
Medicine chest used on Scott’s Antarctic Expedition of 1910, England, 1900-1910



Tabloid medical chest for Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1910, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., British, parts 1-10, inside flap in lid, rest in base

Black eye patch with elastic ties
Black eye patch with elastic ties
pleated bandage
1910

Packet of pleated absorbent cotton wool
1910
pleated absorbent cotton wool
1910
pleated boric wool
1910
Dressing pad
Tube of borofax ointment
1910

Three short cut lengths of rubber tubing
Field dressing
1910
Field dressing
1910

"Tabloid" first field dressing
1910

Empty bottle of compound tincture of chloroform and morphine
1910

Plastic tube of tonic compound tablets
1910

Empty plastic tube for zinc
1910
Tube of tonic compound tablets
1910
Tube of sodium salicylate tablets
1910

Empty tube of kola compound tablets
Tube of calcium lactate tablets
Tube of sodium bicarbonate powder
Tube of corrosive sublimate tables
Gutta Percha tube for Opium tablets
1900-1910
Tube of laxative vegetable tablets
Tube of soda mint tablets
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Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A700020
- Materials:
- case, canvas and cork
- Measurements:
-
case: 146 mm x 172 mm x 147 mm,
- type:
- medicine chest