Jefferson Davis Hospital In The Texas Medical Center

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Found an awesome magazine called Modern Hospital, released 1952-11: Vol 79 Iss 5.  You can read the publication on archive.org.  Great website for historical items! As with any library, you can "check out" any book/magazine and "return it" an hour later.

The magazine shows an in-depth look at the Texas Medical Center portfolio (in the ~1950s) including floor plans of old hospitals! I might create new threads with the information I found, but I wanted to focus on the Jefferson Davis Hospital In The Texas Medical Center.

A proposal in 1950 included a Jefferson Davis Hospital to the west of Baylor College of Medicine's Cullen Building.  Looks like this would be located near the present-day DeBakey Library and Museum located at 6450 East Cullen Street. Actually, it looks to be the whole area west, so all the space before Memorial Hermann's Robertson Pavilion. 

Proposed New Jefferson Davis Hospital

Architects: Alfred C. Finn, Maddox & Johnson, Houston.

Prime consideration in planning Jefferson Davis Hospital was given to the operation of the hospital in order to conserve personnel, time in providing patient care, and to reduce to a minimum the possibility of cross infection.

The entire project has been so planned that all phases of the plant can be expanded without undue inconvenience to operation. Simplicity of design and economy of constriction are also important in planning for a minimum of maintenance.

The nursing unit is the major theme in setting the pattern of the structure.

Four nursing units are arranged on a floor in the “double pavilion” plan.  Each wing contains two regular wards of five units providing beds for 31 acutely ill patients.  Between the two wards is a central core that provides space for utilities, baths, treatment and examination rooms and other facilities in common.

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