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
north wing, completed in 1907, gives the hospital a capacity of about 100
beds, 80 of these being in the public wards. A new wing, now in process of
construction, will be occupied by the session 1916-17, and will add materially
to the capacity and equipment. 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. Anderson, Fitchett, Gage and Howard.
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 Dorothy Stranger.
Dietetic Nurse: Mrs. G. G. Montague.
Pathologists: Dr. Marshall and Dr. Haralson.
