Field surgical pannier set in case
- Made:
- 1914-1918 in United Kingdom
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Field surgical pannier set, complete, for use by British armed forces. The contents follow the 1905 pattern but this example was provided for use during the First World War, 1914-1918.
This large medical and surgical instrument set provided a wide range of equipment that may be needed by a frontline medical unit attached to the army. Equipment is supplied to sterilise the instruments before surgery, anaesthetise patients, perform amputations and trephinations, and includes instruments to open up the body and stitch up wounds. The kit also contains a saline infusion apparatus. Saline is used to wash wounds, to dilute drugs and also as a substitute for blood plasma. In the foreground in the blue lined case is an aspirator used to remove liquids and gases from the body.
The instruments were made by at least eight different surgical and medical instrument makers and the chemicals were made by Burroughs, Wellcome & Co. The kit would have been used in British Army field hospitals near the front line. Although the defined list of contents for the pannier pre-dates the First World War by nearly a decade, it almost certainly saw use during that conflict.
Details
- Category:
- Emergency Medicine
- Object Number:
- 1981-1850
- Materials:
- complete, wicher, canvas, leather, steel (metal), velvet, brass (copper, zinc alloy), cotton (textile), paper (fibre product) and textile
- Measurements:
-
overall (surgical instruments in a wooden box-open): 60 mm x 446 mm x 340 mm, 5.074 kg
overall (pannier): 410 mm x 750 mm x 360 mm,
overall (surgical instruments in a wooden box-closed): 97 mm x 446 mm x 165 mm, 5.074 kg
- type:
- field surgical pannier
Parts
Pair of curved scissors
Pair of curved scissors
Stevenson-type forceps
Hernia director
Amputation knife
Ankle-joint resection knife
Scalpel, by Mayer and meltzer
Scalpel, by Mayer and Meltzer
Curved bistoury
Curved bistoury
Curved bistoury
Curved bistoury
Hernia knife
Bistoury, straight, fine point
Scalpel with raspatory (trepanning scalpel)
Scalpel, by Arnold and Sons
Scalpel, by J.H. Montague
Scalpel, point broken off
Suture needle
Pair of artery forceps
Skull elevator
Surgical implement
Pair of dissecting forceps
Trocar
Cannula for use with bladder trocar
Catheter for use with bladder trocar
Trephine, no maker's name
Trocar
Cannula, silver, for use with straight trocar (part 29)
Ear scoop
Pair of surgical retractors
Surgical retractor
Surgical retractor
Intestinal needles
- Materials:
- packet, paper and needle, steel, nickel plated
- Object Number:
- 1981-1850 Pt35
- type:
- intestinal needles
Straight and curved surgical needles
- Materials:
- packet, paper and needle, steel, nickel plated
- Object Number:
- 1981-1850 Pt36
- type:
- needles
Half-curved needles
- Materials:
- packet, paper and needle, steel, nickel plated
- Object Number:
- 1981-1850 Pt37
- type:
- needles
Ligature silk
Tracheotomy tube
Tracheotomy tube
Amputation saw
Fergusson saw
Ballance's double scoop
Pair of bone forceps
Surgical needleholder
Trephine, by Mayer and Meltzer
Bone-holding forceps
Pin-cutting forceps
Pair of dressing forceps
Metal catheter
Silver catheter
Silver catheter
Sponge probang
Surgical probe
Surgical probe
Surgical probe
Catheter
Catheter
Catheter
Catheter
Screw adjustment tourniquet
Two tourniquets
Eye shades
Double eye shades
Eye bath
Eye bath
Eye bath
Nail brushes
Tray
Tray
Syringe, part of Potain aspirator
- Materials:
- steel (metal) , leatherette , silk , rubber (unidentified) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- 1981-1850 Pt71
- type:
- aspirators
Tube, part of Potain's aspirator
Stopper, part of Potain's aspirator
Tap, part of Potain's aspirator
Trocar and cannula
Trocar, part of Potain's aspirator
Cannula and blunt pilot
Cannula and blunt pilot
Cannula and blunt pilot
Cannula and blunt pilot
Fergusson's lion forceps
- Materials:
- steel (metal) , canvas and cotton (textile)
- Object Number:
- 1981-1850 Pt81
- type:
- lion forceps
Hoffmann's gouge forceps
- Materials:
- steel (metal) , canvas and cotton (textile)
- Object Number:
- 1981-1850 Pt82
- type:
- gouge forceps
Sterilizer for instruments
Stethoscope, metal tubing
Stomach tube
Rubber tubing
Potassium permanganate
Poison bottle of mercuric chloride
Poison bottle, with contents
Carbolic acid crystals
Tubes of chloroform
Tubes of chloroform
Bottles, empty, once containing chloroform
Tin boxes containing sterile catgut
Tin boxes containing sterile silk
Can for methylated spirit
Padlock and key
Dredgers, containing iodoform powder
Dripper bottles for chloroform
Saline infusion apparatus
- Materials:
- box, metal , apparatus, glass and apparatus, rubber
- Object Number:
- 1981-1850 Pt100
