. A report on a plan for transporting wounded soldiers by railway in time of war : with descriptions of various methods employed for this purpose on different occasions . Fig. 24.— Transverse sec-tion of one corner of theBaden sioinging litter. [After GUKLT.]. Fig. 25.—Gauvina Spring Bed-Stretcher. [After Gautin.] between Paris and Grenelle, to ascertain the adaptability of this stretcher to thetransport of wounded in railway baggage cars. It was proved that the intro-duction or withdrawal of a stretcher with a man lying on it, was readily effectedby three persons, while other stretchers requi
. A report on a plan for transporting wounded soldiers by railway in time of war : with descriptions of various methods employed for this purpose on different occasions . Fig. 24.— Transverse sec-tion of one corner of theBaden sioinging litter. [After GUKLT.]. Fig. 25.—Gauvina Spring Bed-Stretcher. [After Gautin.] between Paris and Grenelle, to ascertain the adaptability of this stretcher to thetransport of wounded in railway baggage cars. It was proved that the intro-duction or withdrawal of a stretcher with a man lying on it, was readily effectedby three persons, while other stretchers required four or even six persons tohandle them. The side wings and hand-rests (Fig. 25, s. s.) secured thepatient on the narrow bed (the upper stretcher being 0 m. 52, or about 20^English inches in width); the wooden rollers (c. c.) facilitated the introduc-tion of the litter upon floors; the springs (/. /. /. /.) and rings (7c. k. 7c. 7c.)afforded adequate elasticity; and the short handles (b. b.) limited the extremelength of the litter to 2 m. 35, or about 7 J feet. It was generally admitted 28 TRANSPORTATION OF SICK by the delegates to the international conference, that the spring stretcher-bed ofDr. Gauvin afforded a very easy mode of conveyance upon
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