Equipment of an Officer
 (Officer’s Medical Canvas Pouch & Related Items – period 1940-1942 – the parts illustrated above are from the collection of Alain Batens)
From L to R and horizontally: 1 X Litter Carrying Strap, 1 X Canvas Pouch (shortened version) + 1 X Cantle Ring Strap, 1 X Insert Type II w/Lace + 6 X Hard Rubber Black Vials, 1 X Carton Medium Safety Pins (No.2), 1 X Hypodermic Set, 1 X Hypodermic Needle Sterilizer, 1 X Adhesive Surgical Plaster, 1 X Burn-Injury Set (newly introduced), 1 X Metal Container No.1 + 12 X Iodine Swabs, 1 X Folding Box for Tablets, 1 X Field Tourniquet, 5 X Plain Gauze Compressed White Bandages, 1 X EMT Book w/ 20 Tags, 1 X Spring Tissue Forceps, 1 X Clinical Thermometer, 1 X Bandage Scissors, 1 X Lead Pencil
Missing items: 11 X Folding Boxes for Tablets, 12 X Needles, 6 X Tubes, 1 X Medical Officer Canvas Case, 1 Metal Case for Knives w/ Contents + Needles, Suture Silk, and Operating Scissors
KIT, MEDICAL, OFFICER’S (item #97115)
(Period 1940 – 1942)
1 X Strap, Cantle Ring M-1932 (item #97065)
1 X Pouch, Canvas M-1932 (item #97085) (remark: since the Officer only carries a SINGLE medical pouch, there is no need for the required Suspender, hence subject pouch could be worn with Strap, Litter, Carrying (item #97080), Strap, Carrying, OD, Bag, Canvas, Field (stock n° 74-S-333), or Strap, Carrying, General Purpose (stock n° 74-S-333-50)
Canvas Pouch contents :
- 1 X Insert, Type II with Lace (item #97075) with 6 X Vial, Hard Rubber, ½ Oz., Black (item #99615) filled with Pill, Compound, Cathartic (item #11505), Tablet, Mixture, Glycyrrhiza & Opium Compound (item #12230), Tablet, Acetophenetidin (item #10060), Tablet, Ipeca & Opium Powder or also called Dover’s Powder (item #12410), and Tablet, Quinine Sulfate (item #13900), the sixth Vial was a reserve component, and could either contain additional items (see above) or be used for preparation of hypodermic solutions by the Medical Officer
- 12 X Box, Tablet, Folding (item #77280) intended for packing various extra pills and/or tablets
- 1 X Plaster, Adhesive, Surgical, 1-in x 5 yds (item #20340) packed on spool for fixing bandages
- 1 X Set, Hypodermic, Complete (item #93550) with 1 X Container, Metal, No. 2 (item #97680), 1 X Syringe, Hypodermic (item unknown), 12 X Needles, Extra (item unknown), 6 X Tubes containing 20 X Tablets each of Apomorphine Hydrochloride (item #10730), Atropine Sulfate (item #10860), Cocaine Hydrochloride (item #11450), Morphine Sulfate (item #12950), Nytroglycerin (item unknown), and Strychnine Sulfate (item #14570)
- 1 X Sterilizer, Hypodermic, Needle (item #99515)
- 1 X Pencil, Lead (item #76240) usually with protector cap
- 1 X Pin, Safety, Medium (item #78780) either 9 or 12 safety pins, fixed on a carton
- 1 X Thermometer, Clinical (item #79320) protected by metal or hard rubber sleeve, sometimes with Caduceus indication
- 5 X Bandage, Gauze, Plain, Compressed, White, 3-in x 6 yds (item #92010)
- 1 X Tourniquet, Field (item #93780) usually white elastic cotton
- 1 X Case, Instrument, Medical Officer's (item #97050)1 X Case, Instrument, Canvas, Medical Officer (item #97051), 1 X Container, Metal, for 2 Knives (item #97052) containing 1 X BIstoury, Sharp-Pointed, Straight, 1 3/4 Oz. (item #30085), and 1 X Knife, Operating, 1 1/4 Oz. (item #33356), + add. Instruments wrapped in Canvas Case: 1 X FOrceps, Abbey, 4 3/4 Oz. (item #32288), 1 X Forceps, Hemostatic, Jones, 5-in (item #32295), 1 X Forceps, Tissue, Spring, 4 1/2 Oz. (item #32695), 1X Scissors, Operating, One Point, Sharp, 4 1/2 Oz. (item #34745), 1 X Packet, Needle, Surgeon, Regular, 3/8 Circle,Size 6 (item #33935), 1 X Packet, Needle, Surgeon, Regular, 3/8 Circle, Size 10 (item #33945), 1 X Packet, Needle, Uterine, 1/2 Circle, Size 5 (item #34011), 3 X Packet, Suture, Silk, Braided, Non-Capillary, Serum-Proof, Sterile, 3 Sizes, 00 - 1 - 3 - and 2 x 18" Lengths (item #93770) - Size 00 is item #37971, Size 1 is item #37975), and Size 3 is item #37988
