Pocket first aid kit in a tin, by Boots the Chemist, dated 1930's or 1940's.
Production date
1920-1940
Description
Tin with lid, pocket sized, gold coloured. Lid is printed: Boots the Chemist, First Aid, Emergency Case, contents; (partially obscured by rusted area) -- oil, Borac Ointment---Plaster----Borac Lint. Red Cross emblem.
Contains miniature sealed glass bottle of Borac oil, paper and cardpill box: 'Boots Tape Plaster', roll of gauze bandage in blue paper, roll of gauze bandage, metal tube with screw lid; 'Borac Ointment', square brown paper envelope stamped in ink: 'B.R.C. lint' containing a small piece of pink coloured cloth. The envelope appears to be an addition to the kit from another source.
Printed on the inside of the lid are instructions for various emergencies; bleeding, bruises, burns, scalds, fainting, nose bleeding.
Contains miniature sealed glass bottle of Borac oil, paper and cardpill box: 'Boots Tape Plaster', roll of gauze bandage in blue paper, roll of gauze bandage, metal tube with screw lid; 'Borac Ointment', square brown paper envelope stamped in ink: 'B.R.C. lint' containing a small piece of pink coloured cloth. The envelope appears to be an addition to the kit from another source.
Printed on the inside of the lid are instructions for various emergencies; bleeding, bruises, burns, scalds, fainting, nose bleeding.
Collection Type
Objects
Catalogue Number
3193/1