 | University of Virginia record December, 1912 |  |
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 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 satisfactorily 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.
Internes: Drs. Bibb, Bray, Hume, and Laughlin.
Superintendent of Nurses: Miss M. J. Hurdley.
Assistant Superintendent: Miss Carrie Wright.
Night Superintendent: Miss Bessie Scrimger.
In Charge of Operating Room: Miss Tabitha Grier.
Dietetic Nurse: Miss Shaw.
Pathologists: Drs. Marshall and Mundy.
| University of Virginia record December, 1912 | |