Sick Bay
One of my daily reads is
Shorpy -- a collection of old photographs from various sources. A lot of fun as these are generally of 'regular people' -- not famous or well-known people. Gives you a taste of what life was like back then.
Today's photo was of the Sick Bay aboard the cruiser U.S.S. Brooklyn circa 1898:
What jumped right out at me was the sharp angle of the walls and the support columns. This room is right at the bow (front) of the ship and is the worst place for movement in hard weather. Even in modest weather, those poor seamen will be tossed about like peas in a tin can and when the wind gets stiff, it will be downright miserable in that room.
On the one hand, it is not the best place to recover from an illness or injury.
On the other hand, I am betting that there will not be any cases of medical malingering. As soon as the seaman is feeling better, he will be outta there!
Posted by DaveH at August 5, 2010 7:37 PM