The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-15

STUART. CIRCLE j.
HOSPITAL OPENS
HrCHMoND's NEWEST HOME FOR
THE SICK THROWS OPEN
IT'S DOORS TODAY.
HOME-LlKE. COMFORTS
COMPLETE IN EVERY DETAIL AND
WITH SURROUNDINGS CALCU-
LATED To AID IN sooTH-
ING THE SUFFERER.
HOME-LlKE COMFORTS

Stuart Circle hospital. the latest
advent into this division of the field
of medicine. will open its doors to-
day, holding a public reception from
noon to 7 o'clock tonight. Formal
invitations have been sent to all the
physicians in Richmond, but the gen
eral public will be admitted without
cards.
The hospital Is located in one of
the most beautiful sections of the
city, in a segment Of the circle sur
rounding the statue of General j. T.,
r. Stuart, at Lombardy street and
Monument avenue. 1t Is constructed
of red brick and limestone. and Is
six stories in height The hospital Is
so arranged that the kitchen is To-
Gated on the top floor, whence the
odors will affect no one. skillful
dietician will he in charge of the
preparation of meals, and an auto
matte electric elevator service will
distribute the trays before the meals
become cold. A silent electric sig
nal system has been installed. so that
there will be the least noise to dis
turb the patients, Vacuum cleaners.
incinerators and other devices have
been installed to meet specific needs.
Convenient First Floor.
On the first floor will be all the Of
fees, the superintendents Office,
rooms for the internes. dining-room
for them. reception and consultation
rooms. chief laboratory and X-ray
rooms. Patients will he lodged on
the three floors above the first. There
are no wards. The rooms, all of
which open on the exterior, front or
rear, are single, double or en- suite.
with and without private bath. All
have telephone connection with the
hospital station. and with the outside
world, so that a patient may talk
with his friends or business con-
feres at fsraway points. The patients
quarters are isolated from all other
departments, so as to ensure quiet
and uninterrupted rest.
The operating rooms are situated
on the top floor. so arranged as to OBJ
tain maximum light with the least
glare. There are two operating rooms,
with a sterilizing room intervening.
Nearby is an accessor suite, including
anesthetizing room. dressing rooms
for doctors and rooms for other pur-
poses. Ample provision has been
made for such laboratory and other
facilities as may be required in the
general medical service and in the
speial branches in which the hospital
is interested. Special quarters have
been set aside for obstetrical patients.
The laboratories will be under the ST.
pervision of well-known specialist.
and will include what is known as the
frozen section" technique. by means
of which microscopic diagnosis OF NOR
bid growths may be made almost in
simultaneously while the patient Is still
on the operating table,
Heating and Ventilation Perfect.
thorough heating and ventilating
system has been installed. and the
building Is as fireproof as 1t is possible
ito make any building proof against
fire. And yet 1t is equipped with both
outside and inside fire escapes, so that
even the most timid may have no fear.
One of the most attractive features
of the hospital Is the roof. with Its two
gardens, on which even now climbing
vines and potted plants are blooming
in the SUM- and from where most de-
hghtful view of the surrounding Coun-
try may be observed.
The hospital has been erected for
the private patients OF the associated
members of the staff. which includes
some of the best-known physicians
in the city 1t Is distinctly a private
institution, controlled by corpora
ton composed of this staff. as follows:
Surgery, DIR. Lewis C. .Bosher and
DR.. Charles r. Robins; medicine, DIR.
Manfred Call and DR.. Robert S.
Bosher, Jr.. eye, ear, nose and throat
DR.. Clifton NJ Miller and DR.. r. H.
Wright: obstetrics. DR.. Greer Baugh-
man. The superintendent of the hos
pital Is Miss Rosa q. Van Wort for
hospital She will conduct a training
school for nurses, and will have sew
eral graduate nurses to take charge
OF the different floors.
! Patients will be moved into the hos
pital tomorrow.