The room should be left closed overnight and thoroughly aired thereafter. The bare floor must then be scrubbed with hot water and soda and flushed with a three-per-cent carbolic-acid solution.
As little furniture as possible should be found in an operating room, and this preferably of undecorated enameled iron.
Instrument Cabinet.—For the instruments and dressings there should be a dust-proof cabinet of iron and glass, such as is shown in [Fig. 4].
Fig. 4.—Instrument Cabinet.
Operating Table.—The operating table should be of like construction and as plain as possible. Its top can be padded with sterilized felt, protected from moisture by rubber sheets. A surgical chair of plain construction might suffice, inasmuch as most plastic operations cover but a small area and are usually about the head and often performed under local anesthesia. A chair with head rest is much more comfortable, adding much to the moral and physical comfort of the then conscious patient. A very desirable chair is shown in [Fig. 5].
Fig. 5.—Operating Table.
Instrument Table.—An instrument table, such as is shown in the next illustration, is quite necessary, upon which dressings and instruments are laid during operation. In this the frame is of white enameled iron and the top and shelf of plate glass.