The Harvard medical school and its clinical opportunities . s. The Graduate Departmentof the Harvard Medical chool holds clinics on board. Aboutseven medical assistants and two laboratory assistants arechosen from the advanced classes of medical schools. Inaddition to the regular laboratory work on board, a biologicalchemical laboratory has very recently been established onshore for the purpose of studying the effect of milk on thedigestive tracts of young infants and other phases of infantnutrition. This laboratory, in conjunction with the bacteri-ological laboratory on beard, offers opportun
The Harvard medical school and its clinical opportunities . s. The Graduate Departmentof the Harvard Medical chool holds clinics on board. Aboutseven medical assistants and two laboratory assistants arechosen from the advanced classes of medical schools. Inaddition to the regular laboratory work on board, a biologicalchemical laboratory has very recently been established onshore for the purpose of studying the effect of milk on thedigestive tracts of young infants and other phases of infantnutrition. This laboratory, in conjunction with the bacteri-ological laboratory on beard, offers opportunities for re-search. The services of the Hospital are preventive as well asremedial. For the mothers, or other relative, who bringtheir small charges to the boat, classes have been organizedin which instruction and demonstration are given regardingthe proper diet and sanitary measures necessary in the careof small children. In all of its work the Boston FloatingHospital co-operates freely with other charities. Its workis timely and much needed. 64 >z X. LONG ISLAND HOSPITAL THE Long Island Hospital is a part of the InfirmaryDepartment of the City of Boston. The Hospital wasorganized along modern lines in 1895. At that time aregular medical and surgical staff were appointed. The Hos-pital is located on Long Island in Boston Harbor. The islandis two miles long and about one-fourth mile wide. Practicallyall of the island is given over to the Hospital buildings andgrounds. The Hospital is designed to care for chronic cases , acute cases develop among the patients and otherpersons on the island. Thus there are both acute and chroniccases in the wards at all times. There is a great opportunityoffered for the study of chronic disease and disease in its mostdistressing forms. In recent years with the establishment ofa well-equipped pathological laboratory much progress hasbeen made in the study and treatment of chronic cases. There are twenty doctors on the staff, a num
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