Thermal ventilation, and other sanitary improvements, applicable to public buildings, and recently adopted at the New York Hospital : a discourse, delivered at the hospital, February 8th, 1851 / by John Watson.

  • Watson, John, 1807-1863.
Date:
1851
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Credit: Thermal ventilation, and other sanitary improvements, applicable to public buildings, and recently adopted at the New York Hospital : a discourse, delivered at the hospital, February 8th, 1851 / by John Watson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    DISCOURSE. Those of you, gentlemen^ who havo formerly been fa- miliar with the plan of this edifice, must have observed, that it has recently undergone extensive alterations. The measures which have resulted in these changes were adopted in the early part of last spring. The work was commenced in May, and has been in active progress ever since. The new arrangements being now so far complete as to allow the wards in every part of the house to be again open for the accommodation of the sick, it has been thought advisable to invite the attention of the public towards them in their present state of renova- tion, and to solicit a careful inspection of them from the members of the medical profession, from the guardians and directors of other public institutions in the city, and from such other enlightened individuals as may deem the condition and management of the New York Hospi- tal worthy of a special examination. With this view, gentlemen, the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors, who have been more im- mediately instrumental in bringing about the present changes, and the Physicians and Surgeons of the Insti- tution, at whose advice and recommendation they were commenced, have solicited the favor of your attendance on the present occasion, and have instructed me to pre- sent to you a summary account of their improvements, and of the reasons and circumstances which have led to them. The health and comfort of domestic life are intimately connected with the abundant and unfailing supply of