Author: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-12

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 9781331213390

Excerpt from Hospital Plans: Five Essays Relating to the Construction, Organization Management of Hospitals The occasion which has called forth the following essays is made sufficiently plain by the letter addressed to their distinguished authors; but the reason of their publication may justify a word of explanation. That motive will be found in the fact that so valuable a mass of information as is embodied in these instructive papers, though intended for the personal use of the trustees of "The Johns Hopkins Hospital," ought not to be withheld from the whole public, now so much alive to the important questions therein discussed. Hence, they have considered it in entire consonance with the beneficent designs of the founder of their charity, whose enlarged views embraced the relief of human suffering wherever found, that the essays should be published without stint of illustrative drawings, and at a cost not probable to be returned by any expected sale of the volume. Besides the good likely to be done by this publication, the philanthropic subject to which it relates will be further benefited by the intelligent and liberal criticism to which the special views of the essays may be subjected by learned medical writers. The subject will thus be fully developed, and all who seek the alleviation of suffering disease through the instrumentality of the well-constructed and properly managed hospital, will find in the result as sure guidance as the present state of knowledge will afford. To these essays, which treat the subject in the light of medical learning and experience, it has been thought expedient to append a sketch of a pavilion from an architectural point of view; and they have accordingly presented a study of an octagon plan, embracing some features of novelty and probably of merit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.