Base Hospital No9, : a history of the work of the New York hospital unit during two years of active service . 53 Basc Hospital N°9 ^ . * ? ? \? J r PLAN OF HOSPITAL WHEN WE ARRIVED Basl Hospital N°.9 a t ^. THE HOSPITAL WHEN IT WAS COMPLETED CHAPTER V. The Formative Days. The hospital was located in a place known as Bitray,about one mile and half from Chateauroux. Chateau-roux was the capital of the department, in pre-wardays a manufacturing city of about 23,000 buildings which were designated for our use hadbeen originally built for an insane asylum and wereknown as Ma
Base Hospital No9, : a history of the work of the New York hospital unit during two years of active service . 53 Basc Hospital N°9 ^ . * ? ? \? J r PLAN OF HOSPITAL WHEN WE ARRIVED Basl Hospital N°.9 a t ^. THE HOSPITAL WHEN IT WAS COMPLETED CHAPTER V. The Formative Days. The hospital was located in a place known as Bitray,about one mile and half from Chateauroux. Chateau-roux was the capital of the department, in pre-wardays a manufacturing city of about 23,000 buildings which were designated for our use hadbeen originally built for an insane asylum and wereknown as Maison de Sante. Before their comple-tion, the war came and the entire plant was used as aBase Hospital, and called by the French HopitalComplementaire 25. There were thirty-four buildingsconstructed of brick and stucco, with a capacity offive hundred beds. They were all adapted to hospitalpurposes, and very few changes had to be made. Be-side the buildings there were twenty acres of land whichwere turned over for our use. Our problem was to use the space to the best ad-vantage. As it was to be a war hospital, the surgeonsnaturally chose the majority of the buildings. Themedical men contended that disease was
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