Temple University School of Medicine - Skull Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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MEDICAL BUILDING EIGHTEENTH AND BUTTONWOOD STREETS 113 1

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PROPOSED NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL

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T. U. M. S. THE SKULL 19 2 7 T3he Greatheart tMaternity Hospital of the Toemple University URING the past few years the neighborhood surrounding the Garretson Hospital has changed from a residential section to a manufacturing district. Doctor Conwell noted this change and realized that if the Hospital was to con-tinue in its development, it would have to be transferred to another location. This he intended to do, but upon making a survey of the neighborhood and of the needs of the Medical Department, he arrived at the conclu-sion that a large, well-equipped maternity hospital was more needed in the community and by the college than another general hospital. To accomplish this purpose, he organized the Greatheart Society and had it incorporated under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania. It was decided to purchase the properties located at 1S10 and 1812 Spring Garden Street for the new undertaking. Alter extensive alterations, the Greatheart Maternity Hospital of Temple University was dedicated by Doctor Con-well cn April 27. 1923. It consisted of thirty beds, of which five are in private rooms and the rest in semi-private and public wards. By this arrangement the institution is enabled to care for those who are without funds as well as those patients who can afford to pay the Hospital for its services. At one o'clock each day a free dispensary hour is maintained. Here the patients are registered for admission to the Hospital or to have a senior medical student assigned to their case to care for them in their homes. Prenatal care is given to the expec- tant mother. She is also urged to return for a post-natal examination and to have her baby examined to see if it is developing as a normal child should. Nurses are also assigned from this dispensary to visit and care for the patients in their homes. The Staff is made up of men of great experience in the obstetrical field, the Hospital being under the care of Doctors Arnold, Barnes and Alesbury. They give much of their time to this work for which they receive no compensation whatsoever. The Greatheart Maternity Hospital has been an important factor in the development of the Obstetrical Department of Temple University School of Medicine. Two senior students live in the Hospital and deliver all normal cases under the direct supervision of one of the Hospital Chiefs. By so doing the Hospital serves a very useful purpose in giving these young men that practical experience which will be so valuable to them during all their professional lives. The Hospital is recognized by the American College of Surgeons, which means that the Hospital measures up in every way to the standards of that organization. It is open to the people of all races and all creeds; its principal purpose is to be of service to those of little or no means. With these ideals and the great need for the Hospital, we feel sure that the Hospital will continue to have a very healthy growth and it will develop into one of the largest and best maternity hospitals in this country. {Hi