Inrtnra Urdirk 
Sanitarium 
JlliUtpalmrg, \h Dortora DHrCSirk 
Sanitarium 
Jit may bp of intpr- 
rst tit tl|p rrabpr to 
know thp hiutoni 
as uu'll aa thp npr- 
paaaru rryuirpmputa 
mhirh Iph up to thp 
patabliuhnu'ut by tlip 
0ortora fHr(Strk 
of tlu'ir Sanitarium 
Ifrintt 
#tmt 
{la. 
(£r»ttrr 
Cmiutii RECEPTION ROOM Jbrtuns ittr(£irk Sanitarium 
THE cases coming under the care of Doctors McGirk both 
from home and those sent them from neighboring com* 
munities were treated either in their homes, boarding, 
houses, hotels, or their office under adverse circumstances. 
The condition of many patients required operation for their 
cure, and the necessity of referring these to city surgeons or 
hospitals on account of having no suitable establishment for 
their accommodation or rooms in which to operate caused 
them to devise, some means to take care of such patients* 
After considerable thought and much doubt existing in their 
minds, it was decided to take two rooms in a private house, 
convert one into an operating room, the other into a private 
ward and employ a trained nurse. In April, 1901, the rooms 
were secured and the first operation performed. The accom- 
modations, namely, two beds, were soon found to be inade- 
quate, and in June, 1901, a four room house was secured, 
into which were placed three beds. 
Here work was more easily done and the patients made 
much more comfortable. At this time it was found necessary 
to take a nurse in training. The stay in this building was, 
however, brief, and in October of the same year a building 
of eleven rooms with a lot sixty-six feet by one hundred and 
twenty feet was purchased. 
Into this building were placed four beds and a fairly well 
equipped operating room and a second nurse taken in training. 
In the course of nine months two more beds were added and 
at the end of eighteen months eight patients could be accom- 
modated. In this building were treated many patients, but 
at times it was crowded, and when so on account of the 
arrangement of the building, being transformed from a 
private house, made it very inconvenient and difficult to 
give the amount of attention to patients that was deemed 
necessarv. • omcK This building, however, was made to answer until Sep* 
ternber, iotli, 1906, when the building as seen on the cover 
was completed and occupied. 
In the five and one-half years, or up to the time of the 
opening of the new Sanitarium, four hundred and thirteen 
patients had been operated on with nine deaths, a mortality 
of only two and one-tenth per cent. 
With this introduction as to the starting of the Sani* 
tarium, we take pleasure in giving a detailed description of 
the new building with photographs, which for size and 
equipment we do not believe can be excelled anywhere. 
The Sanitarium is situated on Front Street, one square 
from the terminus of the Clearfield and Centre Electric Rail- 
road, two squares from the Pennsylvania Passenger Station, 
three squares from the New York Central and Hudson River 
Railroad and Pittsburg and Eastern Terminal Depot. 
The building which has a frontage of fifty-seven feet 
and depth of seventy-five feet is of three stories. P'irst and 
second stories are of red brick, the third of frame, covered 
with fire-proof material. The roof over all is of slag, making 
an almost complete fire-proof structure. 
In all there are twenty-five rooms and three bath rooms. 
The uses, size and description of these rooms can be seen on 
the accompanying plans. 
With nine private rooms and two private wards, eigh- 
teen patients can be accommodated most comfortably. Each 
room is provided with a closet and is furnished with every- 
thing to make the surroundings as home-like as possible—- 
including steattl heat, electric light and electric bells. 
On the third floor are five rooms and a bath room for 
the accommodation of nurses and help. 
An elevator connects all floors. PRIVTAE ROOMS PRIVATR W4BD ELEVATOR 
HALLS Wide halls run both directions through the entire build1* 
ing which permit of a perfect system of ventilation whereby 
an even temperature can be maintained without draft. 
Arrangements are being made whereby all kinds of baths 
can be given. Both the Bell and Huntingdon and Clear- 
field Telephones are in service for the use of patients and 
visitors. 
The sterilizing loom is provided with the latest im- 
proved sterilizers. 
The operating room is equipped with every late im- 
provement in the way of tile floor, washable walls and 
ceiling, glass tables and bowls, automatic foot tread wash- 
stands. With large skylight and electric lights, the best 
results are obtained by day or night. 
Nurses are taken in training and are given a three 
years’ course at the end of which time a diploma is given. 
The Sanitarium is not for the treatment of the insane, 
contagious diseases or the incurable, but chiefly for surgical, 
gynecological and obstetrical cases to which special attention 
is given. 
Overcrowding is impossible, as only a limited number of 
patients will be admitted at a time, which gives each patient 
the best possible chance for recovery. 
As the Sanitarium is private and maintained by indi- 
viduals who derive no benefit from State or other source, all 
patients are required to pay, according to room, operation 
or medical treatment. 
It was deemed a necessity to establish a chemical, patho- 
logical and bacteriological laboratory, not only for the study 
those cases coming under our own observation but for any 
physician wishing such work done. 
Patients are allowed visitors betw een the hours of ten A. 
