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 Pitts- 
burgh to bring into being a long cherished project—the for- 
mation 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 in- 
stitution to be completed being the Children’s Hospital. The 
others are all now carrying on the work of the Medical Cen- 
ter 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 Univer- 
sity 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 aggrega- 
tion 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 coun- 
try than those within her own domain.