British medical journal . Fig. 7.—Diagram of a type of trench presenting special difficultiesin moving wounded men. It is a twin trench of wliich the frontone is never more than about 2 ft. wide and 4 ft. 6 in. deep. carried except by tilting. (Figs. 8 and 9.) Numerousspecial stretchers have been devised, and some of themmeet their if the communication trench is good,and especially if the trench in which thej are being usedbe an old one and the corners of the traverses wornaway. Fig. 10 is a diagrammatic section of another type oftrench in use where the ground water level is sufficien
British medical journal . Fig. 7.—Diagram of a type of trench presenting special difficultiesin moving wounded men. It is a twin trench of wliich the frontone is never more than about 2 ft. wide and 4 ft. 6 in. deep. carried except by tilting. (Figs. 8 and 9.) Numerousspecial stretchers have been devised, and some of themmeet their if the communication trench is good,and especially if the trench in which thej are being usedbe an old one and the corners of the traverses wornaway. Fig. 10 is a diagrammatic section of another type oftrench in use where the ground water level is sufficientlylow to allow a depth to be given to the trench sufficient toprotect from rifle fire a man a little over six feet high. ?m^. Fig. 8.—Diagram to illustrate the difficulty of getting a ttrctL-her. round the angles of a trench. There are, however, many ca«es, as also many trenches,in which the special stretchers are unusable, so it iscommon for the problem to be solved by lifting the patienton a blanket or on a stretcher over the parados or backwall of the trench, and carrying him to the regimentalitid post over the intervening ground. S^liould the trencheshappen to lie at the top of an ascent this is a relatively
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