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XLIV. Dhect'iom for constructmg a cheap Bed and eldstic 

 Frame, for the easy Conveyance of sick or wounded 

 Persons. Invented, and most humbly presented to his 

 Royal Highness the Cominander in Chief, by Patrick 

 Crichton, Lieutenant -colonel of the Second Regiment 

 Royal Edinburgh Volunteers. 



Directions for the Construction of the Elastic Frame. 



REFERENCES. 



J. HE lower frame aa (Plate VIT.) is made of ash or elm, 

 seven feet long, and five feet four inches bioad. 



BB. Two strong wooden pillars, bound on the sides by 

 two circular pieces of iron, for supporting the elastic frame. 



CCG, The elastic frame, made of the best ash, supported 

 by the wooden pillars, and semicircular pieces of iron. 



EE. The frame or cott, containing a mattress or pelisse^ 

 stuffed with straw. — Two or three hammocks may be sus- 

 • pended, and will answer as well as the cott. 



FF. Rings and iron hooks, by which the cott, bed, and 

 mattress are supported. 



GGG. Four handles projecting from the under frame, one 

 foot three inches long each, by which the whole may be 

 carried by four men. 



HHHH. Four semicircular hoops, over which a cover can 

 be thrown, to protect the patient from the weather. 



The under frame and pillars should be made of ash or' 

 elm, well seasoned. 



The elastic, or upper frame, should be made of ash, re- 

 markably clean and well seasoned, thick in the middle 

 where it is supported, and tapering towards the ends. 



The total expense of the whole, including the iron-work, 

 should not exceed four pounds ten shillings. 



Directions for using the Bed and Frame. 



The lower frame may be fastened by ropes to any cart or 

 waggon, of the same size, or larger than itself. 



The sick or wounded person should first be placed in the bed. 

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