The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-16

locating and removing bullets. 1en.s
thrown out from each side PROVIDE
shelter for cots until the arrival OF
the ambulance. It IS claimed that
this motor hospital has saved hum
dreds Of nvas upon the battle fields
In which It Is used, thus prevent
ing many wounded men from dying
before they can be conveyed TO
place Of permanent tratment.
Ship hospital Tor FISHERMEN.
A special branch OF emergency
hospital work authorized by re-
cent congressional appropriations Is
that of the revenue cutter Andros-
coggin, which has been detailed as
q hospital ship to minister to the
needs Of the crews Of men employed
In the deep sea fisheries OF the
North Atlantic ocean. This ocean
hospital is provided with every es-
senttal for giving efficient medical
and surgical aid. It has several
berths for patients. complete
operating room. an isolation ward
for contagious diseases, sterilizing
room and all the necessary surgical
Instruments. Many dlhermen have
been MANNED for life through In
fected wounds which might have
been treated successfully. Bone
fractures occur frequently upo1 these
rolling seas and when they are neg
lected until the vessel reaches port
the chance OF cure is doubtful.
A western railroad company has
provided hospital train which can
be sent upon short notice to any
point along the line. With the train
go q doctor. two nurses and order
lies, so that any surgical attention
may berendered without delay At
least six lives were saved in South
ern California. few months ago,
by this prompt emergency work
after an accident. Several men too
severely injured to live to be car
RED to hospital. received immed-
date aid and recovered
Few Institutions have made such
Improvement within the last quarter
of century in the value of the
service rendered as have hospitals
The trained nurse has developed
practically within that period and
her work has been aided by innum-
cradle Inventions and discoveries
tending to facilitate her efforts. The
modern hospital is absolutely germ
proof from Its heating basement to
the sun parlor upon It's roof. In
man yinstitutions wood work has
been eliminated from botn building
and furniture. In its place is shin
ing white enameled steel aRording
no hiding places for germs.
Economically Planned.
Economy enters into the planning.
Where there are several operating
rooms. the heated water Tor the
sterilization of instruments In each
of them is supplied by pressing a
pedal which connects the steri1fzing
machine with the steam heating
plant. The refrigerating plant fur
nishes ice In the white boxes of each
separate floor. Strong rooms for de-
lirious patients. quiet rooms with
extra walls and cork floors for ner-
quiet and plenty of porch room to
supply outdoor air to all GONZALES
cents, are recognized necessities. A
new feature lately added to the hos
pital Of a western railroad is an in
cline which permits convealescent
patients to walk freely from one
floor to another without climbing
stairs
White enamel and thing until re-
Gently has been regarded as the ap-
proved finishing for all hospital
walls. especially those OF the operat-
ing room A change of view has re-
Gently come. Patients frequently ex-
press the feeling of fear given them
by the glaring white. walls as they
are being brought in to these rooms.
Surgeons have discovered that the
dazzling white sometimes affects
their eyes momSntarily. The sur
geon, raising his eyes from an oper-
may be unable to see clearly the
first instant he drops them to the
red of the wound. 8