. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. that thelitter must be readily mounted or dismounted from thewheels ; that it must be readily manageable bya single bearer ; it must possess springs ar-ranged to diminish jolting; it must be lightenough to be readily carried over an obstacle ; it must be capa-ble of stand-ing alone, andmust be sus-ceptible o fbeing readilyfolded into aimited spacewithout theseparation ofsmall parts,which are lia-ble to be lost; and it should not be expensive. These essentials are
. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. that thelitter must be readily mounted or dismounted from thewheels ; that it must be readily manageable bya single bearer ; it must possess springs ar-ranged to diminish jolting; it must be lightenough to be readily carried over an obstacle ; it must be capa-ble of stand-ing alone, andmust be sus-ceptible o fbeing readilyfolded into aimited spacewithout theseparation ofsmall parts,which are lia-ble to be lost; and it should not be expensive. These essentials are fully met in the litter devised byGeneral Charles H. Tompkins, U. S. Army (Figs. 4059and 4060), consisting of a canvas bed fastened betweentwo folding side bars, with a folding hood at its litterscould be soldprofitably a ttwenty- fivedollars. In and 4062is shown theAshford litter,invented byMr. John Fur-ley, of \he Ambu-lance Associa-tion of England, which is excellently adapted to townand village work, and in many respects meets the indi-cations excellently. It consists of a folding hand-litter. Fig. 4061.—The Ashford Wheeled Litter.
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