Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1989

JOSEPH JONES (1833-1896) Hospital construction and organization. In: Hospital plans. William Wood 1875 xxi, 353 pp., illus., plans (part fold.). 23.9 cm.

When merchant and banker, Johns Hopkins, died at Baltimore in 1873, his will contained provisions to establish a university, construct a hospital, and build an orphanage. Two years later, five individuals including Jones, Caspar Morris (see No. 1684), Stephen Smith (see No. 1911), John Shaw Billings (see No. 2019), and Norton Folsom (see No. 2042) were asked to submit plans for a modern facility. The publication of Hospital plans resulted when it was decided to make the five essays as widely available as possible. Jones, born in Liberty County, Georgia, studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated in 1856. He taught at Savannah Medical College, the University of Georgia, and the Medical College of Georgia prior to the Civil War. Serving as a surgeon in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, Jones then became professor of the institutes of medicine at the University of Nashville. In 1868 he was appointed professor of chemistry and clinical medicine at the University of Louisiana. A prolific writer for the medical periodicals of his day, Jones was noted for his research into the nature and pathology of fevers as well as his interest and concern for public health. Several authorities believe he was one of the earliest scientists to view the gas gangrene bacillus and his detailed study of hospital gangrene was the most thorough of the time. Although Jones' applied his wide experience as a Confederate army surgeon and experience as a sanitarian to his design for the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Billings' plans (see No. 2019) were selected. Jones' essay appears on pages 105-171 of the book and has four plates which illustrate his plans for the proposed hospital.

See Related Record(s): 1684 1911 2019 2042