New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-13
A NEV BROOKLYN LABORAIORY.
DIR. c. NJ. HOAGLAND's EXCELLENT WORK.

AN ADVANCE STEP BY THE LONG ISLAND COLLEGE
TO RE FITTED WITH FINE APPLIANCES.
The wcllcquppcd Long Island College Hospital in
brooklyn Will shortly be supplied with ample facilities
for scientific research in histology, physiology baccr-
olocy pathology and Photography by the completion
OF the new Hoagand Laboratory at Henry and Pacific
sta, orpcsite the college building II is being erected
at the expense OF Dr. Cornelius y. HOagland OF Cln-
ton ave. Brooklyn, who IS OF the Board OF Regents
of the hospital and Is deeply interested In the advance
of medicas sconce besides having large practice OF
| his
DR. Uoagand owned the site, and the handsome
building how approaching completion Will cost upward
| OF 100000. IL is constructed OF brick ana terra
| Gotta and is five stories in height with basement
Tho latter VIII be utilized for keeping the animals
which arc TO be OF in furherlng the interests
OF science IN the experiments 10 be carried on In the
npper part Of the building The first floor Will be de-
voted TO a ectnre-room for tho Of students and
for public addresses comfortably accommodating $50
persons and fitted with armchalrs and swinging desk
attachments. Tho laboratory Office and library OF
medical works for reference and consultation Will also
bc on thc first noor. on the second floor Will be the
physiological and pathological laboratories and small
lecture class room, together with rooms for the
books and balances needed In conducting the expert
| ments
ROOMS FOR INCUBATORs.
| On the third floor Will be established the bactcr-
illogical laboratory with for ncubaors and the
other apparatus needed In carrying the experiments
One half Of this floor VIII be occupied by the museum
| and DIR. Hoagland will have private laboratory here
The Photographic cabinets and laboratory Will occupy
the fourth floor together with several private labora
tories for spec allss who desire to conduct expert
| mcnts in secuson The top floor will be occupied by
! a work-room and ianltor's quarters.
All that modern science affords In the OF equip
ping laboratory viii be provided in this one, and tho
appliances OF such laboratories as the ono connected
with the Johns Hopkins University and tho Carnegie
Laboratory VIII be improved upon wherever possible
Tho apparatus Will be Of the best and choice medical
works OF much value Will be placed on tho library
shelves. The laboratory Will not only be useful to
tho students the college close at hand but also to
all the members Of the medical profession throughout
tho city They will be able TO consult authorities and
conduct experiments which private Office labora-
tory could render possible. The building will DO
placed in charge of Dr. George NJ sernberg, surgeon
Of wldc reputation, whose experience In the United
states Army has fitted him for this position
Tho work Of construction upon the building was do
lay ed last spring by labor troubles but rapid progress
ls now being made and It IS expected that 1t Will DO
ready for by February at the latest Next year
the students Of the college hope to reap the full benefit
OF the laboratory facilities and to further perfect
their knowledge Of the mysteries Of disease. Within
Tho last years the Long Island Collees Hospital
has greatly increased its convcnicnccs by adding
lecturcroom holding 800 students, comfortable
recltatlon-room and a museum Of many specimens.
To the hospital proper two new wards for surgical
cases. another ward for medical cases, and several pr
vato wards have been added, while building for tho
Nurses Training school has also been built connected
with which is the Maternity Isolated from the main
hospital and provided with the most perfect sanitary
arrangements
TEACHING AND NURSING AS WELL.
The Long Island College Hospital is unique among
medical Institutions IN this country In Its combination
of the school and caring for the sick The college ls
not dependent upon the hospital but Is integral
part OF IT, and the control of both Is Invested in tho
mon. some OF tho most prominent men Of
brooklyn form the Board of Regents, whllc the med
cal staff Is composed of Ul the ablcst physicians
| Of the country by the close union of the medical
school and the hospital here effected the latter Is i'm
l. medlaely undor the control of the Regents and coun
ell OF the college, and available constantly for prac
cal Instruction. thus cnfoc ng the teaching I'm lectures
by tho actual diseases described and tho use OF tho
appropriate remedies and their effects.
The result is an application of the instruction In
marne' that hNcs II indcibly I'm the mind. The pro
fcssors mako clinical teaching reality to the student
! by taking him to the sick bed where he can sec tho
symptoms and judge of the exactly as he will be-
| called upon 10 do In his lifowork I'm his profession
All forms Of disease and accident found among the
thousands Of annually In the bospita and
the dlspensary attached to IT. and accidents every
hind are received. The college maintains n city am
bnlance, which daily carries persons more or less in
iured 20 the Institution and many accidents and cascs
Of disease como from the ships IN the BrookIyn water
front which fnd this hospital the most convenient for
| their
The hospital is now In its tweny-nInth year When
n founded In 1853 there was only one hospital in
Brooklyn. then called the City Hospital and the need
| Of ono In South Broohlyn was apparent IN order 10
make provision for the many accidents and cases
81 necessity In that growing pant ~ the city
Der Of pnbcsprlted citlzcns united In The work and
| taking charge OF little dispcnsary enlarged It's
work that ullnedgod hos pltal was established In
| Court-st The quarters there out grown and
the present site hon occupied by the Perry residence
| was puici asNd and niied mp
In $500 the collegiate department was opened with
| such eminent physicians rs Drs Austin Flint Frank
| II. Hamilton, John C. Dalton and n Ogden Doremus
| In the faculty II was the Hrst medical school In the
country 10 give practical instruction by the beds OF The
| sick. and while there now a number OF hospital
colleges, n stands alone a college hospital with
the laboratory ia working order and freely opened
TO the students another advance step Will be taken
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