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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bercrystal, post: 9760153, member: 88&quot;]Your first link took me to a &quot;dangerous website&quot;. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The material in the second item looks similar but it is so shallow that I wonder about it being a serving dish for a table full of soldiers &amp; they usually got served from the chow line. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Back in 1953, they did not have the large disposable packs that are used today. The items that got put on back tables in the OR were washed, dried &amp; then wrapped in specially designed cloth drapes. They were then placed in a gas or steam autoclave depending on the material to be sterilized. When you were ready to use them in the OR they were unwrapped &amp; handed to the scrub tech or placed on the back table. Yes, this can be done without ever contaminating the object <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are also items that fit into elevated stands so they would get unwrapped on those stands. </p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, there are many items including 99% of the instrumentation that are still done today as I described above. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just because the Korean War ended that doesn&#039;t mean that surgical procedures were no longer done by Army doctors. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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