Rules And Regulations For The Government Of The City Hospital

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Excerpt from Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Mount Sinai Hospital of the City of New York: Adopted October, 1899 The Committee on Conference and Medical Matters shall also constitute the Executive Committee Of the Medical Board, and shallorganize immediately after the annual meeting by electing a chairman. The Chairman Of the Executive Committee shall be clothed with authority to decide all matters relating to the medical service requiring immediate action. 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.

Excerpt from Code of Rules and Regulations for the Government of Those Employed in the Care of the Patients of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, Near Philadelphia The history of the institution for which this code of rules and regulations has been prepared extends back to the year 1752, when a number of the benevolent citizens of Philadelphia established in that city the Pennsylvania Hospital, which, besides its admirable provision for the indigent sick, is distinguished as being the first establish ment for the care and treatment of the insane, in Ame rica. From the foundation of the institution till the first day of 1841, the insane were received and treated in one Wing of the hospital in the city 3 but its position in the midst of a flourishing metropolis, its contracted buildings, its limited extent of ground, its want of privacy, and, above all, its having no distinct medical organization for the in sane department, rendered it obvious that a different arrangement, with a country location, would have many important advantages. 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.