The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-23

The South Highlands Sanitarium, Biz
mngham's newest hospital, will be
opened to the public tomorrow. 1t is
an enterprise which has been built by
a number of prominent citizens, including
physicians and laymen, and will fill
long felt need for larger hospital facili-
ties in the city.
The sanitarium is located on the Ham,
ilton Place. on Twelfth street, just south
of Eleventh avenue, south. and is IDEAL
Nv situated in every way. 1t is just off
the noisy paved streets and away from
the street car line, yet close enough to
be easily accessible. 1t is located In
the center of the South Highlands and
easily reached from all parts of the
city.
The sanitarIum occupies a lot $50 by 100
feet, which will be prettily laid out by
landscape architects, and planted with
grass, shrubbery and trees. The build
ing has three floors and a basement and
Is thoroughly modern and fireproof. 1t
is built after the latest accepted ideas
for hospitals and contains every modern
improvement.
There are many distinct advantages,
among them being complete set or
lighting signals, which take the place
of bell signals, which have been found
to be annoying to patients by their con-
slant ringing. The signal button hangs
over the bed of each patient and when
pressed lights a globe in front OF the
door and also on the nurses signal board.
The lights remain lighted until the nurse
visits the room, when the opening OF
the door puts them out. This is one of
the noiseless features of the hospital.
There is a telephone in every room
connecting with central so that any
pa tient in the hospital can speak to any
one over the phone They will have both
local and long distance connection. These
telephones do not ring in the patients
room. but special connection has to be
made.
The amendments of the hospital are to
be elegant in every way. The rooms are
fitted with specially constructed sanitary
beds which were made in Birmingham:
the best grade of mattresses that could
be secured, and furnished with mahog-
any. birds-eye maple and Cfrcasian wal
nut. The rooms are unusually well light
ed. airy and sunny
The operating room of the hospital,
which is on the first floor, has the most
complete and modern fixtures that could
he secured The room is built or white
ma rble and tile, and Is SO arranged that
the entire inside can be thoroughly
washed with a hose and boiling water
at any time without damaging anything.
The operating table is lighted with spe-
cial lighting effect for night work. and
there are great prism glass ventiiators
which will furnish ample sunlight for
operations during the day. In connection
with the operating room are dressing
rooms for the physicians and nurses.
sterilizers and all other necessities de-
manded by modern surgery.
The hospital will be heated by steam
heating process in the basement, which
has a capacity of any desired temper
ature The heating apparatus is SO ar
ranged that any temperature can be Sc
cured for any one room or any portion
of the building.
There Is one big sun parlor on the
southerp side of the building on the sec
and third floors, and these will be en-
closed In glass in order that patients may
take a sun bath there. A wide bridge
connects the main building with the spe-
cial house which the nurses will occupy.
and this will also be arranged as an open
air room where the convalescents may
take an airing on pleasant days.
Nurses Home
The nurses will occupy a building en-
tirely away from the main hospital. In
this building dozen rooms have been