2-716-938 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Ladder of Good Progress', First World War, c1914, (c1920). 'There never was a war in which the wounded were handled so perfectly. The above shows at a glance the general scheme followed, connecting the turmoil of the Continental battlefield with the calm of the British homeland.' Illustrated idealised diagram indicating the stages of medical treatment following a soldier's injury on the battlefield: First Aid on field; nearest cover; ambulance wagon; dressing station; clearing hospital; ambulance train; base hospital; hospital ship; home hospital; convalescent home'. From "The Great World War - A History" Volume II, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]