Sponge from 'Tabloid' first aid kit
Sponge from 'Tabloid' first aid kit, used on Alcock and Brown's first transatlantic non-stop flight.
Tabloid first aid kit used by Alcock and Brown, on their first transatlantic non-stop flight, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1919
This first aid kit was used on the first non-stop transatlantic flight on 14-15 June 1919 by Sir Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948) and Sir John William Alcock (1892-1919). Alcock and Brown completed the treacherous crossing in 16 hours 27 minutes. The flight was a matter of national prestige. The men shared the £10,000 prize from the Daily Mail, which had been set up to encourage British aviation.
The kit contained bandages, dressings, cotton wool, court plaster, and drugs for pain relief, upset stomachs and nausea, and antiseptics. It also contained carron oil made from linseed oil and lime water for burns and scalds, which were among the most likely injuries on an aircraft full of hot metal; in fact the tube is half empty.
Sponge from 'Tabloid' first aid kit, used on Alcock and Brown's first transatlantic non-stop flight.
Metal case containing six glass tubes (pts 3-8) for tablets, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co. , English
Glass tube of bismuth salicylate tablets with cork bung, by Burroughs Wellcome, English, ( in part 2)
Glass tube of chlorate of potash tablets, with cork bung, by Burroughs Wellcome, English ( in part 2)
Glass tube of soda mint tablets with cork bung, by Burroughs Wellcome, English, (in part 2)
Empty glass tube for phenacetin compound tablets with cork bung, by Burroughs Wellcome, English, (in part 2)
Glass tube of boric acid tablets, with cork bung, by Burroughs Wellcome, English, (in part 2)
Empty glass tube of quinine bisulphate tablets with cork bung, by Burroughs Wellcome, English, (in part 2)
Glass tube containing roll of court plaster, with cork bung
Packet containing triangular bandage, by Burroughs Wellcome, English
Packet containing two pieces of absorbent cotton, by Burroughs Wellcome, English
Packet containing pleated compressed bandage, from 'Tabloid' first aid kit used by Alcock and Brown on their first transatlantic non-stop flight.
Metal pocket dispensary for carron oil, castor oil, protective skin, waterproof jacket ( only carron oil left) by Burroughs Wellcome, English
Tube of carron oil, by Burroughs Wellcome, English, (in part 13)
Four safety pins from 'Tabloid' first aid kit, used on Alcock and Brown's first transatlantic non-stop flight.
Two pins from 'Tabloid' first aid kit used on Alcock and Brown's first transatlantic non-stop flight.
Case for Tabloid first aid kit used by Alcock and Brown, on their first transatlantic non-stop flight, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1919