"this great little history book has been resurrected by the publishers for our edification and enjoyment. And pure enjoyment it is" -- 9-1-1 MAGAZINE, MAY/JUNE 1992
"well-documented and superbly illustrated" "should be appealing to a wide audience, emergency providers, and students of medical history alike. -- New York State Journal of Medicine, February 1992
Competently written, this book will find special appeal with those interested in "professional" cars and emergency medical service. -- SAH JOURNAL, January-February 1991
Product Description
The Story of Emergency Transportation of Sick and Wounded through the Centuries. One of the very few books ever published on this subject. Documents the history of emergency medical transportation from 900 A.D. to the 1970's. With over one hundred and fifty illustrations, the work begins in depth with the eighteenth-century medical services initiated by Dominique-Jean Larrey, a surgeon in Napoleon's army, then details the evolution of the ambulance through peace and war up till the modern era.
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