Show THE AMBULANCE SYSTEM ris refI T ulf r of at with C conict aft aw lle it 0 o hie the ambulances of it the e de do and chalin gly at nut 11 ct rations stations in aaris arts have four wheels provided with rubber tires are by one horse the corners rounded in tn the interior and tho the sheet fire re iron sides are painted repainted and varnished they metallic scat seat for the contain in A flexible and a ft litter for tin the patient A rubber of communication anicat ion with be tube u permits coin mu the driver they include no drawers for the carnage carriage of the clothing and bedding of the pa patient tient this service being incumbent upon the dis infecting station in winter they are heated with cylinders of dot hot water fach of thee the e vehicles is capable of carrying one adult patient or two children afflicted flirted with the same contagious disease the ambulance is closed by the driver who must keep the key in his pocket but t the be door can be opened f from roin the interior so COM no oti outsider can open it by inadvertence the litt r put in use in the ambulance stations tat ions of paris is jointed so that the patient can be either seated or placed in a 11 ro re clining posture without having to be boals dis 1 it is arranged as an armchair for fit stairways airways and as a bed in the the invalid rests on a cushion of pure horsehair which can be passed ahr h the dis infecting stove an indefinite dennite in p period the patient having been brought down the legg of the litter are placed upon lii rollers designed to facilitate its introini awil or removal through rails arranged in alir i bit hit lc this litter is made of iron p cited and varnished apertures Aper tures are a p puni u n bid in the bottom of it in order to iau it gr pitr ri ater tr lightness for children ft A litter in I 1 i inform of a hand barrow is used it i i easily seen that this apparatus can be ct crity ily disinfected dis infected th carri o 0 age is effected as follows each stat station ln comprises a superintendent two drivers dr i vers and a groom tho nurses who arc t rimed aimed put on for the carriage of the pat plit along a lon blouse of unbleached cotton vei acl I 1 miji isted to the neck and wrists de sandin to the heels beels and buttoning all the way ray down town the head covering is a cotton c ap which 1 the hair and falls upon the neck the road co costume tu me of ill the a driver Is a blou and a pair of trousers of cotton worn ovel ovet II 11 hi ordinary clothing and an oilcloth cap chith 11 can be easily washed with a bisin fed feet ins solution the ambulances may be ordered direct by the public verbally by letter by telegraph or by telephone As boon soon as the is received the station superia calls up lip the driver and nursie nurse through an electric bell the number of strokes sounded giving the number of the ambulances to be got ready the abbu liners moreover are always ready to start and a horse remains constantly harnessed in tho the office there is posted a list allowing to what hot hospital pital the patient will have to iw lie sent according to tho the nature of his cli di ease eim tho ambulance must not stop at an any point of ite its travel under any pretext whatever As soon as it has depol deposited ted the patient at the hospital it must return to the station where it first enters the yard iset apart tor for this operation ts effected by means of a liquid projected by a vaporizer the outer clothing of tho nurse and driver arc are placed in the stove the ambulance and its litter are afterward placed in the wagon house louse the nurse before retiring to her apartments enters enten a room where she makes her ler with dis infecting liquids and takes care not to neglect to brush her bunds lands and nails nail with care paris letter |