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Stretcher - Canvas, circa 1916
Reg. No: SH 891487
- Summary:
- Canvas stretcher, circa 1916. Made for use in WWI. It was used for many years at Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital when it was taken over by the army during and after World War 1 to treat soldiers with mental illness. The stretcher became a posession of the Office of Psychiatric Services as a result.
- Description:
- Simple wood and canvas stretcher. The canvas is cream-coloured, 183.5 cm long, ending with woven ends extending slightly beyond the wooden cross-members. On either side, it is secured into place beneath a flat wooden rod screwed onto the heavier lateral frame rods. The frame rod ends are shaped to form rounded, smooth handles, very worn. The cross-members are reinforced with metal plates, 6cm wide, painted pink.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Joan Harris - Office of Psychiatric Services, 1989
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 231.50 cm (Height), 4.00 cm (Width), 63.00 cm (Length) |
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| Tagged with: | australians at war, first aid equipment, medical equipment, psychiatric hospitals, stretchers, wars conflicts, world war i 1914-1918 |
| Themes this item is part of: | Psychiatric Services Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection, Transport Collection, Victorian Railways - Refreshment Services Branch |
| Primary Classification: | MEDICINE & HEALTH |
| Secondary Classification: | Mental Health - Clinical |
| Tertiary Classification: | equipment |
| Inscriptions: | A metal plate attatched to the right side lateral frame rod reads: "MADE AND PRESENTED/ BY EMPLOYEES OF/ VICTORIAN RAILWAYS." TO the right, stamped in wood, reads "RED +" and "AUSTRALIA" (suggesting that it may have been used or intended for use outside Australia). |
| Maker: | Victorian Railways (VR), circa 1916 |
| Place & Date Used: | Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital (Mental Asylum), Parkville, Victoria, Australia, circa 1916 |
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