Hospital bed
Date
1807
Creator
S. Porter (British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 128mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Study of a mobile bed or stretcher for the secure transporting of medical cases.
The accompanying article states that: ‘When this machine, which is delineated in the plate, was first invented, it was solely intended for the use of the army. To this purpose it has been successfully applied; and is in common application in several of the garrisons of Great Britain…Since the time of its being adopted by the army, it has likewise been brought into the service of a great many of the public hospitals.’
Plate 7, illustrating the paper: ‘Directions for constructing a cheap bed and elastic frame, for the easy conveyance of sick or wounded persons. Invented and most humbly presented to his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, by Patrick Crichton...’ The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.29, (1807-1808) pp.289-292.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Vol.XXIX. Plate VII. Lieut. Col. Crichton’s Bed for the easy Conveyance of Sick or Wounded Soldiers’. Inscribed below: ‘S. Porter sculp. 116’.
Patrick Crichton (1762-1823), British soldier, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers.
The accompanying article states that: ‘When this machine, which is delineated in the plate, was first invented, it was solely intended for the use of the army. To this purpose it has been successfully applied; and is in common application in several of the garrisons of Great Britain…Since the time of its being adopted by the army, it has likewise been brought into the service of a great many of the public hospitals.’
Plate 7, illustrating the paper: ‘Directions for constructing a cheap bed and elastic frame, for the easy conveyance of sick or wounded persons. Invented and most humbly presented to his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, by Patrick Crichton...’ The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.29, (1807-1808) pp.289-292.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Vol.XXIX. Plate VII. Lieut. Col. Crichton’s Bed for the easy Conveyance of Sick or Wounded Soldiers’. Inscribed below: ‘S. Porter sculp. 116’.
Patrick Crichton (1762-1823), British soldier, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers.
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