Sulfanilamide, Crystalline, 12 5-Gm Envelopes (Medical Item #1463600)

Complete box of twelve sachets sulfanilamide. This powder was supposed to be carefully spread over the wound and is known as some sort of (as we know now as) antibiotics.

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Holder, Chart (Medical Item #7060400)

Clipboard made by the Shampaine Company in St. Louis, MO for the US Army Medical Department. Designed to hold papers and (medical)dossiers of the patient.…

Plaster, Adhesive, Surgical, 3-Inch by 5 Yards (Medical Item #2035000)

Relatively large adhesive tape originally designed to pack surgical dressings tightly together, however it came in handy in the field as well. Especially during major operations like Operation Overlor…

Vial, 1/2-oz – Medical Item #9961500

Hard rubber vial used to carry a variety of tablets. Depending on what unit the medic was in, he would carry up to 6 of these in his Kit Component, Insert Type II (Medical Item #9707500). Best known e…

Plaster, Adhesive, Field Brown, 1-Inch by 5 Yards (Medical Item #9209000)

This adhesive tape is made by The Bay Division and has both the medical number 9209000 as the 1945 date on it. Meaning this is a military contract piece of kit. In all my years of collecting I have on…

Form 52b Medical Department U.S.A. Emergency Medical Tag (1942)

For every injury in the field, how tiny or how large it may be, aidmen were supposed to fill in an EMT (Emergency Medical Tag). This provides basic information about the soldier’ injury to the d…

Pin, Safety, Medium (Medical Item #7878000)

Set with 9 zinc coated safety pins on a thin piece of cardboard. Used by medical troops to bind a wound dressing together. There are also stories known these were used to temporarely stitch flesh woun…