THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HOSPITAL.
This hospital is the property of the University, and is under the
exclusive control of its Medical Faculty. It was designed and is administered
as a teaching hospital, being so arranged that free use can be
made of its clinical material without in any way disturbing or violating
the privacy of other patients.
The buildings are arranged upon the pavilion system, consisting of
a central structure, four stories in height, devoted to the purposes of
administration, and two wings. The administration building contains, on
the main floor, reception and consultation rooms, an amphitheater and
private operating rooms, with sterilizing and anesthetizing rooms attached,
and an X-ray room. The upper floors furnish accommodation for the
nurses of the training school, while the basement contains the heating
plant, laundry, kitchen, etc. From this building corridors in three stories
lead out to the wards. These wards, having a capacity of about eighteen
beds each, are beautifully lighted, have direct indirect hot-water radiators,
and forced ventilation. Opening from each ward on the east is a large
protected porch, of great value to convalescents. The south wing has been
in use for several years; the new north wing, completed in 1907, gives the
hospital a capacity of about 100 beds, 80 of these being in the public
wards. The equipment throughout is new, and conforms in all respects
to the best usage of the day.
Attention is particularly called to the fact that the hospital, with
its associated dispensary, constitutes a valuable adjunct to the teaching
facilities of the Medical School. The variety of cases presented, and more
especially the opportunities offered for a thorough study of the individual
case, afford unusually satisfactory conditions for clinical instruction.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
Hospital Board: Drs. Whitehead, Davis, Watts, Hedges, Macon,
Marshall, Compton, Flippin, Goodwin.
Visiting Staff: The visiting staff consists of the Hospital Board and
the Clinical Instructors in the Dispensary.
Director of the Hospital: Dr. Watts.
House Surgeon: Dr. Neff.
Assistant House Surgeon and Roentgenologist: Dr. Woodberry.
Internes: Drs. Hammond, Ridgway, Varner, and Wright, Mr.
Saunders.
Acting Superintendent of Nurses: Miss T. S. Grier.
Assistant Superintendent: Miss M. L. Hamner.
Night Superintendent: Miss Clarissa Canfield.
In Charge of Operating Room: Miss Lena Burke.
Dietetic Nurse: Mrs. G. G. Montague.
Pathologists: Dr. Marshall and Dr. Jackson.
