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allowed the use of an automobile at an approximate cost of $250 
per year. He made no regular visits to the camp, but always 
responded promptly when called; and it is probable, considering the 
populations of the various institutions, that the experimental camp 
received its full proportion of his services. As the average popula- 
tion of the experimental camp was approximately 7 per cent of the 
population of all institutions, it would seem that a fair estimate of 
the expense of the doctor's services to the camp would be 7 per cent 
of his salary and the cost of operating his automobile. For the first 
six months of operation this would amount to $92.75. 
The character of medicine and the equipment of surgical instru- 
ments kept at the camp, the cost of medicine used from January 10 
to July 10, and the depreciation of instruments, etc., during that 
period, are given in Table 25. 
Table 25. — Medical and surgical equipment of the Fulton County, Ga., Experimental 
Convict Camp, the cost of medicine used, and depreciation of instruments , January 10 
to July 10, 1916. 
Article. 
Tincture of capsicum ounces 
Alum " pounds 
Absorbent cotton roll 
Do pound 
1 inch by 5 yards adhesive plaster spool 
Adhesive plaster yards 
4 per cent aqueous solution boric acid ounces 
3 per cent alcoholic solution iodine do. . 
Aromatic spirits of ammonia do. . 
Aspirin tablets, 5 grains 
Enameled basiu 
3 per cent bicarbonate of soda in petrolatum ounces 
Bismuth subcarborate tablets, 5 grains 
Boric acid ointment ounces 
Brown's-mixture tablets 
Calomel and soda tablets, \ grain 
Catgut sutures, assorted tubes 
Soft rubber catheters 
Chloroform liniment ounces 
Compound cathartic pills do. . 
Do 
Eosol pint 
Eye cup 
Gauze bandage, 3 inches by 10 yards roll 
Gauze bandage, 2 inches by 10 yards do.. 
Gauze bandage, 1 inch by 10 yards do. . 
Grain alcohol pint 
Plain gauze yards 
Green soap pound 
6-inch haemostats 
Hot-water bag 
Hypodermic outfit 
Tincture Jamaica ginger ounces 
Medicine droppers 
Medicine glass 
Mercurial ointment, U. S. P ounces 
Nail brush 
Opal silk packages 
Potassium iodide solution ounces 
Probe 
Quinine sulphate tablets, 5 grains 
Rubber tourniquet 
Safety pins, assorted sizes 
Scalpels 
4J-inch scissors pah- 
Surgical scissors, 6£ inches do. . , 
Sodium bicarbonate pound 
No. 1 splints , 
Amount 
or 
number. 
10 
4 
1 
1 
1 
10 
2 
2 
2 
100 
1 
6 
100 
8 
500 
100 
3 
2 
16 
4 
500 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
a 
5 2 
1 
4 
1 
1 
2 
2 
1 
8 
1 
2 
8 
1 
100 
1 
12 
2 
1 
1 
2 
Unit 
cost. 
$0.63 
.06 
.17* 
.25 
.30 
.05 
.121 
• 12| 
.07| 
.90 
.60 
.05 
.91 
.90 
1.76 
.12 
.20 
.20 
.75 
1.34 
.21 
.34 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.60 
.06 
.15 
.90 
1.00 
2.00 
..07* 
.05 
.10 
.09 
.05 
.25 
.091 
.30 
1.15 
1.00 
.05 
.50 
.75 
1.25 
.15 
.50 
Cost. 
$0.39 
.24 
.17 
.25 
.30 
.50 
.25 
.25 
.15 
.90 
.60 
.30 
.91 
.45 
.88 
.12 
.60 
.40 
.75 
.33 
1.05 
.34 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.30 
.30 
.15 
3.60 
1.00 
2.00 
.15 
.10 
.10 
.72 
.05 
.50 
.75 
.30 
1.15 
1.00 
.05 
1.00 
.75 
1.25 
.15 
1.00 
Expense 
of use 
and 
deprecia- 
tion. 
$0.23 
.24 
.17 
30 
.91 
.40 
.75 
.33 
.28 
.08 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.30 
3.60 
1.00 
.15 
.10 
.10 
.36 
.05 
.05 
1.00 
.75 
1.00 
.15 
1.00 
