The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-30
LOVED ONES CAN
Be PAID HONORS
Emergency Hospital Open to
Those Wishing to Place
Memorial Tablets.
NEW BUILDING IS READY
Nine-story Structure Will BE Ready
for Occupancy in Few Days.
Model in Arrangements.

Provision has been made by the board
of directors of Emergency Hospital,
which will be opened within the next ten
| days, whereby any person desiring o
| memorabilia a living or dead relative or
| friend may do SO at that institution at
| q nominal cost.
The memorials will be in the shape of
tablets inscribed to the person one
wishes to have remembered These will
| be placed upon the doors of the privat.
rooms, operating room. upon the ward
beds or any other of the various units
of the hospital.
Inasmuch as many persons have al
| ready sisnified their intentions of usin,;
this means to honor their dead loved
ones. the directors ask that persons
| wishing to do SO communicate at once
with DIR. Harry s. Lewis. of Emergency
Hospital. The board OF management will
answer any questions relating to this
phase Of the new equipment.
Details Of Its ArranEements.
The directors of the hospital and
Emergency dispensary have received
word from the architects and builders
that the new building will be ready to
open in few days. 1t is located on
New York avenue directly across the
street from the Corcoran Art Gallery.
1t is nine stories high and has been
termed by experts to be a model hospital.
The outside of the structure is simple
and dignified, and the interior arrange
ments have been carried out with cspe-
cial attention to the comfort and con-
venience of the patients.
On the first floor are found the emer-
gency department. waiting rooms, oper-
ating rooms. recovery rooms and an iso-
lation unit. The dispensary is likewise
located upon this floor and has a sepa-
rate entrance together with the admins
tration department.
The second and third floors are given
over to the wards to be used by white
and colored people and children. These
wards are practically open wards with
unusually large windows for light and
ventilation. Beds can be rolled out upon
the roof gardens provided on the floor
elevations.
Four Floors of Private Rooms.
The fourth. fifth. sixth and seventh
floors consist of the private room floors.
many rooms directly connected with pri-
vate baths and having telephone serv-
ice. There are three sun parlors on every
private room floor. and also two four
bed wards for patients desiring semi
private rooms.
The eighth floor is designated as the
general operating floor. On this floor
are two large operating rooms having
directly northern light and connected
with most modern sterilizing and wash
up rooms. There are two anaesthetiz-
ing rooms, X-ray and general laboratory
rooms situated on this floor.
The ninth floor is devoted entirely TO
the culinary department of the institu-
ton.
On the top Of the building there is a
magnificent roof garden on which the
patients may enjoy the outdoor rest and
recreation. The view from this roof
garden is one of the most attractive in
the city. II overlooks the White House
grounds. Speedway, Fort Myer, Airing
ton, and the beautiful surroundings.
As an entirety. Washington can well
be proud now of an emergency hospital
equipped in up-to-date manner with ap-
planes and paraphernalia surpassed by
no hospital In the United States.
Announcement of the general opening
OF the hospital for the inspection of the
Washington public will be made by the
board of directors as soon as the equip
ment is installed, and 1t Is hoped that
everyone will avail themselves of the
opportunity to visit this new and most
modern institution, strictly fireproof in
every respect.
For the past ten years an average Of
sixty persons day have received treat
ment in the old crowded building. from
the best ply sicians, surgeons and special
lists Of the city. without cost. and with
out regard to age. sex. color. or creed
Senators. Representatives, diplomats
wealthy men and women. as well as the
victims of abject poverty. have been alike
given the best care possible. and thou
sands of persons not only in this city
but in every State in the Union. and in
many foreign countries. are today bless
ing this institution for the prompt and
kindly care that saved life or limb or
nursed back to health I'M lme OF sickness
and need. and are holding in grateful
memory those who worked in it and
those who made its existence possible.