NAM.1973-06-8-2
Cardboard cylinder for an iodine ampoule, 1914. Made by John Bell and Croydon Ltd, London. Padded with horse hair and cotton wool, bearing a white label printed with the maker’s name and instructions for use. Found in the pocket of a uniform worn by Capt Owen Tudor Richard Crawshay.
World War One (1914-1918)
Length: 6.3 cm Diameter: 2.1 cm
White label pritned in black: ‘IODENE AMPOULE / FOR EXTERNAL USE / INSTRUCTIONS / Push the glass ampoule out of the tube. / Hold ot in a vertical position and strike the / padded end downards against some hard / surface so as to break the end of the glass / bulb contained within the pad, by means of / which it should be freely applied to the / wound and surrounding skin before apply - / ing the First Field Dressing / . / Pat. No. 23437 of 1914 / JOHN BELL & CROYDON, Ltd., Chemists / Analysts & Surgical Instrument Makers, / 50, Wigmore Stree [sic], London W’.