THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE 



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Bird's-eye View of the New General Hospital, Cincinnati. 



ing, but emergency eases are brought 

 to the rear and taken directly into the 

 special operating room. 



The colonnaded corridor shown unites 

 all the ward buildings on their north 

 end. The basement of this corridor is 

 well lighted and ventilated by windows 

 varying from two to six feet in height 

 according to the slope of the ground. 

 The first floor and roof of this colonnade 

 is fourteen feet wide, paved with red 

 quarry tiles, and will be used for the 

 open-air treatment of both bedridden 

 and convalescent patients. The north- 

 ern end of the building or "head 

 house" is four-storied. In the first 

 three stories of the "head house" are 

 located the administrative department 

 of the ' ' ward unit ' ' and four small iso- 

 lation wards. The fourth floor of the 

 "head house" is a roof ward, the bal- 

 ance of the floor is open, surrounded by 

 a nine-foot parapet pierced by numer- 

 ous windows, permitting an extensive 

 view of the surrounding country, and 

 acting as a wind break when closed or 

 permitting a free circulation of air 

 when opened. The first 50 feet next to 

 the "head house" is covered with awn- 



ings where patients can receive outdoor 

 treatment and yet be protected from 

 rain or snow. The arrangement of the 

 wards and the other buildings of the 

 great group shown in the illustration in 

 all its details is the result of a great 

 deal of study and the help of many hos- 

 pital workers. A full description will 

 be found in Dr. Holmes's pamphlet: 

 ' ' The Planning of a Modern Hospital. ' ' 



DARWINISM, ORGANIC EVOLU- 

 TION AND THE CHUECEES 



In the June Forum is an article by 

 Mr. Elmer J. Kneale entitled "Darwin, 

 Science and Evolution," which con- 

 tains answers from prominent people to 

 the questions : " ( 1 ) Do you believe the 

 teachings of Darwin in their general 

 outline remain to-day as a contribution 

 to science? (2) Do you believe that a 

 majority of intellectual leaders are to- 

 day inclined to accept these teachings?" 

 The answers to such questions, unless 

 they are from experts, have of course no 

 value in reference to the truth of Dar- 

 win's teachings, but they have a certain 

 interest in revealing public sentiment. 

 As a matter of fact, of the large num- 



