First Aid kit used on the Pan American Goodwill Flight in 1926-1927
Tabloid first aid kit, in aluminium case in canvas satchel used on U.S. Army Pan American flight, 1927, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., English, with list of contents
Burroughs, Wellcome & Co made first aid kits for influential people and expeditions in a shrewd attempt to advertise the product. Filled with bandages, plasters and aromatic ammonia (inhaled when someone was at risk of fainting), this kit was carried by one of the teams on the Pan American Goodwill Flight 1926-27. Autographed by the eight successful airmen, the kit was donated back to the makers on their return.
The flight was arranged by the United States Air Force to promote goodwill in Central and South America and to map potential airline routes. Taking off from San Antonio, Texas, on 21 December 1926, five planes named after American cities undertook a trip of 22,000 miles. The flight passed over Mexico and Central America and down the west coast of South America. It crossed over the Andes and back to the USA before travelling on up the east coast on 2 May 1927, making several stops in each country. Two of the men died on the trip and only two planes made it back intact.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A700013
- Materials:
- case, aluminium, satchel, canvas and leather
- Measurements:
-
overall: 80 mm x 380 mm x 210 mm, 2.88kg
- type:
- first aid kit
- credit:
- Dargue, H.A. & Eaby, D. etc.
Parts
Bandage from Tabloid first aid kit
Medicine droppers from Tabloid first aid kit
Bandage from Tabloid first aid kit
Tin for aromatic ammonia capsules by Burroughs Wellcome
Packet of absorbent cotton from first aid kit
Packet of absorbent cotton from first aid kit
Dressing from Tabloid first aid kit
Dressing from Tabloid first aid kit
Bandage from Tabloid first aid kit
Bandage from Tabloid first aid kit
Hypodermic injection kit with tubes of drugs
- Materials:
- nickel-plated , glass , leather , cork , strychnine , atropine , mercuric chloride , digitalis and aconite
- Object Number:
- A700013 Pt13
- type:
- hypodermic case , phials and poison
Bandage from Tabloid first aid kit
- Materials:
- case, nickel-plated , syringe, glass and pouch, leather
- Object Number:
- A700013 Pt14
- type:
- packet
Bandage from Tabloid first aid kit
Bandage from Tabloid first aid kit
Gauze from Tabloid first aid kit
Bandages from Tabloid first aid kit
Absorbent cotton from Tabloid first aid kit
Absorbent cotton from Tabloid first aid kit
- Object Number:
- A700013 Pt20
- type:
- packet
Absorbent cotton from Tabloid first aid kit
Tin for aromatic ammonia capsules
Protective skin from Tabloid first aid kit
Sodium bromide tablets
Camel hair brushes
Canvas tourniquet from Tabloid first aid kit
Gauze from Tabloid first aid kit
Bandage from Tabloid first aid kit
Plasters from Tabloid first aid kit
Acetphenetidin tablets
Bismuth subnitrate tablets
Cathartic compound tablets
Empirin tablets
Soda mint tablets
Potassium chlorate tablets
- Object Number:
- A700013 Pt35
- type:
- tube
Quinine sulphate tablets
Boric acid tablets
Booklet of first aid instructions
Tube of borofax ointment
Tin of safety pins from Tabloid first aid kit
Carron oil ointment
Bandage from Tabloid first aid kit
Bandage from Tabloid first aid kit
Bandage from Tabloid first aid kit
Bandage from Tabloid first aid kit
Caster oil from Tabloid first aid kit
Potassium permanganate tablets
Silk thread from Tabloid first aid kit
Bandage from Tabloid first aid kit
Absorbent gauze
Leather wallet containing needles
- Materials:
- wallet, leather , felt , needle, steel and wrapper, paper
- Object Number:
- A700013 Pt51
- type:
- wallet
Wire splint from Tabloid first aid kit
Ampoules of iodine
Ampoules of iodine
Instrument wallet containing parts 56-60 by Burroughs Wellcome
Retractable penknife
Forceps from Tabloid first aid kit
Scissors from Tabloid first aid kit
Tweezers from Tabloid first aid kit
Thermometer from Tabloid first aid kit
- Materials:
- case, nickel-plated and thermometer, glass
- Object Number:
- A700013 Pt60
- type:
- thermometer (broken)