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The frame i> covered with extra thick yarlii -ail I \\ill. properly 

 fitted, and having clongat to admit of their lieni- tucked 



in under and around tin- l>eddin.u r to prevent the cold air from 

 entering tin- room. The patient enters the l>ed and then the 

 tent is lowered over him. or with the aid of a d a little 



pulley attacl !< upper portion of the window IP 



manipulate the lowering and raising of the tent himself. Sliutters 

 Mind>. wliether they arc attached <,M the inside 

 or on the outride .f the window, can be utili/ed in conjunction 



Fio. 55. Dr. S. A. Knopf'i* Transportable Half-t<nt for t).- Rcsl-< un 



Open 



\vitlj the window-tent as a screen to Intercept the ^axes of the 

 nei^hl)ors, and in stormy weather as a pn>t . 58). 



The bed can be placed by the window to suit the patient's prefer- 

 ence for >leepinj on his left or ri.izht side, so that he has tl. 

 most of the time in his face. Another advantage of the window- 

 tent i^ that it will not attract attention from the outside. The 

 In-d IM-HIL: placed alongside of the window will l>e convenient 

 for a majority of the poor who have small rooms. If. however, 

 the bed must be placed at a right angle to the window, tin 



