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The Hammock being difplayed, and the Crofs- 
beams taken away, the Patient is wrapped up in Nap- 
kins as much as poflible, to fupply the Sheet he wants 
between his Body and the Leather of the Hammock ; 
he is afterwards covered with an upper Sheet, and 
other neceflary Bed-cloaths. 
Tab. 3. This Machine may be farther improved 
by Ufe. For Pittance: Since I contrived this, I 
thought that inftead of the Border or Hem of the 
Hammock , one might make ftrong cylindrical iron 
Rods, like Curtain-rods, formed into a Square, fome- 
what larger than the Bedhead, to the Four Corners 
of which are fattened as many Ropes, which meet at 
the Pulley $ in which Cafe the Crofs- beams, and the 
Ropes depending on them, become ufelefs 5 and in- 
ftead of a Hammock all of one Piece, one might fix 
Four broad Straps of Turkey Leather to Two Sides of 
the fquare Rod, which may be placed under fuch 
Parts of the Patient’s Body as will be proper, and 
which leave a Space between each other where it is 
convenient. Thefe Straps may be fattened to the 
iron Rods by feveral Buckles with Rings to Aide along 
the Rods, by the Help of which the Straps may be 
pufhed on to fuch Places where there is Occailon 5 
they may alfo thereby be ftretched or flackened, or 
even be taken off, or changed as is thought fit. After 
the Patient has been drefted, and the Bed made, the 
Four Ropes may be taken off both from the Rod 
and from the Block, and the Rod be let drop with 
the Extremities of the Straps down upon the Floor 
round the Bedftead, which being narrower than the 
Square of the Rod, the latter will eafily flip over it. 
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