The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-08-11
Wing on North Side Of Building Completed.
and Many Changes are Made
in Interior
SCHOOL OF NURSING
IS NEW FEATURE
Highly Trained Superintendent IN Charge;
Institution is Thoroughly Modern il
Arrangement and Equipment

improvements begun at the ChIcIKa.
sha Hospital several months ago are
now completed. 1t is announced, an
addition on the north side has Inen
erected and the interior or tlle orig.
inal building has been remodeied.
The Chickasha Hospital, though
comparatively new institution, has
had such rapid growth during the
last few years that its owners and di-
rectors, Drs. w II. Livermore and d.
S. Downey have had to add another
wing to the already large and commo.
dious structure which gives 1t front.
age Of 15O feet on the south and Inora
than 80 feet on the east. With dom.
bic balcony extending around the en.
tire building, 1t now has a Mslili,um
capacity Of 40 beds The pres ent ar.
rangement affords three large, wards
and twenty private wards. Tlh rooms
are large and well ventilated. each be-
ing furnished with white enameled
beds, dressers, rocking chg girs. sjde-
bed tables, electric sockets gor indIvd.
ual fans and can bells. Being an 'a4's
shaped building, shaded on each side
by wide veranda, makes II cool ana
pleasant and gives every ward an oui.
side exposure. Il is stcnm.heatad
throughout. und with Pyrene fire ex.
tinguishers located on both floors and
with each room opening on the dohbla
balcony, affording easy exit in case of
emergency. and being constructed oe
brick, II Is practically fire-pr0of.
The hospital has large concreta
basement which contains the heating
plant, steam boilers, ana hot water
heaters. which being connected BY an
automatic prmp to the two large IN.
der-ground cisterns furnishes full sup.
ply Of hot and cold soft water through
out the building The first floor in ad-
dition to providing room for the busi-
ness office. consultation room, and
quarters for the resident physiciali.
also affords large quarters for the
newly organized Graduate Training
School for Nurses. and the chemical
and pathological laboratories. The
latter in physical equipment compares
RavorabIy with even more pretentious
having besides the many
necessary instruments for biological
analysis the latest Spencer micro
scope, an electrical incubator, cenfrif-
agal apparatus. and large modern x.
ray machine. which also includes
well furnished laboratory and develop.
ment room All OF these rooms are
with an Indirect electric
lighting system which in biological
snd chemical Investigation furnishes
! white light either day or night. 10
he skilled operators delight. This
lame electrical device Is used in the
,ery commodious operating depart
nent which is located on the second
'loor. This is extra large and Is SUBJ
iiyided into dressing room for tho
surgeons, a sterilizing room, q main op-
rating room. The floors in these
hree rooms are laid with an asbestos
which is the very latest
hing IN antiseptic surgery. insuring
lbsolute cleanliness. The sterilizing
Dom proper is equipped with Auto
,lave High Pressure sterilizer. and
mailer ones for surgical instruments.
ltensils and water. A handsome steel
abinet stands in one corner. which is
Ised for all character Of surgical dress-
ngs The hospital is one Of the few
ii the state possessing the Albie-Or.
hopedic operating tables. and Gel
,er's bone-set appliances. With the
atest Mayo-designed antiseplic oper.
ting table, porcelain instrument cab.
nets. dressing tables. etc. this Is one
II the most complete operating rooms
o be found anywhere. All walls arc
tpished in white enamel and the en-
he suite OF rooms is free from the
many defects commonly found IN hos
,itals OF even larger size. Aside from
he operating room and the X,ray lab
,ratory which is located on the second