Military medicine chest

Made:
1917-1918

Military medicine chest, German Army issue, contents incomplete, 1917-1918

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665076
Materials:
chest, pine and iron
type:
field medical panniers

Parts

Cardboard box, opened, with folding lid containing 6 glass ampoules of morphine hydrochloride + fiole

Cardboard box, opened, with folding lid containing 6 glass ampoules of morphine hydrochloride + fiole

Cardboard box, opened, with folding lid containing 6 glass ampoules of morphine hydrochloride. Box contains a file for de-capping the ampoule. The box is inscribed with the content and manufacturer details and a stamp 'feile im der schachtel' 'File in Box'. This item was manufactured in Germany during the First World War and is believed to have been issued for military use. Morphine hydrochloride ...

Materials:
box, cardboard and ampoule, glass
Object Number:
A665076 Pt3
type:
ampoules and morphine
Iron canister of opium and ipecac tablets

Iron canister of opium and ipecac tablets

Iron canister with sliding bolt lid of Ipecac and Opium tablets in paper wrapping. 92 mm x 76 mm x 43 mm, 155g. Printed labels on tablet wrapping reads, ' Pulv. ipecac. opiat. 0,3/ Garnisonlazarett Nurnberg/ Ganitatsdepot III. A.K./ 1903'. Unknown maker, German probably Nuremburg, 1917-1918.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper and red leather wrapper; transfer printed label. Bottle containing approximately 2 ounces of tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

Materials:
bottle, glass
Object Number:
A665076 Pt20
type:
bottle and opium
ampoules; controlled drug; morphine

ampoules; controlled drug; morphine

5 cartons of ampoules (unknown quantity, possibly 10) containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine and sealed with a red wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend 'Woolwich Medical Store 2 Feb 1921' and also 'No 3 Field Medical Base' in handwritten pencil. Possibly a broken ampoule due to staining around box. Morphine hydr...

Materials:
packet, paper
Object Number:
A665076 Pt26
type:
ampoules and morphine
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper; transfer printed label. Bottle containing approximately 2 ounces of tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

Materials:
bottle, glass
Object Number:
A665076 Pt44
type:
bottle and opium