. First aid in illness and injury; . none side, and the treatment given upon the other. The removal ofboth stripes indicates that the patient is able to walk; if the blue stripeonly is left, the patient requires to be carried away, and if only the redstripe remains, the patient must not be moved. In order to save time,certain characters are prescribed to abbreviate the notes upon the tags,which, in time of battle, is naturally very essential. If the case requiresimmediate action, a tag with urgent in blue letters is also attached. Immediate danger having been temporarily forestalled bythe atte
. First aid in illness and injury; . none side, and the treatment given upon the other. The removal ofboth stripes indicates that the patient is able to walk; if the blue stripeonly is left, the patient requires to be carried away, and if only the redstripe remains, the patient must not be moved. In order to save time,certain characters are prescribed to abbreviate the notes upon the tags,which, in time of battle, is naturally very essential. If the case requiresimmediate action, a tag with urgent in blue letters is also attached. Immediate danger having been temporarily forestalled bythe attention given on the line of battle, the bearers — of thehospital corps, or of the company, if the former have notarrived, or both, if the demand is too great to be satisfied bythe hospital corps alone —place the wounded upon litters, if 240 EMERGENCIES AND ACCIDENTS they are unable to walk, and carry them back to the nextpoint. If the injured are able to walk alone or with the assist-ance of a single helper, they are not Fig. 14!.—The Work of the First a photograph taken on board the United States Hospital Ship Missouri. The next point of relief, as well as all the remaining points,is to be located by the medical director of the army corps, orthe senior medical officer present. It is the first dressing-station, and is situated as near the line of battle as possible,consistent with safety. When the troops are fighting behindfortified works, it may be on the line of battle itself. In anycase no attempt is made to place it beyond the range ofartillery fire, but it should be so placed as not to be affectedby ordinary rifle fire, and in as sheltered a spot as this point are brought or sent all wounded men. Hereare performed all urgent operations, and here the woundedare prepared for conveyance to the field hospitals. The importance of this station is recognized by the sur-geons of the present day, among whom the character of thefirst dressing is
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