. Review of reviews and world's work. THE h\TER10R OF A GER.\UN HOSPITAL CAR. Ot tKKIOUT CAkS,U TO ABSORB SHO( KS avoided, and at the same time train motionand sudden jerks and bumps are should be borne in mind that the woundedsoldier may occupy a hospital-car bed fromtwelve to thirty-six hours. Always there is some one car of which theofficials have especial pride. Perhaps it willbe the operating car, but it is quite as likelyto be the disinfecting car, or even the kitchencar. A steam boiler is provided in evft-ytrain, and live steam and hot air are freelyused. Everywhere speci
. Review of reviews and world's work. THE h\TER10R OF A GER.\UN HOSPITAL CAR. Ot tKKIOUT CAkS,U TO ABSORB SHO( KS avoided, and at the same time train motionand sudden jerks and bumps are should be borne in mind that the woundedsoldier may occupy a hospital-car bed fromtwelve to thirty-six hours. Always there is some one car of which theofficials have especial pride. Perhaps it willbe the operating car, but it is quite as likelyto be the disinfecting car, or even the kitchencar. A steam boiler is provided in evft-ytrain, and live steam and hot air are freelyused. Everywhere special attention is givento cleanliness; for it is the commonest knowl-edge, nowadays, that the danger from infec-tion is greater than from the wound itself. These European hospital trains are modelsof efficiency, with no attempt to make themas luxurious as one now employed by theUnited States Government. In the ambulance train onthe Great Eastern Railway,(England, there are twelvebeds to each car—three setsof two tiers on each side. Inthe .State Hospital Train ofBavaria t
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