Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1913/14.

  • Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1913/14. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Members had been considering the matter of Staff appointments before and during the period of construc¬ tion. The position of Surgeon-in-Chief was offered to Dr. Harvey Cushing, and the position of Physician-in- Chief to Dr. Henry A. Christian. Both these gentlemen accepted and began their duties in the summer of 1912. Under a temporary arrangement entered into with Harvard University, the present Surgeon-in-Chief and the present Physician-in-Chief of the Hospital occupy re¬ spectively the chairs of Surgery and Medicine in the Har¬ vard Medical School. A part of the Hospital was opened and the first patient admitted January 27, 1913. At the close of the period covered by this report there were one hundred and nine¬ teen patients in the institution, and the highest number up to that date at any one time had been one hundred and seventy-three patients. There have been the usual problems and trials incident to organizing and getting under way an institution of such size and character. The Hospital is now however in complete order with every department working in an efficient manner, and it is hoped and believed that it will show in its particular field of endeavor results worthy of the reputation and the work of the men associated with it. Few things are perfect, but the Corporation will al¬ ways look and strive for continued progress toward that end. This is one of the earliest hospitals to introduce what has become known as “full-time” work, which means continuous service in the Hospital by members of the Staff instead of having changes several times a year. This is not the place perhaps for comparisons, but it may be said that thus far the “full-time” plan has worked to the entire satisfaction of those connected with the institution. In addition to the work within the Hospital a large