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dian of the Surgeon General's Office, and will compare most 

 favorably with that to be found in the best hospitals of the 

 country. ' 



2. The Hospital Ward, containing three standard beds, one 

 mounted on a bed truck to permit of moving about, and equipped 

 with back rest and bed cradle, another litted with a Balkan 

 frame to support leg splints for fracture cases, and a Carrel- 

 Dakin infusion apparatus for wound irrigation, and the third 

 bed arranged to show the use of T-bars in supporting a mos- 

 quito netting. In addition to the nurse's office equipped with 

 desk, chair, typewriter, the usual writing conveniences and a 

 set of the regular charts for reporting progress of the ward 

 patients, this room contains a wheel chair, dressing carriage, 

 cabinets for dressings and instruments, a food conveyor, water 

 cooler, bedside tables and chairs, and two small divisions rep- 

 resenting the linen room and utility room always associated 

 with the hospital ward. 



6. General Operating Room of a military hospital, contain- 

 ing standard operating table, instrument stand, bowl stand, 

 tables with drums for sterilized dressings, wash bowls and bot- 

 tles for antiseptic solutions, spot lights for concentrating light 

 on operating table, and cabinets containing instruments for 

 brain and plastic surgery, genito-urinary, and general operations. 

 All the furniture in this room is finished in white enamel. 



I. Anaesthesia Room, fitted with a wheeled stretcher for con- 

 veying patients to and from the operating room, Heidbrinck 

 apparatus for administering nitrous oxide and oxygen gases. 

 tanks for compressed gases, and equipment for administering 

 ether and chloroform. 



5. Eye, Ear, and Throat Clinic, containing eye treatment cases, 

 electric sterilizer, powerful magnet for removing metallic bodies 

 from the eye, and a standard instrument cabinet fitted with com- 

 plete sets of instruments for eye. ear, and throat surgery. 



G. Fracture Room, equipped with large Hawley table for re- 

 ducing all kinds of bone fractures, bone extension apparatus, and 

 a full assortment of all kinds of splints and crutches. 



7. Dental Clinic, including operating chair, instrument cabi- 

 nets, electrically operated dental engine and air compressor con- 

 nected with a marble wall switchboard, also the furniture for a 

 dental laboratory equipped with casting and vulcanizing appa- 

 ratus, electric lathe, etc. 



8. Sterilizing Room, containing a full sized steam generator, 

 sterilizers for hot and cold water, utensils and instruments, and 

 autoclaves for sterilizing dressings. 



