hospital

(hos’pi-tal), a. and n. [I. a. hospital = Sp. hospital = It. ospitale, a., hospital for syphilitic cases, and seems to have given the name to hospitals of that cla .— Magdalen hospital, a house or establishment into which prostitutes are received with a hospital-ship view to their reformation; a female reformatory. Also called Magdalen asylum.— Marine hospital, a hospital ted established at a seaport or elsewhere for the relief of sick or seamen. In the United States a marine hospital for me rhos pita tet chant seamen, under the charge of the supervising sur be geon-general, an officer of the Treasury Department, has been established at nearly every large seaport and at a several stations on the lakes and rivers.— Maternity host?, hospital, a hospital for the reception of women about to pitality; give birth to children.—Naval hospital, in the United States, a hospital for the medical care of officers and men of the navy, under charge of naval surgeons.— Special ity; hospital, one of a cla of hospitals set apart for the reception and treatment of cases in certain special diseases, with or in special emergencies, as smallpox, ophthalmic, and lying-in hospitals, hospitals for incurables, etc. hospitia, hospitalaryt, ”. [