Abdominal sections in the women's ward Saint Bartholomew's Hospital for the year 1892 / by Harrison Cripps.

  • Cripps, Harrison (William Harrison), 1850-1923
Date:
1894
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Credit: Abdominal sections in the women's ward Saint Bartholomew's Hospital for the year 1892 / by Harrison Cripps. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    be lifted on and off for the cleaning of the tray underneath, but the tray is so arranged with a small funnel at one end and a tap at the other, that the water can be changed without removing the glass lid. The width of the table is i foot lo inches, the length 5 feet 3 inches, and the height 2 feet 10 inches. Fitted to slide along the table is a plate- glass tray 12 inches wide, and the same length as the table’s width. When the patient is on the table, the glass tray supported by four uprights fits over the patient’s knees. The supports of the tray rest upon a projecting slot Avhich enables it to be slid backwards and forwards at the surgeon’s convenience. It is most handy for placing the sponge-bowl and the instrument in actual use whilst operating. Before operating, the copper tray of the table is filled with water at the temperature of 130°, and although there is no provision for keeping it heated, it only loses a few degrees of its temperature even during a prolonged operation. I am confident that the warm water table is of considerable service in reducing the shock where the nature of the operation involves a long exposure. Over the glass top is laid a narrow, perfectly clean folded blanket, on which the patient is placed. Tables for Dressings and Instruments.—The dress- ings are cut and placed on a glass table (Fig. 3) on polished metal legs; the glass plate is | of an inch thick, and measures 4 feet by 2 feet 2 inches, and 3 feet high. The table for the instruments (Fig. 4) is very convenient, and, like the rest of the furniture, is of plate glass on metal supports with india-rubber castors, so it is easily moved, it is made in a semi-