The morning call., 1895-01-02
NICE TO BE SICK.
Transformation Wrought
by a Hospital.
LANES LUXURIOUS HAVEN.
A Munificent Gift to Science
and the Sick.
THE DOCTORS BEST MONUMENT
Formally Opened for the Reception
of Patients To-Day-A Sugges-
ton as to Free Beds.
THE DOCTORS BEST MONUMENT

DR.. Levi Cooper Lane In the establish
ment of the Lane Hospital, which opens
to-day for the reception Of patients, has
made it nothing less than inviting to be
sick. Sickness naturally is thing to be
avoided or has been. but all that Is past.
The idea of spending a season in the Lane
Hospital is more than compensation for
suffering any one of half the ills that flesh
is heir to.
The hospital is a luxury, flooded with
light and beauty and every conceivable
appointment for the easing of pain and. for
the well being Of the patient. Begun
two years ago, all has been finished, ery-
thing in its place, and on the first l,.y of
the New Year Its doors were opened
for the inspection Of so much of the public
as had received cards of Invitation.
Everybody who entered did not get
enough OF the inspection until every nook
and corner of the big building had bee
Invaded. and each exhausted his or her
powers Of expressing surprise ard pleasure
in saving what was thought of it.
The hospital Is at the corner OF Clay and
Webster streets, the entrance on Clay. and
adjoining the Co oper Medical College, un.
der the control of which 1t is. The build
ing Is Of brick, with graystone trimmings,
and Is f1reproof. all the partition walls be-
Ing Of brick and deadened for sound. 1t
has five floors, the basement being given
over to the steam-heating apparatus. the
steam laundry, storerooms, etc.. and the
top floor or mansard roof to the kitchen
and sleeping rooms Of the help.
The hospital will easily accommodate
100 patients. with, DR.. Lane says, TOO cubic
feet of fresh air TO the individual. 1t con-
tains about thirty private rooms and four
general wards. The wards extend north
and south, forming the wings OF the build
ing, thus getting light on all sides and all
dav.
The main wards, one for men and one
for women, are upon the first floor and
with their snowy beds. each one curtained
so as to give as much privacy as possible,
the windows curtalned in like manner
the shining oiled floors and attractive
rugs carrying the idea nf restful quiet and
cleanliness that Is absolutely inviting.
The phys Clans room and that of the sur
geoBs are at the entrance to the wards aud
are equipped with electric bells, communi-
eating buttons for which are within touch
OF every bed.
The private rooms, fitted up with lux
urianca not found in many hotels. look
out upon Clay street, as do also the eXecu-
tive Offices.
On the second floor are other private
rooms and the operating room for priva
patients. This as with every other de-
Dartment is strictly up TO date, the operat-
ing tables and stands being all made Of
glass with iron frames, the old leather
IA bles with its facility for harboring dis
ease germs having no place in the building
On the next floor is the chiidren's apart
ments. the ward for little girls. aud another
for boys being separated by large play
room. This Department is the especial
pride of Mrs. Lane. 1t is made even more
bright and attractive than the other wards,
the little beds being somewhat differently
arranged and the room being lighted by q
skylght In this department there are
also separate rooms where children very
i'll may be isolated. The plumbing and
gas and cleo ric-light arrangements were |
made without regard TO cost. The build |
ing is heated by steam, and will be lighted |
by electricity, with gas fittings for an |
emergency. Every floor and many of the |
rooms on each floor are supplied with i'm |
mense enameled bathiubs. There are also |
four iron fre-escapes outside the building |!
and two strong staircases inside Tor |
greater protection in this regard.
The hospital. as stated, is under the d.
rectOn of a committee OF the Cooper |
Medical College. 1t is the creation and |
gift, however, of DR.. Levi Cooper Lane,
who will inaugnrate its usefulness to-day |
by semi-public operation in the depart
ment situated in the area between the hos
pital and the college, which faces Saera-
mento street on the corner of Webster.
In the big vestibule or lobby OF the |
hospital en- trance is a marble tablet upon |
which this inscription is engraved: