COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES detail or newness o f fittings. Not the smallest item was omitted to make it the superior o f any existing similar institution, either in Am er ica or Kuropc, and those who have had the oh portuniiy of visiting the institutions of this character in other parts of the workl arc unanimous in approving the verdict o f sii|>eriority given this hospital. T h e site is an ideal one. combining the ad vantages o f elevation, light, nir and ventilation. Upon this ground arc erected five buildings of uniform d c s i^, built o f gray limestone from Oeveland, Ohio, and light-toned pressed brick from Clarion county. Pa. These build ings consist of the main hospital structure, combined botlcr-house and Uundry, a home fo r the nurses, a garage and stable, and the incinerating plant. I l i c main building has been designed on the pavilion plan, having a central three-story structnrc, with wings projecting cast, west and north. In the cast and west wings are to be found the wards for patients and accessory rooms fo r scrx'ing them. Be tween the central building aiul the wings arc connecting glass "solaria,” or snn rooms for ireaunent by the heating effect o f light. The wards are for the accommo<lntion o f uduU pa tients, while the first floor of the north wing is set aside exclusively for the children. T he sub-basement, entirely below ground, is fo r the accommodation of the plumbing and drainage pipes and for storage puqio^^^* .Above this is the semi-basement, but three feet below ground, well lighted by many win dows. Here arc to be found the clinical, pathological. t»acteriological and medical re search laboratories. Ckcupying tw'o laige rooms will be the X -ray department, the equip ment o f which is not surpassed by any other in the land. In another section is the clahomtely equipped department o f hydro-thera]ieutics, fitted with hot and cold ^ r a y s, showers and electric light cabinets. There are also the Nauheim baths and all the necessary apfxiratus fo r the treatment o f cases by water and elec tricity. T h e receiving and accident rooms arc also upon this floor, being easy o f access from the main ambulance entrance. H ere atso are located the dental and orthopedic departments and the drug lalmratorics and storage roonus. A separate department, having its exit and entrance entirely outside the building, will be set aside for the treatment o f contagious ami infections diseases, and is so built as to be easily and quickly fumigated. .ftcending one comes to the main floor, en trance to which is had hy means of a short flight of stone steps guarde<l by six massive
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Corinthian columns. Upon cither side of the entrance arc the main office, the oflkc.s of the sujierimcndent and the chief nurse, the library and the waiting room. From here radiate the five wards of the institution, each o f which is a separate unit, having its own separate ward nurse's office, diet kitchen, bathroom and ser>*ice rooms. A ll of the ward.s arc com fort ably furnished, heated, lighted and well venti lated. On the second floor the wards arc the same as the first, and in addiltoii there arc a number o f private rooms for the treatment of special cases, which can be made cn suite. Three u f the large rooms on the first floor can be thrown into one, thus providing a lecture hall or meeting room fo r medical societies, or fo r givin g scientific or lantern exhibitions. On the second floor o f (he north wing is lo cated the operating suite, con sisting.of two operuting rooms, .a sterilizing room, an in strument room, an etherizing and recovery room, and the surgeons' dressing room. In planning this department every effort was made to make it as modem as {lossiblc, and the fittings are the most complete that science could design or money purchase. On this floor and projecting over (he front of the building U a large solarium fo r the use o f private pa tients, inclosc<l with glass and scientifically ventilated and hcate<l. .Another department on this floor is devoted to maternity cases e x clusively. T he wings of the hospital buikling arc two stories in height, but the central administra tion i>art is continued up another story. Upon this floor arc located the large and handsome dining-room, appropriately furnished and sup plied wilh a large number o f small round tables; the kitchen; the nurses' <lining-room: and the apartments of the superintendent and resident physicians and surgeons. AH of the cooking is done by gns, to avoid dust and smoke. T h e object in placing the kitchen upon the lop floor is to eliminate entirely the mlors o f cooking so often characteristic of the best hospitals. Running through the ccnier of the main building is an automatic elevator o f sufficient size to carry a wheeled bed or stretcher, I?esides this there arc freight and fooil elevators, all electrically controlled and entirely auto matic. licing operated by |nisb buttons. The entire instUntion is cleaned by the vacuum process through pipes leading from machines in the sub-basement. Training School.— T o the west o f tlic main building is the training school home for the nurses, a dqxirtnicnt operated separately from
