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The disadvantage of this method of management of the broken spine is the great
strain to which the nursing staff is exposed, day and night, especially in lifting and turning
heavy patients and if several acute cases have to be dealt with, which is the rule in a spinal
unit. Therefore, for some years research has been carried out to relieve the strain on the
nursing staff by the development of an electrically operated turning bed. With the co
operation of the engineering firm Egerton Ltd., Tower Hill, Horsham, Sussex, such a
turning-tilting bed has been constructed, which, by pressing a button turns the bed from
FIG. 743.
FIG. 74b.
