. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. Fiq. 4048.—Litter of Two Poles with a Rope Interlaced about them. Then through button-holes cut at suitable distances justwithin the poles on either side, pass cords extemporizedfrom any available source, and tie them about the polesrolled in the blanket. {d) By driving crotched stakes into the ground at suit-able distances, a litter extemporized in any of thesemodes may be utilized as a bed on coming into camp. (e) Surgeon-Major Smith, of the Norwegian Army, has
. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. Fiq. 4048.—Litter of Two Poles with a Rope Interlaced about them. Then through button-holes cut at suitable distances justwithin the poles on either side, pass cords extemporizedfrom any available source, and tie them about the polesrolled in the blanket. {d) By driving crotched stakes into the ground at suit-able distances, a litter extemporized in any of thesemodes may be utilized as a bed on coming into camp. (e) Surgeon-Major Smith, of the Norwegian Army, hasextemporized litters from boughs which have the decided. Fig. 4049.—Litter of Two Poles Rolled in the Sides of a Blanket. advantage of possessing legs. He cuts four cross-pieceslike the one shown in Fig. 4050, the length of the longbranch being a trifle more than the width of the pro-posed litter, the shorter branch is a little more than thethickness of the side poles in length, while that of theother branch is the desired length of the leg. He alsoprocures two poles eight or nine feet in length for- theside poles. The cross-pieces are then bound together inpairs with a leg at either end. These pairs are then bound at suitabledistances apart tothe side poles, whichare placed in theouter notch of thecross-pieces. Overthe framework thusformed, a bed maybe constructed of canvas, blanket, straps, rope, boughs,or any similar available material, a covering of some-thing soft being laid over any rigid material. (/) Hammocks are frequently available, particularlywhen the emergency occurs in the vicinity of are best arranged as litte
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