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Located at 1330 Cherry, the building was formally the Bachelors
Inn and the Southwest Hospital. The later has a detailed history
in Jonathan Fairbanks and Clyde Tuck’s "Past
and Present of Greene County, Missouri".
The Local History and Genealogy Department maintains an information
file on the Cherry Manor Health Care Center.
In addition, the Ozarks News and Historical Index contains a number
of articles about
the Cherry Manor Health Care Center and the Southwest Hospital.
SOUTHWEST HOSPITAL
The newest and one of the best hospitals in Springfield and the
Ozark region, while not so extensive as some, is the Southwest Hospital,
at 1010-14 Cherry Street, which has gained rapidly in prestige and
importance since its establishment a year ago. Its growth has been
beyond the expectations of founders. This has been due, no doubt,
to the high-class work it has done from the first. It is not a private
institution, as some at first was led to believe, but was intended
as a general hospital for the public, any physician of this or any
other city, in good standing among his professional brethren, being
invited to bring his patients to this hospital. A large number of
its patients have been from the smaller cities and towns of southwestern
Missouri.
The Southwest Hospital is the result of the labors of Dr. H. A.
Lowe and Dr. D. U. Sherman, who invested sufficient capital to start
the enterprise in 1913, work was pushed and the building opened
for the reception of patients on May 9, 1914. The building is a
substantial, attractive and modernly appointed structure of tile
and stucco, three stories, designed along the most approved lines
for the purposes intended. Twenty-five patients or more may be accommodated.
The operating room, on the third floor, is second to none in the
country, being equipped with all up-to-date appliances, insuring
prompt, sanitary, safe and high-grade work. There is an adequate
medical dispensary. Five regular nurses are constantly in attendance,
besides a number of special nurses attending individual patients.
This is the only institution of its kind in the eastern part of
the city, and it is in a quiet, attractive part of Springfield,
the surroundings being attractive and the air free from dust and
smoke, with no noises of manufacturing district, or railroad yards.
Nearly all kinds of diseases are treated; however, the management
uses discretion in admitting cases that would jeopardize the welfare
of other patients.
The officers and board of directors of the Southwest Hospital are:
Dr. H. A. Lowe, president; Dr. T. O. Klingner, vice-president; Dr.
D. U. Sherman, secretary and treasurer; Dr. M. C. Stone and Dr.
C. H. McHaffie. Following are members of the hospital staff: Dr.
H. A. Lowe, surgeon Dr. D. U. Sherman, Dr. C. H. McHaffie,
Dr. G. B. Dorrell, Dr. E. F. James, Dr. Charles Orr, all internal
medical; and Dr. T. O. Klingner, eye, ear, nose and throat; Dr.
M. C. Stone, pathologist. Consultants, Dr. W. A. Camp, eye, ear,
nose and throat; and Dr. W. M. Patterson, internal, medicine. Miss
Dora Stacy, superintendent; Miss Stella DuVall, surgical nurse.
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