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 . at the scrub-up sink. A floordrain in each room receives the wastewater from the tub. The tub is disin-fected after each using. When the patient has recovered and is to be discharged, he is taken throughthe open air corridor to the dischargeroom, given a cleansing and disinfectingbath, and passed into the dressing room,where he receives his own uninfectedclothing. From this room he departswithout coming into contact w
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 . at the scrub-up sink. A floordrain in each room receives the wastewater from the tub. The tub is disin-fected after each using. When the patient has recovered and is to be discharged, he is taken throughthe open air corridor to the dischargeroom, given a cleansing and disinfectingbath, and passed into the dressing room,where he receives his own uninfectedclothing. From this room he departswithout coming into contact with otherpersons or parts of the buildings. (Seealso Figs. 153 and 154.) Hospital finish of the simplest andstrictest sort has been carried out in thesel^avilions and everything made so as tobe easily cleaned. The furniture is ex-tremely simple, the rooms having nomore than a bed, a comfortable chair,and a table, besides the all-important sinkor lavatory. These sinks were madespecial, being provided with an integraldrain-board upon which to place handbrushes and other appliances. The convalescent wards have toiletsdirectly oft them, and each has its ownscreened-in FIG. 155. ST. LUKES HOSPITAL, JACKSONVILLE. ISOLATION DEPARTMENT. THREE-BED WARD. 114 THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL
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