Smyrna times., 1875-04-14
The Presbyterian Hospital.

The Philadelphia correspondent of the
New York ErangrhH says:
Probably no considerable PresI, tr,i,n
enterprise i'll the country, certainly none in
this city, has better Justified the cxppcta.
tons of its founders than our Hospital, now
III Its third year of actual service. The
Fourth Annual Report of the Board of
trustees, Just out, gives a detail of opclY-
tions which exhibit year of cntrrpriso
and OF useiulnes, in like measure. The re-
celptS, HeGry Sc|rnty HoqsaiW doH0,e. have
met all the current expenses and interest on
encumbranccs. The number of patients
treated i'll the wards has been 454. of whom
]l' or about six and half per cent, have
oued. The number of out-paticntS has been
I222' about One-third of them surgical cases.
The Hospital is open to people of all coun-
tries and creeds and social conditions. and
THIS feature of it is very obvious in the rc.
port OF the year. OF indoor patients 81
per cent. are Of American birth. 33 percrnt
IRISH, and the remainder chiefly ENGLISH
and German. The statistics i'm regard to
their prOfcsscd religion are DECIDEDLY int.r-
eStlng, the Prcshytprians leading the RI.
man Catholics, who have good institutions
OF Their own, by only three per cent. (thc
former 81 and the latter - per cent. J while
OF EplScopalians there has been II. of Meth.
odlStS = of Babtists :. and of Lutharans !
percent. There has bccna sprinkling from
SIX other denominations. Jews included
and only n patients cannot be classed in
this respect anywhere.
We add. the religious character of fine
institution continues a distinct feature. and
Is IN most cases appreciated by the patients.
The chaplain, Rev G. Forbes. has Sabbath
services, and during the week makes two
rounds for such personal calls as the med
zeal attendance may approve There is also
i'll each Of the wards reading Of tbn JoI,,
Scriptures and prayer by the slrperintend-
ent, Mr. J. \. f. Walk. A new society.
The ladies Aid Presbyterian Hospital. has
come INTO existence. and what is moro.
INTO brisk activity. 1t work, through
church auXiliaricS, and reports cash |
receipts fraction short of $1,000. and an !
extensive unpriced list Of ward furnishings |
ana supplies, and comforts for patients. The
endowment Of free beds has also incrr,.nd |
Persons who's" means justify it. find this a
peculiarly pleasant method of turning their
penri"ctons into a permanent flow. Five
thousand dollars cndow a free bed in pcrpe
tulty, and three thousand duri,,r fine Iif,. or
th' donor The investments from these en-,
d"wment1 are already SSS.O0O viz: one
donor $1,000; eight donors one bed each in
perlctulty; three, two beds each: and one
three beds, in all thirteen beds. The last
OF the above $lj.OO0, are given hv Mrs.
TRACE Brown. in memory of three decea.
set daughters, whose names She has given
to the cndowments. 1t is a comclv stumble
ment to the well remembered Gift of her
deceased husband, $3OO,OO0, invested for
the permanent use of the Hospital.
Tine new Surgical Pavilion ward. l43 bv
- feet, mentioned year ago as purpo.rd
and planned. is now nearly finished. II.
P"rtiIarlti"S were then described. one story.
With free ventilation between the parts Of
the double floors, walls and roof. an clcya-
tlon of the floor five feet above the ground.
with open space underneath, and So much
)f windows aS givrs, when desired the
nearest possible approach to an open air
'%po~urc, Diagrams Of the plan are added
to the report