MON I T OR K E E P I N G T R A C K of t h e I N D U S T R Y ' S V I T A L S I G N S E D I T E D BY R O B E R T M C C U N E CENTURY OF CHANGE Opened in June 1924, the Cleveland Clinic's first inpatient hospital continues to operate with clinical and specialty services ABOVE: Nurses pose for a staff photo at the front entrance of the original Cleveland Clinic inpatient hospital, built in 1924. FAR LEFT: An original patient room included wood and wicker furnishings to evoke home. LEFT: Operating rooms were on the seventh floor and outfitted with skylights to bring in natural light. AU GUST 202 4 13 CLEVELAND CLINIC