Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-25
THE EMERGENCY HOSPITAL.
ITS New Building Thrown Open for Public ]
spection-A Completely Equipped strucfuI

ITS New Building Thrown Open for Public In
spection-A Completely Equipped Structure.
The new building Of the Emergency Hospital
was thrown open for Inspection last evening,
and for several hours II w,s filed with the
friends Of that most admirable institution They
found nothing to criticise, but everything to
praise and admire for the fact that hospital
with such a large and important field to cover
as the Emergency needed more capacious and
convenient quarters than IL has had heretofore
has been evident to every one. The old quar-
tiers on 18th street and more recently on 18th
street were anything but suited to the needs Of
hospital. and good ground for congratulation
was found in the fact that IL had at last OBJ
tanned home adequate to Its needs
The new building 10 located mt the corner Of
18th street and Ohio avenue. 1t is q large
brick structure designed and equipped in the
most approved style. The building stands on
narrow point OF land SO that it has three
fronts and big windows on all of them. The
opening last evening was rather in the nature
of reception, for most OF the board of
directors with the physicians who are connected
with the hospital we're on hand during the
hours that the building was open 20 the public,
for the purpose of showing visitors over the
building and pointing out to them all the varl-
GUS features that would be OF general interest
In the crowd were many well-kuown residents
OF the city, who have interested themselves In
this practical charity, whose object is to render
assistance Immediately in case oil accident and
to give medical treatment to the poor through
its dispensary department. The reception com
mittee last evening consisted of the members OF
the board of directors, as follows:
Arthur ID. Addison, Chas. j. Bell A. T. Brit
ton. DIR. Swan NJ. Burnett, Calderon Carlisle,
William Gait, W. b. Gurley. DR.. Win H.
Hawkes., Gardiner Gs Hubbard, Dr. H. l.. E.
johnson. DR.. ]. Taber Johnson, Z. Kurtz John
son, John G. Judd, DIR. W. W. johnston, DIR.
James Kerr, Thomas ]. King DR.. William Lee
DR.. N. s. Lincoln, DR.. @. L. Magruder, John
W. Mccartney, DR.. T. Morris Murray. DR.. d.
W. Preptiss, NJ. N. Parker, Henry L. Plum, A.
A. Thomas, DR.. ]. Ford Thompson, Brainard
H. Warner, BENZ. H. warder H. Randall Webb,
". C.. Whittemore, Henry l.. West. Ex-otficio
members, DR.. @. NJ. Hamnlett. d. A. Frank.
The physicians connected with the institu-
ton are as follows:
Attending staff, Drs Swan NJ. Burnett, W. H.
Hawkes.. H. L. E. Johnson, James Kerr, Will
lam Lee, I. Morris Murray; consulting staff,
Drs. j. Taber Johnson. w. ". Johnston, n. S.
Lincoln. G. l.. Magruder, d. W. Prentiss. J.
Ford Thompson.
The resident physician is Dr. Wade H. Atkin-
son and the assistant DR.. Presley C. Hunt.
The main entrance to the building is on the
north side. 1t opens directly on q wide hall
way, on the left side of which is an elevator
that runs to the top OF the house and is large
enough to carry wheel chairs and stretchers to
the wards above. The dining rooms, kitchen
store and drug rooms anu engine room are all
on the ground floor together with the quar- tiers
that are to be used for the treatment Of emer-
gency cases. The main part of the floor above
Is occupied by the waiting room, where there
are seats for the accommodation Of the dispen-
sary patients who are waiting their turn to DE
treated. In one corner OF this apartment is a
complete and well equipped pharmacy. Here
the free prescriptions are made up also
without charge. The office rooms are
on this floor in the west end of
the building and at the other end are the
various operating rooms. These, as well as
every other part of the building. are supplied
with an abundance Of light, running water and
fresh AIR. On the floors above are the two
main wards for patients and the living rooms
for the resident staff of the hospital, the ma
tron and the other employees who make their
home there. The building is heated through
out by steam. 1t is finished in Georgia pine
inside, and contains altogether upward of fifty
rooms
The general feeling last night was that if
there were only an ambulance department in
connection with the Emergency Hospital it
would be as complete an institution as could be
asked for. 1t is more than likely that efforts
will be made to secure such an addition in the
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