field dressing
Report a Mistake- Object Number 20080130-005
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer John Tye & Son, Ltd
- Date Made May 1917
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - United KingdomContinent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom, Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Medical and psychological tools and equipment
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1917/05/01
- Latest 1917/05/31
- Inscription (obverse/avers): WAR OFFICE MEDICAL DIVISION SHELL DRESSING. TO OPEN Outer cover- Pull tapes apart. Inner Waterproof Cover - Tear apart the uncemented corners. DIRECTIONS FOR USE. Push the glass ampoule out of the tube. Hold it in a vertical position and strike the padded end downwards against some hard surface so as to break the end of the glass bulb contained within the pad. The iodine will at once saturate the pad, by means of which it should be freely applied to the wound and surrounding skin. Take folded ends of bandage in each hand, and keeping bandage taut, apply blue surface of pad to wound and fix bandage. DO NOT HANDLE WOUND OR BLUE SURFACE OF PAD. JOHN TYE & SON, LONDON. May, 1917
- Materials Cotton
- Service Component British Expeditionary ForceCanadian Expeditionary Force
- Measurements Height 5.3 cm, Length 7.4 cm, Width 13.1 cm