Saddle bag first aid kit, England, 1900-1918
- preparer:
- Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited
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Saddle-bag first aid kit, pair of canvas panniers linked by rubber band, containing dressings, tablets and ointments, many prepared by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., English, 1900-1918
Marked with the words “Mounted Infantry”, this First World War British Army first aid kit was made to be carried on a horse, with each box hung either side of the horse’s body. The kit contains bandages, dressings, hypodermic syringes and carron oil for burns, all made by Burroughs Wellcome & Co.
The initials on the kit (“CLIV”) may stand for "City of London Imperial Volunteers" who served during the Boer War. Mounted infantry were almost exclusive to the Boer War.
Details
- Category:
- Emergency Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A656296
- Measurements:
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storage: 120 mm x 1080 mm x 370 mm, 7.46 kg
- type:
- first aid kit
Parts
Plastic tube of Dover powder tablets
Black plastic tube (part of saddle bag first aid kit), containing 5 gr. compressed Dover Powder tablets (ipecacuahna and opium). 87 mm x 19 mm, 26 g. Produced by Burroughs Wellcome, English, 1914-1918.
Turned wooden cylindrical container with screw-on wooden cap
Turned wooden cylindrical container with screw-on wooden cap, to hold product made by S. Maw, Son and Thompson, English, 1870-1901
Saddle bag first aid kit, England, 1900-1918
Saddle-bag first aid kit, pair of canvas panniers linked by rubber band, containing dressings, tablets and ointments, many prepared by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., English, 1900-1918
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Marked with the words “Mounted Infantry”, this First World War British Army first aid kit was made to be carried on a horse, with each box hung either side of the horse’s body. The kit contains bandages, dressings, hypodermic syringes and carron oil for burns, all made by Burroughs Wellcome & Co.
The initials on the kit (“CLIV”) may stand for "City of London Imperial Volunteers" who served during the Boer War. Mounted infantry were almost exclusive to the Boer War.
- Object Number:
- A656296/17
- type:
- first aid kit
