Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-04
ON THE FIRST CARES TO BE GIVEN TO THE
WOUNDED

UOONOLD.
To tie Editor Of tie Whig;
When an upper limb Is broken Il Is easy for the SUI
fsrsr to go by himself in quest of the surgeon. The
hand Of the sound side to sustain the wounded
limb and needs no other aid than sling can afford.
Not so With the lover eItremities Patients must be
raised carried undresJed-proOesses all exceedingly
painful u.less skifllly managed. Ambrose Pare. the
great Huguenos surgeon Of Charles IL, had oree the
mishap, as be vas getting into boat to have his leg
broken by kick from bis horse Fearing = second
says he, "a stepped backwards but suddenly falling, the
fractured bones broke through the sab and through
boots with pain great as man may endure. Lifted
INTO the boat hA TO be roNed across the river, and
its rocking almost killed me- for the cod of the broken
bones rubbsd against the essh at every motion. was
h,a carried into house. with greater paia STILL for
one man bore my body, another my log and third my
loot in Waking one lifted the right another lowered
ne on the lefs When at LAST, they laid the bed
vas a. wet as II had afen into the water, only vita
the swea. Of agony" As sad spectacle Is but too
mon on battle fields, where the wounded are seated
across muske ed by their clothes, rolled up 10
coaks to be dragged rather than carried away. "HOw
many generals and soldiers" cries Pe.cy shave not
seen carried ef in this manner, sometimes 10 half
sgue from the battle field and il must be confessed
that but for this of misery many brave soldier
would have preserved both life and limb"
'For my own part" sIys Malgaigpe, 81 regard these
DIS in transportation OF the potent Of
pasuode sArRgs Of the muscles and Of the ensiye
Inflammation which so often accompanies complicated
fractures" In towns or cities litter easily obtained
In PArs the litter most employed is long frame with
foue legs The bottom, Of strong CLOTH is horizontal in
the part which sustans the lower limbs and affords an
inc med plane for the head and body. cover over
sea for the and rain may be attached at pleasure
This is simple aud complete.
BIT ters Ike this or Of the Goeke pattern, such az
We &c USED il the Polish campaign rarely accessible
At tie oneut they wanted Taere Is then no time
or cl &c to seek them in the. baggage wagons. This
difficulty has been met by Baron Percy by Companies
Of httS-5earsrs every Of whom is armed with
pole six feet long, adapted pike head which is put
on or taken eff convenience. Tlese men, also clrry
each cross piecs, pierced at lie two ends with two
rJutd holes the poles pass and supported
BY two fest which the litter ten inches from tie
ground The CLOTH sacAing bottom Of the litter, is
worn a. scarf or belt and has lateral grooves like
that OF Gosrke. Percy's plan adopted by decree
ia 1915 political events caused its execution to be de-
erred Indefinitely, bu! every military surgeon who has
assisted important battles must be sensible Of its i'm.
porance aud that only by such OrgAnElto can the
service Of the health Of armies be suitably per-
formed
just such accident occurred to Pare befe Psrci
val Pott FAliUg from horseback in London he broke.
his leg and the point Of the bone trayersed the utegu
uents Tns skfll surgeon Immediately sent in-au' ST
Of two pores with their poes and awaited them, pa
iendy strelo cd upon the pavement in the middle
Of January. Wnen they cam, up he bought door,
which he had their poles nailed and thus had himself
Arried great distance. BE recovered without single
bad SYMPTOM while Pare suffered with violent eonvulsive
.sitchngs in his leg and had abScess which supPu
rated a oag time.
On occasions like these carriage always Aggravates
the mischief by ia otng the cramped position inside
Of i! and the difficulty Of getting in aud out In ltag
be wounded into the litter, streng man should
sand the side opposite the fracture, embracing the
ehss, wish one arm and with the other the psvis while
the patient passes his around bis neck, seeo1'
and Hs the sound leg and others the broken limb,
one At each end.