Grant Hospital School of Nursing - Beacon Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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he eacon vs ------- -------- - - -----------'--'--'-----'--- ------- '14 Grant Hospital In July of 1900, Friday the 13th, Grant Hospital was opened-a Private Hospital of one hundred and twenty-five beds. It was the dream of a man-Dr. James Fairchild Baldwin. Somf'l1ofly scoffell, 'Oh Iyolfll never do that, :Ii least no one ever has done itf lint he took of his coat, and he took off his hart, n And the first thing we knew he'd begun it. lVith ri lift of his chin, and 11- bit of a grin, IVithout any rlrmbtirig or quiddit, Ili' .rlartwl to .ring as he tackled the thing That L'UIlllf71f,l bc done, and he did it. Grant was then known as the largest private hospital in the country and one of the best. The Nurses' Home was Fourth Old, the Chart Room and Yvards AU and B were kitchens and dining rooms. The present Delivery Room on Third Old was Dr. Baldwin's Operating Room, with the famous motto on the wall- Silence Is Goldenf' In this operating room were per- formed the many remarkable and skillful operations which placed Dr. Baldwin in the front rank of surgeons, and Grant on the Hospital Map. The large room adjoining Second Old Chart Room was the Delivery Room. On First Old patients occupied the rooms now used for offices. Dr. Baldwirfs private office was where the bookkeepers now hold forth, and his stenographer, in the Admitting' Clerk's Otiice, wrestled with telephones, patients, information, sorrowing relatives, and in case of emergency ran the elevator. The limited X-ray apparatus of those days was found in the present Emergency Room in charge of Dr. C. F. Bowen. Here he learned to locate the motifs and the Beams -and to remove them forthwith. Dr. C. M. Shepard was Dr. Bald- win's Anesthetist and Pathologist from 1899 to 1905. Many a time he resorted to man power in moving patients to the operating room-when the elevator ceased to function. Dr. R. A. Rice succeeded Dr. Shepard as Anesthetist, and acted in this capaeityluntil the Vllorld VVar. Of the men who were really active in the daily work of the Hospital in its earliest days only three are living--Dr. J. F. Baldwin, Dr. John E. Brown, and Dr. C. M. Shepard. Among the men who were loyal friends and helped to make Grant, were: Drs. T. R. Rankin, C. A. Cooperrider, J. M. Dunham, J. li. Bcery, A. C. VVolfe, F. O. Vllilliams, E. J. VVilson, J. A. McClure, Dixon L. Moore, C. F. Clarke, Jno. E. Brown, E. J. Emerick, A. J. Frame, D. P. Adams, N. P. Coleman, S. M. Sherman. There were many others, but these were some of the Pioneers. In 1904- the Annex to the Grant Avenue building was erected as a Home for the Nurses. The Kitchens and Dining Rooms were on the first Hoor of this buildingg the Reception rooms and Class rooms on the Second, and Students' rooms on the Third and Fourth. The Head Nurse and Head Operating Room Nurse occupied the two rooms now known as Officers' and Doctors' Dining Rooms. This relieved the tension but for a short while, and in 1910 the Town Street addition was opened. Like Finney's 'l'urnip the hospital grew and grcw g the addition housing the kitchens, etc., was built, and finally the Nurses' Residence. and it will Soon be necessary to build another ad- dition. No history would be complete without mentioning Dr. Hugh A. Baldwin, known to all as Dr. Hugh. In the years when a House Physician was an unknown quantity, Dr. Hugh was many times the Life Saver. Dr. S. J. Goodman was Dr. Baldwin's Assistant for many years, and he was followed by Drs. Bratton, J. J. Coons, Bigelow, Lauf, and Freese. Grant Hospital Stall' of today is a large one, and the Members of this Staff have helped to keep Grant alive and going. Miss Mary A. Jamieson has been Superintendent since 1915. It's close cooperation that wins. It lLl1l,l the individual, it Nor the Army as a whole, But the c'vcrla.s'ting team-work Of Every bloomin' soul. Fifteen

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he eacon fr -'-------- --------------- --------------------'---------- fr Si.rief'n Farewell ' Dear Old Grant! The time has come WVhen we must say farewell. The clouds hang low-as thro' the Night lVe hear the tolling bell. And though our hearts are heavy now XVith heartbreak ut the parting, VVe needs must keep this thought in mind 'Tis not the end-the starting. Our footsteps lead to higher paths, To glories that will make Our Class a credit to the Sehoolh Then onward for Her sake. A smile-a tear-the picture fadesg WVC make our final how. Oh, Alma Mater! A Memory Is all thatis left us now.