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870 ILLUSTRATED WORLD
New Ladder for Picking
Fruit
This ladder is mounted on four
wheels, two of which are swiveled,
by means of which it may
be moved readily around a tree
or all about the orchard, by one
man. Besides having the advantage
of being portable it is much
safer than any other kind of ladder,
as it will keep its position without
resting against any support. The
frame to which the wheels are attached
is made of steel pipe and is heavy
enough to prevent the ladder's tipping,
even when two men are working on it.
This being the case, the ladder may be
pushed up among the outer branches,
which cannot readily be reached from an ordinary
ladder without taking grave risks of a
fall.
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A Pump That Makes Him Breathe
SEES
A resuscitation device much simplerin its operation than
the pulmotor has been invented by a Memphis man who
believes that its general use will greatly reduce the num­
ber of deaths through accidental drowning, asphyxiation,
and similar perils.
The device consists of a cone shaped cylinder attached
to a sheet of rubber. This sheet is attached to the chest
of the patient and the handle of the cone shaped cup is
worked up and down. The downward stroke permits the
elastic sheet to make its "purchase" upon the chest and
the upward stroke, by creating a vacuum, makes a bellows
of the chest wall. By this continued process the respira­
tion of the patient may be renewed even after death seems
to have taken place.