. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. Fig. —Patient Carried upon a Two-handed Seat with a Third Bearer atthe Legs. 234 REFERENCE HANDBOOK OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES. ods without assisting apparatus, so that a resort to theblanket would be necessary. 3. A litter may be constructed by forming the poleson either side by two rifles lashed together at the muz-zles and connecting these poles by a blanket, tent-fly,coats, or similar articles. As has already been remarked,th
. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. Fig. —Patient Carried upon a Two-handed Seat with a Third Bearer atthe Legs. 234 REFERENCE HANDBOOK OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES. ods without assisting apparatus, so that a resort to theblanket would be necessary. 3. A litter may be constructed by forming the poleson either side by two rifles lashed together at the muz-zles and connecting these poles by a blanket, tent-fly,coats, or similar articles. As has already been remarked,the objection to the formation of litter-poles by lashingtogether two rifles lies in the difficulty of lashing thepieces so firmly as to provide sufficiently rigid poles. Incase ofthe absence of more suitable materials, however,. 405-1.—Litter, the Side Poles of whi Lashed together, Carried by Four Bearers. a litter may be constructed in this way, and, the bearersbeing numbered and located as in hand-litter exercises,Nos. 3 and 4 assist in carrying the litter by grasping thepoles at the weak point, where the rifles are lashed. 4. In case of a very heavy patient, in loading or un-loading a litter at an ambulance, in ascending or de-scending declivities, etc., the four bearers will co-operate,one at each corner of the litter. III. By Five Bearers.—A patient may be carried byfive bearers, one on either side supporting the head andshoulders, one on either side supporting the pelvis, andone supporting the legs. A greater number of bearersthan five cannot act conveniently. D. Methods by Wheeled and Other Vehicles.—The ambulance has been very fully discussed, bothfrom a civil and military stand-point, in the articles ofDrs. Leonard and Smith, to which reference has a readybeen made. It is desired here to say a
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