A lecture room, without a gallery, was large enough to seat students. The upper three floors offered ample room for enough beds to accommodate 40 to 50 patients. The building was heated by two hot-air furnaces, supplemented by 20 stoves throughout; one was situated in the operating room. But even. Whatever water was required for the floors above was carried by hand. Delafield, at 62 years old, stood on the dais, his audience poised to receive his long-awaited commemorative address.