Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
A modified field ambulance which can be used in an emergency or over rough terrain ...
Contributor (Organization):
United States. Army.
Subject (Keyword):
Chesnick, R. B.
Subject (Keyword):
Ambulances
Subject (Keyword):
Transportation of patients
Subject (Keyword):
Trinidad and Tobago
Subject (Genre):
Pictorial Works
Subject (MeSH Term):
Military Medicine
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Army, 1942.
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
A015102
Physical Description:
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Image Description:
Subject: A serviceman sits at the wheel of a jeep. Next to him on a litter that stretches over the passenger seat lies a wounded soldier. Three servicemen each stand at a corner of the jeep. Behind them is a row of tents.
Note (General):
Title continues: ... This is the first time that an army "jeep" has been used for a field ambulance, no new equipment is needed, anything used in a regular field ambulance is all that is necessary. Artillery Medical Officer, R.B. Chesnick is the originator of this modified field ambulance. 6/3/42. ... Rapsey Cant, Trinidad, B.W.I. 99th C.A.M. Officer.
Note (General):
"SC 149196"--stamped on verso.
Note (General):
Title and copyright information stamped on verso.
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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Call Number:
Ambulances no. 32 box 1 mil
Record UI:
101442680

A modified field ambulance which can be used in an emergency or over rough terrain ...

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