First aid kit in aluminium case, used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd

Made:: 1928-1930 in United States

maker:: Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited

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First aid kit in aluminium case in canvas satchel (not pictured), used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd on exploration flight
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First aid kit in aluminium case, used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd on exploration flight to the Antarctic, 1930, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1928-1930

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Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Object Number:: A700009/1

type:: first aid kit

credit:: Loan, Wellcome Trust

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