Front op the Students' Kesidence 138 The Primate's Ward in the Maternity Hospital 142 The Students' Mess Eoom .... 144 The Lady Students' Dining Room 152 The Reading Room in the Students' Residence 156 The Patients' Balcony in the Plunket Cairnes Wing 160 A Student's Bedroom ..... 162 The Smyly Ward in the Plunket Cairnes Hospital 168 A Corridor in the Plunket Cairnes Wing 170 The Iveagh Ward in the Plunket Cairnes Hospital 174 The Nurses' Sitting Room 176 A Nurse's Bedroom ..... 178 The Probationers of the Hospital, 1912 180 The West Front of the Plunket Cairnes Wing 182 The Medical and Nursing Staff of the Hospital, 1912 184 The South Front of the Plunket Cairnes Wing 186 The Nurses' Dining Room .... 188 The Operating Theatre ..... 190 The Nurses' Home ..... 192 The Labour Ward ..... 192 The Waiting Ward ..... 194 LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS Adair, Mrs. S. F., 24, Fitzwilliani Square, Dublin 1 copy Adamson, J., Esq., 161, Mayfair Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba . 1 Allan, Dr. R. Marshall, Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 2 Andrews, Right Hon. W. D., LL.D., P.O., 51, Lower Looson Street, Dublin 1 Ardilaun, The Rt.