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 COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES detail or newness o f fittings. Not the smallest item was omitted to make it the superior o f any existing similar institution, either in Am er­ ica or Kuropc, and those who have had the oh portuniiy of visiting the institutions of this character in other parts of the workl arc unanimous in approving the verdict o f sii|>eriority given this hospital. T h e site is an ideal one. combining the ad­ vantages o f elevation, light, nir and ventilation. Upon this ground arc erected five buildings of uniform d c s i^, built o f gray limestone from Oeveland, Ohio, and light-toned pressed brick from Clarion county. Pa. These build­ ings consist of the main hospital structure, combined botlcr-house and Uundry, a home fo r the nurses, a garage and stable, and the incinerating plant. I l i c main building has been designed on the pavilion plan, having a central three-story structnrc, with wings projecting cast, west and north. In the cast and west wings are to be found the wards for patients and accessory rooms fo r scrx'ing them. Be­ tween the central building aiul the wings arc connecting glass "solaria,” or snn rooms for ireaunent by the heating effect o f light. The wards are for the accommo<lntion o f uduU pa­ tients, while the first floor of the north wing is set aside exclusively for the children. T he sub-basement, entirely below ground, is fo r the accommodation of the plumbing and drainage pipes and for storage puqio^^^* .Above this is the semi-basement, but three feet below ground, well lighted by many win­ dows. Here arc to be found the clinical, pathological. t»acteriological and medical re­ search laboratories. Ckcupying tw'o laige rooms will be the X -ray department, the equip­ ment o f which is not surpassed by any other in the land. In another section is the clahomtely equipped department o f hydro-thera]ieutics, fitted with hot and cold ^ r a y s, showers and electric light cabinets. There are also the Nauheim baths and all the necessary apfxiratus fo r the treatment o f cases by water and elec­ tricity. T h e receiving and accident rooms arc also upon this floor, being easy o f access from the main ambulance entrance. H ere atso are located the dental and orthopedic departments and the drug lalmratorics and storage roonus. A separate department, having its exit and entrance entirely outside the building, will be set aside for the treatment o f contagious ami infections diseases, and is so built as to be easily and quickly fumigated. .ftcending one comes to the main floor, en­ trance to which is had hy means of a short flight of stone steps guarde*ice rooms. A ll of the ward.s arc com fort­ ably furnished, heated, lighted and well venti­ lated. On the second floor the wards arc the same as the first, and in addiltoii there arc a number o f private rooms for the treatment of special cases, which can be made cn suite. Three u f the large rooms on the first floor can be thrown into one, thus providing a lecture hall or meeting room fo r medical societies, or fo r givin g scientific or lantern exhibitions. On the second floor o f (he north wing is lo­ cated the operating suite, con sisting.of two operuting rooms, .a sterilizing room, an in­ strument room, an etherizing and recovery room, and the surgeons' dressing room. In planning this department every effort was made to make it as modem as {lossiblc, and the fittings are the most complete that science could design or money purchase. On this floor and projecting over (he front of the building U a large solarium fo r the use o f private pa­ tients, incloscart is continued up another story. Upon this floor arc located the large and handsome dining-room, appropriately furnished and sup­ plied wilh a large number o f small round tables; the kitchen; the nurses' <lining-room: and the apartments of the superintendent and resident physicians and surgeons. AH of the cooking is done by gns, to avoid dust and smoke. T h e object in placing the kitchen upon the lop floor is to eliminate entirely the mlors o f cooking so often characteristic of the best hospitals. Running through the ccnier of the main building is an automatic elevator o f sufficient size to carry a wheeled bed or stretcher, I?esides this there arc freight and fooil elevators, all electrically controlled and entirely auto­ matic. licing operated by |nisb buttons. The entire instUntion is cleaned by the vacuum process through pipes leading from machines in the sub-basement. Training School.— T o the west o f tlic main building is the training school home for the nurses, a dqxirtnicnt operated separately from