pleated absorbent cotton wool

PART OF:
Medicine chest used on Scott’s Antarctic Expedition of 1910, England, 1900-1910
Made:
1910 in London

Packet of pleated absorbent cotton wool, by Burroughs Wellcome, English

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A700020 Pt6
Measurements:
length 30 mm
width 34 mm
depth 15 mm
type:
packets

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