New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-03

the close OF which twenty-one students were grad
uated.
During the war this hospital. like others In the
North profted largely because Of the enormous
demands made upon 1t by the Government for sur
geons and nurses. I, began to receive wounded
soldiers at the beginning Of the rebellion. and It's
walls sheltered scores OF Unionsts till after APP
pomatox After the war the Governments support
was OF course suddenly withdrawn. and the insti-
tuition was confronted with serious crisis. 1t was
then that a few members OF the council stepped
forward and offered TO take charge Of the EN-
barassed hospital. These men were Drs. Theodore
L. Mason. william H. Dudley and Chauncey L.
Michel Their offer accepted. From their
friends they secured sufficient funds to pay of the
entire debt. They secured from the city an annual
appropriation for the hospital and dispensary and
after heroic struggle the institution was placed
upon a solid footing In 1868 new three-story
wing built fronting on Pac:nc-st, intended
principally for female patients. In 1870 the wooden
buildings fronting on Amity-st were replaced win
a three-story building l2S feet long BY 81 feet wide
The western part of this building contains three
wards, each 3xJ0 feet In the eastern part there IS
an amphtheatre for the use of tho school. with a
Der OF professors rooms etc In lsT4 another story
I new dssectng hall In ISIS the frame gate build
Ing in Paclhc-st. replaced by brick structure
wards. a sInokng-room for the patients and the
In ISL the two one-story wooden wings in Pacific
and Amlty SITS. were removed. and In their places
two three-story brick buildings We're erected with
additional story on the centre building and TWO
four-story towers the Heury-st front. These
Improvements cost more than 100000, and the hos
pits Is considered to-day one OF the best arranged
In the country.
room seating 300 students. chemical ana n'sto'
logical laboratory, a number or recitation and oper-
atinS rooms. and a suite OF chambers for the pr-
waite use or the members OF tae faculty, IN tns
hospital proper is surg cal ward NO feet, used
principally for the treatment OF accident cases; a
medical ward 40xi0 feet. and number OF small
private rooms for the OF patients.
on the ground floor Of the wing north of the main
building ia the dispensary. The hospital proper con-
tains rs beds. and diseases OF all kinds are received
with the exception OF those Of contagious or IN
fictitious character In the dispensary about 2o,EO
persons treated in the course OF year .
The medical college connected with the ncsp.tai
teaching at the bedside of the patient this method
or teaching has produced far-reach!ng ana hlshIy
successful results and IS OF the DISTINGUISHING
features OF the college. in connection with ms
method Of teaching the graded system Of instruction
has been introduced. enabling the junior student 70
coniine himself 10 the primary branches, while me
senior classes devote their time TO the hgheF
studies
\ school for trained nurses was established in
1852, the second Of IT'S kind In the country.
THE HOAGLAND LABORATORY.
Hardly second to any in It's Importance to the
Long Island College Hospital the gift IN 1883 OF
DR.. c. " Hoagland OF the Hoagland Laboratory.
located across Henry-st. from the main building.
One OF the objects OF the institution. which, fully
equipped. about 100000. is to encourage orig
lnal researches in the departments Of science 10
when II Is especially devoted. There are depart
ments of bacterioogy histology and pathology and
weil-equpped library. To the promotion OF the
IaboratoTys aims the late DR.. Daniel Ayres' OF