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lhc| Chilral campaign, iuid by Major HalU-rsliy, 

 K.A.M.C, ill llic Nile cxpcdilion of the Soudan 

 campaign. Ttie results in lioth these cases proveil 

 lieyond doubt that very vahiable aid was yiveii l<> the 

 medical olticers. 



Ten ii.nipUte sets of apparatus have l)een oHicially 



Society of London, in January 1899. The high 

 temperatures of the country traversed was one of i)ie 

 gre-atesl difliculties with which he had to contend, 

 inrlicularly on account of the dan(;er to wlfich the 

 induction coil was exposed of having its insulation 

 broken down by the softening of the wax in^i<lc. 



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Fig. 26. LliG, fractured just above thk Ankle. 



sent to the scat of war in South Alrica, and in addi- 

 tion to these many have been taken by ofticers. 



The successful work of Major Hattersby in the 

 Soudan was summarised by that officer in an ex- 

 cellent paper read by him before the Rcintgen 



The coil and other items were therefore wrapt in 

 wet flannels to keep the temperature lower Ijy eva- 

 poration. To render the coil mote portable it was 

 made in two parts, in a manner similar to most of 

 the big coils in use at present. The coil part was 



