Innovación tecnológica y humanitarismo en el traslado de heridos de guerra: el informe de Nicasio Landa sobre un nuevo sistema de suspensión elástica de camillas (Pamplona, 29 mayo 1875) / 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)

Resumen En mayo de 1875, en medio de una sangrienta contienda civil en España conocida como Tercera Guerra Carlista, Nicasio Landa, oficial médico de Sanidad Militar redactó un informe demandando autorización a sus superiores para que Cruz Roja Española, de la que era inspector general, pudiera adoptar un nuevo sistema de suspensión elástica para camillas que había diseñado, desarrollado y probado. Destinado ante todo a carretas de labranza – el medio de transporte de heridos aún más frecuente entonces – se presentaba como un mecanismo económico y resistente para mejorar el confort de los trasladados, que podía también instalarse en carruajes de ambulancia, vagones de ferrocarril y buques-hospitales. Se publica una edición anotada del informe precedida de una presentación del mismo.

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.

Design of added equipment for transporting the wounded on the truck / 医疗卫生装备

Based on new material and technic, the design of general structure, stretcher fixture, vibration isolation, carriage baffle fixture, ergonomical parameters selection for a new kind of stretcher suspension named added equipment for transporting the wounded on the truck is carried out. The results of mechanical performance experiment, reliability experiment, road adaptability test, road comfort test, application experiment by troops indicate that the added equipment is safe, reliable, convenient for use and fairly comfortable to persons lying on it. Thus a new kind of equipment fit for the army to transport the wounded on the truck under the field condition is developed.