The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-06
DOCTORS ARE HOME
FULL OF IDEAS FOR
NEW HOSPITAL
Local Committee Visits Institutions
in Ten Cities and Will Pattern the
Detroit General After Freed
mans in Washington.
Splendid Research Laboratory Will
Be a Feature-Building To Be
Under Way Before Years Over.

With their minds brimful Of ideas
and suggestions that are TO find ex-
preston later In a hospital that will
include the best features Of the lead.
ing hospitals or America and Europe.
the members OF the special investigat-
Ing committee OF the Detroit General
hospital has returned from their tour
Of the east. on which they departed
Dec. 10. The information they gather.
ed will be submitted to the board OF
trustees In meeting to be called
shortly, together with tentative plans
for the hospital now being prepared
by the architects. Stratton q baldwin.
While the projectors CT the institu-
tion are DESTROYS OF breaking ground
ut the earliest possible moment, they
will accept the advice OF men who
have had large experience In such
matters and take plenty OF time In
formulating their plans. They propose
TO start right. even at the cost OF
time, which Is so precious In these
days when everything Is being sacri-
feed for speed. But at that, actual
construction work will unqnestionabjy
be under way before the end OF the
year, and once started. 1t viii be
pushed.
tee learned in It's tour was that De-
troit. 30 far as hospitals are concern
ed, Is not recognized as being on the
map among designers and others In
tereeted In such institutions. In Phil
adelphia they encountered +. Nj. Day.
until recently president OF the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects. and the
man whose plans for a new hospital
In the District Of Columbia were &C
copied as being the best Of several
sets submitted. Mr.. Day showed .ne
committee list OF cities In which he
had studied hospitals. and Detroit was
not among them.
This fact was not mentioned by the
committees. however. with any idea Of
speaking dispnragingIy OF Detrotte
present h0spitaf facilities The Detroik
0eneral hospital was organized tor
the purpose OF supplying q much need
ed want created by the city's wonder
full development and Its projectors
are determined that the institution
shall represent the most advanced
ideas In hospital construction. man
agement. treatment. etc. In other
words, they will put Detroit on the
map in hospital way.
The committee found that the new
Freedmen's hospital. now under con-
struction In Washington, more nearly
meets the committees Idea of what
Detroit needs than any other one in
stitution OF. those visited, and the local
hospital will be patterned after this
10 some extent. The hospital COM
pany has already determined on the
PAVILION style--that Is. a central adj
ministration building With hospital
buildings grouped around. all connect
ed with the central structure. There
will be four of these latter at the
start, two for free patients and two
for pay patients. All windows will be
built flush with the floor to admit OF
open air treatment. The hight OF the
buildings Is one detail that Is yet to
be decided by the trustees. Authori-
ties disagree as to the ideal hight. DR..
Holmes, OF Cincinnati, says three
story pavilion Is the best for all
around purposes. DR.. Howard, OF
Boston, says that a one-story pavilion
Is the ideal one from the patients
standpoint.
Another of Detroit's> glazing defici-
encies III a medical way which the
eastern tour has brought out is that
the city has no research laboratory.
outside of the private laboratories of
Parke, Davis & Co.. and other con-
Germs. which, though most complete.
are devoted to private uses. The De-
troit General hospital will also supply
this want. for a research laboratory
will be one Of the leading features OF
the new institution. The committee
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