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 . ant is undoubtedly the best wood floormaterial for a hospital. Almost everywhere in Europe lino-leum is used for the floors of patientsrooms and wards, and its use is growingin favor in this country. It can be usednot only for floors, but for stair treads,table tops, screens, and even for doorpanels. When properly laid, it is doubt-less the most satisfactory material whichcan be found. Great care mus
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 . ant is undoubtedly the best wood floormaterial for a hospital. Almost everywhere in Europe lino-leum is used for the floors of patientsrooms and wards, and its use is growingin favor in this country. It can be usednot only for floors, but for stair treads,table tops, screens, and even for doorpanels. When properly laid, it is doubt-less the most satisfactory material whichcan be found. Great care must be takento have the floor underneath smooth anddry. and the material must be thoroughlystretched and laid upon the floor for sev-eral days before being fastened down,then cemented to the construction, thecement being applied to the entire undersurface. If the newer colors and pat-terns of linoleum are used, the eftect isvery pleasing. Too much care cannot be laken in the]:)lanning and arrangement of artificialillumination, especially for the rooms oc-cupied by patients. The eye, at all timesa delicate organ, becomes more sensitivein sickness. Beds should be so placed as. Clou^ Tukj uu_ yWti-c»4 FIG. 356. OF WARD LIGIITIXG FIXTURE. OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 213 to shield the patients eyes in the day-time, which means that they should notface the windows. In open wards, thisis avoided by the use of cross screens, asshown in the Bridgeport Hospital () and in St. Lukes Hospital (). For night lighting, direct ceilinglights should be avoided; instead, re-flected or obscured lights should be used,which give a soft glow over the wholeroom, with no bright spots These ceilinglights can have lamps for greater or lessillumination in the same fixtures; andwith the low candle power lamps used fornight service, the lamps can be renderedless disturbing to the patient by dip-ping in blue stain. The fixture placednear the ceiling, with an opaque or opa-lescent reflecting gl
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