. Glimpses of medical Europe. mention. He is swift and skilful. He has hisdetails arranged to a nicety that is astonish-ing, and his assistants know exactly what todo without being told. In addition he makeshis diagnosis before he operates. A picturesque feature of the operation wesaw was the yellow oilskins and rubber bootsof those who participated. It made us thinkof the deck of our ship in a storm. However,we all agreed that it was pretty work—aspretty work as any of us had ever witnessed. 26 COPENHAGEIS^ The Kommunehospital, which we next vis-ited, is built in the form of the letter H, wit
. Glimpses of medical Europe. mention. He is swift and skilful. He has hisdetails arranged to a nicety that is astonish-ing, and his assistants know exactly what todo without being told. In addition he makeshis diagnosis before he operates. A picturesque feature of the operation wesaw was the yellow oilskins and rubber bootsof those who participated. It made us thinkof the deck of our ship in a storm. However,we all agreed that it was pretty work—aspretty work as any of us had ever witnessed. 26 COPENHAGEIS^ The Kommunehospital, which we next vis-ited, is built in the form of the letter H, withan extra bar across the top. Inside are courts,beautiful with trees and shrubbery and flowersand green grass. The buildings of the newSt. Louis City Hospital could be set in one ofthese courts, and there would still be some ofthe shrubbery left. This hospital was erected. jMumcipal Hospital—Copenhagen in 1863, but is essentially modern in all partic-ulars, except for the fact that in many of thewards there are stoves. The hospital has acentral heating plant, but somehow or otherthey do not manage those things well overhere. If one wants a good equable warmthone must have a stove. In general, hospital management here is thesame as in the United States. One thing,however, may be mentioned. There is a ward 27 MEDICAL EUROPE here for delirium tremens, but in it are noiron-barred doors, no thick leather straps, andno strait-jackets. The ward is the same asthe other wards, except that in connectionwith it there is a drawing-room with plush-upholstered furniture and a piano. Thenthere is a garden enclosed by a high fence,where convalescents may walk. But what do you do when the D. areviolent.^ I asked. Dont you ever strapthem down ? We never use any force, was the reply. Now I dont know anything about handlingsuch cases, but as I had seen the iron-barre
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