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ILLINOIS STATE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 





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This hospital is typical of the hospitals of many com- 

 munities and is typical of the average community of the 

 same size in any state. The growth of onr hospital how- 

 ever has been remarkable, and the results have been 

 satisfactory from the standpoint of the care of the sick 

 of the community, the percentage of patients hospital- 

 ized, the relations of physicians to the hospital and to 

 each other, and also from the standpoint of the advan- 

 tage to the community in getting good care at the mini- 

 mum expense to ihe patient. These advantages have 

 been such that I believe it to be quite worth while for me 

 to take up an intimate discussion of this institution. 



