Excerpt from The Operating Room and the Patient I Wish to thank Miss Kurtz, Supervisor of Nurses at the German Hospital, for many kind suggestions in the chapters upon supplies; Mr. Francis A. Deck for his admirable illustrating; and last, but not least, the W. B. Saunders Company for the excellent manner in Which they have brought out this little book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.