Field medical pannier, Berlin, Germany, 1910-1918

Made:
1910-1918 in Berlin
Field medical pannier, canvas, with leather and metal fittings Field medical pannier, canvas, with leather and metal fittings

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Field medical pannier, canvas, with leather and metal fittings
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The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Field medical pannier, canvas, with leather and metal fittings
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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

2 packets of cotton wool

2 packets of cotton wool

2 packets of cotton wool, partially unwrapped, paper covering, German, 1914 or 1915

Materials:
wrapping, paper
Object Number:
A652176 Pt1
type:
cotton wool
Roll of elastic bandage on tin dispenser

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 of unidentified paste

Tube of unidentified paste

Tube of unidentified paste, poor condition, for burns, German, 1910-1918

Measurements:
overall: 15 mm x 83 mm x 37 mm, 0.034 kg
Materials:
foil
Object Number:
A652176 Pt3
type:
tube
Tube, clear glass

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

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

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

Seven packets of muslin dressing, with three loose rolls of same, paper wrapping, German, 1910-1018

Materials:
wrapping, paper
Object Number:
A652176 Pt7
type:
dressings
Eight packets of gauze dressing

Eight packets of gauze dressing

Eight packets of gauze dressing, with four loose rolls of same, paper wrapping, German, 1910-1918

Materials:
wrapping, canvas
Object Number:
A652176 Pt8
type:
gauze
Three packets of gauze dressing

Three packets of gauze dressing

Three packets of gauze dressing, German, 1910-1918

Materials:
wrapping, paper
Object Number:
A652176 Pt9
type:
gauze
Two triangular bandages

Two triangular bandages

Two triangular bandages, light canvas, German, 1910-1918

Materials:
canvas
Object Number:
A652176 Pt10
type:
bandages
Three glass tubes

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

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

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

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.

Materials:
glass, clear and cap, leather
Object Number:
A652176 Pt14
type:
bottle and opium
Bottle, clear glass

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

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

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
type:
ampoules and morphine
ampoules; controlled drug; morphine

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
type:
ampoules and morphine
Box containing ten ampoules of caffeine

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
type:
anaesthetic injection ampoules
Box containing twelve ampoules

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
type:
anaesthetic injection ampoules
Five metal splints

Five metal splints

Five metal splints, wire mesh, German, 1910-1918

Materials:
iron, mesh
Object Number:
A652176 Pt21
type:
splints
Three wooden splints

Three wooden splints

Three wooden splints, oak, German, 1910-1918

Materials:
oak
Object Number:
A652176 Pt22
type:
splints
Field medical pannier

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