Am.  Jour.  Phavru. 
July,  1904. 
The  New  Medical  Laboratories. 
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"  Besides  the  numerous  laboratories,  research  rooms,  etc.,  there  are 
two  demonstration  and  two  lecture  rooms  in  the  building.  The 
two  demonstration  rooms  each  seat  185  students.  These  rooms 
communicate  with  two  preparation  rooms  each.  At  the  rear  of  the 
building  there  are  two  large  lecture  rooms,  each  seating  400  stu- 
dents. Students  enter  these  rooms  from  a  landing  at  the  main  stair, 
midway  between  the  first  and  second  floors.  The  floors  of  the  lec- 
ture rooms  are  on  a  level  with  the  basement,  and  the  lecturer  will 
enter  directly  from  the  basement  level,  and  all  specimens  needed  to 
illustrate  the  lectures  will  be  brought  through  this  entrance,  thus 
saving  the  crossing  of  the  halls  through  which  classes  move. 
"  The  most  modern  apparatus  has  been  installed  for  light  and  heat 
and  ventilation." 
The  formal  exercises  transferring  the  new  laboratories  to  the 
University  were  held  at  4  o'clock,  and  were  imposing  and  dignified, 
and  in  every  way  fitting  the  occasion.  There  was  a  large  attend- 
ance of  representative  and  professional  men,  including  members  of 
the  American  Medical  Association,  who  came  by  special  train  from 
Atlantic  City,  where  they  were  convened  in  annual  session.  In 
the  absence  of  the  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Medical  and 
Allied  Schools,  Dr.  S.  Weir  Mitchell,  the  duty  of  making  the  presen- 
tation devolved  upon  J.  Vaughan  Merrick,  one  of  the  oldest  trustees 
of  the  University,  who  spoke  of  the  growth  of  the  Medical  School 
during  the  past  thirty  years,  it  having  at  the  beginning  of  this 
period  a  single  building  on  Ninth  Street.  In  accepting  the  new 
laboratories,  Dr.  Charles  C.  Harrison,  Provost  of  the  University,  said 
in  part,  after  referring  to  the  ideals  and  purposes  had  in  mind  in 
the  construction  of  this  building :  "  This  great  building  bears  no  one 
person's  name,  and  is  the  result  of  no  single  benefaction.  It  has 
been  built  up,  rather,  by  numerous  gifts,  memorials  and  offerings, 
so  that  many  hearts  are  turning  toward  this  place  to-day,  and  will 
rejoice  with  us  all  when  I  announce  that  no  shadow  of  debt  falls 
upon  the  new  medical  laboratories  of  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania." 
Then  followed  addresses  by  eminent  medical  men  from  four  of 
the  leading  universities  of  the  United  States,  which  we  are  able  to 
publish  in  part. 
