Identifier: albanymedicalann1918medi (find matches)
Title: Albany medical annals
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Medical Society of the County of Albany (N.Y.) Albany Medical College. Alumni Association
Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : Burdick & Taylor
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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t, and connected by a lightstructure of seamless tubing, upon which is placed a detachablelitter. The whole weighs about one hundred and sixty-fivepounds, and is propelled by two riders, who occupy the backseats of the tandems. The front seats and pedals are removed.Capt. Theo. E. Lyon, Eighth Regiment, N. G., N. Y., command-ing The Bicycle Company of his regiment, made trial of thisambulance during a bicycle campaign with his company on LongIsland, in July, 1897. He gives the experience of one day as fol-lows: The ambulance, with about eighty pounds of baggage onthe litter, left Creedmoor at 9 a. m., and arrived at Babylon,a distance of thirty miles, at 4 p. m. The riders were tired out,and the tires of the wheels in such bad condition that I decidednot to use the ambulance further on the expedition. It hadrained hard nearly all day, and the roads were muddy and heavyexcept over some macadamized portions. On roads like these,and up hills, it was extremely hard work to push the wheels
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200 Albany Medical Annals. along. I also found that under these circumstances there wasgreat difficulty in steering the machine. Tihe Cycle Ambu-lance may prove valuable for use on city streets, but evidentlyit cannot be considered serviceable for rough and muddy countryroads. A recent invention by Mr. Frederic Remington, the artist, isby far the best adaptation of the wheel to the litter that has yetbeen made. Mr. Remington, in his campaign experiences withthe army on the frontier, has had an eye for the needs of thewounded soldier, as well as for picturesque scouts and warriors.The invention, which he calls a Litter-Carrier, consists of a sin-gle wheel, and of a framework to hold the litter. The wheel istwenty-four inches in diameter, and has a steel rim three inches inwidth, covered with a rubber band: within the rim is a V-shaped shield of wood, through which the spokes pass. Theshield prevents the accumulation of mud or snow on the rim.The frame is made of steel tubing, ur»on wh

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