Application and Use of WWII Medical Items
- AMMONIA, AROMATIC, SPIRIT (for fainting, hold near patient’s nose)
- SWAB, IODINE (for sterilization of skin around wound – do not apply to wound itself – just cover edges of wound & surrounding skin only)
- PLASTER, ADHESIVE, SURGICAL (for holding and/or fixing dressings)
- SCISSORS, BANDAGE (for cutting bandages, removing clothes, & other emergency needs)
- PIN, SAFETY (for fastening dressings & slings)
- BANDAGE, GAUZE, COMPRESSED, WHITE (for dressing small wounds)
- BANDAGE, GAUZE, TRIANGULAR, COMPRESSED (for making slings & for bandaging wounds or injuries requiring a large dressing)
- FORCEPS, HEMOSTATIC (for grasping or extracting tiny parts from wound)
- SCISSORS, DOUBLE-BLUNT (for cutting small bandages, with rounded edge, to avoid harming patient or affecting wound)
- SET, BURN, INJURY (with ointment for spreading evenly over burned surface or onto dressing to be applied to wound)
- SET, EYE, DRESSING (with ointment to help solve eye discomfort, for applying to inner surface of lower eye lid, do not rub the eye)
- BANDAGE, GAUZE, ADHESIVE, WHITE (for quick dressing of small cuts, scratches or blisters)
- TOURNIQUET, FIELD (for stopping hemorrhage and/or severe bleeding, loosen at least every 20 or 30 minutes)
- PENCIL, LEAD (for filling-in emergency medical tag)
- DRESSING, FIRST-AID, SMALL, WHITE (for dressing small and/or medium sized wounds)
- STRAP, LITTER, CARRYING (for helping support weight of litter with patient)
- BOOK, EMT (Emergency Medical Tags) (for fixing to patient’s clothing, usually over breast, or as near as possible, with full data covering identity, arm or service, full diagnosis, as well as treatment given to patient)
- INSERT, CANVAS (with lace for fixing inside canvas pouch, holding specific medical items, either with 3 compartments, or with 6 loops, for contents please revert to listing of individual medical kits (Officer’s, NCO’s, Pvte’s)
- VIAL, HARD RUBBER, ½ OZ., BLACK (for holding pills and/or tablets, or hypodermic solutions)
- PILL, COMPOUND, CATHARTIC (for use as a laxative, take one or two tablets at night, if constipated)
- TABLET, MIXTURE, GLYCYRRHIZA & OPIUM COMPOUND (for use against mucus secretion)
- TABLET, ACETOPHENETIDIN (for relieving pain, used as an analgesic)
- TABLET, IPECA & OPIUM POWDER (for activating transpiration, used as a tranquilizer and/or sedative)
- TABLET, QUININE, SULFATE (for prevention of fever and malaria)
- BOX, TABLET, FOLDING (for packing additional pills and/or tablets, if necessary)
- SYRINGE, HYPODERMIC (for drawing in or ejecting liquid under the skin)
- NEEDLE, SYRINGE (hollow part pertaining to hypodermic syringe)
- APOMORPHINE, HYDROCHLORIDE (emetic, for helping to vomit)
- ATROPINE, SULFATE (cardiac & respiratory stimulant)
- COCAINE, HYDROCHLORIDE (for local anesthesia)
- MORPHINE, SULFATE (analgesic, for relieving pain and inducing sleep)
- NYTROGLYCERIN (dilating agent)
- STRYCHNINE, SULFATE (respiratory & circulatory stimulant)
- STERILIZER, HYPODERMIC, NEEDLE (with small container, for sterilizing needles of hypodermic syringe)
- THERMOMETER, CLINICAL (for measuring body temperature)
- BISTOURY, SHARP-POINTED, STRAIGHT (surgical knife, used for operating)
- KNIFE, OPERATING (surgical knife, used for operating)
- FORCEPS, ABBEY (artery pincers and needle support, used during surgery)
- FORCEPS, HEMOSTATIC, JONES (hemostatic pincers, for stopping hemorrhage)
- FORCEPS, TISSUE, SPRING (for removing tissues, or cellular substances)
- PACKET, NEEDLE, SURGEON, REGULAR (surgical needles, used for stitching and sewing wound)
- PACKET, NEEDLE, UTERINE (surgical needles, used for sewing uterine wounds)
- SCISSORS, OPERATING, ONE POINT, SHARP (surgical instrument, used during operating)
- PACKET, SUTURE, SILK, BRAIDED (for sewing together of a wound)
- MORPHINE, TARTRATE, SYRETTE, ½ GRAIN (for relief of severe pain, full effects are not felt for 20 to 30 minutes after injection, do not give a second injection sooner than 2 hours after the first, never give a second dose to a patient who is breathing 12 or less times a minute & never give morphine to an unconscious person)
- TABLET, SULFADIAZINE (for prevention of wound infection, take by mouth followed by a large amount of water)
- PACKET, SULFANILAMIDE (for prevention of wound infection, sprinkle contents into wound)
- COTTON, ABSORBENT, COMPRESSED (for plugging ear canals and protecting eardrums)
- PACKET, GAUZE, PLAIN, STERILIZED (for dressing small wounds)
- Sources: FM 8-35 Transportation of The Sick And Wounded February 21, 1941, FM 8-50 Bandaging And Splinting 15 January 1944, TM 8-220 Medical Department Soldier’s Handbook March 5, 1941, FM 10-63 Graves Registration 15 January 1945, FM 21-10 Military Sanitation and First Aid July 31, 1940, FM 21-11 First Aid For Soldiers April 7, 1943, FM 21-100 Soldier’s Handbook July 23, 1941, E.M.T. Form 52b, Medical Department, U.S.A. (revised October 25, 1940), E.M.T. Form 52b, Medical Department (revised November 5, 1942), Army Regulations AR 40-1025 (most documents belong to the author’s personal collection)
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