
Compressed bandage in cardboard box
- Made:
- 1928-1930 in United States

Compressed bandage in cardboard box. Cuboid box labelled "Tabloid' brand pleated compressed bandage. Open wove 1 inch x 6 yards'. 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:
- A700009/21
- Materials:
- cardboard and cotton (textile)
- type:
- compressed bandage
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust