The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-04-27

ing. The operating room is rooted
with sky-ight, while side windows
Of ample proportions admit light from
every point Of the compass. As far
aslight is concerned more light could
not be obtained in the open air. And
yet this room away up in the roof,
can be kept warm or cool, as needed,
winter or summer, and is reached by
the elevator and ward carriage,
spoken Of before. A patient, how
ever weak or wounded, may be taken
to or from this room without the
slightest jar or inconvenience of any
kind.
The floor Of the operating room is
laid in thing, as. is also the wainscot-
ting, while the walls are hard finished
and painted in porcelite, making the
whole interior inaccessible to disease
germs. There are no angles or cor
ners in the room, all being rounded.
The operating table is q combination
Of white enamelled iron frame work,
and sectional top of French plate
glass, every plate Of which can be
removed at will and cleansed. The
Doctors dressing rooming adjoining
is finished in the same manner, hav-
ing in addition marble water basins,
with hot and cold water connections,
the water being turned on and off by
the pressure Of the foot on a floor
button, making it unnecessary for a
Doctor to touch anything with his
hands, except his instruments, while
operating. In this room is q steriliz-
ing heater for boiling and cleaning
Instruments In fact there is every
thing here to be found in any up.to-
date operating room in the United
States Or Europe. There will be a
nurses training school established in
connection with the hospital, some
thing greatly needed in Northern
Louisiana, affording opportunities to
many young women, who desire to
do so, to become trained nursea."
It need scarcely be mentioned that
the chances for . patients recovery
in Sanitarium Of this character are
infinitely superior to those offered in
the home.
This elegant institution was estab-
lished and is owned by DR.. T. B.
Schumpert, brilliant young physi-
clan, who is ranked as one Of the most
skillful Surgeons in the South. DR..
Schumpert is q natile Louisianian.-.
After graduating at the Thatcher In
stitute, and the University Of Louisi-
ana, he began the study Of medicine,
and after q three years course at
Louisville, Ky, in the capacity Of
assistant to the Professors Of Surgery,
Drs. Roberts and Yandell, be gradu-
ated among the FIRST in his class, and
was awarded q medal for special dis
tinction in surgery, and the highest
prize offered by the college. He then
located in his boyhood home Green
wood, La, where for three years he
enjoyed a lucrative practice. His
enthusiastic zeal for the highest
knowledge of his profession, sent him
to New York for q postgraduate
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courae Of lectures. Upon his return
he was elected assistant house surgeon
Of the Shreveport Charity Hospital.
The following year he took another
postgraduate term ii New York, and
upon returning WINS elected Surgeon
in Chief Of the Hospital, which posi-
ton he filed with such ability and
success az to attract wide attention.
His distinct ability as a Surgeon was
greatly developed while at the Hos
pital. He has achieved eminence BY
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