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

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GAP IP EY§© N -G IP PAY IP IEAIPY PCSPIYaVP IT WAS back in the month of April and the year of 1923, that the Greatheart Hospital was established at 1810-12 Spring Garden Street as a Maternity Hospital for the students of Temple Medical School. Since that time, the name has been changed to Garretson-Greatheart and many innovations accorded the institution which makes it today one of the most modern Maternity Hospitals in the East. Then, too, the external appearances have been beautified by the addition of the “sunken gardens and the gateway connecting the hospital and the adjoining administration building at the Spring Garden Street entrance. The course of Obstetrics includes for each student two weeks of practical training at the Maternity Hospital, during which time the student lives at the institution. A student is assigned to duty as “student intern every Monday morning. When this “junior intern” has served one week, he becomes “senior intern” for one week, each student serving two weeks at a time. Thus, there are two “student interns always on duty. This gives each and every student the most concise and best practical teaching possible, because of the obstetrical experience afforded him in the hospital and in the home under the capable supervision of members of the Obstetrical faculty. T wcnty'Six

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aVSSCCII aVTIE ID IIN ST II TUT II € NS TEMPLE D Nil VIE PTII XT HOSPITAL |tf LD FAITHFUL” is losing her appearances by the onslaught of the modern expansion, but nevertheless she is trying hard to equalize the loss of the medical classrooms by the addition of another surgical ward. Temple University Hos pital has always been an outstanding sentinel on North Broad Street, where she extends her branches out to the surrounding sections and beckons them if they need help. It has been the abode of the Junior and Senior classes since the inception of the medical school, but now tradition breaks, and we have a similar sentinel standing guard on the opposite side of the street which will be the future home of all of the students. The Temple University Hospital has, with its enormous growth and service, found it necessary to expand, thus, we find the new surgical ward being built on the north wing of the old main structure. This increase of forty beds will bring the bed capacity to three hundred and seventy. This will give ample facilities for teaching bedside material in the future. The growth of Temple University Hospital has ad' vanced hand in hand with the additions to the faculty, new men bringing new ideas to an institution already great and striving to be greater. T wenty'five

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Time Philadelphia GENERAL H CAPITAL |J HE Greatest of all Hospitals of its kind where we as Juniors and Seniors had the II privilege to learn an abundance of material wealth relative to the Aesculapian Art has been situated at its present location since 1834—the old buildings of which few remain were built between 1830 and 1834. The Philadelphia Almshouse was first located at Third and Pine Streets and was commonly spoken of as “The Green Meadows. According to Agnew, “Green Meadows' was the oldest hospital in the country, having been founded in 1731. In 1767 the institution was moved to Tenth and Pine Streets and was called the “Bettering House. The Legislature in March, 1828, authorized the purchase of a site and the erection of buildings suitable for a hospital, an almshouse, children's house, and other departments. The site was located in Blockley township, and from the township the hospital has derived a name, which, while not official, has nevertheless clung to it persistently. There arc some who thnk this name should be abolished entirely, but most of those who have served as Internes and as members of the staff still prefer that old name. Dr. Gerhard, whose careful investigation established the distinction between typhus and typhoid fever, suggested to the board of guardians that the name “Philadelphia Hospital be adopted. The Philadelphia Hospital for the Insane” and the hospital proper was known as “The Philadelphia General Hospital. T iventyseven