Medical compend for masters of the Naval Auxiliary Service and others : to accompany medicine box and boat box.

Date:
1918
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Medical compend for masters of the Naval Auxiliary Service and others : to accompany medicine box and boat box. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This rat~ ¢ ward: is made of two disks of galvanized iron 3 feet or more in diameter, joined by four rods or braces of galvanized iron and a funnel made of sheet galvanized iron. Each disk is made up of two segments, as shown in the diagram, or the disks can be eut, as in the Fox rat guard,’ and joined on one side by a bolt that acts as a hinge, a socket being provided to lock the two seg- ments on the other side. The two disks are joined at the center by a funnel made of sheet iron. The funnel is made up of two halves, one of which joins on the one side the two large segments of the disks and on the other the smaller segments. The central part of the funnel has long seg- ments cut out as shown in the diagram. After closing the guard over a _ ship’s line, the central part of the funnel is tied to the line by a small piece of rope. This fastens the rat guard to the ship’s line, so that it 1 Reprint No. 86, from the Public IHlealih Reports, vol. 27, No. 28, June 7, 1912, pp. 907- 908. (See also Naval Medical Bulletin, October, 1912.) A RA] “GUARD PE OR SRI INES: Diom. of Diss 3. 69 Fay wel. EEN Cobre tivete. To be made df heavy Cel. For use onlines uh to dian 4 bd Ta