A complete handbook for the hospital corps of the U. S. army and navy and state military forces / by Charles Field Mason.

  • Mason, Charles Field, 1864-1922.
Date:
[1906], ©1906
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: A complete handbook for the hospital corps of the U. S. army and navy and state military forces / by Charles Field Mason. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    4. Under “Remarks” on the back may be noted any important fact for which there is no room on the face, whether operation or treatment is urgently needed, the amount of stimulant or anodynes already administered, etc. 5. Fasten to button on clothing of patient over sternum or as near it as possible (Fig. 199). Page 466.—The Litter. General Orders No. 84, War Department, May 5, 1906, provide that the litter shall hereafter have attached to it a body strap of webbing to secure the patient to the litter; also that a certain proportion of the litters shall have a light, movable, folding frame to support a light cover. Page 500.—The Rapid-Transit Galloping Ambulance. The rapid-transit galloping ambulance has been adopted especially for use with cavalry and light artillery. This ambulance is a very light two- wheeled vehicle with shafts; it is provided with springs and is very com- fortable. The patient rests in the ambulance on a litter and can be securely strapped in. [It has a substantial top provided with curtains and a hood, thus protecting the patient from rain, wind, and sun.] Any cavalry horse broken to pull by a breast collar can be used to draw it, and it is used with the ordinary cavalry saddle, the driver riding the horse. One man can manage it and load and unload the patient. [The tread is narrow, thus permitting its use in rough and bushy country, and having only two wheels it can be turned about easily. It can be used as a rapid and easy means of taking dressings and supplies near to the dressing stations.] Page 517.—Contents or Pouches. Note: The following changes in the contents of these pouches have been adopted since this book went to press: Number of packets of gauze increased from four to eight; first-aid packets reduced from eight to four. Number of packages of ligatures in orderly pouch reduced from twelve to six, and a case containing three vials for alkaloidal solutions, and a folding lantern added. A webbing tourniquet is substituted for the rubber bandage in the hospital-corps pouch. Page 518.—Stretchers. The “Stokes splint stretcher” has been adopted for use by the Navy and also by the Army for use on transports, hospital ships, and batteries at seacoast artillery stations.