. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . tes Government. In the arrangement of charitable organiza-tions and well equipped hospitals the capitalhas just reason to be proud. That ample pro-vision for the indigent sick has been antici-pated is evidenced by the splendid buildings,grounds and equipment of the WashingtonAsylum Hospital, the Childrens Hospital,and the gigantic Hospital for the Insane. , just across the eastern branchof the Potomac. Many smaller hospitalsabound, all adding to the general scheme forefficiency and beauty, and at the te
. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . tes Government. In the arrangement of charitable organiza-tions and well equipped hospitals the capitalhas just reason to be proud. That ample pro-vision for the indigent sick has been antici-pated is evidenced by the splendid buildings,grounds and equipment of the WashingtonAsylum Hospital, the Childrens Hospital,and the gigantic Hospital for the Insane. , just across the eastern branchof the Potomac. Many smaller hospitalsabound, all adding to the general scheme forefficiency and beauty, and at the terminus ofSixteenth Street the Walter Reed Hospitalis most suitably located near the woods andstreams of Rock Creek Park. 412 Washington And here we find the Home of the ]\IedicalSociety of the District of Cokimbia. of whichthe local physicians are justly proud, manymodern high school buildings, the imposing ground floor. The great assembly hall is un-doubtedly the most spacious ever offered(6,500 square feet) and immediately adjoin-ing will be the registration booths, while. Mount \ernon. municipal building, public fountains, privateand municipal swimming pools and a mag-nificent bathing beach, and many other pointsof interest worthy of comment and praisedid time and space permit their hostelries have long beennoted for excellence of service. Among theoldest and perhaps the largest are the Ral-eigh, the New Willard, the Shoreham, andthe New Ebbitt, all centrally located, andmany others readily accessible. The site ofthe Raleigh was formerly occupied by theKirkwood Hotel where Vice-President John-son was living at the time Lincoln was assas-sinated in the Ford Theater and Seward wasstabbed at his home where the BelascoTheater now stands, and an attempt wasmade the same night to assassinate \ice-President Johnson. The newest and probablythe most modern is the Washington Hotel,situated on Pennsylvania Avenue, oppositethe Treasury, where arrangements have bee
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