WELLINGTON HOSPITAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13454, 3 June 1907, Page 6

WELLINGTON HOSPITAL.

[DESCRIPTION OP ME EfiECTßint, PLANT. Thanks to the enterprise of the It,*.** r , the> Wellington Hospital. and the £?' .visit of Dr. Ewart u England recentf? [apparatus has been purchased. and i, ,1 i being fitted up,-.-which will place tlv ho* Ipital easily in the front Tank ns rf 3ain} = • | electrical- examination and treatment If patient, by the latest European method. jit may.be safely averted that the app.' jtus m question, chosen after painjtiin" (investigation in England, forms a collecti 0 ' of modern appliances for the purpose * (Specified which at present has no equal fin Australasia. . i Taking the apparatus in detail, the ]»*,. 'est machine consists of a nine bom-power : 'motor (to be operated off the town li"htis circuit), which, is coupled to a. direct cur. " rent generator. Primarily, this is required to operate arc lamps employed for th« TFinsen" process,- but incidentally it w i!l j servo to charge storage cells and 'light tb operating-room. For Rontgen ray ' Wo there are two induction coils, one" girj Dr M 18in spark, for operating-room M 5 j poses, and one 12-inch spark coil,- havitL a table on- castors, and which can *£ ■ j wheeled to any ward, carrying with 'am' | necessary appliances. Tube stands \,i& universal joints for adapting the Rontsea tube to any position, also"" an adjust; -coach and photographic gear accomnttV these sets. An ordinary trembler maK | and break contact on the coils is suppt! mented by a mercury revolving break IS Wennelt electrolytic interrupter, either of !which can be used at will. . V | Full photographic apparatus is included ' ' ! also fiuoroscopes for immediate visual" I examination. Adequate appliances f„ both the patient and the operator arc tiro vided to protect from the "burning" effect" Iwo "Finsen" lights are provided, and their special function is the radical curia • of ' lupus' and kindred skin affection, line plant is complete in every detail and has a real value in the class of affection specified. lucre is also a complete "hnjh frequency plant for the treatment of men tnl and nervous disorders, for which it in ' of valuable service. A set of apparatus for electrolytic treatment of the body bv immersion of the extremities in porcelain pans, and the passing 0 electric currents through the body, is also included, and covers the treatment of muscular and ner ' val disorders by electricity. A minor but j necessary adjunct is an apparatus for ' laryngeal examination by - electric light and an electric cautery outfit. ' Needless to say, there are innumerableadjuncts, such us indicating meters and special appliances to suit varying conditions, accompanying the plant, and Dr Ewart is deserving of every praise for the ■' painstaking way in which he lias gone into * the subject. It only remains to again con. ' gratulate the Wellington public upon th» acquisition of electrical apparatus which will place their hospital in the forefront 1 as regards the intelligent and practically instant understanding of cases which under* ordinary circumstances might be obscur for a time.