The history and statutes of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

  • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Date:
1778
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Credit: The history and statutes of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the Hofpital enjoy conftantly frefh air, and are free from the noife of the inferior parts of the houfe ; both which circumftances are of importance to thofe who have undergone dangerous operations. On this floor is likewife a ward for lying-in-women, fufficiently feparated from the reft of the houfe, and under the dire&ion of the Profeflor of Midwifery. Above this floor are extenfive garrets, in which many patients might be accommodated. But, as heat and cold in thefe, cannot be properly regulated, they, with much of the ground-floor, are made repofitories for neceflary ftores. On the attic ftory, and in a remote part of the houfe, is a fall— vating ward for female patients, containing twelve beds. This ward, being under the management of a prudent nurfe, is never open but when fhe herfelf is prefent; fo that thefe patients can¬ not have any intercourfe with the other wards of the Hofpi¬ tal. There is ftill a fmall ward, with four beds, for the fame purpofe as the preceding. This ward was fitted up in confequence of a few female patients, who, being fufferers, not by any fault of their own, but by that of their hufbands, or from fuckling infected children, had applied to be taken under cure in the Hofpital. The Phyficians, finding it improper to throw thefe patients into the company of others whofe conduct and manners are lefs correct ; and, confidering them as no lefs objects of com- paflion than any other patients in the houfe, reprefented the cafe to the Managers, who gave orders for this ward. But it is hoped the Hofpital will in time be relieved of the , more numerous clafs of thefe patients. A building fufficient for fuch a purpofe would nei¬ ther be large nor expenfive: And fome people of intereft, and in opulent circumftances, have exprefled an inclination to promote it. In
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