Identifier: lifelettersofw00gerb (find matches)
Title: Life and letters of W. A. Passavant, D. D.
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Gerberding, G. H. (George Henry), 1847-1927 Passavant, William Alfred, 1821-1894
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Publisher: Greenville, Pa., The Young Lutheran co.
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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se. Surely here is abetter, more fitting, more precious monument than the costliestshaft in Allegheny Cemetery. The Chicago Hospital. This institution whose providential and ofttimes romantichistory we have traced up to the founders death, was familiarlyknown as The Emergency Hospital. Its name has also beenchanged to The Passavant Memorial. When young Mr. Passavant took hold of this institutionit was not in prosperous condition. On account of the largeproportion of charity patients, even now larger thanthat of Milwaukee, and the small number of rooms for pay-patients, there had been a growing deficit. On account of thegreat scarcity of deaconesses there had been too many changesin the head of the institution. Since its reopening, after four-teen years of interruption on account of the great fire, nopermanent sister had been at its head. It w^as one of the soredisappointments of both the Passavants that they had not beenable to maintain it as a real deaconess hospital. It is still the
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THE PA8SAVANT INSTITUTIONS. 601 earnest prayer and fond hope of the Sisterhood and Board ofDeaconesses that the Chicago hospital may soon become, whatits founder intended it should be a deaconess hospital in factas well as in name. In lieu of a trained sister Mr. Passavant was glad to availhimself of the assistance of the capable and energetic wife ofDr. 0. J. Waters, the house physician. As she had lived in thehospital with her husband for a number of years, Mrs. Watershad become familiar with its life, its work, its management andits needs. Mr. Passavant was quick to note her efficiency, apt-ness and executive ability, and was willing to give the innermanagement into her hands. Together they planned for moreroom for pay-patients, and to this end rented outside roomsfor the helpers and nurses. This increased the income withoutdiminishing the charity work. Then the well-to-do women, whowere friends of the institution were organized into a HospitalAid Society and have ever since done e

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