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Monday, number 2
“Forceps..clamp..suction..sponge”. These and related orders given by a doctor were largely developed by Frank Gilbreth and Frederick Taylor. What portion of the engineering disiplines were they considered among the founders of and what did they influence in an operating theater?
Re: Monday, number 2
Let's see, Frank Bunker Gilbreth was a bricklayer at the turn of the Twentieth Century when he met and married Lillian Moller. They went on to have twelve children, (because they thought it would be "efficient.") Two of their children, Ernestine and Frank, Jr, (number three and number five, respectively), went on to write a pair of biographies on their family, along with a number of short stories with a similar theme. The titles were "Cheaper by the Dozen," and "Belles On Their Toes," both made into movies starring Myrna Loy.
To answer your questions at this time would be quite efficient, but not in the spirit of this forum. It is sufficient to say that they called it something quite different from what they call it today.
In listing the two people you mention, one must not ignore the contributions of Frank Gilbreth's partner (and wife) Lillian. An engineer in her own right, she continued his work after his death in 1924. The original design for the "Efficiency Kitchen" was hers, and today there is a substantial scholarship fund in her name available for women wishing to become engineers.
FNelson
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Having graduated from Stevens in 1988-
I have a pretty good idea re: Taylor. As an alumnus, he is often credited with the concept of streamlining manufacturing processes.
Other notable Alumni fro Stevens have invented the mobile (Calder), fire extinguisher (Kidde), and bubble wrap (don't remember his name).
Any other Ducks out there?
Steve
Re: Answer, Monday, number 2
Fred and Steve were right on top of it. Both Frank Gilbreth and Fred Taylor were considered pioneer efficiency experts in the disipline of industrial engineering and were charter members of ASME. Gilbreth's wife, a Ph.D. from Brown, as has been correctly pointed out, was a force in her own right.
Aside from standardization and charts, using photography and time motion studies in an operating theater they changed procedures so that the Doctor called out to a specialized nurse for the item they wished to use rather than using one hand to hold something inside a open patient while looking away and rooting around on a table trying to find the instrument required to be used next with the free hand.
Re: Having graduated from Stevens in 1988-
I believe the inventor of bubble wrap was called Pops.