The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-11

wards are delicately tinted and the
furniture is OF enameled metal. At the
end OF the corridor, as is the case on
each floor. is the round sun parlor.
The opposite. or east end OF the corri-
dor, is devoted to the nurses quarters
and the nurses training school.
Seven trained nurses are in service
at the new hospital and twelve are in
the training school. under the super
vision Of chief nurse. Mrs. Anne Cross
land.
Operating Department.
A model Of scientific excellence is the
operating department and equipment on
the fourth floor. The white tiled floor.
the white ceilings white walls. white
furniture and white CARRIED attendants
an lend to the impression Of immacu-
lateness.
cases and furniture are OF the enam-
eled metal. That the necessity OF dis
infection may che reduced to the mini
mum, nickled steel drums have been
arranged for bandages. lotions. etc,
so that even in opening them the nurse
or attendant has only to press a foot
lever and the covers fly up without
being touched by hands. A large drum,
In the disinfeCting room, holds several
OF these smaller drums, and to this is
attached the steam pipes so that they
may be disinfected when necessary.
The tops Of the operating tables are
also Of the nickeled steel. and spe-
cial disinfectant machinery arranged
for them.
operating rooms IS the private operat-
ing room OF the chief surgeon. Here
he has his collection or Instruments.
the accumulation OF twenty-five years
Of surgical life. This collection Is in
. trinsically valued at $4,000. The cell
ing OF this room is a beaded glass sky
light and the effect Of this brilliant
lighting on the fixtures OF white is in
itself curative.
Kitchen Is Donated.
The basement OF the building is n
basement only I'm name. for IL is in
reality above the ground. Here are the
several dining rooms. one for patients.
one for attendants and one for the
kitchen help. and here is also the
kitchen. a model Of culinary depart
meuts. furnished complete by A. Fred
Wey. OF the Wilson hotel, and donated
I to the hospital.
There is second kitchen. tech
/ nically known as q diet room. on the
I first floor. This kitchen IS for the use
I Of nurses who are called upon TO pre-
pare hot or cold food for patients dur
I ing the night Like every department
3 Of the Institution, IL contains all that
| is most modern 20 facilitate the work
/ Hundreds Of visitors were taken
| through the hospital during the open
| ing day and an orchestra. stationed
/ in the main corridor on the first floor,
| furnished music throughout the day.
| These visitors were conducted
| through the building by Mother Mary
] Vincent or the medical director. DR.. s
D IT. Pinkerton. and tho mysteries Of In
/ struments and equipment were ex-
! planned to those who have been so
] fortunate as to have never had them
I demonstrated to them i'm practice.
] The hospital and general operating
u rooms are at the service OF any rem
] utable physician who desires to take
] patients there.
Only One I'm West.
/ All Of the gas and lighting fixtures in
/ the new hospital were furnished and
/ installed by Harley Bros. local Jim
] including the combination electrical and
I gas fixtures. throughout the building.
] The electrical signal system. which
I has been installed at the home by these
people. is the only one OF its kind west
/ OF Chicago. Under this system each
| room is equipped with buzzer con-
/ nected with two cabinets hung in the
l end or the halls. A simple pressing of
/ the button records the number OF =,
/ room on the cabinet. which continues
| TO ring until answered by one or the
/ nurses.
The combination lightning fixtures in
/ the reception room. carried out in mis-
/ sion style. were furnished and installed
free Of charge by this firm