New Britain herald., 1917-07-16
HOSPITAL CAMP FOR SHOW PURPOSES
Americans to Be Taught Pro-
 Cedure in Model Plant

New York, July 16.-America's first war demonstration hospital where army and Red Cross surgeons are to be taught the most advanced discoveries in European war surgery is almost fin 1shed. It was inspected informally yesterday.
 The fifteen long, narrow, single story, unpainted wooden buildings clustered unostentatiously at the toot of the lofty and imposing Rocketeller Institute in the lower terrace or the grounds at Sixty-fcurth street ana Avenue A looked like so many labor CTS huts, but their importance to America and her soldier representa- tives who will carry to France thls na- tions fight for her ideals cannot be- gin to be measured by their size or modest appearance. For pack or the rough structures stands Dr. Alexis Carrel the surgical wizard whose gen. jus the war has but served to empha- size, and back of him stand the Rockefeller Institute and the millions of the foundation.
 To almost the last detail the build ings are reproductions of those com- prising the great English base hospital at Etaples, France, with the exception that certain changes in building plans to harmonize with American lumber and material specifications were neces- sary. Instead of holding 500 beds as the Etap1es Hospital does, this war demonstration hospital has only two wards of twenty-four beds each.
 pr. Carlel to Expound.
 But of more importance than any possible physical equipment stands the ~~~, l@vV strate to American war surgeons the Carrel-Dakin method of treatment of wound infection, along with other sur- gical methods worked out and suc- cessfully applied at the military hospi- tai at Compiegne, France.
 Within probably two weeks the dem- onstration hospital will be completely finished and equipped, the staff of doc tors and nurses ready and the first group of patients received, and treat ment begun before the first group of army and Red Cross surgeons. Every few weeks new classes of surgeons will De admitted to the hospital and trained in the highly delicate Carrel-Dakin method of sterilization. And every few weeks new drafts of, trained and efficient American surgeons will be made ready for work in the field and base hospitals in France. To them the ! last word in war surgery will be given so that when they start their duties l lover there every available bit of | knowledge of the art of remaking men 1 will be in their possession. < Construction is Practical. |, Another great benefit to be derived | from the model base unit here will be 1 m the experience gained from it's con- struction and equipment Charles But | Ter, an architect, of New York, who | has spent a considerable part of the l past two years studying the hospital |; units whic have been developed for l use in France and England, and has worked under the French War De- partment, had charge of the plans and l designed such changes as were made. The heating, lighting sanitary cooking l and washing arrangements were all | worked out and furnished with view l toward testing the standardization for future bases which will be built for the American troops in France. In every I way the construction of the model base was in the way of demonstration and experiment. Both in the planning of the hospital and the idea of instruc- SoN' U. s. A., was consulted and gave active , cooperation.
 The group consists of fifteen build ings arranged in the form of a square with the receiving, operating and double wards in the center. All the 1 buildings are connected by roofed l over passageways and those used by l the patients are enclosed. The build l ings and all the equipment are of knock down" portable construction, being built on the unit or section basis so that they can be taken down easily and shipped and set up again.
 The buildings proper are construct ed in sections, by feet, each bolted together, the walls and flooring being of double thickness and hollow with two sheets of heavy building paper between for warmth. The roofs are of heavy tarred paper, and the con- : meeting passageways are covered with iron sheeting. All the structures are
 unusually light and airy, the windows
 in many of the buildings taking up
 fully half the entire wall space. The hJ1i11 in oi~%4 frxyA -%rr,1