Paper package possibly containing tongue depressors
- Made:
- 1928-1930 in United States
Brown paper package, possibly containing 3 flat orange tongue depressors with rounded edges. 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:
- A700009/15
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product) and wood (unidentified)
- type:
- paper package
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust
