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ca. 1939-1944
Medical Museum Collection, Box 59
Digital photograph of a collection of World War II-era Japanese medical supplies, arranged on a gray counter. Included in the image are packages of bandages and sutures, wound tags, and a Red Cross armband. A ruler has been placed in the foreground for size comparison.
A collection of bandages and wound tags taken from Japan during World War II, and donated by John B. White, M.D., in January 1945. All of the items are in good condition. The collection includes: 1) one roll, 1000 cm x 5 cm of surgical cloth tape in a blue cardboard roller, 2) five packets of cotton gauze wrapped in paper, 3) Japanese Red Cross brassard, in white cotton with a broad horizontal red band, 4) two small packets of suture material, wrapped in brown waxed paper, 5) two wound tags, printed in Japanese characters, with spaces for indicating nature of injury and care to be administered.
Medical Museum Collection, Box 59
Digital photograph of a collection of World War II-era Japanese medical supplies, arranged on a gray counter. Included in the image are packages of bandages and sutures, wound tags, and a Red Cross armband. A ruler has been placed in the foreground for size comparison.
A collection of bandages and wound tags taken from Japan during World War II, and donated by John B. White, M.D., in January 1945. All of the items are in good condition. The collection includes: 1) one roll, 1000 cm x 5 cm of surgical cloth tape in a blue cardboard roller, 2) five packets of cotton gauze wrapped in paper, 3) Japanese Red Cross brassard, in white cotton with a broad horizontal red band, 4) two small packets of suture material, wrapped in brown waxed paper, 5) two wound tags, printed in Japanese characters, with spaces for indicating nature of injury and care to be administered.
