Specification of John Walter Cawley Wren : beds for invalids.

  • Wren, John Walter Cawley.
Date:
1855
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of John Walter Cawley Wren : beds for invalids. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Specification. Wrens Improved Construction of Invalid Bed. have moved past a vertical line, a stop or stops applied to the main frame of the bedstead will arrest their movement, and thus the sacking frame with the patient upon it will be suspended about 18 inches, more or less, above the bedstead frame. The bed may then be arranged, or the bed pan may be applied and removed, and when this is done the sacking frame is lowered by 5 gently pressing against the foot end thereof, the nurse resting her foot at the same time on the treadle to prevent the frame falling with a jerk. LONDON : Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode,