Evening star., 1930-05-02
HOSPITAL ADDITION.
TO Be OPENED SOON.
Finishing Touches Now Being
Put on New Emergency
East Wing.

lie within 10 days, marking the COM
pletion Of construction program that
has converted the institution into what
physicians and surgeons describe as one
Of the most ef1ciently and elaborat ~
equipped hospitals in the East.
Finishing touches are now being put
to the addition, which becomes the east
wing of the hospital. The construction
program was initiated is months ago
and ertailed the building of new main
entrance to the hospital and important
improvements In the central and west
buildings.
Of1icials of the hospital said today
that utility, sanitation and noiselessneSs
were determining factors in the selec-
ton of materials and equipment. The
work, completed at an estimated cost
Of $450,000, was superintended by
building committee Of which Karl Corby
Is chairman. and DR.. Harry M. Kauf-
man, chief Of the hospital medical stan,
Is vice chairman.
Before the work was undertaken the
superintendent Of the hospital, B. B.
Sandidge. inspected leading hospitals
In New York, Philadeiphia and Boston,
and the new wing and additions to the
central and west buildings were designed
to incorporate the latest devices medical
science has developed for efficiency and
utility In the treatment Of medical and
surgical cases.
Mental Effects Considered.
A tour of the new nine-story build
ing discloses that in an ultra modern
hospital surroundings may be pleasing
and soothing as well as the equipment
and furnishings comfortable. Sound
proof walls and floors, ball-bearing
doors that open noiselessly, radio and
telephone fitted to each room, moor
lights that can be kept on through the
night without irritation to the patient:
obviating the necessity for overhead
yeioped vertical illumination lamp whose
rays are reflected from the ceiling
these are some of the details OF equip
nent furnished In each Of the ~ private
! rooms which are located on three hoors.
" Two floors in the new wing are ded1-
cation floors. The seventh floor, one OF
three housing private rooms, Is known
a. the Slocum pavilion. It was do
mated to the hospital by Gen. Stephen
Z. H. Slocum in memory Of his wife.
the late Mrs. Luna Garrison Slocum.
utility baths, designed so that the nurse
can tend to the patients every neeo
without having to leave the room, and
pleasing decorations are features OF
these rooms.
The sixth and fifth floors also contain
private rooms. Furnishings and deco
rations throughout were selected care
fully by q ladies' committee Of the hos
pitals board of directors, Of which Mrs.
Floyd Waggaman Is chairman. The
ceilings in all the rooms are wnlte.
green and other soft colors, with drapes
and furniture to match.
This is In line with recent medical
opinions to the effect that variety
o1 soft and pleasing tones are not only
esthetically desirable, but At the same
time possess q distinct therapeutic
value. The interior decorations were
direction Of Miss Elizabeth Stetson OF
The other dedicated door. the fourth.
houses cubicle public wards, new de-
UartiIre tn ward construction, affording
i6 eemi-private wards. This floor was
dedicated by Mrs. Eleanor Patterson
Echlesinger In memory Of her late nus
fng and equipment OF this public ward
vas undertaken with view 70 provid-
anR the same utility and noiselesSneSs
characteristic Of the other floors.
Medical Ward Floors.
Public medical wards are located on
ne second and third floors, with 81
beds available for medical cases. The
large. airy rooms are fitted with indi-
yidiIal cabinets for each patient. A new
device known a. the Guth agitator ID
installed In these wards ana In the
Schlesinzer memorial wards, an IN
9enious machine that "agitates" the air,
fnsuring circulation without stirring
draft.
there Is q series Of rooms equipped Tor
work In genito-urinary, cardiac and
basil metabolism cases. The utility OF
arrangement Is suggested by the fact
that these rooms are located In close
proximity to X-ray rooms that are on
the first floor. The care OF gen1to-url-
nary, cardiac and basil metabol1sm cases
a. closely allied to X-ray work ana the
location of the various rooms enables
physicians to study the cases in all their
relations with minimum OF movement
for the patient.
After careful study, medical science
has established that the color light
green is the least conducive to eye strain
and that color predominates IN the
elaborately equipped operating moor. the
eighth. -Four main operating rooms are
located there, all contiguous TO the am
uhitheater operating room, Whicn Ii
housed In the main building. Surgeons
can operate for the longest length OF
time without eye strain against pacK-
ground of light green and for that rea.
son the operating rooms are decorateo
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The new sciaIytic lamp, adjustable
to anv desired position, has been ntte0
over the operating tables. Thermo-
static control regulates the humidity In
each operating room, thus obviating the
possibility Of explosion. Buiit-1n cani.
nets, designed TO provide the greatest
safeelard in sanitation, and bowls and
kastf1s situated 50 that surgeons may
keen the patient in view at every mo-
Ynent are features Of the operating
rooms. Here, again, noiselessness is
planned.
Built-In SterilizeTs.
On another part of the floor are five
built-in sterilizers, the latest in design,
resembling safety deposit vaults and
equipped with pressure gauges to de-
note the degree Of heat to which In
struments within are subjected. An
adjoining room for instruments Is fltted
with built-in cabinets and tables COW
cred with monel metal, substance that
resistS stains and acids.
The hospitals culinary department Is
located on the ninth floor Of the new
wing, with large kitchens and separate
dining rooms for each department OF
the hospital, the house stan, mechanics
and nursing STAFF. A cafeteria service
has been provided for the student
nurses in q room seating 120.
Two floors have been added TO the
west wing, over the nurses home, and
ell converted to general hospital use.
The roof of this wing has been utilized
for O solariunn. an attractively deco
rated room, feature OF which Is win
dow panes that do not defect the sun
Yays. An outside solarium for use in
good weather also Is provided.
The lobby and main entrance to the
fnosuitAl are new, affording o more