Hovercraft to Hoverbed

Series

Series Name: London Line (Colour series 2)

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1968

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: ... for the hospital - an invention designed to help with the treatment of the severely burned. The hoverbed makes use of the hover principle to float the burned patient on a sterile cushion of air - without any of the usual skin contact with the fabric of a conventional bed.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1394/30

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Commonwealth Affairs Office
Sponsor: Foreign Office

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