ed from time to time. In 1924 through the generosity of its
friends, a six-story wing was added which increased the capa-
city of the plant to approximately 825 beds. The hospital at
the same time greatly improved its laundry, servants’ quar-
ters and power plant. There is a well equipped nurses’ home
and training school fronting on the Aiken avenue side of the
property.
The first school for nurses between the Allegheny moun-
tains and Chicago was opened in the Pittsburgh Homoeopathic
Hospital in 1884. This department has maintained a high
reputation, its graduates being in demand over a wide area,
and many of them having become connected in positions of
responsibility with other ranking institutions of the district.
At the present time this is the third most important
Homoeopathic hospital in the United States, exceeding in
its size all save those in Philadelphia and New York.
The members of the Board of Trustees are: James IH. Ham-
mond, president; Hon. Henry Cooper, first vice president;
Reade W. Bailey, second vice president; B. R. B. Townsend,
secretary; R. H. Youngman, treasurer; C. Bernard Shea,
James E. MacCloskey, Jr., Alfred G. Kay, T. J. Gillespie,
George H. Neilson, R. V. Bingay, Dean R. Wilson, H. C.
McEldowney, Raymond Willey, George P. Berger, Frank
Semple, Jr., A. K. Oliver, H. R. Hilliard, Charles H. Kline,
J. P. McKinney, Jr., T. Raymond Evans, D. M. Clemson.
William M. Furey, E. W. Crellin.
The women’s board is headed by: Mrs. S. N. Benham,
president, Mrs. J. H. Hammond, vice president, Mrs. T. J.
Gillespie, secretary; Mrs. F. T. Hogg, treasurer.
Henry G. Yearick is the director of the hospital.
PITTSBURGH MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL
The Pittsburgh Municipal Hospital is located at the cor-
ner of Bedford avenue and Francis street, on a high elevation
overlooking the down town district and the Allegheny river,
with a view of the North Side. It is operated under the direc-
tion of the Director of the Department of Public Health.
Four resident physicians render professional services, and in
all cases referred to the hospital by reputable physicians, an
