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were lom with different emotions —
sympathy for the bluejay, admiration
for the hawk.
The breeze that had been fanning
our faces grows stronger; a sudden
stroke of lightning followed by a loud
clap of thunder warns us. The cloud
over Pisgah is now dark and threaten¬
ing. Let’s get back into our car.
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mountain man does not shut him¬
self away from a storm. He does not
wince at the sudden sound of thunder.
Like an athlete who glories in the
game, a mountain man revels in the
sudden explosive sound of thunder and
the mighty roar that follows. To him a
thunderstorm is nature's way of dis¬
playing its strength and power.
We sit in our car and watch. The
thunder seems to come from deep
down in the bowels of the earth. Every
mountain echoes the sound of thunder
and sends out the roar as a challenge to
others. Far-distant mountains catch up
the challenge and send out their call for
others to join. These far-away moun¬
tains seem subdued when they join the
tumultuous sound, as stroke after
stroke of lightning comes in quick suc¬
cession. The wind comes roaring up
the side of the mountain. Hail pelts our
car and it is dark inside. Someone turns
on the headlights. Trees are swaying in
the wind, and everything seems to be
in confusion.
And then there comes a lull in the
confusion. The rain stops. The thunder
and lightning stop. The sun begins to
shine. A snowbird comes out of its
shelter under the root of a tree. A wood
thrush calls from the bushes below us.
For them the storm was not an adven¬
ture. it was a way of life. — Li i ming
Grimshawh
The First Hospital
On American Soil
Hy VANCE E. SHIFT
Considering the astronomical cost of
hospital construction and the high cost
of medical services in this our bicen¬
tennial year, we marvel at how our
ancestors survived before Jabcz
Whitaker, at Jamestown in 1621. built
the first hospital, a 20' x 40 "Sick-
housc. " and a nearby small room for
the surgeon so that he might be nearby
to provide aid and comfort to the
sick. The historian. Bruce, says in
his reference to Jabez Whitaker, that
the "Sickhouse." described in the
1619-1621 "Records of the Virginia
Company." was, although crude
enough, the first hospital on American
soil.
The account of the first hospital in
America is recorded in the "Records
of the Virginia Company." Volumes I.
III. 1609-1622. Library of Congress.
The original documents can be found
in the "Farrar Papers." Document in
Magdalinc College. Cambridge Uni¬
versity. England. These papers in¬
cluded the original autograph letter
dated May 1621 to Sir Edwin Sandys.
signed by Jabcz Whitaker, with seal, as
follows:
“I have built a Guesthouse forty
foote long and twentic foote wide for
entenaynment of Sickc psonns — and
have built a little room for ye Surgeon
yt he may be ever nccrc and helpful to
them-—."
In addition, the "Records of The
Virginia Company." 1619-1621. Vol¬
ume I. page 508. Library of Congress,
states in part — “(for so much as itt
appeared yt Mr. Whitaker had obeyed
the Companies orders in building a
Guesthouse for intertaynment of Sick
persons and for ye relief and comfort of
such persons come weak from Sea —
ill was moved, agreed and ordered that
he should be rewarded and have two
boyes sent him when the Company
shall be able — and that the reward of
tobacco allowed him by the Governor
of Virginia shalbe confirmed unto
him."
THE STATE. July 1976