HOSPITAL BATH
USE FOR MENTAL PATIENTS
AMERICAN INVENTION
An up-to-date bath of American invention in which patients mav lie '9 w f literally "for hours," is used at the Kingseat Mental Hospital. Known as a sling bath it has holes punctur-. Ed in the sides, through which water runs in and out all the time and a leather cloth, on which the patrient lies, is hooked over the gides and let down into the bath. This cloth gives extra support to the body . and enables the patient, to lie in the bath for up to two hours if necessary.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 19, 24 October 1944, Page 5
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99HOSPITAL BATH Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 19, 24 October 1944, Page 5
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