The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-12

Capacity OF private rooms (beds)... l.
Number OF hospital beds .......... "
Average number Of patients at pres
enG. Observation-Disclosures "
Acreage nnnDer Ot out patients
per month. ...................,.s AZ
Tot nllnDer inmates since Jam
uary H.. Recommendations. luT
Total number out patients slnIe
January 10. 42c
Total revenue (pnvaJe and ward
beds) from May to October q. . $ll45 q
The available capacity of the old City
Hos pital (now useu for colored patients
would be about thirty beds The rooms OF
first floor, at present occupied by the col
lege, would etfOrd additional space say iOl
forty beds, this being low estimate.
A most notable feature i'll connection
with the hospital at this time Is the Ladies
Training school for Nurses. They bave su
preme control Tin harmony with the RUE.
and reguatlOns) Of the nursing OF all whll'
- patients, bO>h ward and private, and ar
dlsoharglng such duty most efficiently an
satisfactorily 10 the management. For thtl
especial benefit course of lectures has al
ready been lnaugurated, and viii consist oi
such topics i'll medicine as are necessary
for IA trained nurses education. This aux.
Hilary alone Is capable in the near future I
giving the ins tuition prestige.
Following are some of tie diseases ana
surgical ujurleS treated i'll the HUSplta,
since It's organ Eat ON: MaIarat fever TN
tei 'Tnl am pel'il.l,uS,, va
''"i Ns,'' " lm,'''
LMiH, w sIn.i! w nue.o VI W. - e u,
uneeuso NGou," an" l|,,,
pyema, phthiSlS puimUnaliS. dlpiherla, te
tanus, syphilis, gouOTrhUl, CySIlIlS, pelvic
cellurJls, fractures (simple, compound, ahG
cOmmlnutedJ, amputaiOns, l'Oes, foot, ley,
tniSh' Ie>'c'lols' iapar"toihy i'r "'CluS'"'
oi 3o"eis, perloIa'IhS suhshoe M"utlu VI
apuoIneh anu other lrahShl"1ic iessohs VI
In estlhts. -,-
THE CHEMICAL LABokAtoRI'
Prof. Everhart 10 his report to the reg
ents calls attention to the many grave ryIIs
existing in the chemical laboratory at the
university and saws:
Zine injury t. the building, to the ap-
paratus, and to the health of the students
by this b I'd ventilation cannot be oyeresti-
mated. Apparatus not only in the base.
ment but AL over the building is injured
by the fumes from the laboratory. Tn,
books in the library can be desIroveI. Even
the G lsomining on the walls has been af-
focted,
Most serious, however, is the action of
these fumes, etc, OH The health OF lhose
working in the laboratory. Not few in
stances have occurred where the health of
students as been affected by breathing the
atuosphere of the basement 1t is no ex-
aggeration to say that feel relieved at the
VI end OF each session that nothing very
serious has occurred and that | begin each
u years work with a feeling of anxiety. The
vituated attn osphere is The remark of al
most every visitor to the chemical depart
ment. As the number of students has in
creased so has increased this evil of impure
air. 1t has been a question during TIE pas,
N TWO years whether it won not be the
y wisest plan TO stop laboratory work alto
sf gether until suiTUUTT oHIlufhB could b'
provided. AS such work, however Is alb
soluteiy essential To any acquisition OF {
knowledge Of chemistry, the laboratorle:
have bten kept open.
A chemical laboratory should always bt
q separate building. This is recognized
everywhere. With the exc 1ptlon OF South
ern colleges and universities all institution;
OF like character have provided such bulld'
ings. lfthere were no other reasons, ths
danger from tlre should De sulncleht cause
Necessarily most chemical operations are
carried on At elevated temperatures, anC
gas, lamps ard furnace heS are constantly
in USE In ordinarily constructed buildings
such fires are constant menace to them.
In the crowded condition we now are III
the best interests OF the university ana ol
its students are not preserved Even III tine
matter OF paying for apparatus ana cneull
Gals large loss under existing c!rcum
stances is unavoidable. Each student
should make deposit and receive therefor
certain amount of apparatus. Atthe enc
OF the year the student can return anbrok
en- ana uniujured apparatus and receive
back portion of his deposit When, how
ever several students occupy one desk, as l.
the ase here, such an arrangement woul!
be imIrlctiuable. a certain pro alta l
charg, To each student, and he is glVe'
VIVA he requires. As the student has n
feeling of possessing apparatus he become
careless, breakase and waste ner"ssarl
follow, and the cost of maintaining the lat
oratorv is correspondingIy increase
With nil these drawbat Ks, the work i
chemistry has been at least creditabe {
the university. The good results accom-
nIished have been largely due to the zeG
and ministry of the students. AllhOug
the dsmartmt.nt is only six years old, sl
many nf the men who have pursued TN
y course of study in lecture rOon ana laDof
cessfnl and usctul Careels I'm the geologi
cal survey of lie State all the Chem'Ca
w"rE I'm, hpen done by men VINO have oh
tninrd heir Knowledge of chemistry al thi
university. At present IL. llerndo
H.,