. Annals of surgery. pace in front. The second shelf, placed thirteeninches below the top, has a brass rail only one inch high. Thisrail also does not go all the way front. From the second to thebottom shelf, near the back, runs a side-piece of strap iron whichadds stiffness to the frame and steadies the wheels. From thisside iron the third shelf goes forward ; it is about six inches below382 A NEW WARD SURGICAL DRESSING CARRIAGE. 383 the shelf above. The two back wheels are of the bicycle pattern,while the front one is small and turns on a pivot; all are rubbertired. On the top shelf can be c
. Annals of surgery. pace in front. The second shelf, placed thirteeninches below the top, has a brass rail only one inch high. Thisrail also does not go all the way front. From the second to thebottom shelf, near the back, runs a side-piece of strap iron whichadds stiffness to the frame and steadies the wheels. From thisside iron the third shelf goes forward ; it is about six inches below382 A NEW WARD SURGICAL DRESSING CARRIAGE. 383 the shelf above. The two back wheels are of the bicycle pattern,while the front one is small and turns on a pivot; all are rubbertired. On the top shelf can be carried antiseptic solutions anddressings in flat-topped glass jars. On the second shelf may bekept additional glass jars with bandages, towels, prepared gauze,sterile cotton, small glass boxes, etc.; these latter will be keptfrom falling off by the rail which is only one inch high. On thethird shelf towards the back can be kept padding for splints, etc.,and in front the pus basin and basins for solutions. At the back. Daviss ward surgical dressing carriage. of the lowermost shelf there is room for the largest size pitchers,for solutions, and forward additional pitchers holding a gallonand a half to two gallons can be placed. On Kochers wardcarriage there is a rack of wire netting suspended above the topshelf for bandages. This has not been used because it serves toaccumulate dust, which drops on the dressings beneath. Noprovision is made for refuse material, the receptacle for this shouldbe kept away from the carriage entirely. As some surgeons de-sire an irrigation apparatus, that devised by Dr. Burton K. Chance 384 GIVILYM G. DAVIS. maybe added ; it consists of a rod of iron fixed by clamps to oneof the corners of the carriage; when in use, one of the clamps isloosened, the rod raised, and so clamped. The receptacle holdingthe irrigating fluid is then hung from a hook at the top. If sodesired, an irrigation tube may be attached to one of the solutionbottles on the top of the
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