Aluminium first-aid kit used by R.E. Byrd
- Made:
- 1928-1930 in United States
First aid kit, aluminium case in canvas satchel, used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd on exploration flight to the Antarctic, 1930, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1928-1930
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A700009
- Materials:
- satchel, canvas and case, aluminium
- type:
- first aid kit
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust
Parts
Canvas zipped-satchel
Safety pins displayed on cardboard strip
Metal tube of carron oil
Paper wrapped wire splint
Tongue depressor
Cylindrical container with detachable lid
Cylindrical container with detachable lid
Tongue depressors wrapped in paper
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) and paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- A700009/9
- type:
- tongue depressors
Tube in cardboard box
Tube of 'Borafax'
Tube of 'Borafax'
Tube of 'menthofax'
3 tongue depressors wrapped in paper
Paper package possibly containing tongue depressors
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) and paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- A700009/15
- type:
- paper package
3 tongue depressors wrapped in paper
Boric compress in paper package. Rectangular brown paper package
Paper packet
Absorbant cotton in cardboard box. Oblong cardboard box
Tourniquet partially wrapped in brown paper
Compressed bandage in cardboard box
Head dressing in cardboard box
