Bottle of Behring's original tetanus serum and packet, c 1890.

6 pads of varying size made of muslin stuffed with dried bracken

Materials:: muslin and bracken, dried

Object Number:: A656297 Pt1

type:: pads

Pair of wooden splints

Pair of wooden splints, bound with what is thought to be zinc at one end

Materials:: wood and zinc, ? material

Object Number:: A656297 Pt2

type:: splints

Pair of wooden splints

Pair of wooden splints, bound with what is thought to be zinc at one end

Materials:: wood and zinc

Object Number:: A656297 Pt3

type:: splints

loop of rubberized tubing

Materials:: rubber and canvas

Object Number:: A656297 Pt4

type:: tubings

Irrigator, thought to be made of zinc

Irrigator, thought to be made of zinc, with 2 loop handles

Materials:: zinc, ? material

Object Number:: A656297 Pt5

type:: irrigators

11 bottles of Behrings original tetanus serum in cardboard packets

11 bottles of Behrings original tetanus serum in cardboard packets, some unopened, some empty

Materials:: glass , stopper, cork , wrapping, paper , wrapping, cardboard , wrapping, string and wrapping, lead, seal

Object Number:: A656297 Pt6

type:: bottles

4 packets of sterile dressing wrapped in kakhi cloth and string with German military medical stamp

4 packets of sterile dressing wrapped in kakhi cloth and string with German military medical stamp, dated 1915 and 1918

Materials:: paper , cloth and string

Object Number:: A656297 Pt8

type:: dressings

5 rectangular packets in blue paper wrappers

5 rectangular packets in blue paper wrappers, containing sterile cotton and cambric dressings

Materials:: paper , content, cambric and content, cotton

Object Number:: A656297 Pt9

type:: packets

Sealed clear glass bottle containing gas-oedema serum

Sealed clear glass bottle containing gas-oedema serum, "Hoechst" manufacture, inside cardboard container

Materials:: glass, clear , stopper, cork , wrapping, paper , wrapping, string and wrapping, seal

Object Number:: A656297 Pt10

type:: bottles

Yellow tin with corked metal cap containing salicylic acid and talcum powder

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt11

type:: containers

2 brown glass bottles with disc-like glass stoppers (1 broken stopper)

2 brown glass bottles with disc-like glass stoppers (1 broken stopper), graduated, empty, used for narcotic chloroform, prepared by Merck, Darmstadt

Materials:: glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A656297 Pt12

type:: bottles

4 packets of casualty labels

Materials:: paper , cardboard and string

Object Number:: A656297 Pt13

type:: casualty labels

3 clear glass nozzles

3 clear glass nozzles, tapering from bulbous end

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A656297 Pt14

type:: nozzles

Double-ended, nickel-plated spatula

Double-ended, nickel-plated spatula, rusting

Materials:: steel (nickel-plated)

Object Number:: A656297 Pt15

type:: spatulas

Double-ended, nickel-plated scoop

Double-ended, nickel-plated scoop, with plating wearing off

Materials:: steel (nickel-plated)

Object Number:: A656297 Pt16

type:: scoops

Part of binaural stethoscope

Part of binaural stethoscope, consisting of adjustable brass mounts with ivory ear-pieces

Materials:: brass and ivory

Object Number:: A656297 Pt17

type:: stethoscopes

Canvas tape measure

Canvas tape measure, metal-tipped, measuring up to 150 cms

Materials:: canvas and tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt18

type:: tape measures

Wooden ruler measuring 20 cms on convex side

Materials:: wood

Object Number:: A656297 Pt19

type:: rulers

2 brown glass bottles with disc-like glass stoppers

2 brown glass bottles with disc-like glass stoppers, graduated, empty, used for narcotic chloroform

Materials:: glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A656297 Pt20

type:: bottles

glazed white pottery mortar and pestle

Materials:: earthenware, glazed

Object Number:: A656297 Pt21

type:: mortars and pestles

Pair short plywood splints

Materials:: plywood

Object Number:: A656297 Pt22

type:: splints

sealed cardboard box containing 10 ampoules of caffeine and sodium salicylate solution

Materials:: cardboard and ampoule, glass

Object Number:: A656297 Pt24

type:: boxes

Chipped, white-enamelled

Chipped, white-enamelled, metal, graduated, beaker-shaped measure, with lip

Materials:: metal, enamelled

Object Number:: A656297 Pt25

type:: measures

Part of cane container holding cylindrical glass bottle

Part of cane container holding cylindrical glass bottle, stained with ink

Materials:: cane and glass

Object Number:: A656297 Pt26

type:: containers

Bottle of Behring's original tetanus serum

Bottle of Behring's original tetanus serum, sealed but dried up containing only resinous substance

