Identifier: treatiseonhospit00hamm (find matches)
Title: A treatise on hospital and asylum construction; with special reference to pavilion wards
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Hammond, George Frances, b. 1855
Subjects: Hospital Design and Construction
Publisher: Cleveland, O.
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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should contain anaccident ^vard, so that when an emergency hospitalis not near at hand the patient may receive promptattention. Such a ward, however, should be builtin a pavilion if possible. In fact, the writer cannot help stating that allwards should be built in pavilions if possible. Itwould be desirable, also, to have in connection withit a convalescent Avard, in which might be put mildcases, as well as several private rooms for patientswho are able to pa3^ Te:\iporary Structures or Huts. Walls ofmetal may be assumed to be useful only for smallstructures or huts for the isolation of the worstforms of contagious diseases, and even then theirvalue is largely problematical. The cheerless ap-pearance of such walls, usually of iron, unlessplastered inside, with the added discomforts of thenoise of the wind as it blows over the corrugatedsurfaces, must have a very depressing effect on thepatient, and operate against that hopefulness anddetermination to get well that forms so powerful an
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6o HOSPITAIv AND ASYLU.M CONSTRUCTION. adjunct, witli fresh air and sunsliine, to tlie labors ofthe nurses and phj-sicians. Such structures are usually nearly square, con-sisting of a single room with a nurses room connect-ing, and should seldom be arranged for more thantwo beds, preferabl) one, to secure the best results. They are usuall)- built on piers or cedar posts,with lattice work between them, and hinged sash,onl)^ one of which is shown in the perspective. The sash should be kept open except in thecoldest weather. A light skeleton of wood is usedfor walls and roof, over which the iron is securelyfastened. The heating should be by means of a fireplace in each room with a ventilating flue betweenthe backs of the grates. Such a structure, butcovered with clapboards or shingles, is shown onpage 73, plate 35. The designation of the letters is,A, One of the sashes over the lattice ; B, Transom ofwindow to open in ; C, Ward; D, Nurses Room ;E, E, Fireplaces ; F, Ventilating flue ; G,

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