The Story of Pittsburgh
Hospitals

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HE most important step forward in Pittsburgh’s
medical history was made when the acquisition of
the H. XK. Porter property, in the Oakland district,
enabled the School of Medicine of the University of Pittsburgh
 to bring into being a long cherished project—the formation
 of the Medical Center. Under the supervision of Dr.
R. R. Huggins, dean of the School of Medicine, seven fine
medical institutions, of widely diversified interests, have
united to form this Medical Center. Most of these will be
located on the University property, at Oakland, the first institution
 to be completed being the Children’s Hospital. The
others are all now carrying on the work of the Medical Center
 in their present localities, pending the building of their
new homes.

Most of them will eventually be on the grounds of the
University. They are: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh,
Presbyterian Hospital, Eye and Ear Hospital, Pittsburgh
Free Dispensary and the School of Medicine of the University
 of Pittsburgh. The Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital will
continue to occupy its present well-equipped and beautiful
home, and the Tuberculosis League Hospital, which has
proved of inestimable value to Pittsburgh. will also continue
in its present quarters.
Pittsburgh has every reason to be proud of its Medical
Center, which promises to become one of the most important
seats of research and discovery in preventive medicine in the
United States. The Medical Center is the largest aggregation
 of hospitals in the city, but there are many other large,
fine, well-equipped hospitals, carrying on their work alone,
and each is a pride and a blessing to suffering humanity.
Pittsburgh feels that there are no better hospitals in the country
 than those within her own domain.