Hospital plans : five essays relating to the construction, organization & management of hospitals / contributed by their authors for the use of the Johns Hopkins hospital of Baltimore.

  • Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Date:
1875
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Credit: Hospital plans : five essays relating to the construction, organization & management of hospitals / contributed by their authors for the use of the Johns Hopkins hospital of Baltimore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    universally diffused, there is not a disease tliat can afflict liuman nature, nor a want wliicli tlie varjang condition of man can require, nor any of tlie manifold visitations of adversity in pov- erty or distress, but would find an open asylum, prepared with every useful accommodation. The founder of this noble charity evidently held, that one of the first duties is to feel for man. The most distinguished ability and the greatest success in life are valueless when that duty is neglected. Allow me to say, that I regard the letter of your honorable President as calling, not for an elaborate treatise on the history and construction of hos]:)itals in this and other countries, nor for a detailed account of my personal experience in Civil and Military Hospitals; but rather for the expression of a definite opinion, and the unfolding of a definite plan of hospital con- struction and organization, which may be compared with those furnished by distinguished members of the Medical Profession, and which may be subjected to direct discussion, witli a view to adoption, modification, or rejection. LOCATIO]Sr. It is not necessary to discuss the location of a great hospital, as this subject has been decided beyond controversy, and in the most enlightened manner, b}'' the terms of the bequests of the late Johns Hopkins. Thus President King says in his letter of the 3d of April, 1875 : The site of the proposed building consists of an eligible piece of ground situated in the eastern part of the city. It is fourteen acres in extent, in the form of a parallelogram, 709 by 856 feet ; it is very elevated above the general level of the city, and commands an extensive view in all directions; it is. healthy, with complete surface drainage, whilst underground drainage may be accomplished to tide-water'' ; and it is easily accessible by street railway, and hj paved streets which bound the four sides of it. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE. The first attention should be paid to the surface and under- ground, drainage, which should be of the most amjile and eifec- tive character, so as to render the Hospital grounds dry and