. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. Fig. 4061.—The Ashford Wheeled Fig. 4C62.— The Ashford Wheeled Litter, showingthe Detachment of the Hand-litter. with automatic pillow and movable cover, with an under-carriage of two wheels on elliptical springs. The advantages in this form are (1) the readiness withwhich the hand-litter can be detached from the wheels,the rear bearer being enabled to walk directly forwardbetween the wheels, easily stepping over the crank axle,as shown in Fi
. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. Fig. 4061.—The Ashford Wheeled Fig. 4C62.— The Ashford Wheeled Litter, showingthe Detachment of the Hand-litter. with automatic pillow and movable cover, with an under-carriage of two wheels on elliptical springs. The advantages in this form are (1) the readiness withwhich the hand-litter can be detached from the wheels,the rear bearer being enabled to walk directly forwardbetween the wheels, easily stepping over the crank axle,as shown in Fig. 4062 ; (2) the fact that a number of hand-litters may be used with the same under-carriage. III. One-wheeled Vehicles.—The representative of thisstyle of conveyance is the common wheelbarrow, whichhas done excellent service in transporting the sick in anemergency. As far as the writer is aware, no seriouseffort has yet been made to construct a one-wheeled lit-ter, although the suggestion of Dr. Smith, as to the utili-zation of the principle in the construction of a wheeledlitter, would seem a useful one. IV. Vehicles without Wheels.—Under this head fallvehi
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