Military hand litter

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Military hand litter

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Title: New ways of using the military hand litter. It can be made a valuable help to surgery
Caption 1: Tying the foot of the injured side with the left front litter sling. The first step toward immobilization
Caption 2: Major H. R. Allen, M.R. C, who has much improved the army litter
Caption 3: By straps and slings the patient is held immovably, even though the litter be turned over completely
Caption 4: This shows how complete mobilization is achieved, by means of slings, when all extremities of patient are broken
Caption 5: Litter with the patient on its turned to horizontal position. Second step toward mobilization
Caption 6: Immobilization is maintained even though the the litter be carby the handles of one side only
Caption 7: The litter may even be turned on end with the patient's head down with out disturbing fractures
Caption 8: In a case of emergency one man can carry the litter with the immobilized patient on his back without risk or danger

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Major H. R. Allen (inventor)

Language (Dublin Core)

eng

Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core)

Date Issued (Dublin Core)

1918-05

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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)

654-655

Rights (Dublin Core)

Public domain

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Archived by (Dublin Core)

Filippo Valle

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