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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. The equipment throughout is new,
and conforms in all respects to the best usage of the day.

During the past year the number of patients has steadily increased,
and the range of influence of the Hospital has been greatly
widened, patients being received from all parts of the State.

Attention is particularly called to the fact that this 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, Flippin, Stone.

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. Goodwin.

Assistant House Surgeons: Drs. de Figaniere, Jones, and Caldwell.

Superintendent of Nurses: Miss M. J. Hurdley.

Head Nurse: Miss Mary Fletcher.

Pathologists: Dr. Marshall; Dr. Meloy.