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Prefabs at $59. First model made in the U.S. was almost as big as a commercial laundry machine and cost up to $7,000. Dr. Kolff has now got it down to a stainless-steel tub 24 in. across, 17 in. high. Three-fourths of the artificial kidneys in U.S. use are of this type, made by the Travenol division of Baxter Laboratories. Cost: $1,300. Most important economy feature: instead of big moving parts that took hours to sterilize and set up, the core of the kidney now consists of a disposable unit of cellophane and plastic wire...
There is even an old 1880 bathroom with an immense tub containing graduated levels. There is an outdoor balcony room enclosed in iron-work, where Kittredge used to hold seminars in the old days. In the basement a darkened wine cellar moulds away in the blackness, straight out of Poe, but without the benefit of wine...
Former WAVE officers who were indoctrinated at Smith during World War II will be impressed with the new Smith dormitory [Nov. 17]. How about the bathroom facilities? In my WAVE group, 13 women used one tub, one toilet, and one basin, with the result that a knock on the door once brought this shouted response from within: "There's one in, one on, and one at-stay...
...what a place! There were times when, for all his kind heart. Winston would be bellowing for Norman's blood-as once when the bath was too hot. How to deal with a man who kept rumbling in the tub? "Do you want me?" Norman would ask. "I wasn't talking to you, Norman. I was addressing the House of Commons." Winston would answer, and carry on with his muffled oratory while twiddling the taps with his toes...
...nearest stream, where clothes are beaten or scrubbed by hand. To improve on this, the International Cooperation Administration demonstrated a wooden, hand-operated washing machine simple enough to be built by semiskilled workers for $3 on a quantity basis. The washer holds the clothes in a rectangular tub while two plungers, attached to a crossbeam that is operated by hand, force water back and forth through them. ICA plans to send models to its missions around the world...