Wicker No. 1 Field Medical Pannier, rectangular box with hinged lid and swing down front, 4 removable tin trays inside containing surgical gut, drugs and plasters, wooden lid, leather and iron fittings, English, 1914-1918
2 cardboard tubes each containing two glass phials with lengths of iodised catgut inside, S. Maw, Son & Sons, 7-12 Aldersgate Street, London, EC, England, 1914-1918.
2 cardboard containers for glass tube containing length of catgut ligature, S Maw, Son & Sons, 7-12 Aldersgate Street, London, EC, England, 1914-1918.
Cardboard container for glass tube containing kangaroo tendon ligaments, S Maw, Son & Sons, 7-12 Aldersgate Street, London, EC, England, 1914-1918.
2 cardboard containers for glass bottle each with lengths of drainage tube inside, Maw, London, 1914-1918
Clear glass bottle with metal screw-thread cap for holding three lengths of sterilized drainage tubes, Allen and Hanburys, 48 Wigmore Street, London, W1, England, 1914-1918.
Blue glass bottle for zinc sulphate tablets, wooden stopper, with content, May and Baker, preparers, London, 1914-1918
Metal tube of soft paraffin ointment, Burgoyne, Burbidges and Co., East Ham, London
Metal drainage tube valve, bell-like apparatus with two tubular drainage tubes, Arnold and Sons, patentee, England
Length of rubber drainage tube, broken, perished, brown
Glass bottle with screw-on metal cap for 4 asceptic drainage tubes, J. G. Franklin, Birkbeck Works, Birkbeck Road, Dalston, London, E8, England.
Tin container, painted black, cylindrical, containing 9 glass tubes holding 6 catgut and 3 silk ligatures, Arnold and Sons, London
3 vulcanite containers for iodoform powder, cylindrical, with screw-on caps and perforated tops to dispense powder, with contents
2 black vulcanite containers, cylindrical, bases sunk into body, without stoppers
Green glass bottle for phenacetin tablets, empty, wooden stopper, Burgoyne, Burbidges, London, makers, East Ham
Coil of rubber drainage tube, two pieces linked by glass tube perished, very brittle and delicate
Five small sections of rubber drainage tubing, perished, coiled positions, all from same length
Tin container for bottles of tablets, hinged lid, catch at front, compartments inside, for contents, see parts 25-33
Glass bottle with cork stopper of 5 grain Dover Powder tablets (ipecacuanha and opium). 53 mm x 30 mm x 30 mm, 47g. Made by Standard Tablet and Pill Co., Hove, Sussex, 1914-1918.
Brown glass bottle with cork and wooden stopper for Bismuth Salicylate tablets, Standard Tablet and Pill Co., Hove, Sussex
Brown glass bottle with cork and wooden stopper for compressed cough tablets (tincture of camphor), Parke, Davis and Co., London, maker
Brown glass bottle with cork and wood stopper for phenacetin tablets, empty, Standard Tablet and Pill Co. Ltd., Hove, Sussex
Brown glass bottle with cork and wooden stopper, for calomel tablets, with content, Standard Tablet and Pill Co., Hove, England, maker
Small, square based brown glass bottle with cork stopper topped with wood. Paper label around bottle. Containing powdered opium.
Brown glass bottle with cork and wooden stopper for comp. of calomel, rhubarb and colocynth tablets, empty, England
Brown glass bottle with cork and wooden stopper for extract of cascara and sagrada tablets, empty, Standard Tablet and Pill Co., maker
Two steel canisters, empty, painted, inscribed with: “Tr. Chlorof et Morph B.P. 1885”, oblong and square in section, small neck in corner of top with screw thread cap, for chloroform and morphine tincture (trace remaining), unsigned, England, 1885. Used during the First World War.
Two steel canisters, empty, painted, inscribed with: “Tr. Chlorof et Morph B.P. 1885”, oblong and square in section, small neck in corner of top with screw thread cap, for chloroform and morphine tincture (trace remaining), unsigned, England, 1885. Used during the First World War.
Two steel canisters, empty, painted, inscribed with: “Tr. Chlorof et Morph B.P. 1885”, oblong and square in section, small neck in corner of top with screw thread cap, for chloroform and morphine tincture (trace remaining), unsigned, England, 1885. Used during the First World War.
Tin canister, oblong, square in section, neck in corner at top with screw-thread cap, inscription obscured by rust, with liquid contents, 1885, England
Tin canister, oblong, square in section, screw-thread cap with wire grip for boric acid powder, with content
Tin candle lamp with glass windows, brass candle holder inside, wax candle fitted from circular screw-on base, door at back with polished copper reflector, rectangular, rounded top with loop handles, Maw, London, maker
Pair of metal forceps, two pieces of plated metal prongs, pointed at ends roughened on outside
Army book containing diagnosis labels, with pencil attached, for tying onto wounded soldiers to give information about injuries received and initial treatment.
During the First World War (1914-1918), battle casualties could be overwhelming and with limited time and resources, treatment had to be prioritised. Using various forms of ‘triage’ were employed and care was mainly concentrated on those who might both survive and ideally also be made battle-ready again.
To classify and identify them, wounded soldiers had a label - sometimes called tags or tallies - tied to them which gave information about wounds and treatment given.
5 cardboard boxes containing 6 glass tubes (each) of sterilized catgut ligatures, Cuxson, Gerrard and Co., Birmingham, maker, England
Tin box containing sterilizer with perforated tray, two rectangular containers for methylated spirits and one for soda, lamp, stand and carbolic soap tablets missing, Arnold and Sons, maker of sterilizer
metal tube of soft paraffin ointment, Burgoyne, Burbidges and Co., East Ham, London
metal tube of soft paraffin ointment, Burgoyne, Burbidges and Co., East Ham, London
Wicker No. 1 Field Medical Pannier, rectangular box with hinged lid and swing down front, 4 removeable tin trays, wooden lid, leather and iron fittings, English, 1914-1918
