The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-09-19
The New York Hospital, the Finest In
The World.

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Acquiring its charter from Kins
George and being favored by state
grants as well as private contributions
the New York Hospital is secure
against any Indebtedness, and lis new
building OH Fifteenth Street near Union
Square Is probably the finest in the
world. "If you have seen the New
York, our place will not seem impress.
sivc TO you," said DIR. Horatio Paine of
tho Roosevelt Hospital to us, and the
Roosevelt itself is considered one of the
best appointed hospitals extant. Start
ing out with two leading ideas-that il
should be fire proof and present the
greatest obstacles to the absorption OF
poisonous matter from an accumulation
of diseased patients, the architects de-
lsign has embodied in the building not
only every appliance for safety and
comfort known, but also degree of
luxury and beauty above any mere
utility. For heat and ventilation the
methods employed are novel and ingen-
ious. Fresh air.of any temperature re-
quired is introduced into all parts OF
the building by a fan-blower in the
basement. Suction power for carrying
OIL viiated air is placed in the highest
peak Of the roof; and constant circu-
lation is effected without perceptible
draught by air escapes in the ceiling
and under each bed Chilling down.
ward draughts from the windows are
met by upper currents of warm air from
perforated window sills. The heating
Is done by steam, and in addition TO the
Croton, water is obtained from an arte-
sian well. All the Kitchens and laund-
rles arc IN the uppermOst stories above
he wards, and two elevators rnn from
basement to attic. The only wood
work used is in the doors and win
dows; the floors are made of tiles laid
III cement on iron girders and the VAIN
scotiDg is marble. Any vain or extrav-
agant reaching after splendor is disa-
vowed by the management, but it is
certain that the New York Hospital
eclipses all its.congeners.
The bnilding lis seven stories high
with Mansard roof and has accommo-
datlons FOR about two hundred patients
with nurses and other employees.
stone, iron and red brick are promi-
nent materials in the facade, the many
windows of which look ont upon orna-
mental iron balconies. In the interior
even such details as the tiles and gas
fixtures are artistic, and the sunlight
streams i'll everywhere. Near the roof
is q large hall separated from the skv
only by translucent canopy of glass.
This is the Solarium. Plants and flow
ers bloom in it aud fountains bubble
with liquid music; in the pale green
depths of fresh and salt water aduaria
strange and beautiful fish are seen, and
on miniature islands fcork. turtles are
airing themselves or baskinr in the
spray OF the fountains. The Solarium
IS always pretty and warm, aud it is a
feature that might well be introduced
INTO all hospitals. The Kitchen and
laundry on the upper floors are provid-
ed with all the modern improvements
9i hotel, and the washing, rinsing,
wrlnging and mangling are all done by
steam. The cots are of iron and fitted
with adjustable bars by which the oc-
cupants can change their position with
out help. Each cot is also provided
with an electric tube by which the pa
tient can summon the nurse, whose
private sitting and slceping-room is at
one end of the ward. In the dining
rooms the table linen is snow white
and the service is silver plate. At each
end of each ward there arc lavatorics
with hot and cold water and BATH
rooms, all the patients being required
TO bathe once a week nnlcss they are
excused by the house surgeon. On the
lower 1lo0rs of the building there are
Two theaters, one for operating and the
other for autopsies, each being filed
with every appliance for the purposes
that science has devised. The charge
tor board is seven dollars n week; few
eases are treated gratuitously, and pri-
vatc patients are charged from ten TO
forty dollars week. = [Good Company.