Materials:: glass , stopper, cork , wrapping, paper and wrapping, string, seal

Object Number:: A656297 Pt27

type:: bottles

Long yellow tin with hinged lid

Long yellow tin with hinged lid, metal clip fastening, and ring handle, containing dried calcium sulphate powder far making plaster of Paris bandages

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt28

type:: containers

Yellow metal container in 2 sections with lids hinging in middle

Yellow metal container in 2 sections with lids hinging in middle, containing corks and catgut suture

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt29

type:: containers

Steel canister, containing eight tablets of veronal substitute and mercury chloride, plus paper wrapping

Steel canister, yellow painted, with two centre hinged lid sections: containing eight tablets of veronal substitute (barbital) and mercury chloride (calomel), plus paper wrapping for the packets, unsigned, Germany, 1914-1918. Used by the German army.

Object Number:: A656297 Pt30

type:: canister

Steel canister

Steel canister, yellow painted, with two centre hinged lid sections, unsigned, Germany, 1914-1918. Used by the German army.

Materials:: steel (metal) and paint

Object Number:: A656297 Pt30/1

type:: canister

Part of:: A656297 Pt30

Eight tablets of veronal substitute and mercury chloride, plus paper wrapping

Eight packets of tablets containing veronal substitute (barbital) and mercury chloride (calomel), plus paper wrapping for the packets, unsigned, Germany, 1914-1918. Used by the German army.

Materials:: paper (fibre product) , calomel and barbital

Object Number:: A656297 Pt30/2

type:: tablet

Part of:: A656297 Pt30

Yellow tin with corked metal cap

Yellow tin with corked metal cap, containing salicylic and talcum powder

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt31

type:: containers

Yellow metal container holding number of sheets of mustard plaster

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt32

type:: containers

Yellow metal container

Yellow metal container, empty, used for sheets of mustard plaster

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt33

type:: containers

Yellow metal container divided in to 2 sections with linging together in middle

Yellow metal container divided in to 2 sections with linging together in middle, empty

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt34

type:: containers

Yellow tin with metal clip and ring handle

Yellow tin with metal clip and ring handle, containing 6 packets of zinc oxide plaster on metal dispensers

Materials:: tin , packet, cardboard and packet, metal, dispenser

Object Number:: A656297 Pt35

type:: containers

Yellow tin with broken hinged lid and metal clip containing number of packets of peppermint tablets

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt36

type:: containers

Yellow tin with hinged lid and metal clip containing disintegrating packet of solvent tablets

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt37

type:: containers

Yellow tin with hinged lid and metal clip containing 17 packets of mercurous chloride tablets

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt38

type:: containers

Yellow tin with hinged lid and metal clip containing 9 packets of ipecacuanha and antimony tablets

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt39

type:: containers

Yellow tin with hinged lid and metal clip containing 5 packets of antipyrin substitute tablets

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt40

type:: containers

Tin, for ipecacuanha and opium tablets, with 9 packets and 4 tablets

Yellow tin with hinged lid and clip fastening containing 9 paper-wrapped packets of ipecacunha and opium tablets (Pulv. Ipecac. op.). Overall: 64 mm x 72 mm x 36 mm, 131 g. Unknown maker, produced for Germany military use, 1914-1918.

Materials:: paper , ipecacuanha , opium , tin and complete

Object Number:: A656297 Pt41

type:: container and opium

Yellow metal container rectangular with round cap

Yellow metal container rectangular with round cap, containing disintegrating packets of tablets, unidentified

Materials:: tin and cap, tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt42

type:: containers

Yellow metal container

Yellow metal container, rectangular with round corked metal cap, empty, used for camphar

Materials:: tin , cap, tin and cap, cork

Object Number:: A656297 Pt43

type:: containers

Yellow metal container

Yellow metal container, rectangular with round metal cap originally corked, containing disintegrating packets of tablets

Materials:: tin , cap, tin and cap, cork

Object Number:: A656297 Pt44

type:: containers

container; controlled drug; morphine

Yellow metal container with hinged lid and metal bar-clip. Containing two packs of morphine hydrochloride tablets. Each pack of ten tablets is wrapped in paper. Initially this package would have been supplied with more than the two present rolls of tablets.

