Illustrated lectures on ambulance work / by R. Lawton Roberts.

  • Roberts, R. Lawton.
Date:
1895
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Credit: Illustrated lectures on ambulance work / by R. Lawton Roberts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    this lamentable and often fatal ignorance, and to show all who will accept of their teaching how they may best render help to those injured, or taken suddenly ill, until medical assist- ance arrives. The aims of the Association appeal so powerfully to our best feelings, and are, from whatever aspect we regard them, of such supreme and vital importance, that the enthusiasm with which they have been supported by the people of this nation, and the eagerness with which they have been imitated by the inhabitants of foreign countries, since the establish- ment of the Association in 1877, can scarcely be wondered at. During the few years the Association has existed, as many as 90,000 people have received its certificates of successful in- struction ; and the movement has extended to Gibraltar, Malta, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, China, South Africa, and the East and West Indies. The great German surgeon— Esmarch—was so impressed, when staying in this country, by the good work done by the ambulance classes of the Asso- ciation, that on his return to Germany he instituted similar classes under the title of Samaritan Schools. In the same way the system of our Association is imitated in Russia. Dr. Karl Reylier, of St. Petersburgh, delivers courses of five am- bulance lectures to classes of from twenty to twenty-five men, and has had the Aide-Memoire and the Handbook (written by Surgeon-Major Shepherd) of our Association translated into the Russian language for purposes of instruction.* In the United States, too, ambulance work has been commenced on the same plan as that adopted in this country. Bear in mind that the Association is not represented by any one class of society, neither is it the offspring of any one political party, nor the work of any one religious denomina- tion or sect. People of all ranks, from members of the Royal Family! down to the most humble workmen, are among its pupils. Men holding the most different political opinions are all alike among its supporters; and churchmen, noncon- formists—persons indeed of every religious denomination— alike approve of its work and encourage its progress. The Association also enjoys the highest approval and the most cordial co-operation of the entire medical profession : for * “The Red Cross Society and Ambulance Work in Russia,” Captain Dalton, Brit. Med■ Jour., Dec. 2nd, 1882. t The Princess Christian holds both the Preliminary and Nursing Cer. tificates, having passed the required examinations.
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