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

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 •V : a 3 T 'U PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES JT WAS here that we were introduced to the exanthemata from the clinical viewpoint. No less a personage than Dr. Samuel S. Woody, medical Director and Superintendent since 1908, conducted us on the most interesting ward tours it has been our privilege to enjoy. He explained to us the routine procedures in laryngeal diphtheria, especially illustrating the efficiency of the institution; the special “diph” ambulance which answers the call on the minute, accompanied by a doctor ready to do intubation at home if necessary. Three internes are always present in the laryngeal ward, ready to answer the bell on the run”. The present group of thirty'one separate buildings at Second and Luzerne Streets were completed in 1909. ”Mun:e” is the largest hospital for contagious diseases in the Occident and probably has more acute cases than any other such hospital in the world. It is equipped to take care of 1150 cases in event of an epidemic and yearly treats 5000 patients. EAGLEVILLE SANATORIUM ( HROUGH the courtesy of our clinical professor in diseases of the chest, Dr. A. J. I Cohen, who is also the medical director at Eagleville, we gained insight into the most modern institutional treatment of tuberculosis. We were shown the spec-cially built rooms of the new wings, the complete Xrray outfit, and the various social and edu cational units devoted to adult and child patients. The results are wonderful and this institution is doing a notable work which places it in the forefront of similar institutions in the country. § $ Iwi V TV § i T iccnly-cight

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The Senior Class is assigned in rotating pairs to this hospital and live here until the quota of “baby snatching” has been accomplished. Who will ever forget the mad dashes, desha bille, up the flag walk, then the ascent of the fire escape and the final breathless spurt into the delivery room? Who, among us, will not remember those unwarranted hours spent in anxious waiting? Dare any be treacherous enough to discard the vision of that first outside call, when, with “small chaser bag” in hand, and a tumultuous heart, we beat our way through mazes of city streets in the quiet of the night? The growth of the Greatheart Maternity Hospital has keen tremendous for its brief span of existence and it is to be regretted that the demand for beds exceeds the supply. As to its future, much is expected of an institution open to all creeds and races, whose principal aim is to be of service to those with little or no means. PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL V® HE Philadelphia General Hospital, which will celebrate its two-hundredth anni-( versary in 1931, originated in a small infirmary of the almshouse at Fourth and Pine Streets and was spoken of as “The Green Meadows”. This is the oldest hospital in the country, according to Agnew. In 1767, the institution was moved to Tenth and Pine Streets and was called the “Bettering House”. In these historic buildings many of Washington’s soldiers were cared for. The Legislature in March, 1820, authorized the purchase of a site and the erection of suitable buildings west of the Schuylkill River in Block' ley township, whence it acquired the familiar name “Blockley”. Here Rush, Band, Wistar, Gerhard and Osier labored. In 1902 three main divisions were officially recognized—a home for the indigent, a hospital for mental diseases and the general hospital proper. The adop' tion of a new city charter and the creation of the department of welfare about 1920 brought about the separation of the purely indigent patients from those who were ill. A new hos' pital for mental diseases was then erected at Byberry, and the 1400 mentally ill patients were moved there in 1926. All of this building and moving was in preparation for the rebuilding of the general hospital. The old structures at Thirty-Fourth and Pine Streets and the old stone wall which surrounded the hospital were demolished and the new hospital constructed on the site. The new hospital units are five stories high with open roofs. The new buildings add 1,250 beds. The new hospital units are five stories high with open roofs. The new buildings add 1,250 beds. The wealth of material in every line which is found here has keen the chief reason for the courtesy allowed us to hold ward walks at Blockley. As Juniors we were conducted on ward tours by Dr. Ullman and his staff of associates; and it was at old Blockley that we acquired a thorough clinical knowledge of diseases of the chest. T tcfnly-seten

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