This scale model of Dominique-Jean Larrey‘s “flying ambulance” can be seen (item N°56) – among many other Larrey’s memories and belongings – in the Musée du Service de Santé des Armées in Paris. This simple two-wheeled wagon, introduced by Larrey in the Napoleon army for the transport of the wounded, meant a great step forward in military surgery and nursing.
- Photos by Luca Borghi @ (July 2014), courtesy of the Hospital and Museum’s directions
- Locate the item on this Google Map
Bibliography
– Jacques de Saint-Julien, Jean-Jacques Ferrandis, Le Musée du Service de Santé des Armées au Val-de-Grâce, AXPRO, Paris 1998, pp. 34-35