General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

fabric [possibly cotton]

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

9.2 cm

Width

9.0 cm

Height

3.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Chemicals & medications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bauer Black

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Presumably prepared for use in WW1. This item never used.

Canada

Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.

Function

Applied to injured areas of patient to staunch bleeding and protect against additional trauma & contamination, and to provide protection in transit to additional medical treatment.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Following text printed on pouch: "FIRST FIELD DRESSING/ To Open { / Outer Cover: Break through Hold-/ ing flap. Inner Waterproof cover:/ Tear apart at the undermounted/ corner where indicated by the/ arrow./ Contents { / Two Dressings in Waterproof/ Covers, each consisting of a/ gauze pad attached to a bandage,/ and a safety pin./ Direction for Use: Take the folded ends of/ the bandage in each hand, and, keeping the/ bandage taut, apply the gauze pad to the/ wound and fix the bandage. One dressing to/ be used for each wound./ In the case of head wounds when respir-/ ators have to be worn, care should be taken/ to adjust the pad so that it does not inter-/ fere with the fit of the facepiece./ DO NOT HANDLE THE GAUZE OR WOUND/ Bauer and Black Limited, Toronto, Canada/ Made in Canada JUNE 1911". UHN catalogue no. "985.21" typed in black ink on off-white fabric label sewn to pouch back. Illegible marking [presumably broad arrow indicating government/military property] stamped in black ink on pouch.

Missing

None.

Finish

Contents sealed within drab- green fabric pouch.

Decoration

N/A