The Detroit times., 1913-10-07
SsFvlcs and Surgical Buildings
and laboratory Of Detroit
0enaral Near Completion
RICH MEN TO BE ASKED
no PROVIDE MORE MONEY
Institution When Finished VIII
Be Able to Care for Thou.
sand Patients

pital. 1t West Grand and Hamilton
blvds. may not be ready for occu-
pancy before late winter or early
spring, It has already begun to at
tract considerable attention among
medical men throughout the United
States. Visitors are numerous. ana
they compare It with the new institu-
lions of Cincinnati and Boston. whicn
are both last words" In hospital con-
struction.
Three buildings are nearing COM
pletion, at q cost of about $b00.0O0.
Other units will be added 90 fast a.
funds can be secured. Two addition
al buildings are now In sight--a chill
dren's building and Q maternity build.
ing. The structures which will be
completed this winter include the big
service building, designed to supply
q hospital Of 1000 beds; the labora.
tory, which will be the central build.
Ing of the group, and the surgical
building, with its operating rooms.
Care has been taken to make these
buildings conform to the general plan
for Q great hospital. It 10 the hope
of the founders, and of Supt. John
". E. Brown, that the new institution
will achieve countrywide fame. To
that end, the laboratories Will have
every modern hospital Improvement;
there will be special facilities for re-
search: and the public, instead OF be-
Ing barred, or received with scant
courtesy. will be welcomed when they
come to learn something about the
human body and its diseases. The
hospital has gone 30 far a. to prepare
a lecture room. where the public can
hear noted men In tue medical pro-
fession: and the museum, II DR..
Browns wishes are respected, will be
open 70 the public.
We believe that people are iteer-
ested In hospitals and curative pro-
cessea, and We want to satisfy that
interest" says DR.. Brown. Under
proper restrictions, the hospital Will
be open to the public"
Al the buildings are built of steel.
tile and red brick. and are Of very
solid construction. Gypsite tile has
been used for the partitions, because.
while Il II substantial. 1t 10 easily
pierced and removed, and II may be
that alterations will be required be-
fore the hospital ID finished.
The surgical building will have &C.
consultations for 90 patients. The
service building can be used for beds,
also. Il need arises before the other
buildin1p planned are finished. II may
b lifted to accommodate so more.
The rooms Of the surgical building
are large and light. Those on the
second floor open on balconies, onto
which the beds can be wheeled II out
door treatment Il prescribed.
Outdoor treatment 10 becoming
very general" says DR.. Brown. I'm
some European hospitals It II the reg
ular thing. In Cincinnati, the roofs
of the new civic hospital have been
arranged for that purpose; but We
prefer The sloping roofs, from an
architectural standpoint, and It Is
Just - we'll to use the balconies"
The wide corridor between the
surgical building and the operating
rooms can be made into ward, II
necessary. It Ii covered by q nat
roof, which can be fitted up a. an out
door ward for convalescents.
One Of the operating rooms con-
tains . small amphi-theater. where
limited number OF physicians or stu
dents may watch a'demonstrator; but,
as DR.. Brown says, students can learn
very little BY watching from q dis.
lance In q large room, and It Is the
aim Of the hospital to bring them as
near the subject ~ possible. Be-
tween thu operating rooms are sup
ply rooms, where instruments are
washed and s,erilixed, and where
sterilixec towels and dressings are
prepared. They communicate with
the operating rooms by openings
through the partitions. Special at
tention has been paid In this depart
ment to ventilation and electric heat
ing. The operating rooms are lighted
by huge windows, giving both q north
light and q skylight.
A corridor which will be covered
with glass connects the surgical de-
partment with the laboratory, three
story building which will have every
facility for research. There IL q
place for = drug store. and quarters
for the pharmacist. There Is a room
for the examination Of specimens;
another for meteorological tests: an
other for the examination Of blood;
another for microscopic study Of can
Gers and tumors: another for the
preparation of slides. There are spe-
cial rooms for private research.
There u IN x-ray room. There are
rooms where animals may be kept for
testing purposes, and an operating
room where the effects OF tests may
be studied.
The service building Is large
structure IN the rear Of the proposed
group. Il contains quarters for the
hospital help, and for the nurses un-
I'll such time a. . nurses home can
b built. II also contains the kitchen
and dining rooms, the laundry and
storage rooms. The boiler rooms
contain two boilers and space for
.wo moro. Each II capable of gen.
Grating 275lhorsepower.. Two turbine
engines have been installed. The hos
'pital will have . large refrigerating
plant. Sterile. washed air will be
pumped into oil the buildings by the
ventilation system.
Or. Brown and Architect w. b.
0trattou have visited the best hos
pitals o. Europe and America to OBJ
tain suggestions for the new build.
ingD. The question whether the pa
vi1ions will be two or three stories
high ID still to be settled. Three
stories mean economy Of ground
space, but much expenditure Of en-
erU. 4 one-story building means the
uoo 6 great deal Of ground and the
dIse4vantaee g long trips from the