Gunshot injuries, their history, characteristic features, complications, and general treatment : with statistics concerning them as they have been met with in warfare / by Sir T. Longmore.

Date:
1895
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Gunshot injuries, their history, characteristic features, complications, and general treatment : with statistics concerning them as they have been met with in warfare / by Sir T. Longmore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    case of need conducted by a single soldier holding the bridle of the first mule. The mule cacolets of the British service.—These cacolets are made of wrought-iron and are simply folding-chairs, arranged for being hooked to the two sides of a pack-saddle. Each cacolet can be placed either on the right or left side of the pack-saddle, and each forms a seat for one patient. A footboard is attached to each cacolet. A broad strap crossing the patient in front assists in keeping him steady in his seat. The weight of a pair Fig. 71. Mule Litter. of cacolets is 56 lbs.; the weight of the present general service pattern pack-saddle, known as size No. 1, is 46 lbs. The drawing (fig. 70) will furnish a better idea of this mode of conveyance than a more lengthened description. Mule litters of the British service.—These conveyances are also made of wrought-iron. The framework of the litter is jointed into three principal divisions, so that the whole may be folded up in a compact form when not in use. Each litter when extended is about 6| feet in length. The bed of the litter is