Pacific Dispensary for Women and Children

Staples, president; Mrs. A. L. Stone and Elkan Cohen, vice-presidents; Mrs. Oliver W. Easton, treasurer; and Mrs. John Hooper, Mrs. C. A. Wright, Mrs. Irving M. Scott, Mrs. Joseph Healy, Mrs. E. W. Phillips, Mrs. W. T. Wallace, Mrs. Henry Graves, Mrs. Thomas Flint, directors.

At another time of crisis, Dr. Lucy Maria Field Wanzer and Dr. Brown took out their life memberships to avert the same catastrophe.

[6] In 1889, the attending physicians were Miss Wanzer, Charlotte Blake Browne, and Kate Post-Van Order.

Miss Boye, as executive of the Training School, is making a steady contribution to the education of nurses.

Institution work claimed Dr. Fletcher, and Mary Bennett Ritter made the pioneer contribution in the teaching of hygiene to the University Women Students at Berkeley.

From 1885 to 1915, during the development of the hospital as a permanent institution, interns sought the training from the local medical schools of Stanford and University of California, University of Minnesota, Rush, Michigan, the P. and S. in Chicago, the Woman's Medical in Philadelphia, and Johns Hopkins.

[6] They settled from New Bedford to India, five were missionary physicians; Dr. Margaret Smythe became connected with the State Hospital at Stockton, and later was first assistant and in charge of the women's department of over 1,000 patients.

In public health, Dr. Anna E. Rude was the Director of the Child Hygiene Division of the Children's Bureau in Washington.

Dr. Ethel Watters was Director of the Bureau of Child Hygiene of the California State Board of Health.

Dr. Viola Russell was acting assistant surgeon in United States Public Health Service.

The gap between funds earned interest from endowment, and expenses was bridged by the activity of the managers —soliciting gifts and donations and by the Auxiliary in entertaining the public yearly at the Mardi Gras Ball.

[6] As a charity, the Children's Hospital held a strong appeal for the public, and was supported entirely by contributions and income from paying patients.

Supported and endowed beds were particularly needed for maternity patients and women ill of medical diseases.

For instance, they donated an X-Ray equipment, and the purchase of the Nurses' Home from the University of California Hospital was one of their permanent accomplishments.

Members of the auxiliary board included: Mrs. Henry Kiersted, Mrs. Henry Dutton, Mrs. George Cameron, Mrs. Latham McMullin, Mrs. Horace Hill, Mrs. S. H. Boardman, Mrs. Norris K. Davis, Mrs. Walter Martin, Mrs. Charles T. Crocker, Mrs. H. W. Poett, Mrs. Augustus Taylor, Mrs. William H. Taylor, Jr., Mrs. Laurence I. Scott, Mrs. Julian Thorne, Miss Emily Carolan, Miss Marion Zeile, Mrs. J. Cheever Cowdin, Miss Louise Boyd, and Mrs. H. H.