A treatise on hospital and asylum construction; with special reference to pavilion wards . increases these would increase insize, until what might have had its commencementin a city dwelling house, would be occupying build-ings especially erected for its use. The first twoclasses of patients mentioned above, while notdangerous to others in a general hospital, are them-selves particularly sensitive to infection; for thisreason special hospitals (or at least the most carefulisolation), is advised for them. If knowledge of disease has been increased bythe labors of specialists, why should not the
A treatise on hospital and asylum construction; with special reference to pavilion wards . increases these would increase insize, until what might have had its commencementin a city dwelling house, would be occupying build-ings especially erected for its use. The first twoclasses of patients mentioned above, while notdangerous to others in a general hospital, are them-selves particularly sensitive to infection; for thisreason special hospitals (or at least the most carefulisolation), is advised for them. If knowledge of disease has been increased bythe labors of specialists, why should not the treat-ment of disease be improved by special hospitals ? Notwithstanding the advent of anti-septic sur-gery, the decrease of mortality percentage, and thegreater infrequency of septicaemia than heretofore,what an advantage it will be when the erection ofhospitals for special work of the above characterwill be the Ilde rather than the exception. General Hospitals. While it is desirablethat the special cases referred to above should betreated in separate buildings, there is no question. i^-^Ms%^nmmitAj&-M \ 48 HOSPITAL AND ASVLlAr CONSTRUCTION. but that, if necessary, they can be successfully treat-ed in general hospitals provided they are detached,or semi-detached, from the main group of buildings. The other medical and surgical cases can besafely treated in one group of buildings, under oneadministrative department. A detached auxiliary group should containwards and private rooms for the treatment ofMeasles, Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria. One-story pavilions should be provided forthem. The general hospital will remain an essentialfeature of medical practice for all time, andanti-septic surgery and the constant modification ofthe treatment of disease, under the researches ofspecialists mostly, render the treatment of medicaland surgical cases in one building much safer thanwas the case not many years since, though separatewings should be provided for each. Of course care should
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