Identifier: newmanualofsurge00ochs (find matches)
Title: A new manual of surgery, civil and military
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Ochsner, Albert J. (Albert John), 1858-1925 Percy, Nelson M. (Nelson Mortimer), b. 1875
Subjects: Surgery
Publisher: Chicago, Cleveland Press
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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snot required in a one-story building. But nevertheless the cost of construc-tion of one of these high buildings is much less in proportion to the num-ber of patients housed than that of one-story buildings. It will readily be seen that the primary cost and maintenance of the plantwill be greater in one story pavilion hospitals than in superimposed stories,as in the latter the system is simpler in construction, more direct and so moreeconomical in all ways. This holds especially also for the plumbing, as thesuperimposed bath-rooms, etc., need but one stack and vent for each separatetier and can be run more advantageously. Again in the heating of these build-ings the amount of heat wasted in cold weather is much greater in one-story 798 THE SURGICAL HOSPITAL buildings because of the relatively greater amount of surface exposed to theouter air. The difference in cost of construction between fireproof and non-fireproofis decreasing constantly especially so since many of the new so-called
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Meyer J. Sturm Architect(From Organization, Construction, and Management of Hospitals, Ochsner and Sturm.) Represents one floor of a U-shaped hospital of many stories, which combines great con-venience, perfect arrangement for sunlight, economy in conduct, ser\ace, heating, and lighting.It is an ideal plan for a hospital for large cities in which excellence of service and economyin cost of construction, cost of upkeep, and cost of maintenance are important elements. Rrepresents rooms, W small private wards, E rooms for eye patients, S service room, D dressingand examining room, T toilet, L elevator, V veranda. By removing the partitions betweentwo or more of the rooms E, wards may be arranged of any desirable size. All rooms exceptthose used for eye patients have sunlight during some part of the day. armored concrete constructions have been brought forward. Some of theseare the equal of any construction known and cost but little if any more thanfirst-class frame construction in larger

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