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b"Rerun: During the Siege of Malaga, on 7th May 1487, Queen Isabella of Spain commissioned bespoke bed-wagons to transport injured soldiers from the battlefield to specially-erected tent hospitals, the world's earliest ambulance.\\nDespite this innovation, it was hundreds of years before the concept - and the word \\u2018ambulance\\u2019 - gained common currency worldwide, notably thanks to the American Civil War.\\nIn this episode, The Retrospectors consider the propagandic purpose of transporting the wounded; evaluate the hearse-like designs of the first motorised ambulances; and reveal why ambulances were feared and ridiculed by those who had to use them\\u2026\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\nHistory of the Ambulance (Liverpool Medical Institution): https://www.lmi.org.uk/history-of-the-ambulance\\n\\u2018The Ambulance: A History - By Ryan Corbett Bell\\u2019 (McFarlane and Company, 2009): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Ambulance/-YtlthqHmHsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=ambulance+malaga+1487&printsec=frontcover\\n\\u2018Earliest Life Saving Ambulances in History\\u2019 (Faramel, 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSafOiyWvu8\\nThis episode first premiered in 2023, for members of \\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\\U0001f334 - where you can also DITCH THE ADS and get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast. Join now via Apple Podcasts or Patreon. Thanks!\\n\\xa0\\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/retrospectors\\n\\xa0\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Ollie Peart.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2024.\\n\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"