Second World War medical field kit used by a nurse in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Box is made of wood, painted white on the inside Contents of the box include 2 scalpels AESCULAP, glass ampoule in box containing sterile silkworm gut & needle, glass dropper, x3 rolls lint dressing, x2 compressed absorbent wool 1oz, x1 compressed absorbent wool 2oz., 1 pair heavy duty angled scissors, 1 plasticized cloth, 1 brown triangular bandsge, 1 roll elastic adhesive plaster on metal spool.
Museum number: STKMG:2017.LH.30.7
Credits: “Interactive WW2 Gallery” project led by Jan Korenko (Senior Lecturer). Digital reconstruction work for the historical item conducted by James Noble, dataset obtained by Tom Vine (Technical Specialist), Staffordshire University.
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