2 packets of cotton wool
2 packets of cotton wool, partially unwrapped, paper covering, German, 1914 or 1915
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Field medical pannier, canvas, with leather and metal fittings
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Field medical pannier, canvas, with leather and metal fittings, interior compartments, some with protective metal plates, contents include drug bottles, injection ampoules, dressings, bandages, splints, by Bach and Riedel, German, 1910-1918
The compact medical set was used during the First World War by the German Army. It contains a wide range of equipment needed to treat wounds such as burns and includes dressings, bandages, anaesthetics to numb pain, and sedatives such as opium. Each section of the kit is labelled in German – for example, mull translates to ‘muslin’ or ‘gauze’; verbandpackchen to ‘field dressing’.
This pannier was among large amounts of medical equipment and supplies abandoned by the German Army or captured as their troops retreated in the final months of the war.
Details
- Category:
- Emergency Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652176
- Materials:
- canvas, fittings, iron, fittings, tin and fittings, leather
- Measurements:
-
overall: 220 mm x 360 mm x 420 mm,
- type:
- field medical pannier
Parts
Roll of elastic bandage on tin dispenser
Roll of elastic bandage on tin dispenser, German, 1910-1918
- Measurements:
-
overall: 51 mm x 51 mm x 35 mm, 0.046 kg
- Materials:
- dispenser, tin and cover, cardboard
- Object Number:
- A652176 Pt2
- type:
- bandages
Tube, clear glass
Tube, clear glass, with metal cap, empty, for chloric ether, Swiss, 1910-1918
- Measurements:
-
overall: 125 mm 13 mm, 0.01 kg
- Materials:
- glass, clear and cap, steel
- Object Number:
- A652176 Pt4
- type:
- tube
Tube, clear glass but stained, for Sublimat, with contents, German, 1917
Tube, clear glass but stained, for Sublimat, with contents, German, 1917
- Measurements:
-
overall: 104 mm 11 mm, 0.01 kg
- Materials:
- glass, clear and stopper, cork
- Object Number:
- A652176 Pt5
- type:
- tube
Two burn dressings
Two burn dressings, treated canvas, German, 1910-1918
- Measurements:
-
overall: 26 mm x 85 mm x 46 mm, 0.024 kg
- Materials:
- canvas and cotton (textile)
- Object Number:
- A652176 Pt6
- type:
- dressings
Seven packets of muslin dressing
Seven packets of muslin dressing, with three loose rolls of same, paper wrapping, German, 1910-1018
Eight packets of gauze dressing
Eight packets of gauze dressing, with four loose rolls of same, paper wrapping, German, 1910-1918
Three packets of gauze dressing
Three packets of gauze dressing, German, 1910-1918
Three glass tubes
Three glass tubes, containing thread, all in cardboard container, German, 1910-1918
- Measurements:
-
overall: 96 mm x 48 mm x 18 mm, 0.036 kg
- Materials:
- glass, clear and cap, tin
- Object Number:
- A652176 Pt11
- type:
- tube
Bottle, clear glass
Bottle, clear glass, with leather cap, for turpentine, with contents, probably German, late 19th century
- Measurements:
-
overall: 113 mm x 25 mm x 40 mm, 0.124 kg
- Materials:
- glass, clear and cap, leather
- Object Number:
- A652176 Pt12
- type:
- bottle
Bottle, clear glass
Bottle, clear glass, poor condition, stained and cracked, for valerian tincture, empty, probably German, late 19th century
- Measurements:
-
overall: 72 mm x 34 mm x 34 mm, 0.064 kg
- Materials:
- glass, clear
- Object Number:
- A652176 Pt13
- type:
- bottle
bottle; controlled drug; opium
Clear glass, square-based bottle with cork stopper, covered in leather, and transfer label on the front. Containing approximately 2 ounces of tincture of opium simplex.
Bottle, clear glass
Bottle, clear glass, with leather cap, for concentrated camphorated oil (used as a stimulant and pain-killer) with contents, probably German, late 19th century
- Measurements:
-
overall: 73 mm x 34 mm x 34 mm, .078 kg
- Materials:
- glass, clear and cap, leather
- Object Number:
- A652176 Pt15
- type:
- bottle
Bottle, clear glass
Bottle, clear glass, with leather cap, for Jodoform (iodoform used as an antiseptic), with contents, proabably German, late 19th century
- Measurements:
-
overall: 69 mm x 33 mm x 33 mm, 0.112 kg
- Materials:
- glass, clear
- Object Number:
- A652176 Pt16
- type:
- bottle
ampoules; controlled drug; morphine
Hinged orange cardboard box with white and red printed label. Contains 5 glass labelled ampoules. 2 are empty and broken and 3 have contents. The ampoules are sitting in divisions made with card. German product. Label on box states Graudenz. 10 zugeschmolzene Glasrohren zu 0,02 g Morphinum hydrochloricum in Losung von 1 ccm, kelmfrei gemacht 1915' (See note)
- Materials:
- box, cardboard and ampoules, glass
- Object Number:
- A652176 Pt17
ampoules; controlled drug; morphine
Hinged yellow cardboard box with white and red printed label. Contains 10 glass labelled ampoules. 3 are empty and broken and 7 have contents. The ampoules are sitting in divisions made with card. German product. Label on box states 'Sanitatsdepot 10 zugeschmolzene Glasrohren zu 0,02 g Morphinum hydrochloricum in Losung von 1 ccm, keimfrei gemacht' (See note)
- Materials:
- box, cardboard and ampoules, glass
- Object Number:
- A652176 Pt18
Box containing ten ampoules of caffeine
Box containing ten ampoules of caffeine, mostly broken, from 17th Army Corps, German, 1910-1918
- Measurements:
-
overall: 15 mm x 122 mm x 66 mm, .034 kg
- Materials:
- box, cardboard and ampoules, glass
- Object Number:
- A652176 Pt19
Box containing twelve ampoules
Box containing twelve ampoules, all intact, for Digipuratum ( a dry preparation of digitalis), German, 1910-1918
- Measurements:
-
overall: 20 mm x 80 mm x 80 mm, 0.046 kg
- Materials:
- box, cardboard and ampoules, glass
- Object Number:
- A652176 Pt20
Five metal splints
Five metal splints, wire mesh, German, 1910-1918
Field medical pannier
Field medical pannier, canvas, with leather and metal fittings, interior compartments, some with protective metal plates, by Bach and Riedel, German, 1910-1918
- Measurements:
-
overall: 432 mm x 351 mm x 145 mm, 8.198 kg
- Materials:
- canvas , iron , tin (metal) and leather
- Object Number:
- A652176 Pt24
- type:
- field medical panniers
