Catalogue of articles contained in the Museum of Military Surgery attached to the Army Medical School at Netley.

  • Army Medical School (Great Britain). Museum of Military Surgery.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Catalogue of articles contained in the Museum of Military Surgery attached to the Army Medical School at Netley. 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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    ] 0 gallons of water, instruments, &c. The centre seat on being removed forms a stretcher. The vehicle is provided with a moveable awning.— D.M. 1311. Model of McAdam’s steel spring suspension ambulance convey- ance for two wounded men lying at full length; especially intended for men suffering from compound fractures of the thigh. The cart is suspended from a steel-bar spring which is made to work on an axle placed above instead of below the conveyance. When this conveyance is travelling, the part in which the patients are laid will remain constantly level, like a swinging lamp on board ship, and jolting from passing over a rough road will be, in a great measure, prevented. It is provided with a cover, splash board, place for packs, arms, &c. The conductor leads the cart instead of driving.—D.M. 1312. Model of McAdam’s elastic-band suspension cart. This ambulance-cart resembles the preceding, with the exception that the suspension is effected by four elastic bands which connect the frame- work with the body of the vehicle. The elastic bands are attached to four iron hooks, one of which is placed at each bottom corner of the cart. The suspension is direct from the shafts and axle, the latter being placed above the cart as in No. 1311. Undue motion of the body of the vehicle is restrained by short chains which proceed from the four upper corners of the cart to the shafts.—DM. 1313. Model ofr McAdam’s suspension cart for four men in a sitting position. The ambulance cart in this instance is suspended above the axle which passes through an opening in the body of the cart between the seats for the wounded men. The suspension is effected by four elastic bands which are carried from the four corners of the bottom of the cart to four hooks fixed in the shafts. The wounded men sit back to back with a partition between them. The packs, arms, &c., are car- ried under the seats, which are made locker-fashion. The cart is provided with cover, splash board, &c.—DM. 1321. Model of a Maltese cart fitted as an ambulance conveyance, and furnished with two folding litters; made to scale. This ambulance con- veyance was authorized at one time for use in the British army.—W.O., DM. Prepared in the Royal Carriage Department, Woolwich. (b.) Four-wheeled. 1331. Model of Inspector General Macpherson’s Madras waggon, intended to be drawn by four horses or bullocks. This waggon is arranged for the conveyance of eight wounded or sick men sitting, or two lying and three sitting. It is covered by a fixed covering with moveable flaps for the passage of air and for shade. It is provided with an arm rack for eight rifles beneath the seats with two field stretchers, one being fixed on each side of the waggon, and with receptacles for packs and stores. This waggon is reported to have been subjected to a severe trial over bad roads at Madras and with the result that “ not a nail started.” From Madras. Presented hy Inspector-General Dr, Duncan McPherson, Madras Army. 1333. Full-sized vulcanized indiarubber spring for suspended ambu- lance conveyances ; invented by Col. Tulloh.— W. O. In use in the British Service.