First aid kit

Made:: 1914-1918

First aid kit, canvas over thick cardboard, badly worn, containing a splint, bandages, dressings and 2 rectangular tins, German, 1914-1918

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Category:: Therapeutics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A655798

Materials:: canvas, leather, brass, cardboard and cotton

type:: first aid kits

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Parts

Splint 4 sections of wood with tin bands to join

Splint 4 sections of wood with tin bands to join

Splint 4 sections of wood with tin bands to join

Materials:: wood and tin

Object Number:: A655798 Pt1

type:: splints

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

3 rectangular blue paper packets

3 rectangular blue paper packets

3 rectangular blue paper packets, each containing 3 sterile bandages

Materials:: cambric and paper

Object Number:: A655798 Pt2

type:: bandages

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Rectangular blue paper package containing 4 metres of gauze

Rectangular blue paper package containing 4 metres of gauze

Rectangular blue paper package containing 4 metres of gauze

Materials:: gauze and paper

Object Number:: A655798 Pt3

type:: gauze

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

12 khaki packages each containing a dressing with bandage attached

12 khaki packages each containing a dressing with bandage attached

12 khaki packages each containing a dressing with bandage attached, German, 1915-1918

Materials:: gauze , cotton , khaki and string

Object Number:: A655798 Pt4

type:: dressings

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Rectangular tin with hinged lid

Rectangular tin with hinged lid

Rectangular tin with hinged lid, intended to contain pins

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A655798 Pt5

type:: tins

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Rectangular tin with hinged lid containing sour wine tablets

Rectangular tin with hinged lid containing sour wine tablets

Rectangular tin with hinged lid containing sour wine tablets

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A655798 Pt6

type:: tins

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum