The Stretcher Bearer (1915)

A World War I Pocket Guide for Medics, Covering Poison Gas Asphyxia and With Dozens of Pictures of Battlefield First Aid Technique Dupuy, Georges M. The Stretcher Bearer. A Companion to the R.A.M.C. Training Book, Illustrating the Stretcher-Bearer Drill and the Handling and Carrying of the Wounded. London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, 1915. Oblong 12mo. Limp-bound. 1st Edition. First edition of this handy pocket guide for World War I stretcher bearers, with specific instructions on poison gas and artificial respiration, as well as dozens of photographic illustrations depicting stretcher-bearing techniques, bandaging, and other emergency measures. Written in the early years of World War I by a prominent French physician and medical illustrator, The Stretcher Bearer focuses on the core techniques that were required by stretcher bearers and field medics. The 138 photographic illustrations depict lifting patients and loading ambulance wagons with different medic team compositio