title: [Technological innovation and humanitarianism in the transport of war wounded: Nicasio Landa's report on a new elastic suspension system for stretchers (Pamplona, May 29, 1875)].
abstract: In May 1875, in the midst of a bloody civil conflict in Spain known as the Third Carlist War, Nicasio Landa, a medical officer with Military Health, wrote a report requesting authorization for the Spanish Red Cross, of which he was Inspector General, to adopt a new elastic suspension system for stretchers that he had designed, developed and tested. Intended above all for use in farm wagons - still the most widely-used method of transporting the wounded at the time - it was an inexpensive, sturdy mechanism that improved patient comfort and could also be installed in ambulance carriages, railway carriages and hospital ships. An annotated version of the report is included, preceded by a presentation of its contents.
authors.affiliation: Profesor de investigación, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Historia de la Ciencia/Departamento de Ciencias Históricas/Institución Milà i Fontanals del CSIC. Carrer de les Egipcíaques, 15. E-08001 - Barcelona - CAT - España. jonarri@imf.csic.es.
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arrizabalaga
authors.affiliation: Técnico superior, Formación en Gestión de la Investigación en Salud/Subdirección de Evaluación y Fomento de la Investigación/Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Avenida Monforte de Lemos, 5. E-28029 - Madrid - MAD - España. pantellus@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: García-Reyes
mesh_terms: D000068337:Armed Conflicts / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D062069:Inventions / Q000266:history; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history; D058254:Stretchers / Q000266:history*; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000266:history*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000266:history