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of Cambridge, had already prepared a large and exhaustive exhibit 

 appealed so strongly to the committee's patriotism, that some showing 

 of the work done in New York and Brooklyn in that line seemed an 

 absolute necessity. Many plans were proposed and discussed. The 

 medical director of the exposition, Dr. Owens, was appealed to for a 

 permit to establish a pavilion for the reception of patients who fell ill, 

 or met with accidents within an indicated radius, and which should be 

 cared for by the several hospitals in turn. This and other plansbeing 

 absolutely refused by those in power in Chicago, a silent exhibit was 

 the last resort. This was accepted at once and assigned space in the 

 Anthropological Building which was not yet in course of construction. 

 A small appropriation having been placed at the committee's disposal, 

 seven of the largest hospitals of New York and Brooklyn signified 

 their willingness to co-operat^ in the work. Bellevue's school headed 

 the list, because of its being the first one established in this country, 

 and was warmly seconded by the New York Hospital and followed by 

 the Presbyterian, Mt. Sinai, New York City (representing Charity and 

 Maternity of Ward's Island, and Gouverneur and Harlem hospitals), 

 Brooklyn City and Brooklyn Homoeopathic. Later in the summer the 

 Women's Memorial Plospital of Brooklyn was added to the hst in 

 place of the Orthopedic Hospital of New York, which gave up 

 its plan of exhibiting what they were doing for the deformed. 

 Great credit is due to the already over-taxed superintendents of these 

 schools for the courage and energy with which they undertook this 

 rather intangible exhibit, determined to devise ways and means of 

 demonstrating the benefits they were conferring upon humanity. 



Bellevue contributed her medal and diploma won at the last Paris 

 International Exposition, together with her report and text books, etc. 

 Mt. Sinai followed with a complete list of surgical dressing baskets 

 and other necessary paraphernalia belonging to the profession, while 

 the Presbyterian Hospital furnished a model ward in miniature, with 

 its medical surgical sides completely arranged with antiseptic appli- 

 ances and nurses (dolls) in attendance, which attracted universal atten- 

 tion and seemed to enlighten people upon the modern improvements 

 now adapted to hospital furnishing more . than any other part of the 

 exhibit. They all contributed uniformed dolls, pictures of their wards 

 and nurses' homes, diplomas and various articles pertaining to the pro- 

 fession in the most generous way, and the committee desire to express 

 herewith their appreciation of these efforts. 



As the date of the opening of the exposition approached, and the 

 Anthropological Building was still far from completed, space was 

 assigned to this interesting exhibit, through Mrs. Potter Palmer's kind- 

 ness, in the educational department of the Woman's Building. It 

 received most gratifying attention from the public at large. Three 

 medals — ■ one for the Mt. Sinai school, one for the Presbyterian school 

 and the third for the exhibit as a whole — were awarded. Justice 

 demanded that each one of these schools should have been medaled 

 alike, for each one showed some different branch of this system of 

 instruction, and no effort was spared to secure this gratifying result, 

 but argument and explanation proved of no avail, and while the com- 



