A treatise on hospital and asylum construction; with special reference to pavilion wards . itudinal wallis divided into flues and serves for ventilation. Theair in these flues is warmed (and thereby given anupward current) by steam pipes which are connect-ed with the radiators in the Mansard story. Theformer out patient department is to be used inthe future as a surgical *out patient new building will also serve as an entranceoffice for the hospital. Emergency Hospitals. One of the chiefhospital needs of almost all cities is for emer-gency hospitals to which purely surgical cas
A treatise on hospital and asylum construction; with special reference to pavilion wards . itudinal wallis divided into flues and serves for ventilation. Theair in these flues is warmed (and thereby given anupward current) by steam pipes which are connect-ed with the radiators in the Mansard story. Theformer out patient department is to be used inthe future as a surgical *out patient new building will also serve as an entranceoffice for the hospital. Emergency Hospitals. One of the chiefhospital needs of almost all cities is for emer-gency hospitals to which purely surgical casesdemanding immediate attention can be quicklytransported. How often has the distance to thehospital caused the death of some unfortunatethrough the slipping of the hastily applied compress,or the continuance and intensification of the collapseattending the accident. In an emergency hospital devoted entirely toaccident cases, there would not be the unspokenfear on the part of surgeons that their efforts werebeing counteracted by dangerous medical cases inadjoining or neighboring t^ --^ =C ^ 58 HOSPITAL AND ASYLUM CONSTRUCTION. An emergency hospital can be readily adaptedto almost any lot and need not contain a largenumber of beds, though certain divisions are neces-sary for isolation of special cases, and for the sake ofbrevity reference is made to the proposed arrange-ments on pages 65, 67, 69, 71 ; plates 31, 32, 33, 34. Of course all hospitals should contain anaccident ^vard, so that when an emergency hospitalis not near at hand the patient may receive promptattention. Such a ward, however, should be builtin a pavilion if possible. In fact, the writer cannot help stating that allwards should be built in pavilions if possible. Itwould be desirable, also, to have in connection withit a convalescent Avard, in which might be put mildcases, as well as several private rooms for patientswho are able to pa3^ Te:\iporary Structures or Huts. Walls ofmetal may be assumed to
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