The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-30

sidered an important feature by the
builders. .
The second floor will be called the
mixed" floor; that is, there will be
no division of patients because Of sex.
The third Moor will be exclusively de-
voted TO female patients and the
fourth to male patients. This makes
II necessary that the second floor take
care of both men and women. The
second flor will also be the receiving
department. and, one might say, the
diagnosis department. for 1t will be
determined here whether the patient
is TO lose a diseased appendix or he
treated for typhoid fever From this
floor he will be taken to more perma-
nent quarters on either of the upper
floors
Floor for Women,
The third floor. devoted entirely to
women, will have ward large enough
to hold eight beds. another ward of
smaller proportions and individual
rooms In respect to rooms. the
fourth floor will be similar. but on
the north side are located the main
operating rooms. Here is a room
where the patient viii be placed un-
u'I NtiN iinuCIllt VI lilt
and wheeled into an adjoining room.
where the operation viii be per
formed The operating room is to
have lead floor, very modern fea-
ture. and one which is being adopted
in some of the best operating hos
pitals in the world The lead dead.
ems the sound of the surgeons moving
about 1T is never slippery and il
affords poor refuge for bacilli
Adjoining the operating room Will
he a sterili2ing room, where the in
struments of the surgeons will be
kept and cleaned before and after op-
crationS
There is to be a second operating
room on the second floor but the
fourth floor will be where most of the
operations are performed Both rooms
Will be floored with sheet lead and
viii be equipped With every available
sanitary precautlon.
Padded Floors.
The halls throughout the building
arc wide and spacioos. with padded
floors, so that even the soft tread of
the nurses will not reach the sensitive
ear OF the patients
An Otis automatic elevator is to he
installed in the shaft now almost COM
pleted. This elevator works without
an elevator boy. One needs ONLY to
press button To bring the elevator TO
his service. 1t viii he one of the few
elevators OF the kind in the state of
Utah
On each of the three upper floors
there are to be verandas. both to the
south and north sides of the building
sun rooms, as they are called Here
the tired invalid or cony scent pa
tent may bask or bathe-iG he pre-
1ers to call it bathing in the prophy-
tactic Tavs OF the sun Spirit NAV
have another source. but life. as IL Is
known to the biologist. is only by
product OF solar radiation All the
energies OF life are Sun-giyen. Germ
HE, however cannot adjust Itself to
the direct action of the solar rays.
and many disease germs die after a
short exposure 10 direct sunlight So
the sun baths In some instances may
not only dispel the cloCdS OF morbid
ness that accompany disease. but NAV
be an active agent in restoring the
patient to health. The views fror !.
these porches Will be especially beau
u1ul. Being situated on both the
north and south sides. make them
convenient for both summer and win
ter service
Wards and Rooms.
In the fitting out OF the various
wards and rooms the hospital asso-
clation is being assisted by number
OF Ogden individuals and societies
Wards are TO he furnished bS~F. J
Nesel, NJ S Browning, the Anal
famated Sugar company anG, the Mar
tha society Five hundred dollars ha,
been donated TO the hospital associa
ton by the Weber club Individual
rooms viii be furnished by Mrs j S
Lewis. Judge II. H. Rolapp. Or. ana
Mrs E. c, Rich. the Eastern Star
lodge. Miss Katherine Joyce, Mrs
John Scowcroft. Albert Scowcroft, w
II Wattis. S, J Byrt & Bros. Sam
Kline w. n Wright & Sons com
pany, Ogden Furniture & Carpet COM
pany and Miss Rosnbcll Dee There
rs TO be donation from the Relie- Sc
clety of the Webor stake and the
hospital association has promise of
fruit donations from the Y. l.. NJ. ]. A.
The ogden Medical association will
furnish the operating rooms. which
will cost not LEGS than $4,000
When the hospital is opened, It is
likely that the general public will be
Invited 10 visit the institution In
fact a public opening Is being planned.