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The Linacre QuarterlyVolume 31 | Number 4 Article 10November 1964Mercy Hospital, Chicago -- Past, Present, FutureRobert L. SchmitzFollow this and additional works at: http://epublications.marquette.edu/lnqRecommended CitationSchmitz, Robert L. (1964) "Mercy Hospital, Chicago -- Past, Present, Future," The Linacre Quarterly: Vol. 31: No. 4, Article 10.Available at: http://epublications.marquette.edu/lnq/vol31/iss4/10/ Mercy Hospital, Chicago -Pasl; Presenl; Future Mercy Hospital in Chicago has been involved in medical education and research since 1853 when it became affiliated with Rush Medical College. The Sisters of Mercy had been granted a charter for the city 's first private hospital in 1849, just a. few years before. In 1859 it also affIlIated wIth the Chicago Medical College which became the Medical School of North-western University. In 1920 the hos-pital transferred its affiliation to the Medical School of Loyola Umverslty, now known as the Stritch School of Medicine. This latter association has continued to-date to give the hospital a total teaching experience of more than 100 years. In 1889 the hospital organized a School of Nursing, only the second one in Illinois at the time, and in 1931 th is school affiliated with St. Xavier College to offer the first col-legiate nursing program in the State. This program also continues today. Probably the most illustrious phy-sician ever to join the Mercy staff was John B. Murphy, "The stormy petrel of surgery," as Loyal Davis called him. H e did his first operation there in 1889 and soon his famous clinics brought standing room only crowds to the Amphitheatre. His many vol-Lunes of lectures and case reports he gave at these clinics are still read with interest and profit today. The present Amphitheatre is named in his honor. Robert 1. Schmitz, M.D ., F.A.C.S., Chief of Staff, Mercy Hosp ital ; Associate Cl ini-cal Professor Stritch School of MediCIne, Loyo la Univ~rsity, Chicago, Illinois . NOVEMBE R, 1964 Pre sent H ospital Today's Mercy Hospital is an old plant made up of several units, the first of which was constructed III 1869. But in this envi ronment, high grade medicine is pract iced and taught. In 1962 the out-patient departments handled 76,000 vis its, 10,274 patients were hospitalized in its 365 beds and almost 7,000 operations were per-fo rmed in its surgical suites. But the obstacles presented by such an anti-quated physical plant are many and they grow every day so that a building program is essential. Therefore, the Sisters of Mercy have launched a $24,000,000 building program for "Tomorrow's Mercy." The new Mercy Medical Center will consist of a six building complex: a 189 NEW HOSPITAL 500-bed, 12-story Hospital, a Nurses' Residence, an Intern-Resident Apart-ment Building, a Research Building, a Nursing Home and a Home for the Elderly. The Medical Center will remain in its present location on the near South Side of Chicago on Lake Michigan and near McCormick Place, the Con-vention Center of the City. This area is undergoing one of the most phe-190 nomenal rehabi litations in the history of Chicago. Our immediate neighbors are the Michael Reese Medical Center and the Illinois Institute of Tech-nology. The In tern-Resident Apartment Building is completed and the Hos-pital proper is underway. When you are next in Chicago pay "Tomorrow's Mercy" a visit. LINACRE QUARTERLY .. 

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