The Ambulance

Ryan Corbett Bell, a psychiatrist and former district attorney, has visited hospitals, clinics, leper colonies, and infirmaries worldwide and studies medical history and the ways in which care is delivered. He lives in Rochester, New York.

Table of Contents



Acknowledgments     

Preface     



1. Prelude to the Ambulance     

2. Debut of the Ambulance     

3. The Modern Ambulance Appears     

4. Developments During the Civil War     

5. “Let Us No Longer Add Murder to Maiming”: The Civilian Ambulance in America     

6. Badge and Bandages: Police Surgeons and Patrol Ambulances     

7. The Ambulance Surgeons     

8. First Aides: Early Ambulance Attendants and Emergency Hospitals     

9. From Horses to Horsepower     



Between pages 176 and 177 are 8 color plates containing 12 images



10. Siren Call: The Lure of Speed     

11. Specialty Squads and Disaster Cars     

12. The 1950s: Losing the Battle     

13. The 1960s: Changing Tactics     

14. An Incomplete Revolution: 1970 to 2000     

15. The Ambulance in the 21st Century     




Appendix I. In Search of the Origins of the Misericordia     

Appendix II. Barber Surgeons     

Appendix III. Dalton: A Life of Service     

Appendix IV. Shock of Life: The Portable Defibrillator     

Chapter Notes     

Bibliography     

Index