mule-litter

plural mule-litters

1. alternativeAlternative form of mule litter.

   I have the honor to transmut for your consideration drawings of a mule-litter which I respectfully recommend for adoption in the army for use on the frontier in campaigns against hostile Indians.

   1877 March 1, H. McElderry & al., A Report to the Surgeon General on the Transport of Sick and Wounded by Pack Animals, Surgeon General's Office Circular No. 9, p. 15

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   When a patient with a fractured bone has to be transported on a mule-litter... any available means of support, such as straw, hay, or articles of clothing, that can be obtained should be arranged on the litter as padding to secure the limb in an easy position, and to prevent the movement, which is unavoidable with such conveyances, from acting locally on the injured part.

   1869, Thomas Longmore, A Treatise on the Transport of Sick and Wounded Troops..., page 285