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THE Bernhard Baron Laboratories of the Royal College of Surgeons of England were opened by the Earl of Athlone on December 8. These laboratories, which occupy the fourth, fifth and sixth floors of the main College building, were made possible by a gift of £30,000 from the Bernhard Baron Trust. The object of the laboratories is to provide facilities for experimental work on problems bearing on surgical diagnosis and treatment and for the investigation by experimental methods of more fundamental biological problems. In addition to six large laboratories, the research unit is provided with complete animal accommodation, a fully equipped operating theatre, X-ray and photographic rooms and a pathological laboratory. The laboratories are furnished with movable units, which allow of the remodelling of the laboratories to suit the individual requirements of those who use them. One of the most interesting features is the use which has been made in the building of Empire timber for furnishing, flooring, etc. Ample provision is made for twenty research workers, and the staff accommodation is well arranged on the sixth floor, which leaves the floor below a complete research unit. Pathological, X-ray and photographic rooms are on the fourth floor. The detailed equipment of the research rooms is interesting. Use is made of gas plugs instead of gas taps, electric power and light outlets are grouped in such a way as to facilitate the assembly of electrical equipment for experimental work. The operating theatre has been designed as a model theatre for animal work, and is completely equipped with modern steam sterilizing plant, X-ray viewing screens, diathermy and telephone installation.
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New Surgical Research Laboratories. Nature 140, 1045 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/1401045b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1401045b0