Identifier: harvardmedicalsc00parkuoft (find matches)
Title: The Harvard medical school and its clinical opportunities
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Parkins, Leroy Edward
Subjects: Harvard Medical School Boston (Mass.) -- Hospitals
Publisher: Boston (Press of R.W. Hadley)
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ect the island with tliemainland so that where it is possible all cases for majoroperations or prolonged treatment are referred to the mainhospital. The work carried on by the City Hospital is vast and onehardly appreciates its magnitude. A few figures give someidea of the work. The value of the plant is $3,894,000. Lastyear $725,045 were spent for maintamence: 19,923 caseswere admitted to the wards. There was a daily average of867 patients in the various wards: 85,805 patients visitedthe out-patient clinics in the various departments. Everydepartment of medicine and all of the spenalties are repre-sented. One hundred thirteen doctors are on the staff, manyof whom are teachers in the Harvard Medical School. Sec-tions in several courses at the Harvard Medical School areassigned to assist in the out-patient departments and in thewards. Research is carried on in manv of the departments.Opportunity is offered any medical student or physician tolearn about and to help care for the sick. 49
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< c X w THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OX December 9th. 1868, six gentlemen met at the homeof Francis H. Brown, M. D., to discuss plans for buildingand financing a hospital for children. They were Rev-erend Chandler Robbins, D. D., George H. Kuhn. J. Hunt-ington Wolcott, William Ingalls. M. D.. S. G. Webber, M. D.,and Dr. Brown. Their efforts resulted in the establishmentof the Childrens Hospital, which was incorporated March22nd, 1869. The objects of the Hospital as set forth in thearticles of incorporation were: 1. The medical and surgical treatment of the diseases ofchildren. 2. The attainment and diffusion of knowledge regardingthe diseases incident to childhood. 3. A system of voluntary nursing, including the moraland religious training, by cultivated and experienced women. 4. The training of young women in the duties of nursing.The managers of the Hospital then bought the house at 9 Rutland Street and secured the services of Mrs. AdelineTavlor as administrator of the internal arrange

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