Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-22
THE OLD DOMINION HOSPITAL.
Interesting Exercises Connected
with the Opening Yesterday.

with the Opening NestcruHE'
The old Medical College OF Virginia Hos
pitai. rehabllitated and rechrlstened the
Ola Dominion Hospital. was formally
opened yesterday under most suspicious
circumstances.
The building has been remodelled. the
rooms. all but one, have been furnished
as memorials. and the institution as
whole is one OF the finest and best-equip-
ped Of it's kind in the South.
It was recently conducted by the sisters
Of Mercy. but these good women nave
retired from the management. and have
been succeeded by a board Of lady mana
gers. the membership OF which numbers
10. The officers Of the board are Mrs.
w T. Hatcher. president; Mrs. w. q.
Ferguson. FIRST vice-president; Miss Mary
Moore. second vice-presidcnt: Mrs. u. ID.
Tall6y. third vice-president; MIS-. J. j.
Todd. fourth vlce-president; Mrs. Thomas
Mcmahon. fifth vice-president; Mrs. Leon
Wallerstein. sixth vice-presldcnt: Mrs.
Gray Sk!pwth. seventh vice-presidcnt'
Mrs Thomas Il. Gay. eighth vice-presi-
dent Miss A. Crenshaw. secretary: Miss
Celeste Berry, treasurer. and Mrs Thomas
Christian, chairman OF the House Com
mittee.
THE OPENING SERVICES.
The services yesterday incident TO the
opening Of the hospital were held In the
College lecture-room. and were very I'M
prcsslve. The room was well filled. DIR.
Landrum presided, and after a few IN
troductory remarks, in which he spoke
Of the auspcousness Of the occasion. he
read the Niuety-frst Psalm. All presf mt
united IN singing. How Firm Founda-
ton" after which Rev. Or. A. l.. Dick
inson offered prayer.
Bishop Newton first spoke. His address
was largely reminiscent. lie referred TO
the fact that he himself had gone out
from the Medical College Of Virginia
graduate. Then, he said. there were but
three hospitals in Richmond, al OF n
most primitive kind. Since then great
strides had been made IN medical science.
especially in Richmond and at the present
rate, Dr. Newton said. II would be but
"a short time before hospitals would lie
on every block In Richmond. In closing
he paid a fine tribute TO the doctors and
the trained nurses.
lie was followed by Rev. Or. Il. +. Kerr.
who made rather an humorous talk lie
said the new hospital offered SO many
attractions that there was but little in
ducement TO keep well. He then spoke
Of the necessity for wOmans aid. and
said there was never n good work started
and succeeded that hadn't a woman in
IT, The fact that Richmond's hospitals
are so poorly endowed was enlarged upon,
and the speaker said the people Of means
in Richmond should endow the various
hospitals in their midst. not by will. but
by gift, In order that they might them
selves gee the result Of their municence.
DRS CALISCH AND YOUNG.
Rev. Dr. T.. y. Calisch delivered an
s.lly la - no IN
tricacies of the human system. lie said
the tendency Of a study Of anatomy was
10 make men more reverent. lie regarded
a hospital as one Of the best allies and
helpers the Church had. II tended to level
creed. as sickness regarded no opinion,
Ailments are common TO all alike, there
fore a hospital which treats all men should
be undcnOminaticnal In conclusion, Dr
Calisch paid a high tribute TO the memory
OF Rev 4. Harris in whose name one OF
the rooms In the hospital had been fur
nished
Rev. DR.. Young made the final address
He was introduced by Dir. Landrum as
the man with scarcely enough body TO
cover his soul. He spoke Of the physical
and spiritual interests of man. and treat
cd the doctors and ministers as collabo-
rators. The body he compared with a
piano. and the doctor. he said, was no.
thing more than a piano-tuner, who Kept
il In tune for the minister who played
on the soul.
Rev. Dr. Landrum. on behalf Of the
president and ladies', returned thanks to
the speakers and 10 the audience, after
which Bishop Newton pronounced the
benediCtiOn.
THE MEMORIAL WARDS.
DR.. George Zen. Johnston. just before
the audience left the room, made the
following announcem Mt: All of the private
rooms have been furnished as memorials.
Mr.. Fritz S.tterding has furnished one TO
be known as the Elizabeth Sitterding
room; Mrs John Purcell furnished one
as a memorial to Miss Matte Purcell;
the family Of Mr.. William Bosher furnish
ed one: four others were furnished By the
friends of Or, Cunningham. Dr. Coleman
DR.. J. : D. cullen. ana Rev. \. Harris;
as a memorial to the living; the Baptist
Young Peoples Union has furnished a
room; a ward OF six beds has been en-
lowed by the Ladies' Auxiliary Associa-
ton OF Lee Camp Tor the reception ana
treatment Of wives and daughters of Con-
federate veterans. The childrcn's ward.
Il beautiful room with six small beds, Is
not a memorial, but was furnished by
friends OF the hospital The ladies' or Man
chester have properly equipped Il ward
for men
The hospital will accommodate about
forty or NIFTY patients. The frst noor
has been set apart for men, and the Sc
coni for ladies. The operating room, or
ampitheatre. Is on the top floor In this
room all the furniture is either glass or
metal. and around the wall are glass
shelves and doors. The room is also
supplied with both hot and cold water
boiled and filtered. Connected with this
is Dr. Longs dispensary, where INDECENT