‘Of course, we had to decide upon an operating…
source date: 1889
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‘Of course, we had to decide upon an operating room, and we reserved a room for that purpose. Next arose the question of light. We had nothing but oil lamps. J here were no electric lights in those days. There were never any operations per- formed at night. There could be no emergency or other operations except during daylight hours. We had a hole cut in the roof of the operating room. The patient was placed on a deal table, similar to those used in kitchens except that it was much longer than the average.”