OldCharityHospitalSurgeonsLavatory1906.jpg - Wikipedia

Description

English: New Orleans , 1906: Surgeons' Lavatory, old Charity Hospital. Up to date sanitary hand washing sinks with knobs beneath the sinks controled by the doctors' legs. Note combination gas & electric lighting fixture.

Français : Lavabos de la section chirurgicale de l’Hôpital "Old Charity Hospital" de la Nouvelle-Orléans. (1906). le robinet s'ouvre d'une pression du genou sur la manette située sous le lavabo, avec moins de gaspillage d'eau et moins de risques de recontamination des mains par des microbes

Date

1906

Source

Charity Hospital 1906 annual report via [1]

Author

Photographer uncredited.

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