The times., 1898-11-02

yesterday afternoon in the presence of a
large number of the faculty, students.
patrons and interested citizens of Wash
ington.
The board of lady managers had beau
titled the interior of the building with
potted plants and a profusion of chrys-
anthemuIns. The Rev. DR.. Whitman. pres
dent of the university, welcomed the
guests when they assembled in the re-
offered the invocation.
Mr.. C. w. Needham, in behalf of the
trustees, gave an interesting talk on the
work of bringing the hospital plan to this
eliminating point. Mrs. W. II. Hoeke.
president of the board of lady managers
also made a few remarks.
The Rey. DR.. S. H. Greene, chairman
of the executive committee or the board
of trustees, delivered the dedicatory
prayer. and DIR. MackaySmith pro-
| nounced the benediction.
Inspecting the Hospital.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies,
the visitors engaged in a tour of the
to the top floor was inspected, and all
were loud in their praises of the whole
some air which prevailed throughout the
| entire place.
The University Hospital is located at
! 1885 H Street, and had been previously
| used as a preparatory school by the
| Columbian University. 1t has been thor
| oughly remodeled, but little being left
of the old building except the walls To-
| day It stands as one of the most COM
! plete and thoroughly equipped medical
and surgical hospitals in the city, where
every attention will be given the INDECENT
sick and injured.
The first floor is occupied by receiving
rooms. a well-arranged dining room,
kitchen and emergency room. This latter
is pointed to with pride by the manage
ment, as it testifies that at any hour of
the day or night, the helpless sick or
injured will be cared for In that room
until their case is diagnosed. The phar-
macy and optician rooms are also on this
floor.
On the second floor two large rooms,
light and airy, constitute the public
wards. Ten cots are in each ward, and
the snowy whiteness of the beds and
everything pertaining to the sick room
is splendid feature of the wards.
The third floor is devoted to the private
wards and the surgical amphitheater.
Four beds are in the private wards. and
their donors are DIR. w. w. Johnston.
Mrs. Gould's Sunday-school class of Cal
vary Baptist Church, the First Baptist
Church bed, to be known as the Cuthbert
memorial. and Mrs. Gardiner Hubbard.
The hospital is lighted throughout with
electricity and is equipped with apparatus
and appliances of the most modern pat
terms. Miss A. G. Odell. recently from
New York, is the first superintendent.
The First Gift.
The first gift to mark the hospital open
ing was received by Mrs. Hoeke yester-
day afternoon. 1t was the sum of 800
and the donors name is withheld by re-
quest.
The young students of the university
were served with tea by the board of
lady managers at o'clock in the after
noon in the daintily arranged dining
room of the hospital Mrs. Bodfish and
Mrs ]. Van Rensselaer, poured the tea
and group of pretty girl friends served
the beverage.
The hospital will be in charge of the
following staff:
Surgery. Ford Thompson, NJ d. As
sociates. w. P. Carr. NJ. D.; John Van
Rensselaer,. NJ. D., and John Wellington
M d. lin dispensary); assistant, F. R
Hagner. NJ. D.
Medicine-William w. Johnston. NJ D. ::
associates. d. w. Prentiss. NJ. D. Qn
charge of nervous diseases: G. n. Acker
NJ. D.; G. Wythe Cook. NJ. D.. and T. A
Clayton. NJ. D. dn dispensary); assistants
B. l.. Hardin. NJ. D., and Thomas Dowl-
ing NJ. d.
Obstetrics and gynecology-A. F. A
King. NJ. D. Associates in gynecology-
II. l.. f. Johnson. NJ. D., and ]. Wesley
Bovee NJ. d. Assistants-H. S. Medford
N. D.; V. B. Jackson. NJ. D.. and J. L.
Jones. NJ. d. Associate in obstetrics-E
Z. Morse, NJ. D.
Diseases of the EYED. X. Shute, NJ D.
Associate-W. X Butler, NJ d. Assist
anti. H. Newell, NJ. D.
Diseases of the throat and care W.