Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-10

ST. Thomas Hospital is the name Sc
lected for the new building, and from
the plans it can readily be seen that the
hospital will be as fine as any struc-
ture of its kind in the state.
and in many ways will ex-
eel anything now in use. The
hospital is named in honor of the late
Right Reverend Thomas Matthias Leni-
created the fund for the building by the
terms of his will.
The site for the new building has
been selected in the west part Of the
city. covering one square block at the
corner Of State and Thirteenth streets,
Electric addition, location that is high
and naturally beautiful.
The new building will be three stor-
les and basement, 113x54, containing
fifty rooms and wards and acocmmo-
dating 100 patients. Several of the
city's physicians looked at the plans
Wednesday and announce them perfect.
The building will face the south, on
State, street, with q large veranda, 10x
55 feet on each floor. Verandas are also
to be placed on the east side of the
building, so that patients. convalescing,
may enjoy the summer days during the
entire afternoon, out of DOORS On the
first floor are to be located the office,
one ward 24x27 feet, three rooms 12x24,
and eight rooms I0x12 An eight-foot
hall extends thru the entire length Of
the building on each floor. The second
floor will practically be duplicate of
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room over the main entrance. In each
and every room IS to be placed closets
for the private use OF patients.
The browning effort of the architect
has been in his plans Of the third floor,
where is to be located the operating
room. The sisters in charge of the hos
pital and trained nurses will occupy
living rooms on the third floor, and In
this story is located the dis
pensary, room 12x14 feet. The OPP
Grating room proper is 12x16, and is
by French plate glass par
tition from the anaesthetic room Of the
same dimensions. In the anaesthetic
room are to be contained four lockers
for the physicians A sterilizing room Is
also connected with the anaesthetic de-
partment.
In the operating room Father Leni-
han has taken the greatest care in ar
ranging for it's conveniences. On the
north side will be a large French plate
glass window, ss31O, and on the vest
another. 5x10. The light will be abund-
ant, yet at the same time it will be
softened in such II way as to not be too
brilliant, a fault found in many Of the
operating rooms OF even the larger hos
pitfalls of the country. The operating
room is patterned after that of the
Johns Hopkins hospital at Baltimore,
also after the model operating room of
the Mercy hospital in Chicago. This
room Is to be especially well lighted ar
tificaally by incandescents in the event
of emergency work at night. A grant
told floor is also to be placed in this
room.
In the basement will be located the
laundry, drying room and cold stor.
age also the kitchen and dining room,
besides apartments for the male at
tendants to be employed at the hos
pital. The entire building will be
lighted with both electricity and gas
and heated by steam. The heating
plant is to be separate from the build
ing, and connected by piping with the
basement, where the system of radia-
tion will be installed Aside from the
OF the entire building
Father Lehman, in experimenting the
drawing of the plans, has paid par
ticular attention to the ventilation
Special vents ART. to be placed in each
room and the physicians who have Wis
tied many other hospitals say that
from the plans they are confident that
a building could not be better venti
lated than the new st. Thomas hos
pital.
On each door are to be located two