Digital photograph of a German hypodermic field kit. The wooden box is shown closed, and the contents have been removed to the gray counter in front of it. A carton of French hypodermic needles and two chrome hypodermic kits are shown, lids opened to show the contents. An unrolled tape measure is shown in the foreground for size comparison, and a handwritten provenance note can also be seen.
ca. 1939-1945
Medical Museum Collection, Box 54
A German hypodermic field kit, captured from the medical depot at Saarbrucken in early 1945. The supplies were then distributed to the 7th Army, 650 Medical Clearing Company, 15th Corps. The kit was subsequently donated by John C. Brougher, M.D., in February 1976. The kit is in good condition. All items are housed in an unfinished, unlined wooden box which measures 17.3 x 4.5 x 11 cm. The lid has a brass pull ring, and the word Spritzen has been burned into the wood. The box contains: 1) two individual hypodermic sets in aluminum cases, each case lid with manufacturers device and label "Original-Record". One kit has a 2-cc syringe and the other a 5-cc syringe. Otherwise, the kits are the same, and contain needle sterilizers, record syringe, plunger, and two needles. Also included in the box is a carton of ten hypodermic needles of French manufacture, labeled "Inoxylux."