The American hospital of the twentieth century; a treatise on the development of medical institutions, both in Europe and in America, since the beginning of the present century . 9:.MM^X^^^», Ijrux Jn-^-a-^-:. FIG. 2. BARMBECK HOSPITAL, HAMBURG. GENERAL PLAN. be obtained ; and, if necessary, we shouldbe willing to circle the globe for it. Some European Hospitals. A few ex-amples of European hospitals will show-some of the features which have inter-ested the writer in his study of the sub-ject. Perhaps the most familiar of the mod-ern hospitals is the Xirchow (Fig. 1) atBerlin. This was built b
The American hospital of the twentieth century; a treatise on the development of medical institutions, both in Europe and in America, since the beginning of the present century . 9:.MM^X^^^», Ijrux Jn-^-a-^-:. FIG. 2. BARMBECK HOSPITAL, HAMBURG. GENERAL PLAN. be obtained ; and, if necessary, we shouldbe willing to circle the globe for it. Some European Hospitals. A few ex-amples of European hospitals will show-some of the features which have inter-ested the writer in his study of the sub-ject. Perhaps the most familiar of the mod-ern hospitals is the Xirchow (Fig. 1) atBerlin. This was built by ArchitectLudwig Hoffmann in 1907, and is of thepure pavilion i)lan. It has a capacity oftwo thousand beds. With the exceptionof two ward units connected with thesurgical or operating buildings and theadministrative group, the buildings areall isolated and are of one story so far asthe patients are concerned. Owing to theease with which the patients can be takenfrom the buildings, the beautifullv laid- grounds on the south, and the serviceIniildings on the north. The ward pavilions, of which there aretwenty practically alike, consist of twotwenty-bed wards, with service
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