Materials:: tin and lid, tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt45

type:: container and morphine

Cardboard box containing 5 ampoules of diluted hydrochloric acid

Materials:: cardboard , cloth and ampoule, glass

Object Number:: A656297 Pt46

type:: boxes

Cardboard box containing 2 ampoules of suprarenin hydrochloric synthetic solution

Materials:: cardboard , cloth and ampoule, glass

Object Number:: A656297 Pt47

type:: boxes

Clear glass bottle with disc-like glass stopper

Clear glass bottle with disc-like glass stopper, full of sodium chloride crystals

Materials:: glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A656297 Pt48

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, with flat glass stopper held by metal clip, containing yellow crystals

Materials:: glass , stopper, glass and stopper, metal, clip

Object Number:: A656297 Pt49

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle with charmors wrapped stopper containing strong camphorated oil

Materials:: glass , wrapping, chamois leather and wrapping, string

Object Number:: A656297 Pt50

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle with charmors wrapped stopper

Clear glass bottle with charmors wrapped stopper, empty, used for tincture of strycinine, bottle broken

Materials:: glass , wrapping, chamois leather and wrapping, string

Object Number:: A656297 Pt51

type:: bottles

2 brown glass bottles

2 brown glass bottles, corked, with resinous residue of tetanus antitoxin prepared by Saehs of Dresden

Materials:: glass , stopper, cork , wrapping, paper , wrapping, string and wrapping, lead

Object Number:: A656297 Pt52

type:: bottles

2 brown glass bottles

2 brown glass bottles, corked, with resinous residue of tetanus antitoxin prepared by Hoechst

Materials:: glass , stopper, cork , wrapping, paper , wrapping, string and wrapping, lead

Object Number:: A656297 Pt53

type:: bottles

Yellow, metal container with hinged lid and clip

Yellow, metal container with hinged lid and clip, badly corroded, containing circular boxes, container inscribed mercury ointment

Materials:: tin and box, wood

Object Number:: A656297 Pt54

type:: containers

Yellow tin container

Yellow tin container, with hinged lid and clip, holding number of tubes of boric acid ointment

Materials:: tin and tube, metal (foil)

Object Number:: A656297 Pt55

type:: containers

Yellow tin with hinged lide and clip

Yellow tin with hinged lide and clip, empty, used for zinc oxide plasters

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt56

type:: containers

Yellow tin with hinged lid and clip containing 2 packets of tannalbin tablets

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt57

type:: containers

Yellow tin with hinged lid and clip containing packet and some loose tablets of aspirin substitute

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt58

type:: containers

Yellow tin with hinged lid and clip

Yellow tin with hinged lid and clip, containing some packets of quinine hydrochloride tablets

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt59

type:: containers

Yellow tin with hinged lid and clip

Yellow tin with hinged lid and clip, containing 7 packets of sodium bicarbonate tablets

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt60

type:: containers

Yellow tin with hinged lid and clip

Yellow tin with hinged lid and clip, empty, used for rhubarb tablets

Materials:: tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt61

type:: containers

Yellow tin

Yellow tin, with hinged lid and clip, containing 10 packets of tartaric acid tablets

Object Number:: A656297 Pt62

type:: containers

Clear glass bottle with corked yellow tin stopper

Clear glass bottle with corked yellow tin stopper, containing boric acid powder

Materials:: glass , stopper, cork and stopper, tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt63

type:: bottles

2 Clear glass bottles with corked yellow tin stopper containing artificial carlbad salts

Materials:: glass , stopper, cork and stopper, tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt64

type:: bottles

2 clear glass bottles with corked yellow metal stoppers containing saccharin crystals

Materials:: glass , stopper, cork and stopper, tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt65

type:: bottles

2 clear glass bottles with corked yellow metal stoppers containing lead acetate crystals

Materials:: glass , stopper, cork and stopper, tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt66

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle with corked yellow metal stopper

Clear glass bottle with corked yellow metal stopper, containing potassium chlorate crystals

Materials:: glass , stopper, cork and stopper, tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt67

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle with corked yellow metal stopper containing gum Arabic powder

Materials:: glass , stopper, cork and stopper, tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt68

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, with green charmois wrapped glass stopper, containing ethereal tincture of valerian

Materials:: glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, chamois leather and wrapping, string

Object Number:: A656297 Pt69

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, with disc-like glass stopper held by metal clip, containing artificial carlsbad salt

Materials:: glass , stopper, glass and clip, tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt70

type:: bottles

Small clear glass bottle

Small clear glass bottle, with corked yellow tin stopper, containing zinc sulphate crystals

Materials:: glass , stopper, cork and stopper, tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt71

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle with disc-like glass stopper held by metal clip

Clear glass bottle with disc-like glass stopper held by metal clip, containing terebinth oil

