

Orange metal tube with a round flat-top cap. Labelled "Menthofax' Analgesic and Counter Irritant' along one side, and distorted through use. Stored inside the first aid kit used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd on exploration flight to the Antarctic, 1930. Made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., United States, 1928-1930
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A700009/13
- type:
- tube
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust