Paper document with title "Tabloid' Medicine Case for Sledge Service. Synopsis of History'
- PART OF:
- Medicine chest used by Captain Scott
- Made:
- 1910
Paper document with title "Tabloid' Medicine Case for Sledge Service. Synopsis of History'. Describes the circumstances in which the medicine chest was discovered after the disappearance of Captain Scott. Handwritten inscriptions reading '1981-1007' and 'R. 165'. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.
Medicine chest by Burroughs Wellcome, style 251, supplied to British Antarctic Expedition, 1910. Contains 38 gutta percha bottles of various drugs and other items. Tabloid Brand Medicine Case for Sledge Service. This case formed a part of the Capt Robert Falcon Scott's Medical Equipment for the Antarctic Expedition of 1910. It was left at the foot of the Beardmore Glacier and was found buried in the snow at the until it was picked up in November 1912 by Dr. Atkinson.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1981-1007/62
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 215 mm x 385 mm x 250 mm, ,
overall weight: x x , , 9.97kg
- type:
- paper document
- credit:
- On loan from the Wellcome Trust
