A treatise on hospital and asylum construction : with special reference to pavilion wards / By George F. Hammond.

  • Hammond, George Frances, 1855-
Date:
1891-
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Credit: A treatise on hospital and asylum construction : with special reference to pavilion wards / By George F. Hammond. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    The two latter S3'Stenis must uot be con- founded : ■ althougli both ma}^ have corridors, the corridor S3'steni per sc consists of a building having a corridor along one side or in the center, with wards opening from it, the corridor partition forming one side of the w^ard. The ^vards w^ere therefore lighted on one side onty, beds were arranged on both, and there was no noticeable difference in the interior appearence of the wards of the block and corridor plans, althougli the marked difference in separating them by a corridor is easily perceptible. In the pavilion plan, the corridor still connects with the wards, but they are separated from each other so that light is admitted to them on two and usually three sides, their ends connect wdth the corridor, and windows are placed in the corridor walls betw^een the w^ards. These are the t3'pical characteristics of the three classes of hospitals, although modifications of each have been erected that were great improve- ments on their prototypes. Plate I, page 3 shows the three systems. Fig. I, Block plan; Fig. 2, Corridor plan; Fig. 3, Pavilion plan. The writer has prepared a modification of the Block plan in plate 2, page 5, which resembles in some respects the Pavilion plan. It is possible that it might be of some slight value as an opthalmic