Henry Dunant was quite the fellow, and the legacy that he left, thanks to the creation of the Red Cross, can even be seen above, an old copy, a second edition, of the Red Cross First Aid handbook.

Of course it will be of use, and i’ll forever know where to lay my hand on it if I fall victim to a battlefieldesque injury, but for now it will suffice as a poignant memory of early medical attention. I have managed to snap a few pages which contain the illustrations, there are a great deal more. I am tempted to remove the best of them and frame some, complete with accompanying instructions, but I suppose the book in complete form is too special to tear to bits. I’ll just have to leaf through from time to time. Do we all know how to do a piggyback now? Great!

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