A guide-book of Boston for physicians . for thecare of women suffering from chronic diseases. The house hada capacity of twelve patients. Later an orthopedic departmentwas added. The work was carried on under the direction of thefounder, who lived in the house until the time of her death,in 1899- After the death of Miss Robbins, the board of trustees,her relatives and friends raised the money for the present modelhospital, which was first occupied in July, 1905. The present building has forty beds, twelve of which are orthopedic, the^?- \Br^ —- — rest medical. The medical side di-vides its bed
A guide-book of Boston for physicians . for thecare of women suffering from chronic diseases. The house hada capacity of twelve patients. Later an orthopedic departmentwas added. The work was carried on under the direction of thefounder, who lived in the house until the time of her death,in 1899- After the death of Miss Robbins, the board of trustees,her relatives and friends raised the money for the present modelhospital, which was first occupied in July, 1905. The present building has forty beds, twelve of which are orthopedic, the^?- \Br^ —- — rest medical. The medical side di-vides its bedsabout equally be-tween patientswith phthisis andthose sufferingwith other chro-nic diseases. Theinstitution is the first example in this community of a hospitalfor the treatment of chronic diseases, it being in every respecta hospital and not a home. The present building, besides having wards, operating rooms,laboratory and administration offices that illustrate the mostmodern ideas in hospital construction, has a sun parlor and. irfiMMMnffliwwmwiHwiiiii mi niii n 11 nrranrffliri Photo, by Dr. M. D. Miller HOUSE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN GUIDE TO BOSTON 85 balconies on each floor. The beds can be wheeled from thewards to these balconies, and the patients spend a good deal ofthe day here. Such patients as it is desirable to have do so sleepon the balconies. In the basement of the building is located the out-patientdepartment, also a hydrotherapeutic room. The out-patient de-partment has recently taken up the care of tuberculosis pa-tients, who come to the hospital each morning and spend theday there, undergoing the open-air treatment. These patientsare given dinners, besides lunches on their arrival and depar-ture. A nurse visits them in their homes, and advises and assiststhem as to the best manner of applying the principles of theopen-air treatment during the time they are at home. THE WEST END THE so-called West End of Boston is a curious andinteresting composite of slums, s
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