Materials:: glass , stopper, glass and clip, tin

Object Number:: A656297 Pt72

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle with black leather wrapper secured round stopper

Clear glass bottle with black leather wrapper secured round stopper, containing arachis oil

Materials:: glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather and wrapping, string

Object Number:: A656297 Pt73

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, with black leather wrapper, containing castor oil

Materials:: glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather and wrapping, string

Object Number:: A656297 Pt74

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, with black leather wrapper, containing caustic ammonia solution

Materials:: glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather and wrapping, string

Object Number:: A656297 Pt75

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle with black leather wrapper

Clear glass bottle with black leather wrapper, containing quinine compound tincture

Materials:: glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather and wrapping, string

Object Number:: A656297 Pt76

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, with leather wrapper, containing aluminium acetotartrate solution

Materials:: glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather and wrapping, string

Object Number:: A656297 Pt77

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, with disc-like glass stopper, containing white boric acid powder

Materials:: glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A656297 Pt78

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper and leather wrapper

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper and leather wrapper, empty, used for spirit

Materials:: glass , stopper, glass and wrapping, leather

Object Number:: A656297 Pt79

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, with glass stopper and leather wrapper, empty, used for ethereal tincture of valerian

Materials:: glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, chamois leather and wrapping, string

Object Number:: A656297 Pt80

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle with disc-like glass stopper

Clear glass bottle with disc-like glass stopper, containing small amount of glycerin

Materials:: glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A656297 Pt81

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, with flat disc-like glass stopper, containing yellowish crystals of unidentified drug

Materials:: glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A656297 Pt82

type:: bottles

2 clear glass bottles

2 clear glass bottles, with disc-like glass stopper, one with leather wrapper, empty, used for hydrochloric acid

Materials:: glass , stopper, glass , wrapper, leather and wrapper, string

Object Number:: A656297 Pt83

type:: bottles

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper and red leather wrapper; transfer printed label. Bottle containing approximately 2 ounces of tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

Materials:: glass , stopper, glass , wrapper, leather and wrapper, string

Object Number:: A656297 Pt84

type:: bottle and opium

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper and leather wrapper containing brown protargol solution

Materials:: glass , stopper, glass , wrapper, leather, red and wrapper, string

Object Number:: A656297 Pt85

type:: bottles

2 clear glass bottles with leather and string wrapping round corks

2 clear glass bottles with leather and string wrapping round corks, one containing a few brown crystals of collodium

Materials:: glass , stopper, glass , wrapper, leather, green and wrapper, string

Object Number:: A656297 Pt86

type:: bottles

Jar of ointment

Clear glass jar with metal cap containing yellow soft soap ointment

Materials:: glass and cap, metal

Object Number:: A656297 Pt87

type:: ointment jars

2 clear glass ampoules of diluted hydrochloric acid

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A656297 Pt88

type:: ampoules

ampoule; controlled drug; morphine

Glass ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride (strength 0.02 grammes) (Morfinium Muriatische) in solution for injection. Manufactured in Germany. Believed to be early to mid twentieth century. Morphine hydrochloride is powerful analgesic and but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of anxiety and apprehension.

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A656297 Pt89

type:: ampoule and morphine

Clear glass measure

Clear glass measure, graduated, with lip

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A656297 Pt90

type:: measures

Bottle of Behring's original tetanus serum and packet, c 1890.

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ampoules; controlled drug; morphine

Cardboard box, unopened, with folding lid, containing 10 glass ampoules of morphine hydrochloride + a file

6 pads of varying size made of muslin stuffed with dried bracken

Pair of wooden splints

Pair of wooden splints

loop of rubberized tubing

Irrigator, thought to be made of zinc

11 bottles of Behrings original tetanus serum in cardboard packets

4 packets of sterile dressing wrapped in kakhi cloth and string with German military medical stamp

5 rectangular packets in blue paper wrappers

Sealed clear glass bottle containing gas-oedema serum

Yellow tin with corked metal cap containing salicylic acid and talcum powder

2 brown glass bottles with disc-like glass stoppers (1 broken stopper)

4 packets of casualty labels

3 clear glass nozzles

Double-ended, nickel-plated spatula

Double-ended, nickel-plated scoop

Part of binaural stethoscope

Canvas tape measure

Wooden ruler measuring 20 cms on convex side

2 brown glass bottles with disc-like glass stoppers

glazed white pottery mortar and pestle

Pair short plywood splints

sealed cardboard box containing 10 ampoules of caffeine and sodium salicylate solution

Chipped, white-enamelled

Part of cane container holding cylindrical glass bottle