Specification of Barthelemy Louis François Xavier Fléchelle : litter and bed for invalids.

  • Fléchelle, Barthelemy Louis François Xavier.
Date:
1854
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of Barthelemy Louis François Xavier Fléchelle : litter and bed for invalids. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fledielles Improvements in Carrying, Fedding, ^ Bathing Invalids. buttons at t. The pillow y, is similarly constructed. In the use of « this litter the sick person can be transferred from the litter to a bed without being in any way disturbed. The litter is placed on the bed, and together with the mattress is divided into two parts in the centre, one of which is removed on each side, and the sick person is gently 5 slid on to the bed. It also has the advantage of occupying less space than an ordinary litter when out of use. The second part of the Invention consists of a bed suitable for per¬ forming medical or surgical operations, and which is so arranged as to allow a part to slide out from the centre so as to permit the operator 10 to advance towards the centre of the bed when necessary. The bed IS also arranged so as to be capable of being set at any required inclination. Figure 5, shows a perspective view of this apparatus, which receives a mattress divided into two parts, as is the case with the litter before ] 5 described. The sides k, of the bed hinge at which, when the cross piece s, is removed, permit the two parts k, at the end of the bed to be separated from one another; then the operator in drawing out the slide /, can advance into the middle of the bed, and there perform any necessary operation. The bed turns on the centre o, so that it can be 20 adjusted to any inclination by means of the handle^, and a pinion working into the carved rack q; when the required inclination is ob¬ tained it is made fast by a pin passing through the arm r. Z, are the rests for the hands of the person operated on. m, mh and n, are rests for the hands and feet respectively. 25 It will be seen that the divided mattress permits the changing of the sheets, &c. without removing the patient from the bed. The third part of my Invention consists in the arrangement of a bath for sick persons. The patient is slid from the litter or in any other manner placed on to a strained web, which by means of a pair 30 of winches, one at each end, is lowered into the bath underneath. A perspective view of this arrangement is shewn at Figure 9. The sick person is placed on the surface /h which may be of woollen or other fabric strained on a wooden frame, and in which are holes g^; this sur¬ face is suspended at the ends by pieces of fabric e\ which, when the 35