Hospitals, infirmaries, and dispensaries : their construction, interior arrangement, and management, with descriptions of existing institutions / by F. Oppert.

  • Oppert, Franz.
Date:
1883
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    The MontpcUier Hospital a St. Moi, built recently outside the university town of Montpellier on a hill at a distance of 2100 m. from the Mairie. It stands in its own grounds of 21 acres, and consists of one-story pavilions, and may accommodate 600 patients. There are three separate divisions with separate entrances, viz. the pavilions for male and female patients connected by passages, the isolation-pavilions for patients with in- fectious diseases, and the maternity. Besides, there are the admini- strative block of higher elevation, the laundry, common baths, ice- house, and post-mortem rooms. The large wards are 30 m. long, 8 m. wide, and 7^ m. high. On one side a verandah runs, which has a sloping roof, and is entered by seven glass doors from the ward. Its width is 3 m. The walls of the wards are constructed of iron and double hollow bricks ; the inside is covered with cement. The roof is vaulted considerably, and double, in order to let the air circulate in the intermediate space and shut off the rays of the sun. The windows at the long side have at the upper part a louvre in- clining inwards. There is a ridge in the centre of the roof for ventilation. Tlie wards may be warmed by two calorif^res from the cellar and a stove in the centre, where an open fire may be kept, the smoke being drawn downwards. Bad air may also be withdrawn by channels, in which a gas-burner may be lighted in summer time. The floors are made of tiles placed in cement. Fig. 52.—The Montpellier Hospital at St. Eloi, France. a. Ward. b. Dining-room. c. Single ward. d. Lavatory. c. Anteroom. /. Nurse or Attendant. g. Linen stores. i. Bath. k. Scullery. I. Water-closet. The nine isolation-pavilions contain 16 beds each, and the appendages are otherwise arranged. One of the pavilions is reserved for convalescent patients. Lectures are given at the hospital. French Military Hospitals. Bayonne has a hospital for 950 patients ; it is in use since 1844 ; it consists of five large pavilions ranged around a rectangular yard. The