M. and eight P. M. 
Any one desiring to visit the Sanitarium can do so at 
any time and are cordially invited. DOCTORS MCGIRK SANITARIUM 
i 
OPERATIONS NO l' ABDOMINAL 
g s 
£ 
3 
a. -7 
S 3 
1 
: O 
£> 
a 
a 
e a 
Abortion, Inevitable 
1 
] 
2 
o 
•“ Pel vie 
2 
Am putation,* Breast 
8 
1 
() 
“ Cervix 
1 
l 
“ Finger 
I 
4 
‘ ‘ Leg 
2 
2 
“ Pen it-- 
2 
2 
“ T. e 
1 
l 
Arthritis, Tubercular 
1 
i 
Cleft Palate & Hare-iip 
4 
4 
Circumcision, Male 
14 
14 
“ Female 
3 
3 
Confinement .... 
6 
3 
Curetteinents 
21 
21 
“ Diagnostic 
2 
2 
“ Retained nlacenta 
] 
1 
“ Femur 
1 
1 
“ Tibia 
1 
1 
Cy-toeele 
5 
5 
Cvsts, Labial 
3 
$ 
“ Dermoid of n use 
] 
i 
i 
“ Sebaceous 
1 
Forcible Dilitatiou 
20 
1 
1 
Empvenu 
i 
E lithelioma of Ear 
1 
i 
Excisi n, Axillary glands 
4 
4 
“ Ganglion 
1 
1 
“ Hymen 
1 
1 
“ Inguinal glands 
3 
3 
Fistula, Fecal 
2 
2 
“ in Ano 
7 
7 
“ Vesico Vaginal 
1 
1 
Fracture 
2 
2 
“ Nose 
1 
1 
Hemorrhoids 
6 
fi 
Hydrocele 
1 
1 
Onechia 
1 
1 
Perineorrhaphy 
14 
14 
Pelypus. Uterine 
2 
2 
Prolapsus Rectum 
1 
1 
“ Vagina 
1 
1 
Talipes Varus 
1 
1 
Tonsilotomy 
10 
10 
Trephine 
1 
1 
Trachelorrhaphy 
6 
H 
Urethrotomy, Internal. 
2 
2 
“ External 
1 
i 
Venereal Warts .... 
L 
i 
Varicose Veins 
4 , 
4 
Wound, Eyebrow.. 
1 
1 
“ Hand 
1 
1 
“ Scalp 
1 
1 
“ Rectum 
1 
1 
“ Vul va 
1 
1 
187 
2 1 
— 
190 ALL 1, SURGICAL CASES UP TO SEPT, 10, 1906 
OP ATIONS—ABDOMINAL. 
Cured. 
Improved. 
Unimp. 
Died. 
Total. 
Appendectomy,'9 Abscessed 
9 
1 
2 
11 
“ Not abscessed 
47 
47 
Cysts, Dermoid 
2 
2 
“ Ovarian 
2 
2 
“ Multilocular 
4 
2 
6 
Cholelithotomy 
1 
1 
Ectopic Gestation ruptured 
2 
2 
“ “ not ruptured 
1 
1 
Hvsterectomv, Complete 
2 
2 
“ Sup Vaginal 
2 
2 
Hernia, Inguinal 
ii 
1 
12 
“ Strangulated 
i 
1 
“ Ventral 
2 
2 
Intestinal Obstruction 
2 
2 
Laparotomy, Exploratory 
Myomectomy 
7 
1 
7 
1 
Nephropaxy 
1 
1 
Nephrectomy 
1 
1 
Oophorectomy, Single 
19 
19 
Papilloma, Ovarian 
1 
1 
Peritonitis, Tubercular 
3 
3 
Salpiugo-Oophorectomy, Double 
42 
42 
“ Single 
23 
1 
24 
Suspension, Uterine (Gilliams Operation) 
“ Ventral 
6 
33 
1, 
G 
35 
223 
1 
9 
233 
Mortalityof all operations 
“ “ “ Abdominal operations 
2.18 100% 
3.7-10% 
Cause of death in the nine fatal cases was . 
Large Ovarian Papilloma 24 hours Shock 
Intestinal Obstruction, Miner 11 days Ether Pneumonia 
Hernia (Radical Cure) “ 4 days “ “ 
Multilocular Cyst 24 hours Shock 
“ “ 3rd day Sepsis 
Appendectomy (Abscess) 11th day Sepsis 
“ “ 3rd day Sepsis 
Single Salpingo-Oophorectomy 8 hours Secondary Hemorrhage 
Intestinal Obstruction 3rd day Sepsis 
Both cases dying of ether pneumonia had anthracosis. CHART ROOM 
STERILIZING ROOM OPERATING-' ROOM Plan 
DR. CHASE M‘GtRK 
-Huho r_**r piak 
PlAN 
DR CHAt E M*CiR» 
PLANS OF BUILDING 
Stc.ND ru>«R plan 
Plan 
DR CMAS E M‘GiRK 
*u» 
m»rr FIs-R FW-* 
Bituminous Record 
Philipsburg, Pa. DOCTORS McGIRK SANITARIUM