Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-22
THE NEW Bull NG

Diseases of the eye and ear. DIR. Swan U.
Burnett. Tuesday and Friday, pm.
General and nervous diseases, DR.. William
Lee. Tuesday and Friday, pm.
Diseases of the throat and chest, Dr. T.
Morris Murray, Wednesday and Saturday,
pm.
Surgery and skin diseases. DR.. ]. Ford
Thompson, Wednesday and Saturday. 2 pm.
Resident physician, DR.. r. NJ. Ellison.
Assistant resident physician, DR.. Roster Mid
dleton.
The number Of patients who seek relief at the
doors OF the institution is steadily increasing.
The present building, in which the hospital
has been situated for the past three years, has
become much too small for the accommodation
OF the large number OF patients who come
there daily. The busiest hours Of the day are
from l TO in the afternoon, and any one visit
Ing the institution at that hour can obtain a
very accurate idea of the nature and amount
Of the work done and of the great inadequacy
OF Its present quarters to the demands made
upon II.
AN AFTERNOON SCENE.
The following is a description by one Of the
attending physicians of a very busy day during
the summer: '-One Tuesday during the service
OF the eve and ear, from to p.m., some forty
Cases were registered. and in the service for
nervous and general diseases from to d. m.
hfty-three cases were registered, making nine
ty-three cases treated and prescribed for, not
sicians and not referred to the regular services
such as pulling teeth, dressing wounds
and simple maadles or the emergency
cases. The waiting rooms of the pres
ent building viii accommodate with COM
parative comfort about sixty patients, so
that between thirty and forty Of these ninety
three patients had to wait their turn. standing
III the hall or on the stairs. Besides the pa
tlents before enumerated there were in one of
the two rooms devoted to emergency work
two cots Occnnia1 nv ma inf rir
sunstroke, while in the other ROOM which is
also used as an Office and sitting room by the
resident physicians. was a young woman who
had been suffering from epileptic commissions,
who was laid out on a sofa, and a man on a
stretcher suffering from n fracture of both
arms and a RIB. In the midst of this a fifth
emergency case was brought in on a stretcher-
that of a man suffering from severe scalp
wounds and other injuries, and he had to be
taken upstairs"
AYEAR's RECORD.
During the year ClSS9) 8, 1872 new patients were
treated, 1854 visits were made by patients,
21.04S prescriptions were compounded and
there were sl4 emergency cases. The expenses
were S3.3I2.27. All patients, and especially
those whose appearance Is indicative Of their
being able 10 pay for medical services are
closely questioned by the house physicians be-
fore being treated and many cases of real des-
tltutlon have been found to exist under an ex-
ternal appearance of comfort Where patients
are found to BE- able 10 pay for the services of
physician they are treated once and then in
formed that they must 90 elsewhere.
The expenses of this institution are in part
paid by the District government, which gives
"a certain allowance per month out Of its poor
fund As partial return for this and in adCi-
ton to their regular duties the house physi-
Clans attend, II desired, all injured persons
who are taken to the first precinct police sta
ton and often the policemen themselves The
balance OF the expenses Is paid by voluntary
contributions, which are variable and often de-
fectlye and, a necessary consequence the
greatest economy has to be practiced to make
both ends meet
THE PROPOSED NEW BUILDING
In view OF the absolute necessity of much
more ample accommodations and recogn,z ing
the folly OF again moving into a building not
erected especially for such purposes the board
OF directors of the central dispensary and
emergency hospital have decided to have q
proper and suitable building erected They
propose to construct a building which should
meet all the necessary requirements be q
eredi: to the city and give IL something the
need of which Is sadly felt
The site Of this proposed building is the tri-
angular lot at the intersection of Ohio avenue,
ID and 18th streets. Ii combines the several
advantages OF being quite central and of hay
Ing three Of its sides facing upon the street. SO
that entrances can be made in three separate
directions and OF being near q public reserva-
ZION, so that there can always be plenty of
fresh ar. In order to obtain all the latest
ideas IN regard to the construction of this
building committee Of three from the board
OF directors, together with the architect WIS.,
Tied many OF the most prominent and most re-
Gently constructed buildings of this kind in
the cities OF New York and Baltimore and as
the results OF such visit plans have been
adopted The exterior of the pr opposed build
ing 10 quite plain and no attempt at Ornamental
tlon or display has been made But at the
same time, an endeavor has been made to have
II as attractive 70 the eye as the purpose for
which II Is intended will permit
THE GROUND rLooR
The ground or basement floor IL situated
even with the street on account of the lowness
of the situation and the difficulty of getting 4
foundation at any depth. 1t is surrounded by
an artificial terrace, under which rooms will be
constructed for the storage of coal, &c.
One Of the most striking and novel features
Of this story consists Of three strong rooms for
the reception of insane patients and those suf-
fsring from delerium tremens and like afaic-
tons. These rooms are to be well lighted and
made very comfortable, but so constructed as
70 dsaden sounds and shut out ali noises 90
that these patients can be veil taken care OF
and kept out of harms way.
The next most important feature Of this story
II the emergency department. The ambulance
containing the injured person can be driven