St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-28
ELEGANT WING JUST COMPILE
TED AS ADDITION TO CITY
HOSPITAL
is INSPECTED YESTERDAY
BY BOARD OF CONTROL, COUNTY
OFFICIALS, DOCTORS AND
OTHERS.
FoR THE VISITORS.
Description of the New Build
ing and the Excellent ACCOM-
mOdatiOns 1t Affords.

The new addition to the city hos
pltal which has been recently COM
pleted, was yesterday afternoon
thrown open to the public for inspec-
ton. An informal reception was held
| by DR.. Ancker and his assistants
from until o'clock, between which
hours the new building was visited
and admired by a continuous stream
of citizens, including the board of
control and other public officials.
Each visitor, or company of visitors,
was escorted through the building
by one of the staff, and it's apart
ments and appliances were exhibited
and explained.
a u e reporter was shown
| through the structure by Mrs. Kim
ney, the superintendent of the build
ing and training school. Mrs. Kin
ney, who assumed her present posi-
tion about four months ago, is a grad
uate of the Massachusetts general
hospital of Boston, having also had
a large experience in hospital work
in other Eastern cities.
II have seen many larger wards of
this kind in institutions whose finan-
cial resources were unlimited,' said
Mrs. Kinney, "but have never seen
one more thoroughly equipped Or
more generally adequate to it's re-
quirements than is the one we have
just taken possession Of
The new structure is of red brick,
and is built adjoining the administra-
ton building In shape it is cruci-
form, the basement and first and sec
ond floors being apportioned into
wards, while the third floor contains
the apartments of the nursing staff.
The same system and accommoda-
tions prevail on each floor. In the
south wing of the first floor is the
| medical ward, containing thirty beds,
where patients requiring only medi-
cal treatment are quartered. To the
left of the entrance are the bath
rooms and closets, finished in gray
marble and containing the various
appliances necessary for the ward.
Down the hall and on the right is a
''diet" room, containing an oil stove,
ice box and dishes, where food and
| delicacies sent in by friends are pre-
pared for the patients. Opening from
! here is a small dining room, where
convalescent patients are served in
stead of eating their meals in the
wards with the sick.
The east wing of this floor is given
over to the care of the babies. Here
are found the day and night nurs-
cries; also medical and surgical
apartments. Turning to the right
from the nursery department, one
enters the surgical ward where pa
tients are kept who are about to un-
dergo, or have undergone, some
operation. In the west division are
separate rooms for the accommoda
ton of particularly serious cases,
where perfect rest and quiet is nee
essary; also several nicely furnished
rooms for pay patients, where they
can be as secluded as in their own
homes, and at the same time be un-
der the direct care of the physicians
and trained nurses.
The second floor is arranged in
but is exclusively a
WOMAN'S WARD.
Here also are the medical and
surgical apartments, individual
rooms, and a lying i'm room, de-
voted to the use of women brought
to the hospital who are about to be-
come mothers. Directly opposite this
room is another, where mother and
infant are removed shortly after
childbirth. AS many more male
than female patients are received at
the hospital, the basement, as we'll
as the first floor is for the use of
men. 1t is here that chronic cases,
patients who will probably remain
at the institution several months, are
quartered, thus placing those who
may be in need of constant or sudden
assistance upon the first floor easily
accessible to the physicians and their
assistants.
When the new elevator has been
completed all patients brought in as
the result of accidents will be re-
ceived at the basement door, which
opens on a level with the street, and
conveyed on wheeled Stretchers to
the different wards. Each ward on
every floor has it's own linen closets
and medical chests Immediately ad-
jacent, thus insuring the patients
| INN tinY
introduced by DR.. Ancker since the
occupation of the new building is a
metal frame hanging from the head
of each bed, containing the name of
the patient, the date of his entrance
to the hospital, the course of treat
ment and the name of the physician
having the case in charge. BY this
means all information necessary to
the nurses is constantly at hand, and
aside from simplifying their duties,
renders any mistakes less liable to
occur.
In the north wing of the admins
tration building is situated the op-
Grating room, which in its appoint
ments and general efficiency is said
to equal any Of its kind in the coun-
try. In the center of the room, the
air and furnishings of which are
constantly subjected to the most eff
fective sterelizing processes, known
to modern medical science, stands
the dissecting table, in front of and
above which are rows of seats for
the accommodation of the university
clinical classes and visiting physi-
clans. In an ante-room to the right
are the cases of surgical instru-
| ments, costing thousands of dollars.
On the left is the etherizing room,
where the subject is rendered un-
conscious before being placed upon
| the table. Every instrument, band
age and rag within the walls of the
room, as we'll as the furniture, is
given the most thorough asceptic
treatment, both before and after an
| operation.
On the ground floor Of this wing