The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-22

Ear Inf1rmary Mt the corner OF Thirteenth
street and Second avenue 1t Is only partly
ompleted. but it is expected that It will be
wholly done early In May. A rart OF 1t is al
ready occupied by the organization. DIR.
Henry u. Moves. ono OF the directors OF the In
stitution and the executive surgeon thereof
conducted the reporter OF THE Sun through
the building yesterday. The reporter called
during visiting hours, and there were about
ono hundred charity patients waiting to be at
tended TO. Nearly all OF them suffered from
some trouble OF the eye. There were cata-
racts. tumors. and ruptures. eyes full OF
rand. black and blue eyes. and all manner OF
damaged orbits.
Half dozen physicians sat in high chairs In
tho examination room. The patients were
called in turn by n whitc-capped nurse who
seated them in a low chair at the doctors feet.
examinations were quickly perform ed but not
hastily When foreign substances caused the
disturbance they were removed so quickly and
so deity that the patients hardly realized that
their troule was over. Minor troubles were
prescribed for and patients turned down stairs
to the basement where medicine was furnished
free. Occasionally there was serious case.
and then the patient was sent up stairs to one
OF the wards where a course OF treatment could
be given under favorable conditions. At 4
o'clock. the hour at which dispensary work
was supposed to stop. there were still fifty odd
patients to be looked after They were all at
tended to before the doors were closed. II 10
that way every day. the Doctor said. and In the
course OF year more than 10000 cases were
attended to. one in every ten OF which required
. moro or less serious operation TO be per-
formed. This rate has been kept up for some
rnd the sas on NSS,
quate quarters until the new building was
opened The building is , e light ,E Sriek and
street and second avenue. y is SIX stories
drug store. . kitchen, . laundry. and disinfect-
Ing rooms, where The clothing q tenement:
floor Is divided into waiting rooms and exam
inati0R rooms; TO insure absolute elsanl!-
.cSs whit. @ar6 wan,cOtins sHteadlas up
:trus,iSn i Is Sos.iSIs te turn : So.s on
to the height OF the x.in,cotinG Without
doing a, any dAP.gs DispsnsHdfs patients
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tSrs. examination rooms where patients
suffering from ear complaints are taken care
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chairs. and the necessary INSTR N snts that are
used In sIamination and In simple operation.
Which It 70 possible to make dark. In these
the interior Of the eyes are examined. There
building. It will seat more than zoo patients
A. a time. The main hall. Ike the various
q which il. Of stone With brick cssing
runs up next to this stairway and also has
stone ana brick casing. There is no wood OF
sS.rsSrs no 'po.sSt1 Of m r. f S.na oc cna
The main once Of the institut lon viii be on
the second iiooT runs through the centre OF
room on either end, that in front being ,pri-
VAts ward and that In the rear . large ward for
.fss sa. of Of the I'm
front there are i've private wards for pa:
S sa bOG 10 tn. G Gss tk. sy at. .;S;s s
Ioopa Then comes a large ward. In the rear
suppuratiys ward Then come lockers. another
small ward and a room for the nurses em-
spppurAtivs ward In the rear on tho other |
side Of the hall are three wards Then come |
Vator shaft. fresh-air shafts. and more prl- |
yate Aad general wards The third and fourth |
OOr there are dinSS 04 1SoSs ann E% ssf1ant
treatment E Of threat ao@ diseases and ear
tiled floors and marble wainseotlng. and |
eau be Hooded with water without damage. |
The room where the eve operations are per- |
formed 10 on the corner. II is modelled some
thing on the plan OF the Syms operating thea
tire at Roosevelt Hospital 1t contains sixty
Windows on either side and In the centre there |
i light shaft going up through the same |
noor TO the roof. Around this shaft are cleo |
trio lights, u being desirable 70 ,psrform mere
eye operations By artificial light. There are
will be directly under the shaft. since the |
discovery of cocaine the use OF AnRsthsties 10 /
operations on the eye has been uncommon
In MAE cases out OF ten operations are
performed while the patients are conscious
the cocaine being used to dsaden the pain.
FOR the lew cases where the use OF anSsthetlcs
Is necessary there is room Just OF the
operating room which will be furnished with
beds and other necessaTies. Tbs operating
room will be furnished with the hnest case u
Instruments possessed by any hospital In this
country and it will be antiseDttc. Ia the rear
oi the operating room there are several wards
for the care Of patients suffering from infse-
tlous Affections OF the sys5. There is not
lRrgS per cent Of such eases but what there
are arc extremely dangerous They are also
very trying. because patients require the at
tonti0n OF nurses night aud day.
Across the hall from these wards 10 an Au-
topsy room, where autopsles will De performed
pa tue bodies OF patients who die in the In
Urinary The room where ear opsrstsns are
performed is In the rear OF the building on the
ann hoor; lar operations are unlike opera
Ions on the eye. They are nearly always ysFT
% uch higher The reason for the danger u
hat they often involve the cutting Agay Of
bone very near TO the br4in- This room II pro-
Iidsd With light By windows but there u NO
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