. A new manual of surgery, civil and military. shed and it was simply known that some diseases were transmissiblefrom patient to patient. It was not then known that definite organisms mustbe carried from one patient to the other in order to cause this transmissionof certain diseases. It is plain that if those who cared for patients in onepavilion could not come in contact with patients in another pavilion, the lat-ter would not be infected from the former. In this manner a practical solution was found, although this had not beenbased upon a scientific knowledge of existing facts. Although we k
. A new manual of surgery, civil and military. shed and it was simply known that some diseases were transmissiblefrom patient to patient. It was not then known that definite organisms mustbe carried from one patient to the other in order to cause this transmissionof certain diseases. It is plain that if those who cared for patients in onepavilion could not come in contact with patients in another pavilion, the lat-ter would not be infected from the former. In this manner a practical solution was found, although this had not beenbased upon a scientific knowledge of existing facts. Although we know that there is a definite difference between diseasestransmitted from patient to patient, and the very much larger class in whichthis is not possible, the fundamental idea underlying all hospital construc-tion still centers about this theory of air contamination. In reviewing recent literature on hospital construction one constantly findsa reiteration of this idea. The various authors seem to be impressed with the 796 THE SURGICAL HOSPITAL. A Gy/iocological fcfObstltdical- Hospital . Top Floor F^la/j This represents the top floor of a very convenient small hospital extending north and the north end of the building are located two operating rooms with large north windowsand large skylights and with an intervening sterilizing room. If the hospital is also toaccommodate obstetrical patients, the next room on the east side may be used for obstetricaloperations, otherwise it may be used as a recovery room. Directly to the north of the elevatorthe hall is divided into a north portion to be used in connection with the surgical ser\ice,and a south portion to be used in connection with, kitchen and dining rooms. This partitionis not shown in the figure. A hospital built according to this plan has been in operation for several years and iseminently satisfactory. THE SURGICAL HOSPITAL 797 danger of the communication of disease from one patient to another, even innon-contagious
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