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Stretcher, portable   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Furley, John
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Stretcher, portable
Object type Medical; casualties/wars
Classification: NM3.11520
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English: Ashford litter - demountable wheeled stretcher used by St John's Ambulance Association, (Auckland), circa 1900-1920 two wheeled spring suspension hand-pushed 'cart' .1 stretcher- wooden frame with canvas cover and folding canvas hood; extendable wooden handles at either end .2- wheeled base- base with two wooden spoked wheels and metal framework for supporting stretcher; fold-up metal legs for use when stationary
Date 1890s
date QS:P571,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
-1920s; Circa 1900-1920; 27 Aug 1959; 1959; Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901)-English reign
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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1959.104
Place of creation Unknown; Auckland
Notes Ashford litter used by St John's Ambulance Association, Auckland. Sir John Furley, one of the founders of St John's Ambulance Association adapted the design of German horse-drawn ambulances to produce a a light and mobile demountable stretcher with small detachable wheels - he patented the design and called it the Ashford Litter. This was described as an 'ambulant stretcher'. In 1875 the British Order of St John officially called these litters “St John Ambulances”. The St John Ambulance Association was formed two years later in 1877, by which time “ambulance” had become a well established word for any vehicle that conveyed the sick and injured to hospital. Ashford litters were used during the Anglo-Boer war, and to a limited extent during WW1. Although replaced wiothin the regular ambulance service they continued to be used in were in use in some situations through to the early 1930s.
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