The American hospital of the twentieth century; a treatise on the development of medical institutions, both in Europe and in America, since the beginning of the present century . ous heater can be located, with steam orelectric heating unit. \\ater from thesame still, through a separate storagetank, can be used for drinking jnirposesfor the institution, as in the Royal \ ic-toria and the Ohio \alley (leneral Hos-pitals. It often happens in small hospitals thatno high pressure steam or gas is avail-able for heating sterilizers. Electricityor even kerosene oil can be used. The efiuipment for the
The American hospital of the twentieth century; a treatise on the development of medical institutions, both in Europe and in America, since the beginning of the present century . ous heater can be located, with steam orelectric heating unit. \\ater from thesame still, through a separate storagetank, can be used for drinking jnirposesfor the institution, as in the Royal \ ic-toria and the Ohio \alley (leneral Hos-pitals. It often happens in small hospitals thatno high pressure steam or gas is avail-able for heating sterilizers. Electricityor even kerosene oil can be used. The efiuipment for the operating roomsshould be go\erned by the needs of thesurgeons. A table with the numerousnecessarv adjustments, instrument andutensil tables, stools for both surgeon andanaesthetizer, and receptacles for soileddressings are among the necessary the room is fitted for coni])ressed oxide gas. oxygen, and steam, thework of the surgeon is facilitated. Cabinets for dressings, instruments,and blanket warming, either built-in (asin Fig. 83) or portable, are necessary inthe operating equipment. The newer tvpe of alcohol dispensers. OF THE TWENTIETH CEXTlRV 223. FIG. 379. SECTION OF SIXK where only so much Hquid as is neededis released by foot pedal action, is con-sidered an economy, and in using this notwo persons immerse their hands in thesame fluid (Fig. 82). Demand for a room where the dirtywork of the ward unit can be done hasdeveloped what is commonly termed asink-room or work room. In the olderhospitals one will find no such room, andthe work now being done in this roomwas usually done in the toilet room, withthe bed-pans and urinals placed on thewalls or wherever there were a fewsquare inches of space. The need ofsuch a room is great. Here not onlv arethe bed-pans discharged, washed and
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