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Show HUNDREDS VIEW NEW TRENDS OF HOSPITALWDRK National Observance of Florence Nightingale Anniversary An-niversary Includes Open S House at S. L. Institutions By SELMA MILLER Tn'no line of human endeavor Is the onward march of civilisation more for-(tbly for-(tbly portrayed than In that of restoration restora-tion to health and the evolution of tha! hoHpltal. Kvldeneea of that advance j are bring imprinted on hundreds of ininda today when hospitals of the cltv j nro holding open houae and displaying In minutest detail tho growth of nu iii-1 cul science. Toilay Is the one hundred second birthday anniversary of Florence NiKhtlngiilc, pioneer In modern nursing, nurs-ing, ami la also National Kospllal day, so named In honor of Miss Nightingale's Nightin-gale's great contribution to civillza-tlon. civillza-tlon. In keeping with the spirit of the day. the hospitals are busily engaged en-gaged in acquainting the general public pub-lic with all phases of modern hospital work. It la a long cry from the crude hos-T hos-T itnlH operated by Miss Nightingale, during the Crimean war of INT.4 for Kngllnh aoldlcra In southern Kussia, to the modern institution exemplified by All the local hospitals. Those hospitals hospi-tals marked the first attempt nt scientific scien-tific nursing of wounded soldiers at the srene of tho engagement and formed the cornerstone to (he modern hospital with its vast conveniences and equipment, HEADS NURSING STAFF. Miss Nightingale was a cultured an4 sducnted Knglishwoman. who. becoming becom-ing Interested in hospitals In England, decided to make that her life work and spent ten years' apprenticeship in the biggest hospitals In Kurope. At the tunc of the Crimean war between Uus-ria Uus-ria and England she asked the war ininiHler of England for the opportunity opportu-nity of taking a staff of nurses to Scoiitrui to care for the maimed English En-glish fighters. Although an unheard of thins at the time, the war minister granted the request. Her efforts In tho Crimea, which resulted re-sulted in reducing the mortality f0 per cent, in now history and known in every civilized world. Following her j return from the Crimea, this great i pioneer in the nursing field devoted the remainder of her life in Riving to the world her findings In the nursing field to writing, and it Is to much of this authority that the modern hospital owes its greatness, especially In tho field of sanitation. The great tiled operating rooma. with their modern disinfecting machines; the X-ray room, the hydrotherapy departments, de-partments, and the special clinic departments, de-partments, each devoted to the treatment treat-ment of one affliction, are the many thli.KS which tho general public Is viewing today anil finding in them expressions ex-pressions of modern achievement. BABY DEPARTMENT INTERESTS. One of tho most unusual things to introguo the hearts of visitors at the modern hospital today la the baby department. de-partment. In this department at the Hwly Cross hospital, for example, men find Women are being shown how ba- jeiirs. are cared for in the modrn tn-jtitutlwn. tn-jtitutlwn. In this room Is kept the In -cuba tor, and it is here that all the new babies are washed, dressed and cared for. They are kept in rows and rows of little basketa. In a room property prop-erty heated and ventilated. Modern hospital science has also provided a J'ing. electrically healed table, upon which they lire bathed and dressed, and it is but another scientific development. develop-ment. Tho object of National Hospital day is also to make people acquainted with what their own city has to offer In this line. Croat will be the surprise of the majority of visitors to the emergency emer-gency hospital In the public safety building, for. Instead of finding a one-roomed one-roomed Institution, as is the general opinion, they will find an entire floor devoted to emergency hnspitul work, with alt modern equipment. A demonstration dem-onstration of the pullmotor. used to resuscitate drowning or asphyxiated (Continued on page 9.) HUNDREDS ViEW " (funtlnufd from p.iR 1 ) lriiintn. Ik lMtfln(f tleinfuiMt rutt'il ther. i Th . IK H hoMpiiul, St. Murk'n. I Huly ('rim, tha county hnHpltal anil i Ih rni'TKnry honpltal ur tt)t.orvtni; I up-! i riou-t today and tlila rvnlnR, with rfrpHhm!!! and duin lntf fr vm-: vm-: Horn ut the county mid I. S. hoa-pltalf. hoa-pltalf. A rn t ur of thn day. ut the Hly )CroHH hodplta) will te the Kraduatlnr j fXvrriHit of the n urn ft thin evt'iiiHK I and the nhBervance of the allvrr Jubilee Ju-bilee of the Ht. Hev. .Inaeph H. tiluap, C. M., I. I)., ua a prleal. The doora of .ihe children'! conva-leHccnt conva-leHccnt huHpit tl and day nurnery, on North Temple atreet, were thrown open at 2 o'clock thia afternoon. Mt-nibVr of the primary aaaoclatlun of tha L. I. H. church were In attendance to ahow the Yliltora through th new Imtltu lion. |