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Medical Museum Collection, Box 63
One of two digital photographs (with 77-367_1_41b.jpg) of a World War II-era German medical field kit. This image shows several miscellaneous Italian and German medications in their original wrappers. The items have been set on a gray counter, and a ruler has been placed in the foreground for size comparison.
ca. 1939-1945
A World War II-era German medical field kit, found in a German Medical Aid Station captured by the 442nd Infantry while fighting in the Italian mountains. The kit was donated by Technical Sergeant Toshi Kuge, UOMS Class of 1948. The kit includes: 1) six yellow paper packets with green labels in Italian, contents unidentified, 2) eight packages of German cotton gauze, wrapped in cloth, 3) six assorted packages of cotton gauze, both Italian and German, 4) one pair of Italian surgical gloves, 5) one German packet containing ten 1-cc ampules marked "Caffein. natr. salicyl," 6) a small German packet containing two .01-gram ampules of "Lobelin," 7) a blue tin with Italian label, containing miscellaneous unidentified medications, 8) green paper-covered packet with German label, contents unidentified, 9) German package of ten 1-cc ampules of morphine, 10) package containing five glass vials of aspirin with caffeine, 11) cardboard tube with Italian label, containing formalin powder, 12) German package containing tetanus antitoxin serum in a vial, 13) green carton containing four small tubes of vaseline, 14) red tin from Italy, containing vaseline, 15) foil-covered brown container with German label "Antirheumaticum," 16) round German tin of frostbite salve, 17) carton containing two vials marked "Sepsotinktur," 18) two packages of German "Haemorrhoidalzapfchen," 19) two packages of German "Rogosept," 20) one tube of an unidentified German medication, 21) one red tin of an unidentified German medication, and 22) a small carrying case or caddy, divided into several compartments containing various bottles and tins of medications.
One of two digital photographs (with 77-367_1_41b.jpg) of a World War II-era German medical field kit. This image shows several miscellaneous Italian and German medications in their original wrappers. The items have been set on a gray counter, and a ruler has been placed in the foreground for size comparison.
ca. 1939-1945
A World War II-era German medical field kit, found in a German Medical Aid Station captured by the 442nd Infantry while fighting in the Italian mountains. The kit was donated by Technical Sergeant Toshi Kuge, UOMS Class of 1948. The kit includes: 1) six yellow paper packets with green labels in Italian, contents unidentified, 2) eight packages of German cotton gauze, wrapped in cloth, 3) six assorted packages of cotton gauze, both Italian and German, 4) one pair of Italian surgical gloves, 5) one German packet containing ten 1-cc ampules marked "Caffein. natr. salicyl," 6) a small German packet containing two .01-gram ampules of "Lobelin," 7) a blue tin with Italian label, containing miscellaneous unidentified medications, 8) green paper-covered packet with German label, contents unidentified, 9) German package of ten 1-cc ampules of morphine, 10) package containing five glass vials of aspirin with caffeine, 11) cardboard tube with Italian label, containing formalin powder, 12) German package containing tetanus antitoxin serum in a vial, 13) green carton containing four small tubes of vaseline, 14) red tin from Italy, containing vaseline, 15) foil-covered brown container with German label "Antirheumaticum," 16) round German tin of frostbite salve, 17) carton containing two vials marked "Sepsotinktur," 18) two packages of German "Haemorrhoidalzapfchen," 19) two packages of German "Rogosept," 20) one tube of an unidentified German medication, 21) one red tin of an unidentified German medication, and 22) a small carrying case or caddy, divided into several compartments containing various bottles and tins of medications.
