. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . also well equipped withacetylene lamps, of which there are four4-fiame lamps in the ward; two 4-flamelamps in the operating room; one i-flame which is in general use on the Erie pas-senger equipment, and ample provisionhas been made for keeping the car warmin the severest winter weather. The bedsin the ward are furnished complete withsprings, hair mattresses, rubber sheets,linen and blankets and are very similar tothe regular hospital bed, the dimensionsbeing such as will best suit the length
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . also well equipped withacetylene lamps, of which there are four4-fiame lamps in the ward; two 4-flamelamps in the operating room; one i-flame which is in general use on the Erie pas-senger equipment, and ample provisionhas been made for keeping the car warmin the severest winter weather. The bedsin the ward are furnished complete withsprings, hair mattresses, rubber sheets,linen and blankets and are very similar tothe regular hospital bed, the dimensionsbeing such as will best suit the length andwidth of the car. The operating roomhas two lockers in which are stored thesupplies required by the surgeons in suchwork as they may be called upon to do,and the entire equipment is modern inevery way. Medical supplies of the latestmake are used, and should it be necessaryto call the car into sudden requisition,there is nothing lacking to insure thehighest efficiency in the work of savinghuman life or relieving suffering. Mf. Edward B. Leigh, president of theChicago Railway Equipment Company,. HOSPITAL WARD ON ERIE CAR. lamp in the operating room, over thewash basin, and one i-flame lamp in thetoilet room. There is also a portable lampwhich can be used by the surgeons if itbecomes necessary to perform anyoperation requiring the use of artificiallight. The car is equipped with a gravity watersystem, supplying the wash stand in theoperating room, the sterilizer, the washstand in the ward and also the system is arranged to furnish eitherhot or cold water, as may be required, andprovision has been made in the operatingroom so that the flow of water can beregulated from a valve operated bytreadle, thereby avoiding the necessity forhandling any of the water is the method employed in all mod-em hospital arrangements. Both the operating room and the wardhave the Gold direct system of steam heat. has published an essay on the control ofrailway trains in e
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