Description of the U.S. Army transport cart, model of 1876 / by D.L. Huntington and George A. Otis, exhibited in the yard.

  • United States. Army Medical Department (1968- )
Date:
1876
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Description of the U.S. Army transport cart, model of 1876 / by D.L. Huntington and George A. Otis, exhibited in the yard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    the Medical DeiDartraeiit, so that the chest may be readily and quickly filled from any dispensary. Medicine Chest.—The medicine chest is furnished with five trays cov- ered by accurately fitting lids. The trays are of black walnut and are seventeen and a half inches long, sixteen and thi'ee-quarter inches wide and vary in depth and in their subdivisions. All the trays are readily raised by apertures for the fingers cut near the upper edges of the ends and not represented in the cuts. Tray No. 1 is five inches in depth and is subdivided into three com- partments as indicated in the accompanying cut (Fig. 2.) One compart- ment is intended for stationery, the two others for miscellaneous ar- ticles, as enumerated in the subjoined list: Fig. 2.— Tray CoMPAUTMiiNT A Contains— Paper, cap, ruled, Quire i. Paper, Quarto-post, ruled, Quire i. Paficr, note, ruled. Quire i. ICnvelopcs, oflicial, large. No. 25. F.nvelopes, official, small, No. 25. Inkstand, traveller's, filled. No. i. Pencils, lead, Fabcr's, No. 2, No. 6. Pens, Gillott's steel, No. 12. Penholders, No. 6. Ink, carmine, bottles, i. Mucilage, bottles, i Klastic rubber-bands, do/., i. Pocket register for patients. No. i. ' No. I of Medicine Chest. Compartment 13 contains— Pill Tile, 8 by 6, No. i. Probang, No. \. Ichthyocolla plaster, in case, yards, i. Fountain syringe in case. No. 1. Assorted corks, box, i. Pill Boxes, paper. No. i. Matches, in tin box, boxes i. CoMi'AKTMKNT C colitains— Brass Spirit Lamp, with wicking, No. 1. Hard Kubbcr penis syringe. No. 1. Tape measure. No. i. Suspensory Bandages, No. 6. Nccdle-caso, filled. No. i. Pins, papers i. Ta])c, Roll I.