the space to speak, individually, of the eighteen
professional gentlemen composing the Faculty, but will say that among
them are those whose long connection with the World's Dispensary and
Surgical Institute has given them great experience and rendered them
_experts_ in their specialties. Several of them had previously
distinguished themselves in both private and hospital practice, had held
important chairs as lecturers and teachers in Medical Colleges, and had
filled responsible positions in military and civil hospitals; also in
some of the most noted Asylums, Dispensaries, and Sanitary Institutions
in the land.

With such a staff of Physicians and Surgeons, efficient and trained
nurses, and with all the most approved sanitary, medical and surgical
appliances which study, experience, invention and the most liberal
expenditure of money, can produce and bring together in one institution,
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute affords the afflicted unusual
opportunities for relief.

THE GRAND ENTRANCE.

The entrance to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute is covered by
a lofty porch of beautiful design, the roof of which is supported upon
heavy iron columns. Above the massive double doors, through which the
visitor enters, are large, heavy panels of beautifully wrought stained
glass, on which the words "Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute" stand
out conspicuously.

[Illustration:
Gentlemen's Reception-room,
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute.]

FIRST FLOOR.

The first floor of the building is reached through a beautifully
finished vestibule, by a short flight of broad, easy stairs, and once
inside the visitor is struck by the beauty of design as well as by the
home-like appearance of the surroundings. The wood-work is mainly of
hard woods, oak and cherry predominating. In a large part of the house
the floors are of oak, with a cherry border, neatly finished in oil and
shellac, and covered with rich rugs and elegant carpets of the very best
quality.

[Illustration: Ladies' Parlor.--Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute.]

On the first floor is the gentlemen's reception-room, which is thronged
with patients from early in the morning until late in the afternoon. It
is entirely distinct from the large reception-room and parlors for lady
patients, and the utmost privacy is secured throughout the whole
arrangement of the Institution. On this floor are the suites of offices,
parlors, and pri