The American hospital of the twentieth century; a treatise on the development of medical institutions, both in Europe and in America, since the beginning of the present century (1918) (14779167891)

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Title: The American hospital of the twentieth century; a treatise on the development of medical institutions, both in Europe and in America, since the beginning of the present century
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Stevens, Edward Fletcher, b. 1860
Subjects: Hospitals Hospitals
Publisher: New York : Architectural record publishing company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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ommodation, withservices of nurse and doctor, they payeleven marks ($2.75) per day. Everyattempt is made to make the apartmentshomelike, and no visible form of restraintis noticed. The second class patients have lessluxurious accommodations but have com-fortable living rooms and sleeping quar-ters, for which they pay six and one-halfmarks ($1.63) per day. The third class patients occupy wardsat three marks ($.75) per day. Thewards are neat and well kept, and toiletsare provided in every ward unit. The details of construction are mostcarefully worked out. The door framesare of iron, with no projection; all doorhandles are turned down, affording noay to cause injury; all cabinets are ofsteel, placed flush with the wall; the tele-phones are enclosed in cabinets, and sig-nal is given by a red light, no bells beingused. In the new Psychiatric Clinic ofthe State University of Utrecht, Holland(Figs. 172-176). Professor Heilbronnerhas worked out some excellent ideas. 120 THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL
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