. Glimpses of medical Europe. st to Americans owing to its connectionwith the University, we have already referredto. But of no less interest are the greatgroups of buildings, scattered throughout thecity, known as Die Staedtischen Kranken-haeuser. These city hospitals in Berlin donot stand in direct relation with the Univer-sity, as they do in many other German cities,but they serve their ends for teaching prosectors (pathologists), for example,are all university docents or professors, andinstruction in this branch is given to studentsand graduates, as well as research placesbein
. Glimpses of medical Europe. st to Americans owing to its connectionwith the University, we have already referredto. But of no less interest are the greatgroups of buildings, scattered throughout thecity, known as Die Staedtischen Kranken-haeuser. These city hospitals in Berlin donot stand in direct relation with the Univer-sity, as they do in many other German cities,but they serve their ends for teaching prosectors (pathologists), for example,are all university docents or professors, andinstruction in this branch is given to studentsand graduates, as well as research placesbeing provided for suitable men. Thesehospitals also oifer numerous places for assist-ants, both in medicine and surgery. 103 MEDICAL EUROPE These city hospitals are the Moabit, Turm-strasse 21; Am Friedrichsheim, LandsbergerAllee 159; and Am Urban, Urbanstrasse 139-150. By the time this is read the newRudolph Virchow Hospital will be there is the new City Hospital in Char-lottenburg, which is essentially a part of Ber-. Orth lins great West End. The Moabit andFriedrichsheim hospitals are old in a sense,having been founded in 1873 and 1874 re-spectively, but are essentially up to date inall respects. One can get lost amid the treesand flowers of the grounds of the Moabit,although it is in the heart of the city. Each ofthese hospitals has over a thousand beds. 104 BERLIN It is the new Rudolph VIrchow Kranken-haus, however, that attracts the attention ofthe visitor, and even after you have been toklall the wonders of this institution by a friend,your surprise is none the less keen on yourfirst visit. This place is not an institution—itis a town in itself; a beautiful village, withwide streets and beautiful gardens and magni-ficent trees. There are fifty-seven buildings inthis village, all representing the highest de-velopment of architectural and hygienic are large buildings divided into wardsfor patients that are temporary and do notdemand the care and expens
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