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THOMPSON YATES LABORATORIES REPORT 
an electric light, gas and water, and there is a plentiful supply of steam at high pressure to conduct 
the various boiling operations necessary in such a laboratory. It is fitted with the apparatus 
necessary for bacteriological research, including suction and force-pumps for filtering purposes, and 
a bacterial mill for pulverizing bacteria. Opening out of the previous room is a small incubator 
chamber, which can be kept at a constant temperature. 
The Chemical Pathology Room is the laboratory of the Senior Assistant, Dr. Abram, and is 
fitted for conducting researches in Chemical Pathology. Immediately adjacent to it is a private 
Bacteriological Laboratory 
research room, and further on the private room and library of the Professor. By two especially 
constructed staircases, two rooms are reached on the first mezzanine, one room entirely set apart 
for the Museum Preparatory and the other an Incubator Room^ where all the incubators and ovens 
are placed which require a constant temperature. 
In the basement there is a completely fitted laboratory for the Pathological Diagnosis Society 
and tlie Bacteriological Departtiient of the Corporation. A Gas Analysis and Calorimeter Room, and 
a large special autopsy room, are also situate in the basement. An additional feature is a 
large refrigerator chamber worked by compressed ammonia, and a very large centrifuge worked by 
an electric motor. There is a well-fitted workshop and some small outbuildings. Briefly stated. 
