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Neil Robertson stretcher|ˌnɪəl ˈrɒbətsən|
[App. f. a proper name.]
(See quots. 1941, 1967.)
1941N. Hammer Warwick & Tunstall's First Aid (ed. 18) xviii. 242 The Neil Robertson stretcher (the hammock stretcher) is made of split bamboo sewn onto stout canvas, on the principle of Gooch splinting. It surrounds and encloses the patient completely and rigidly. 1959Times 16 Mar. (Port of London Suppl.) p. xvi/3 All boats carry a Neil Robertson stretcher designed to remove casualties from such awkward places as the hold or engine room of a ship. 1967J. Wainwright Worms must Wait lxii. 154 The ‘Neil-Robertson’ stretcher was a contraption of stout canvas, bamboo, leather straps, buckles and rope. Its purpose was (to quote the book of words) ‘to lift casualties in any position through small hatches, man-holes, sewer ventilators and for lowering from heights’. 1974P. McCutchan Call for S. Shard xiv. 134 Tuball and his plastered leg safely strapped into a Neil Robertson stretcher with his crutches attached. |