The Modern Hospital [1] [2] [3] (published 1913 to 1974) [4] was a journal founded by Otho Ball, "an ophthalmologist who was interested in the business administration of hospitals." [5]
They published year books, [6] and their Gold Medal was given as recognition of "a significant contribution to the literature of hospitals and hospital service." [7]
Their publisher, McGraw Hill Publications, [8] [9] closed the magazine in 1974. [10]
The magazine wrote about new hospitals [11] and conditions in existing ones. [12] Smithsonian magazine wrote about Modern Hospital's 1942 coverage of proposed windowless hospital rooms: "in the 1940s it was a shocking proposal" since it violated "a fundamental assumption: In order to remain disease-free and health-giving, hospital spaces required direct access to sunlight and fresh air." [13]
One of their features was "hospital of the month". [14]
Among competing periodicals of the magazine's era [15] [16] [6] were:
a member of the editorial board and columnist of Modern Hospital
described in Modern Hospital magazine as
Surveying 18 cities, the Modern Hospital reported overcrowding so bad that
The Modern Hospital [1] [2] [3] (published 1913 to 1974) [4] was a journal founded by Otho Ball, "an ophthalmologist who was interested in the business administration of hospitals." [5]
They published year books, [6] and their Gold Medal was given as recognition of "a significant contribution to the literature of hospitals and hospital service." [7]
Their publisher, McGraw Hill Publications, [8] [9] closed the magazine in 1974. [10]
The magazine wrote about new hospitals [11] and conditions in existing ones. [12] Smithsonian magazine wrote about Modern Hospital's 1942 coverage of proposed windowless hospital rooms: "in the 1940s it was a shocking proposal" since it violated "a fundamental assumption: In order to remain disease-free and health-giving, hospital spaces required direct access to sunlight and fresh air." [13]
One of their features was "hospital of the month". [14]
Among competing periodicals of the magazine's era [15] [16] [6] were:
a member of the editorial board and columnist of Modern Hospital
described in Modern Hospital magazine as
Surveying 18 cities, the Modern Hospital reported overcrowding so bad that