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The Ambulance: A History Book

The Ambulance: A History
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The Ambulance: A History, Over several centuries the ambulance has evolved from horse-drawn wagons designed to remove wounded soldiers from the battlefield into high-speed emergency rooms on wheels, staffed by skilled professionals. This thorough history follows the ambulance thro, The Ambulance: A History
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  • The Ambulance: A History
  • Written by author Ryan Corbett Bell
  • Published by McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 8/31/2012
  • Over several centuries the ambulance has evolved from horse-drawn wagons designed to remove wounded soldiers from the battlefield into high-speed emergency rooms on wheels, staffed by skilled professionals. This thorough history follows the ambulance thro
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Acknowledgments vi

Preface 1

1 Prelude to the Ambulance 3

2 Debut of the Ambulance 11

3 The Modern Ambulance Appears 18

4 Developments During the Civil War 30

5 "Let us no Longer Add Murder to Maiming": The Civilian Ambulance in America 49

6 Badge and Bandages: Police Surgeons and Patrol Ambulances 80

7 The Ambulance Surgeons 104

8 First Aides: Early Ambulance Attendants and Emergency Hospitals 126

9 From Horses to Horsepower 146

10 Siren Call: The Lure of Speed 177

11 Specialty Squads and Disaster Cars 190

12 The 1950s: Losing the Battle 227

13 The 1960s: Changing Tactics 243

14 An Incomplete Revolution: 1970 to 2000 302

15 The Ambulance in the 21st Century 332

Appendix I In Search of the Origins of the Misericordia 341

Appendix II Barber Surgeons 345

Appendix III Dalton: A Life of Service 347

Appendix IV Shock of Life: The Portable Defibrillator 349

Chapter Notes 355

Bibliography 371

Index 379


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