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Caption: Book - 30 Year Master Plan (Tilton & O'Donnell)
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,M History of Lam pus nan This is a rather congested district of the city, one which is an assured source of clinical material. The various units or buildings are grouped around the perimeter of the site, which covers about ten acres, in such a manner as to enclose a number of medium sized courts and a large central court, which offer abundant light and air on all sides of the buildings and the opportunity for recreation and segregation. The main hospital was set back about two hundred feet from Polk Street, allowing a space at the north end of the property, upon which the Medical College buildings are now being erected. The Research Laboratory and Library building fronts on Polk Street and has direct access to the hospital portions, thus carrying out the basic idea of the institution, namely, the close association of the patient with the research physician and invest ga five worker* Semi-detached units for the Psychiatric and Orthopedic Institutes have been built, and buildings are under way for a Juvenile Research Institute and for a Nurses Home. A State appropriation of $1,500,000 is now available for a Medical and Dental Laboratories building which will face Polk and Lincoln Streets, west of the Research Laboratory and Library building. The corner of Polk and Wood Streets will probably be the site for the Dental College* T H E COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY The College of Dentistry of the University of Illinois is the outgrowth of the Illinois School of Dentistry, formerly known as the Columbian Dental College which was organized shortly after the Columbian World's Fair in 1893* The College was reorganized and the name changed to Illinois School of Dentistry in 1898, at which time application was made by the School to become affiliated with the University of Illinois* This affiliation was not effected) however, until 1901, the first collegiate year beginning in October of that year. The building of the old College of Physicians and Surgeons, located on West Harrison Street directly across from the Cook County General
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