New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-08
A WONDERFUL EQUIPMENT.
THE NEW BUILDINGS FOR THE COLLEGE
OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.

WHEN FINISHED THEY WILL. OFFER FACILITIES
FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH UNSURPASSED IN
THE woRLD-A GLANCE AT SOME
OF THE NEW AND STRIKING
FEATURES.
Columbia College feels great and Just pride In
its medical department. which, since 1860 has been
the College OF Physicians and Surgeons, AMI which
since 1887 has occupied the ground bounded by
Amsterdsm-ave. and Fifty-ninth and Slxtieth SITS,
extending nearly halfway to Columbus-ave. The
three buildings which to complete the
aggregation OF structures for the medical college
advancing apace. OF these the Wander
bilt Clinic has just been finished externally and
is to be ready for occupancy on October next:
the Institute of Anatomy Is ready for its roof. and
will be completed in the coming winter The
foundations OF the Sloane Maternity Hospital
being laid. With the construction Of a one
story dynamoroom and a new boer-room Of the
same height. only narrow spaces and court
yard will be eft to the view OF all the large plot
OF land contributed by William II. Vanderbilt for
all the buildings.
THE WHOLE GROUP TO BE UNIFORM
The edifces are being made part and parcel
OF the old structures, and are so united with them
as to give the appearance from the street OF one
building The buildings all Of red brick with
| red stone trimmings, ana the erect ~ UNIFORM ana
harmonious. The Vanderbilt Clinic Is five
stories high and the old one. originally three
stories high is to be built up TO the same height.
The same is true to the old and new maternity
hospitals. The building be known as the Insti-
tute OF Anatomy appears 10 form the eastern end
and integral part OF the main building fronting in
Fifty-ninth-st 1t is five stories high. of the same
height the main structure. This main building
runs through to Sixtieth-st. where 1t takes L
form. and the new clinic makes continuous con-
necton between this and the old clinic
The new clinic is being erected a gift from
Cornelius. william X. Frederick W. and George
W. Vanderbilt. the given being $4,000 for con-
struction and equipment. The old clinic, for which
these OF William II. Vanderbilt contributed
$3.50 900 proved inadequate 10 the demands made
upon II. for. in 1885, 129 patients were treated In
the dspensary and in 1894 the number was 1889.
In the enlarged building It Is calculated that
there VIII be room FOR the Instruction, in small
classes OF students in the ten different departments,
which are medicine, surgery orthopedic surgery,
neurology. gynecology, ophthalmology aryngology,
specific diseases Two large dark rooms with
twenty. stalls Will be used by students OF the
large theatre for the clinical lectures. where 400
students can be accommodated smaller hail
THEY WILL STUDY GERMS HERE.
A special and important feature of the new north
!
be given In bacterioogy The upper floor will be
used fo- this The begins with the study
Of the relationship of bacteria to other micro
organisms and includes methods OF staining. ex-
SEPARATING different species of bacteria from one
another will be given. and the relationship OF Ger.
and i:iustrated' Hygenic aspects Of the general
subject viii be presented through experiments in
other practical features. The plan is to make this
department complete and thoroughly practical
A.. foust ~ he nn- oil Nc ID
tower 40 feet high from the foundations. This II
be is foot IN pnsf OF f run Gm S me- oq the oma
and the force Of water supply VIII be regulated by
4 good deal Of interest centres upon the NTH
floor Of the new institute OF Anatomy, since this
the main building west Of it, and thus the most
extensive and the most fully equipped accommo.
dstons In the world for dlssectlng purposes Will
be secured, according TO Supernendent r. 4. Oar
ling. who has charge Of all the grounds and build
the college building proper. there are already
fortytwo dlssecting tables In the main room. with
full equipment Of tables IN the prosecutors rooms
In the new extension provision Ii made for thirty
six additional tables A feature OF the equipment
Of ARTIFICIAL cold by. the anhydrous ammonia proc
"cadavers" as they are known among students.
may be Indefinitely preserved. BY this cold stor-
age system an important result Is further secured
in the freedom Of odors and noxious smells. The
department will be abundantly supplied with "hu:
embryonal." Dissection can be pursued here even
during the summer months, since the plant for
INK the period in which the student in morphoogy
has hitherto been obliged to suspend this branch
OF his studies. The accommodations will now be
for 400 students and more.
SAID TO BE THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD
II Is asserted for the department of anatomy
that 1t Is the largest In the world. The base
ment OF the new building will contain the cast and
modelling rooms. the corroson-room and the refer
ence astrological collection The Museum OF Hu-
man and Compa rative Morphology Will be on tho
first and second floors while on the floor above
will be the Morphological Research Laboratory
where abundant room will be afforded TO the
officers OF the department and postgraduate
students IN conducting th.r researcher On the tor
auditorium for anatomical demonstrations. II will
s er a. 'G 10 Serd zach student good oppor
tunity to observe the subject OF the dcmonstration
win the the OIL old sO"ne Mscr"y G Hospital he
commodatons supplied by Nj and Mr.: Wlllie am
the building. and Of the same sum by the other for
tho endo wfnent OF beds. became Inadequate for
i've stories high, somewhat deeper Than the old
building and VIII rn;h 's yopdyov saa.,on nal
commodations for the house stan and the nurs"s
@ SS s1.n Ss " nnS S %S X, VIII hrs
hrs; beds Pr9yds9 in the ola a9sps the ne. ,%is
viii cost 10000. for which the ,moneSy, has al.
ready been given by M sloane Mrs. sloane has
nance Of the hospital while she lives. ana 70 make
suitable provision in her Will for its continuance
The sterlIzIng and disinfecting room In the new
hospital is TO be model and to emhThy the latest
OF this branch Of bacterioogy will here be put
into the most thorough practical form. The main
means OF accomplishing the result Will be a TEN
perature OF 800 degrees Fahrenheit which
ought to mean destruction for any micro-organ-
isms in the clothing Of patients or attendants.
The arrangements for ventilating these buildings.
Superintendent Darling declares, Will be simply
perfect" There will be ventilating fans IN the
basement to force pure air up into the buildings ding
ings Will exhaust the impure air from below. The
boiler capacity as well as the boiler-room is to
be doubled. The lighting will be done by two
100 horse-powe engines running two 10 kilowatts
electric generators.
MANY MIGRATIONs MADE.
when the College OF Physicians and Surgeons
got It's charter In 1907. the institution was started
and held its first sessions In "the central part Of
the city" This was in Robinson-st. short street
running west from Broadway TO ahe grounds then