The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-29
NEW bONDURANT
/ HOSPITAL Open
FOR INSPECTION
One Of the Finest Institutions OF the
Kind in This Coun-
try.
THE PUBLIC INVITED TO CALL
At Any Time This Afternoon or
Evening and See a Model
Ins.itnt on.
THE PUBLIC INVITED TO CALL

The new BonGurant Hospital,
said to be the mos; sanitary and
modern OF any in this part OF. the
country, and not ,exeelled in these
respects by institutions OF this KIND
in any city. is now open to the pub
Tic, and the Drs Bondurant cordially
invite all who desire TO call, this
afternoon o. this evening, and in
spect the hospital and its up-to-date
equipment. III
1t Is a beautiful building credit
to Cairo and TO the enterprise OF the
Drs. Bondurant who have erected
and furnished ii ut cost OF over
$4,000. Located as it is on tho
north side OF Seventh street near
Commercial avenue 1t Is convenient
to all railroad stations and the
steamboat landings
Ii IS an ornate structure occupy
stories in height, built OF brick and
cement; the facade being -or the
most part constructed OF copper and
glass. 1t is absolutely fireproof. the
only wood used in its construction
being the doors and window frames.
DR.. A. A. Bondurafit has. had in
mind the building OF such a hospital
for many years and has taken much
ftiane i'll -iRsR Reetsaas liosFatals--ap
yarious parts Of the United States.
with the view of gaining every pos
Isib Q insight into the most sanitary
and perfect construction OF such an
Institution, which knowledge he has
exempIifed in this building.
The Sanitation.
The very first consideration OF a
building of this sort is sanitation,
In this respectAfhe limit seems to
have been reached; even the doors
on the interior are without panels
made OF one piece; there is not q
crevice in the entire building where
dust or dirt OF any kind can find a
place; the walls and floors in halls
and every room meet in curvatures,
the floors are OF composition which
Iis especially made for use in hospi-
tails, Every window has a patent
Iventilator which admits the outside
air without creating the least draft
| in the room.
A patient brought to the hospital
In an ambu anee can be lifted from
the vehicle and placed directly in
the evator; the ambulance being
driven into the building for this
purpose as the building is entered
by driveway on the ground noor,
An Automatic Elevator.
The elevator, operated by cleo
tricity, is the most complete and con-
ivenient yet invented. 1t is entirely
Automatic. requires no attendant as
lother lifts. Any physician, nurse or
Iattache of the hospital can touch an
electric button at any floor and the
elevator answers the call. There Is
motion when the door Is open TO
reach any floor, a pressure OF the
electric button indicates the floor.
brings It to that landing without
further attention on the part OF the
occupants. The heating plant, the
kitchen. the laundry and storage
rooms are on the basement floor
which Is on a level with the street
All OF these departments are equip
ped with the latest appliances The
big range in the kitchen is heated by
gas, the laundry machinery is equal
to that of the finest in the land. In
the big furnace room is a large re-
tort for the disposition OF garbage
which is a. feature that is considered
very essential TO cleanliness.
On the second floor at the west
end OF the building are the private
! offices OF the Drs. Bondurant. Ad-
| joining these are a well equipped
cabator and dark rooms where
treatment of the eye or microscopic
examinations can be made. The
walls in, these rooms are painted a
dead back and artificial light to al
most any degree of intensity can be
lapplied as desired.
Accommodation for Forty Patients,
Forty patients can be accommo-
dated; a portion of the second floor
and nearly all of the third and
fourth floors Of the building being
United and furnished with every ar
1 ticle needed for the care and treat.
tment of patients. Each room Is sup
piled with single brass bedstead
i so constructed that 1t can be elevat-
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