HOSPITALS. 



Guy's, and St. Bartholomew's, being per- 

 haps twice as large as the one of which I 

 am speaking ithe Pennsylvania Hospital. 

 But I think I can with truth assert, that 

 the regularity, neatness, and regard to 

 comfort, which characterize this noble 

 institution, eminently entitles it to a pre- 

 ference to any of these, at least so far as 

 it goes. The architectural plan of the 

 building, its beautiful and healthy situa- 

 tion, surrounded as it is by a constant cur- 

 rent of fresh air, unimpeded by any build- 

 ings, or other hindrances, render this 

 institution one of the most salubrious re- 

 sorts for the aick or afflicted, that could 

 possibly be contrived in the midst of a 

 large and populous city. 



The hospital presents a south front ; 

 the wings which intersect the long build- 

 ings, that join them to the main edifice, 

 at right angles, present the one an feast, 

 and the other a west, front. The centre 

 building, or main edifice, is sixty -four feet 

 in front, elevated above all the ad- 

 joining buildings, (being three stories 

 high) and projecting beyond them both 

 front and back. On the summit of the 

 roof is a sky-light, forming the apex of 

 the operating theatre, which receives its 

 light entirely from this. Two large stair- 

 cases, leading to the several wards and 

 apartments up stairs, are constructed in 

 this building, running from the main hall. 

 Adjoining this centre edifice, on the 

 east, is a building 80 feet front, and 27 

 feet deep, two stories high, from the sur- 

 face of the ground, and three, including 

 the range of windows in the area below 

 This building is divided, in its upper sto- 

 ries, into two wards, extending nearly to 

 its entire length and breadth; and the 

 lower or basement story is subdivided 

 into a row of cells on the south side, and 

 a lobby on the north. The two long 

 wards are ventilated by openings into the 

 chimnies, of which there are four in each 

 ward, near the ceiling. At the east end 

 of these wards, two small apartments are 

 partitioned off, about 10 feet square, the 

 one intended for a pantry, and the other 

 for a lodging-room for the assistant nurses 

 of the ward. At the other, or west ter- 

 mination of the upper ward, two small 

 rooms, of the same size, are partitioned 

 off, for patients who may require a sepa- 

 rate room. The lower ward extends in 

 length to the centre building. 



Intersecting this long building, at right 

 angles, and adjoining it, facing the east, 

 is a wing two stories high, running north 

 and south, extending in length 110 feet. 

 In the middle of this wing, opposite to 



and communicating with the long ward, 

 is an hall, 28 feet square, including the 

 stair-case, projecting beyond the line of 

 the wing sufficiently to cover the cornice, 

 and raised one story above it, with a cu- 

 pola. In the north and south ends of this 

 wing are two sick wards, and between 

 them and the hall, on each side of it, are 

 two lodging-rooms for the nurses. The 

 arrangement in the second story is the 

 same. 



Adjoining the centre edifice, on the 

 west, is a long building, 34 feet deep, di- 

 vided into 42 cells, for lunatics, with a 

 window in each. These cells front north 

 and south, and are separated in the mid- 

 dle by a long lobby, about 12 feet wide, 

 which is lighted from the cells, by the 

 small windows over each door. The west 

 wing, which intersects this long building 

 at right angles, is in all respects subdi- 

 vided like the east. The structure up- 

 stairs is the same as that of the first story, 

 being divided into wards, and a double 

 row of cells. 



In the basement story, there is likewise 

 a double row of cells, all round the wing 

 and long building, the windows of which 

 open into the area. All the cells are 

 warmed by flues in their partition walls, 

 communicating with the chimney, and 

 opening into wall stoves, the doors o f 

 which are in the lobbies one stove warms 

 two rooms. The whole extent of the 

 buildings, from east to west, is 278 feet. 

 In consequence of the length of the 

 wings crossing the long wards, and rows 

 of cells, the east and west fronts present 

 a finished and agreeable appearance. 



Detached from the main building, and 

 at a convenient distance from it, near the 

 east wall, is a two story building: divided 

 into a kitchen, pantry, lodging-room fora 

 nurse, and four small wards for venereal 

 patients. 



Near the west wall are two buildings, 

 two stories high, the one containing wash- 

 ing, ironing, and drying rooms; the other 

 stables, &c. 



The different apartments in this hospi- 

 tal are as follow : 



Centre building. 



Kitchen, scullery, steward's dining 

 room, maid's lodging-room, in the 



basement story 4 



A library-room, on the first floor, an 

 apothecary's shop, ditto, manager's 

 room, ditto, steward's room, ditto, 4 

 The contributors' room, in the se- 

 cond story, chambers for the resi- 

 dent physician, pupils, and stew- 

 ard, ditto . . ... 3 





