Case Western Reserve University - Lux / Differential Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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is no waste space, and every feature is (lesit,nied with |)raciical ility and efficiency in view. Every modern convenience and facility has been installed. Many of the special features in equii)nient are oriL;inal. .Already several conniiittees from other institutions contem])latinij; the construction of new medical buildings, have visited this new structure to gain ideas. Standardization has been the keynote in planning and equipping the new Ijuilding. A unit, fourteen and a half by twenty-two feet was adopted, and all rooms are measured in terms of these units. .All book cases, desks, lamps, microscopes, lanterns, and other equipment were stan- dardized throughout the whole school, so that they are interchangeable at will. All the windows are of uniform size. P y this standardization great economies have been effected, and incon- venience and trouble eliminated. ' J ' he laboratories are equipped with every conceivable appliance. The chemical desks su])- idy hot and cold water, gas, live steam, electricity, compressed air, vacuum, and distilled water. There are three electric circuits — a lighting circuit, a power circuit, and one with from four to twelve volts for small lamps. For certain types of work there are tables with drains running through the middle — this eliminates the necessity of frequent tri])s to the sink. A special high power light, designed by members of the faculty, which will give daylight or anv other color of light by the use of various slides, is widely used. Each department has its own equipment, and is independent of the others. A library and reading room, a dark room for developing pictures, a lantern, a cold storage vault, and a shop are all part of the paraphernalia of each department. The equipment of the shops includes drill presses, lathes, work benches, power saws, and shapers. In the shop of the Anatomy department Dr. T. Wingate Todd makes anthroposmetric instruments. This is the only place in this country in which they are made. The Anatomy Museum and Dissecting Laboratory are two of the school ' s outstanding features. The Museum contains many remarkable and rare specimens and fifteen hundred skele- tons, the largest collection in the world. The dissecting room is the last word in modern and con- venient fittings. The hghting, ventilation, and heating of the building are practically ideal. The windows, running from floor to ceiling, admit an abundance of light. All the air that enters the building is washed and purified. The heat is furnished by the power plant behind the school, and is ther- Thc Facade of the Main Building. A Typical Lecture Room, with Standardised Equipment. 27

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The School Whicli Rank.i Willi the Bcsl in Ihc World. THE MEDICAL GROUP By Ralph S. Tyler, Jr. IN 191. the Faculty of the Medical School appointed its first committee to investigate the advisability and scope of a new building. This committee was composed of Dr. Carl A. llamann, Dr. B. L. Millikin, and Dr. F. C. Waite. After these men had reported, a new com- mittee composed of Dr. George A. Crile, Dr. Roger G. Perkins, Dr. Torald Sollmann, and Dr. F. C. Waite was appointed to continue the investigation. This committee in turn appointed Dr. Henry ]. Gerstenberger, Dr. Roger G. Perkins, and Dr. Torald Sollmann to visit and report on recently erected medical schools and hospitals. In January of 1914, this body visited the McGill Medical School at Montreal and the medical buildings in Toronto, Chicago, Omaha, St. Louis, and Indianapolis in addition to studying the plans of many others. This committee remained in general charge, but gave the heads of the various depart- ments in the school the opportunity to work out the details of their particular sections. When these plans were presented to the faculty, they selected a new connnittee consisting of Dr. Torald Sollmann, chairman. Dr. Carl J. Wiggers, and Dr. N. William Ingalls to review these plans and to take active charge. This connnittee helped materially in bringing together the ideas of the department heads and the plans of the architects, and cooi)erated with the general building com- mittee appointed by the trustees iji 1921. This building committee was made up of Warren S. Havden, chairman, H. G. Dalton, F. A. Scott, Henry Pope, Dr. Torald Sollmann, Dr. Howard T. Karsner, and Sidney S. Wilson, Treasurer of the University. In February of 1922 Samuel Mather, the University ' s most generous and liberal benefactor, gave $2,500,000 to build and equip a new Medical School building on the twenty-acre School and Hospital site adjacent to the Adelbert College campus. Coolidge and Shattuck of Boston were the architects for the building. (ironnd for the new building was broken Augu.st 14, 1922. Eight months later, . pril 18, 192.?, the corner-stone was laid. Apparatus and specimens were moved from the old build- ing during the summer, and classes were held for the first time in the new building last September. October 9, 1924, witnessed the dedication of the building and the Inauguration of President Robert E. Vinson. The new building has been planned and constructed like a modern factory, in that there 26

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iiu slatically controlled. This power plant will ln ' at the P.ahies ' 1 fospilal, the Maternity Hos- jiital. and Lakeside Hospital, when it is l)iiilt. I ' roni its early days the Reserve Medical •School has been in the vanfruard of progress. The school was one of the first to require a four-year course for graduation and an . . Vi. degree for entrance, and the tirst to establish a Chair of l -xperiniental Medicine with a full- time professor as its occupant. . t present it is the largest medical school in the world under (jne roof. A total of 5096 hours is recjuired for graduation. This is somewhat larger than many other schools demand. No graduate of the school, since 1910, has failed to pass a State Board examination. The school has unusual clinical advan- Thc Laboratoncs arc Equipped tmth Every Con- tages. The Rabies ' Hospital and the Maternity ccivahlc Appliance. Hospital which are on the same campus, will be completed next fall. Another five years will see Lakeside Hospital built on the school ' s cam- pus also. Other clinical opi)ortunities are those otifered by City and Charity Hospitals, the Tuberculosis Dispensary, the Dispensary of Charity Hospital, the Dispensary of Western Re- serve University and Lakeside Hospital, and Rainbow Hospital. In 1923 a total of over 100,000 visits were made. The school is supjiorted largely by endowment and special contributions. The income from tuition and fees covers only twenty per cent of the current budget. THE MATERNITY HOSPITAL AND THE RABIES ' HOSPITAL Grotmd for the new Rabies ' Hospital and Maternity Hospital on the Reserve Medi- cal School campus was broken August 1, 1923. Since that time the construction has pro- gressed as rapidly as possible, and the buildings will be ready for occupancy the latter part of the year. The plans for the hospital are the result of an architect ' s work, the advice of an expert consultant, and the ideas of the men whose work-shops they are to be. Mr. Abram Garfield was the architect, while Dr. Goldwater of Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City, acted as con- sultant. The detailed development of the various parts was worked out by Dr. Arthur H. Bill of Maternity Hospital and Dr. Henry J. Ger- stenberger of Babies ' Hospital. The hospitals are the embodiment of the most modern and advanced ideas in their line. Both have their own system of labora- tories and operating rooms. They are equipped with elaborate X-ray apparatus of the latest type. In their heating and ventilation, a defi- nite effort has been made to furnish all rooms with pure fresh air and to provide out-dom- conditions for all patients. These aims have been effected through the filtration of air and the thermostatic control of heat. To avoid unnecessary dirt and fumes all mechanical power and heat for the two hospitals will be carried through a tunnel from the Medical School power house. Every precaution has A Visia in the Annlomv Museum. 28