First aid field case used by German Army during WWI

Made:
1914-1918

Canvas and leather first aid field case containing bandages, splints and plaster, used by German Army during 1st World War, German, 1914-1918

Details

Category:
Emergency Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656289
Materials:
canvas, leather and iron
type:
first aid kits

Parts

Seven gauze and lint dressings

Seven gauze and lint dressings

Seven gauze and lint dressings, wrapped in badly delapidated paper

Materials:
gauze , lint and paper
Object Number:
A656289 Pt1
type:
dressings
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Roll of zinc sticking plaster on a tin dispenser

Roll of zinc sticking plaster on a tin dispenser

Roll of zinc sticking plaster on a tin dispenser, whole contained in small cardboard box

Materials:
tin , plaster and box, cardboard
Object Number:
A656289 Pt2
type:
plasters
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Four rectangular pieces of wood which fit together to form a long splint

Four rectangular pieces of wood which fit together to form a long splint

Four rectangular pieces of wood which fit together to form a long splint, metal collar at joints, one odd one

Materials:
wood and tin
Object Number:
A656289 Pt3
type:
splints
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Two thin sheets of wood Two thin sheets of wood, used whole or broken up as splints

Two thin sheets of wood

Two thin sheets of wood, used whole or broken up as splints

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A656289 Pt4
type:
splints
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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