Bottle of terpin
Bottle of terpin, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 92 mm
length 23 mm
width 31 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A635602 Pt1
- type:
- bottles
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Medicine pouch with contents, by Bach and Riedel of Berlin
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Medicine pouch with contents, by Bach and Riedel of Berlin, probably carried by stretcher bearers with some medical training and used in German Army during The First World War, 1914-1918
This leather pouch contains first aid equipment – bandages and a number of medical treatments. Made by a Berlin-based company, Bach & Riedel, the kit was probably carried by stretcher bearers who had had some medical training, in the German Army during the First World War.
Drugs in the pouch include tincture of opium, which would have been used as a strong painkiller for those wounded on the front line.
Details
- Category:
- Emergency Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A635602
- Materials:
- case, leather and case, iron
- Measurements:
-
height 110 mm
length 80 mm
width 180 mm
- type:
- first aid kit
Parts
Bottle, empty
Bottle, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 83 mm
diameter 23 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, cork
- Object Number:
- A635602 Pt2
- type:
- bottles
Tin box of salicyl tallow
Tin box of salicyl tallow
- Measurements:
-
height 19 mm
diameter 51 mm
- Materials:
- box, tinplate
- Object Number:
- A635602 Pt4
- type:
- boxes
Bottle of sodium carbonate tablets
Bottle of sodium carbonate tablets, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 88 mm
diameter 17 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, cork
- Object Number:
- A635602 Pt5
- type:
- bottles
Bottle containing tincture of opium
Tall, rectangular based clear glass bottle with cork stopper and paper label. Bottle containing approximately two ounces of tincture of opium. Label inscribed with 'OpiumTinkture', possibly German
- Measurements:
-
height 88 mm
diameter 17 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, cork
- Object Number:
- A635602 Pt6
Bottle of valerian tincture
Bottle of valerian tincture, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 85 mm
length 23 mm
width 32 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, cork
- Object Number:
- A635602 Pt7
- type:
- bottles
Mustard papers
13 sheets of mustard paper, with a polybag of loose mustard from the papers
- Measurements:
-
length 120 mm
width 84 mm
- Object Number:
- A635602 Pt8
- type:
- mustard papers
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Bandage
Bandage on former
- Measurements:
-
height 28 mm
diameter 50 mm
- Materials:
- former, metal
- Object Number:
- A635602 Pt9
- type:
- bandages
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