New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-14
BEAUTIFUL HAVEN FOR SICK
Lutherans Dedicate New Hospital
at MankatO.
Imposing Ceremonies Take Place
To-Day.
Many Lutherans From This City
Will be in Attendance.

It is matter of interest to the peO-
pie of this city as we'll as OF the sur
rounding country to know that to-day
there will be dedicated in the city of
Mankato hospital that will be under
the supervision of the Lutheran church
the same as the hospital in this city is
under the supervision OF the Catholic
church. The building has been in the
process of erection the larger part OF
the summer and has just been COM
pleted and furnished and the people OF
the city of Mankato with many OF the
Lutherans of this city are there to
dedicate the building amid the most
imposing ceremonies.
The building stands at the corner
of Washington and Fourth streets di-
rectly opposite the newly purchased
city park. 1t is three stories high with
a high basement. The basement is
divided into two parts. One part is
used for an engine room; the other
may be used for Turkish and Russian
baths, and other hydrotherapeutic
measures. The elevator will be run to
the basement, making it convenient for
patients to come to the department.
The first floor has nine rooms, all of
which except one will be devoted to
patients. One room is for admins
tration Office purposes.
The floor on the extreme north end
has solarium. This is an innovation
to most hospitals. The therapeutic eff
feet of sunlight is obtained in this
room, it also is an ideal place for con-
valescents to view the scenery. There
is a solarium from each floor. Besides
The linen, toilet and bath rooms, there
is we'll appointed diet kitchen on this
floor.
The second floor is the same in every
respect as the first floor except for the
extra room which on the first floor is
utilized as an Office. The construction
of floors is especially noticeable.
The way the floors are constructed,
they are absolutely sanitary and
noiseless, there being a cement pack
ing between all joists.
The third floor contains two large
wards. One for men, the other for
women, and adjoining these wards are
conveniently located treatment room
for each. Adjacent to the treatment
room is the physicians preparatory
room. This room has lockers where
the surgeons sterilized clothes are
kept. A surgeon having an operation
to perfo rm, changes all of his clothes,
then takes a bath, spray and shower,
then dresses himself in absolutely
stertile clothing.
The two operating rooms, each hav-
ing north light, are adjacent to the
physicians preparatory room. The two
operating rooms are equipped with the
most up-to-date furniture, operating
and instrument tables and cabinets.
One operating room is reserved for
clean cases, the other is used for pus
cases, thereby insuring that one room
always will be absolutely aseptic. Be-
tween the two operating and readily
accessible to each are the sterilizers
for dressings and instruments. These
sterilizers are the most modern made.
There is room adjoining the oper-
ating rooms which is designed for
surgical supplies, drugs, bandages,
dressings, suturing material and this
completes the surgical equipment.
The fourth or attic floor is divided
into rooms for the nurses and a separ-
ate compartment known as the isolated
ward This ward for cOntaoiOuS dis.