![The image is of a display inside a building at 1.28 latitude, 103.836 longitude, Singapore. The display is mounted on a white wall with white moldings. The display contains a printed sheet of paper with a black and white photo at the top and text at the bottom. The photo shows a hospital ward with several beds. The text at the bottom of the display says "Wooden Bed Block's". It reads: "In the Orthopaedic Wards, we frequently had to prepare to set up traction for patients. To do this, the foot of the bed had to be elevated first. The beds in those days were extremely heavy and could not be wound up like the beds of today. Two nurses had to lift the bed, while another nurse slipped the wooden bed blocks under the legs of the bed and made sure the legs fitted properly into the blocks. This was not an easy task for tiny, skinny nurses like us, and was really back breaking. It is no wonder nurses suffer from back problems! No matter how much we enjoyed Orthopaedic Nursing, we had to be realistic and weigh the cost, knowing that taking up this course would be a challenge for small and petite size nurse. Our posting to this unit made us quite an expert in setting up the various types of traction and it was very interesting too. But I guess, we would leave Orthopaedic Nursing to the tough girls and boys!" There is a small, separate paper note below the text that says "Basic Hospital Bed 1960s in O.R.G.H. [S.G.H.]". There is also a cartoon illustration on the display, depicting nurses struggling to lift a heavy bed. It's a black and white cartoon.](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/patr-3a75e.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fimage_picker_525decd2-190c-4b39-b.jpg?alt=media)
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The image is of a display inside a building at 1.28 latitude, 103.836 longitude, Singapore. The display is mounted on a white wall with white moldings. The display contains a printed sheet of paper with a black and white photo at the top and text at the bottom. The photo shows a hospital ward with several beds. The text at the bottom of the display says "Wooden Bed Block's". It reads: "In the Orthopaedic Wards, we frequently had to prepare to set up traction for patients. To do this, the foot of the bed had to be elevated first. The beds in those days were extremely heavy and could not be wound up like the beds of today. Two nurses had to lift the bed, while another nurse slipped the wooden bed blocks under the legs of the bed and made sure the legs fitted properly into the blocks. This was not an easy task for tiny, skinny nurses like us, and was really back breaking. It is no wonder nurses suffer from back problems! No matter how much we enjoyed Orthopaedic Nursing, we had to be realistic and weigh the cost, knowing that taking up this course would be a challenge for small and petite size nurse. Our posting to this unit made us quite an expert in setting up the various types of traction and it was very interesting too. But I guess, we would leave Orthopaedic Nursing to the tough girls and boys!" There is a small, separate paper note below the text that says "Basic Hospital Bed 1960s in O.R.G.H. [S.G.H.]". There is also a cartoon illustration on the display, depicting nurses struggling to lift a heavy bed. It's a black and white cartoon.
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