Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-07
FINE INSTITUTION

eases Established by Or. 8. nj. slocum.
Diseases of the eye and ear are the most
common and numerous that flesh is heir
to, and as both are organs OF the most
vital Importance and o necessity to the
o humankind, too great pains can
not be takenin their care. Those suffering
from diseases in this city have never had
an establishment where they could be
placed under the care of a competent ply
stefan and receive the care and nursing
which is 30 necessary to successful cures
in such cases. But now such an institu-
ton has been opened through the
energy and enterprise of the well known
specialist DR.. Samuel NJ. Slocum, who,
though but q young man, bears q dis
tirguished though hard-esrned reputation
as one OF the leading oculists and aurlsts
Of the country. DR.. Slocum graduated IN
the first schools OF surgery and medicine,
taking the highest honors in an unusually
large and brilliant class. For years he was
associated with DR.. Ssdler, of Pittsburgh,
who besides being one of the most eminent
dsecislists in the world, has earned the dis
tinction Of being the only 6rst-class eye
and ear specialist in Western Pennsyl'
vania. Even with this eminent man
DR.. Slocuu has been compared favora-
bly, by reason Of bis many skillful and deli
cate operations while his partner, DR.. Slo-
cum has secured one of the palstial build
ing recently erected by the Oesterllng
heirs, on Sixteenth street. The residence
chosen, No. 60, is the furthest west OF the
block, and has an advantage over the
others. by reason of the plenitude Of light
aud ventilation, both of which are neces-
sary in an establishment Of this kind. A
reporter was shown through the building
the other day by the doctor. The lower
floor consists OF q spacious hall, with large
double parlors to the left. These have
been handsomely fitted up as reception
and consultation rooms, the front parlor
being used for the former, and the n In
the rear for the latter. Just back Of these
apartments are large roomy kitchens, and
q handy continuance in the shape OF an
elevator occupies a convenient position
near the kitchen to carry coal, meals, etc,
to the upper stories. In the basement is the
laundry, which, with the kitchens contains
all the necessary modern Improvements
such as ranges, hot and cold water sppa'
ratus, etc. The second story ia devoted to
a dining room aud the coy apartment
occupied by the doctor and his wife. There
are also two operating rooms on this floor,
one in the real OF the doctors, opening in
10 il, which will be used in delicate cases
when the patients are in q critical con-
dition. A small hall chamber, brilliantly
lighted up with one huge window, will be
devoted to minor cases and the admins
tering Of snesthetics. The third story
consists of two large rooms. The one
in front having, in consequence OF q
glass door and three large windows, an
abundance OF ventilation from the south
and west. will be devoted to the most diff
cult and skill-requiriDg operations, such as
the removals of catarscts or other plastic
operations. Here the doctor will have, in
addition to his operating table and chair,
a bed for the patient, aa in many instan-
stances after an operation OF this kind, 1t
ia found necessary to keep the patient in
a horizontal position for q week or ten
days at a time, any sudden rising or the
lightest shock endsngering the success
Of the operation. The room in the
rear has also been well fitted up, both as
an operating room and sleeping
apartment. The necessity Of apartments
for the accommodation Of patients
is made manifest by the statement that
parties are often under treatment a month
or six weeks, during which time it would
be dangerous for them to be exposed TO
either the air or to vivid sunlight, The
building is furnished with all the modern
improvements, and in addition to a bath
room in the second story, has stationary
wash stands with hot and cold water on
each floor. 1t is heated by q furnace in
the cellar, in addition to which
there is a CRATE in every room.
The surgical instruments incidental TO
operations on the ear and eye, operating
tables and chairs, together with all Of the
latest appliances known to the profession,
are possessed by the doctor. A new oper,
ating chair recently received can, by means
of attachments, be made to assume sixty
different positions, the requirements of the
business rendering such an acquisition IN
dispenssble,
Wheeling is certainly to be c~ongratula'
ted upou the acquisition of such an ele-
CANT institution, and it will be quite d
benefit to the city, as already the patients
from q distance have come to the city to
consult the doctor and place themselves
under his care. The success Of the doc
tors ventnre ia aaanred