Brown canvas and leather first aid field case containing bandages

Made:
1914-1918

Brown canvas and leather first aid field case containing bandages, dressings and splints, used by German Army in World War I, German, 1914-1918

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A135088
Materials:
case, canvas, case, leather and case, iron
type:
first aid kits

Parts

8 plain cotton triangular bandage

8 plain cotton triangular bandage

8 plain cotton triangular bandage

Materials:
cotton
Object Number:
A135088 Pt1
type:
bandages
2 gauze pads attached to 2 strips of gauze bandage

2 gauze pads attached to 2 strips of gauze bandage

2 gauze pads attached to 2 strips of gauze bandage

Materials:
gauze
Object Number:
A135088 Pt2
type:
dressings
4 rolled gauze bandages

4 rolled gauze bandages

4 rolled gauze bandages, in poor condition

Materials:
gauze
Object Number:
A135088 Pt3
type:
bandages
4 gauze pad and strip dressings

4 gauze pad and strip dressings

4 gauze pad and strip dressings wrapped first in paper, then in fabric which is thought to be waterproof and sterile

Materials:
gauze , paper , cotton and string
Object Number:
A135088 Pt4
type:
dressings
Square brown paper packet containing cotton wool

Square brown paper packet containing cotton wool

Square brown paper packet containing cotton wool

Materials:
paper and cotton
Object Number:
A135088 Pt5
type:
cotton wool
Sterile bandages

Sterile bandages

2 blue paper packets containing sterile bandages, instructions on side in German

Materials:
paper and cambric
Object Number:
A135088 Pt6
type:
bandages
Narrow elastic bandage

Narrow elastic bandage

Narrow elastic bandage with webbing ties at each end

Materials:
elastic and webbing
Object Number:
A135088 Pt7
type:
bandages
Roll of zinc oxide plaster on metal drum dispenser

Roll of zinc oxide plaster on metal drum dispenser

Roll of zinc oxide plaster on metal drum dispenser

Materials:
plaster , tin, ? material and paper
Object Number:
A135088 Pt8
type:
plaster
Small rectangular green tin containing 2 tubes of white tablets wrapped in waxed paper

Small rectangular green tin containing 2 tubes of white tablets wrapped in waxed paper

Small rectangular green tin containing 2 tubes of white tablets wrapped in waxed paper

Materials:
tin and paper
Object Number:
A135088 Pt9
type:
containers
Book of tags filled in by doctors and tied to wounded before transportation

Book of tags filled in by doctors and tied to wounded before transportation

Book of tags filled in by doctors and tied to wounded before transportation, 6 remain

Materials:
paper and card
Object Number:
A135088 Pt10
type:
casualty tags
4 rectangular pieces of wood which fit together to form a long splint

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

4 rectangular pieces of wood which fit together to form a long splint, metal collars at joints

Materials:
wood and tin
Object Number:
A135088 Pt11
type:
splints
2 sheets of thin wood used whole or broken up as splints

2 sheets of thin wood used whole or broken up as splints

2 sheets of thin wood used whole or broken up as splints

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A135088 Pt12
type:
splints
Small rectangular tin containing 5 safety pins and 21 pins

Small rectangular tin containing 5 safety pins and 21 pins

Small rectangular tin containing 5 safety pins and 21 pins

Materials:
tin
Object Number:
A135088 Pt13
type:
containers

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