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Départ, des Champs-Elysées, de la premiere ambulance de la Société de secours aux blessés

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:
[Paris : s.n., 1878?]
Language(s):
French
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Warfare
Transportation of Patients
Ambulances
Genre(s):
Pictorial Works
Abstract:
In the head illustration, a horse-drawn ambulance is shown riding past an honor guard and a large crowd of bystanders. A hospital tent is seen in the background. Several accompanying smaller illustrations are of various types of ambulances.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 print : image 27 x 37 cm., on mount 28 x 39 cm.
Provenance:
Gift; William H. Helfand; 2003; 03-75.
Technique:
wood engraving, black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101460703 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
C05602
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101460703