Sleeping porch at the Hospital for Tuberculous, Kearney
Description
Patients lay or sit in beds in this 5-1/4" x 3" black and white plate. Two nurses stand by double-doors leading into the interior of the building. The sun shines through the windows that line the outer wall of the porch.
Excerpted from: "Second Biennial Report of the Superintendent of the hospital for Tuberculous, Kearney, Nebraska" in First Biennial Report of the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions to the Governor and Legislature of the State of Nebraska for the Biennium Ending November 30, 1914 (Lincoln: Nebraska Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, 1914), plate between pp. 368-369
Historical Notes
In the report, the Superintendent mentions that most of the 246 patients admitted since January 2, 1912, suffered advanced cases of tuberculosis and, therefore, treatment was not as successful as desired. Further statistics and information can be found in the report.
