Guy's Hospital is, we hope, likely to quiet down. At
all events, the House Surgeon and House Physician, who not only joined in the enteute got up to hiss the Treasurer last week, but boasted in a letter to the papers of what they had done, have apologised for their letter as improper, and have been allowed to take up their duties again. We trust that this indicates also a disposition on the part of the medical staff to adopt a more conciliatory policy. Whatever mistakes have been made, there is no manner of doubt that the Treasurer chose in Miss Burt, the present matron, a most capable and admirable successor to the matron who resigned ; nor is there any doubt that Miss Burt is entirely willing and ready to co- operate heartily with the medical staff, and to recognise their right to dictate entirely the treatment of the patients, if they, too, are ready to co-operate with her. The Medical Superin- tendent himself now finds the hospital patients under admirable regulations as regards the nursing, and sees the improvement in every ward. If, then, the medical staff cannot work well with such a matron under them, they will lose the confidence of the public, lose students, and perhaps permanently lower the reputation of one of the most celebrated of the London. Hospitals.
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