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Architect and engineer (1905)

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installed making it possible tosend important papers—even drugs themselves—from department to department silently, at the rateof 30 feet per second. For example, a nurse onany of the four floors can dispatch a prescriptionthrough the tubes to the pharmacy. Supervisorsrooms are always in close touch… … FRONT OFFICE In the front office, carriers are dis-patched and received quietly, due to Lam-sons double valve terminals. THE HERRICK HOSPITAL SUPERINTENDENTSOFFICE Note how sending and receiving termi-nals are cleverly concealed to blend withthe interior treatment of the building.

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