New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-18
OBJECT OF THE INSTITUTION


Frank L. Polk. the lawyer, and Percy r Pyne.
OBJECT OF THE INSTITUTION.
DR.. Bellar1v was first asked two years ago
nv member OF one of Manhattan's oldest farnl-
lies &c suggest charity here but at that time he
thought no institution needed further assistance,
and the plan was temporarily abandoned Since
then. however. the Mothers and Babies Hos
77iral in Lexington-ave. was closed, and TO take
~, that work the Manhattan Maternity Hos
IitaI was chartered and the land purchased
The wish Of the giver. said DR.. Bellanly, was 10
make the hospital purely g philanthroplc anu
charitable institution, which would INCLUDE the
educational feature. It would in no way inter
fere with practising physicians. but would be OF
she greatest aid TO them in their care Tor IN
usual or complicated cases its main object pels
N rare on1v for the most destitute cases IN the
,,o,-,ee IF the moor It is understood that Ut.
rlse+cr Edgar viii be one Of the attending
surgeons
For more than year DR.. Bellany has given
much Of his time to the study of hospital con-
srruction in this country and Europe II pr
-,.i-,r Gov ,hls institution. The building VIII De
= four story structure. rectangular, and OF si'iI-
Me design The foundation will be OF stone anu
polished granite.
--he first story will be of glazed brick, the rest
81, grav brick. with white marble trimmings. II
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Rave nearly thirty feet Of yard room Oh eaIH
Is and more than that space at the rear. Inc
.-s,5a ike the outside viii be as simple as pos
SHE with almost no woodwork The whole SUI
FACE will be coated with a non-absorbent gloss
paint.
=, +g,e first story will be the dispensary' a bag
-aorn for tenement house cases. the nurses i@p
ors.orv and locker room. with forInaioehS oe
e-erf1fzar for their uniforms; a receiving room
for indoor patients, an isolated quaIIeI 1oi 49,
roisoning cases, the Office. the governors ROOM
- ~ students. dornitory and history room.
--Ee second story will have three wards OF SIX
bsds each: the nurses chsrtroom. with glass;
rides so the view will be unobstrucIed' d ID
ries' room = bathroom with a WATERPROOF hoor
and sides Of novel construction. diet htchea
and room for emergency patients Inns VII nc
dustproof throughout. and have many laool Sa1
ing devices especially designed among lneni De-
ing the plumbing fixtures
In tbe third story VIII be the rooms for the
house physicians isolated rooms, an etnefIzins
room. and the nurses sterilizing room On t"e
fourth floor VIII be the nurses quarters and
soler5Y1rn for the convalescing patients
In the roof house will be roof garden ano q
dining room for the nurses students ana resi-
dent surgical staff, and the kitchen, while IN the
basement Will be the servants quarters lhe
storeroor. laundry and boiler room. as wen d
the pathological laboratory ana olsl4AeCe1i5
room.
Extending from the third 70 the fourth stories
completely shut off from the rest OF the build
Inz there will be anphitheatre for lectures
and demonstrations This win be reached oy a
separate staircase the outside for the Use or
students and graduate physicians who Wal at
tend the clinics TO be held IN the amphitheatre
The isolated rooms viii have solid glass doors.
fn order 10 aid the nurses in observing the
progress Of the cases. The arnphitheatre VIII
sest one hundred, and especial care has been
given TO the lighting effects and the lines OF
vision OF the students. There viii be glass
floors There will be no plumbing whatever
Those in charge CT the plans promise that the
auphitheatre will be the most perfect yet con-
structed
The hospital and out patient service are in
tended only 10 relive the needy women who are
about TO be confined in their own homes in the
tenement districts. The institution proper will
provide beds for only unusually severe or COM
;5licsted cases. requiring expert surgical atteT-
Won. The territory Of :he LylrG-in Hospltai eA-
tends from the Battery 70 Forty second-st; the
Manhattan Maternity Hospital VIII cover from
Forty-second-st to The Bronx. II is likely mat
4 sub-station and diet kitchen similar 20 the one
esta bifshed by the Lying-1n Hospital IN brooffie-
81 will be founded in Little Italy" somewhere.
perhaps in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WHY THE DISTRICT WAS SELECTED
Or Russell Bellamy has been for several years
the surgeon Of Squadron a and member Of the
teaching fierce Of NeW-YoTk University. He is
now member Of the faculty of Cornell Uni
versity. We selected the district above Forty
seeond-st. said the doctor yesterday, ''for this
modern vet modest hospital. its inhabitants
consist ia the main Of freshly arrived ana IN
many cases OF poverty stricken enligrants MOST
r them are Servians, Slavs ana from various
psFte Of Southeastern Europe-Poles. Russians
ana Italians We shall send our students
s..d rh<'sicians among these people 10 re-