First Aid kit, Burroughs Wellcome, interwar

Made:
London and Unattributed

First aid kit, Burroughs Wellcome, interwar, property of Colin Smee O.B.E., M.C., ( 1895-1947). Officer of Dept. of Agriculture, Nyasaland

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Object Number:
1984-1691
Materials:
leather
Measurements:
length 190 mm
width 105 mm
approx: thickness 70 mm
type:
medicine pouches
credit:
Donated by J C Kelly

Parts

Glass bottle with cork stopper and chamois covering containing "Tabloid" brand Dover Powder compressed tablets. 78 mm x 20 mm diameter

Glass bottle with cork stopper and chamois covering containing "Tabloid" brand Dover Powder compressed tablets. 78 mm x 20 mm diameter

Glass bottle with cork stopper and chamois covering containing "Tabloid" brand Dover Powder compressed tablets (ipecacuanha and opium). 78 mm x 20 mm diameter, 26 g. Handwritten inscription reads, ' Chill...Feverish'. Produced by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1895-1947.

Measurements:
overall: 78 mm 20 mm, 26g
Materials:
string , opium , ipecacuanha , glass , chamois , cork and complete
Object Number:
1984-1691 Pt1
type:
bottle and opium
Glass bottle with cork stopper and with paper label around bottle. To contain Tabloid brand of Lead with opium tablets.

Glass bottle with cork stopper and with paper label around bottle. To contain Tabloid brand of Lead with opium tablets.

Glass bottle with cork stopper and with paper label around bottle. To contain Tabloid brand of Lead with opium tablets.

Measurements:
total: height 78 mm
diameter 21 mm
Materials:
glass and stopper, cork
Object Number:
1984-1691 Pt2
type:
bottle and opium
Glass bottle with cork stopper and cloth covering, of Tabloid Warburg Tincture tablets. 78 mm x 21 mm diameter, inscription reads, 'FEVER'

Glass bottle with cork stopper and cloth covering, of Tabloid Warburg Tincture tablets. 78 mm x 21 mm diameter, inscription reads, 'FEVER'

Glass bottle with cork stopper and cloth covering full of 30 min. Tabloid Warburg Tincture tablets. 78 mm x 21 mm diameter, 20 g. Handwritten inscription reads, 'FEVER'. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., English, 1910-1940.

Measurements:
overall: 78 mm 21 mm, 20g
Materials:
glass , oilcloth , cork , quinine , ammonia , rhubarb and opium
Object Number:
1984-1691 Pt3
type:
bottle and opium
Bottle containing "Tabloid" ammonium bromide tablets

Bottle containing "Tabloid" ammonium bromide tablets

Bottle containing "Tabloid" ammonium bromide tablets

Measurements:
total: height 78 mm
diameter 21 mm
Materials:
glass , cover, oilcloth and stopper, cork
Object Number:
1984-1691 Pt5
type:
bottles
Bottle containing iodoform powder by Hairsine and Co

Bottle containing iodoform powder by Hairsine and Co

Bottle containing iodoform powder by Hairsine and Co., London, 1918-1939

Measurements:
total: height 78 mm
diameter 21 mm
Materials:
glass and stopper, cork
Object Number:
1984-1691 Pt6
type:
bottles
Bottle, empty

Bottle, empty

Bottle, empty, used for sweet spirit of nitre by Hairsine and Co., London, 1918-1939

Measurements:
total: height 78 mm
diameter 21 mm
Materials:
glass , cover, oilcloth and stopper, cork
Object Number:
1984-1691 Pt7
type:
bottles

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