Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Everest and Jennings

  • Wheeled chairs throughout the ages

    Mitchell BataviaNew York, New York, United States Wheeled chairs, which have enabled people with disabilities, injuries, and illnesses to engage more fully in society, have a long and somewhat imprecise history, spanning an evolution from wheelless vehicles such as litters to multi-wheeled mobile structures.1-3 Evidence of a beginning can be found on a fifth century…