'Tabloid' first aid kit used on Alcock and Brown's first transatlantic non-stop flight

Used to soak up blood or bodily fluids, natural sponges were included in many of Burroughs, Wellcome and Co's medicine chests and first aid kits.

To protect the fragile glass tubes, first aid kits often had additional boxes, labelled with contents. This example has the brand names for Burroughs, Wellcome & Co products 'Tabloid' - their compressed tablets and 'Soloid' - dissolvable tablets used as antiseptics or as astringents – to remove oil or dry up bleeding.

According to Wellcome's Medical Diary for 1899, bismuth salicylate was recommended as a treatment for diarrhoea, upset stomachs, and as an intestinal antiseptic.

Also known as potassium chlorate, these tablets were recommended for sore throats, bad breath caused by infection, common colds, and oral thrush.

Recommended for heartburn, stomach acidity, indigestion, soda-mint was a combination of sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate and peppermint oil.

According to the maker's 1920s publication ''Tabloid': A brief medical guide for explorers, missionaries, travellers, colonists, planters and others', phenacetin tablets were used as a treatment for headaches, fevers including those cause by malaria, and nerve pain.

Phenacetin tablets featured in many of the medicine chests developed by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co. First developed in 1887, phenacetin, was withdrawn from UK and US markets in the late 1970s and early 1980s due to kidney damage caused by long-term use.

Dissolved in water, boric acid was advertised as an antiseptic when treating wounds or for as an eye wash solution.

According to the maker's 1920s publication ''Tabloid': A brief medical guide for explorers, missionaries, travellers, colonists, planters and others', quinine based tablets were used as a preventaive measure against malaria or as a general treatment for fevers. It was also recommended to aid recovery from toothache.

A court plaster is an adhesive dressing for wounds made from cotton, isinglass (made from the swimming bladder of fish including sturgeon), and glycerin. The dressing provided moisture, soothing wounds and providing a protective layer to help healing.

Tightly packed to save space, when unravelled this bandage could be used to support any broken or sprained limbs.

Cotton was used to absorb blood an other bodily fluids.

Tightly packed to save space, when unravelled this bandage measured over six metres long and 6 inches wide.

Made from a compination of linseed oil and lime water, carron oil was advertised as a treatment for burns.

Safety pins are used to secure deressings or bandages in place.

Pins are used to secure deressings or bandages in place.

Bearing the brand name 'Tabloid', this was one of many first aid kits produced by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co. The red 'T', echoes the red cross which is an internationally recognised symbol for medical help.

Inside the lid, tje wprds 'Case No.715' are printed. Each type of first kit or medicine chest produced by the makers was identfiable by a number.

If they could afford it, anyone could own the same type of kit as used on the first trans-Atlantic flight. Costing 10 shillings and 6 pence, this was approximately a day's wages for a skilled tradesperson.