. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. ng- of medicines, charge of equip-ment, making requisitions for fuel, light,provisions, and all supplies and repairs, tincooking and expendiliu-e of diets, thecustody of patients kits, tiie cleanliness ofthe hospital and its surroundings, and forbedding, linen, and clothing. When he nnide acquaintance \\ith theArmv regulation stretcher he learnt someverv useful things. There are forty-six ways of lifting awounded man, said the cynical officer,directing one stretcher squad at Aldershot,and fortv-five of them
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. ng- of medicines, charge of equip-ment, making requisitions for fuel, light,provisions, and all supplies and repairs, tincooking and expendiliu-e of diets, thecustody of patients kits, tiie cleanliness ofthe hospital and its surroundings, and forbedding, linen, and clothing. When he nnide acquaintance \\ith theArmv regulation stretcher he learnt someverv useful things. There are forty-six ways of lifting awounded man, said the cynical officer,directing one stretcher squad at Aldershot,and fortv-five of them are wrong. Theonlv right wav of lifting the wounded isthe one I am teaching you now. It hasnever been improved upon, and I have nogreat hope that vou will succeed w here the^ledical Council has failed. One man at each end of the stretcher,with a leather sling over his shoulders, theloops at the end supporting the handles ofthe stretcher poles, and a man on each siderendering what support they could bygrasping the poles in the centre, made astretcher part\-. lhe two bearers must not.
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