- 1 X Container, Metal, N°1 (item #97675) containing 12 X Swab, Iodine (item #91120)
- 1 X Book, Emergency Medical Tags (form 52b) containing 20 identical tags
 (Officer’s Medical Kit, Item #97115 – period 1940-1945 – from the collection of Alain Batens + 3 items from the collection of Mike De Trez, via Alain Batens)
From L to R and horizontally: 1 X Insert Type II w/Lace + 3 X Hard Rubber Black Vials, 1 X Canvas Pouch + 1 X Litter Carrying Strap + 1 X Cantle Ring Strap, 1 X Folding Box for Tablets, 1 X Adhesive Plaster w/Box, 1 X Field Tourniquet, 1 X Metal Container No. 2 + Hypodermic Set w/Brown Felt Pouch, 1 X Hypodermic Needle Sterilizer, 1 X Bandage Scissors, 1 X Lead Pencil w/Eraser, 1 X Carton Medium Safety Pins, 5 X Plain Gauze Compressed White Bandages, 1 X Medical Officers (Canvas) Case + 1 X Hemostatic Jones Forceps, 1 X Tissue Spring Forceps, 1 X Abbey Forceps (rest missing), 3 X Silk Braided Sutures (3 Sizes 00-1-2), 1 X Clinical Thermometer w/Protector Sleeve, 1 X Box w/5 Syrettes 1.5 cc Size - Solution of Morphine Tartrate, 1 X Metal Container No.1 w/6 Iodine Swabs, 1 X EMT Book w/20 Identical Tags, 5 X Crystalline Sulfanilamide Paper Envelopes w/Shaker Top, 3 X Sulfadiazine (Wound) Tablets, 1 X Burn Injury Set, 1 Eye Dressing Set – Missing Items: 11 X Folding Boxes for Tablets, 1 X Metal Case for 2 Knives (1 X Sharp-Pointed Straight Bistoury 1 ¾ "+ 1 X Operating Knife 1 ¼" ) + 1 X Operating Scissors One Sharp Point 4 ½ "
Description: 1 X Medical Officer’s Case, mfd by Warren Leather Goods Co., Worcester, Mass., Khaki Canvas Case (Item #97051) empty w/following Contents; 1 X Metal Container for 2 Knives (Item #97052) empty, w/1 X Bistoury, Sharp-Pointed, Straight, 1 ¾" (Item #30085) + 1 X Knife, Operating, 1 ¼ " (Item #33356), 1 X Forceps, Abbey, 4 ¾ " (Item #32288) + 1 X Forceps, Hemostatic, Jones, 5" (Item #32295) + 1 X Forceps, Tissue, Spring, 4 ½ " (Item #32695) + 1 X Scissors, Operating, One Point Sharp 4 ½" (Item #34745), 3 X Braided Silk Sutures, wrapped in Paper Envelopes, Sizes 00-1-2 containing Two 18" Strands of Each, Sterile Non-Capillary, Serum-Proof, mfd by Gudebrod Bros. Silk Co. Inc., New York-Phila (Item #93770), 1 X Packet, Needle, Surgeons, Regular, 3/8 Circle, Size 6 (Item #33935), 1 X Packet, Needle, Surgeons, Regular, 3/8 Circle, Size 10 (Item #33945), 1 X Packet, Needle, Uterine, Half Circle, Size 5 (Item #34011) – Description: 1 X Packet, Morphine Tartrate, 5 x Tubes, ½ Gr. Solution w/Sterile Needle, mfd by E.R. Squibb & Sons, New York – Manufacturers to the Medical Profession since 1858, Control 2J 47125, Yellow Box + Red Markings (Item #91155)
MODIFICATIONS (Period 1944 – 1945)
- 6 X Vial, Hard Rubber, ½ Oz., Black (Modification: end of 1943, reduced to only 3 X Vials containing 16 X Tablet, Acetylsalicylic Acid (=Aspirine) (item #10100), and 36 X Pill, Compound, Cathartic (item #11505), the third Vial is used as a reserve component).
- 1 X Container, Metal, N°1 (Modification: end of 1943, contents reduced to only 6 X Iodine Swabs, either still included in the Metal Container, or packed in the new cardboard box containing 6 X Iodine Swabs (item #91120).
- 1 X Syringe, Hypodermic + 1 X Sterilizer, Hypodermic, Needle + all accessories (Modification: end of 1943, cancelled and replaced by 3 X Case with 5 X Tube, Morphine Tartrate, ½ Grain Solution (item #91155).
- 1 X Set, Burn, Injury (item #91038) (Modification: early 1944, introduced).
- 1 X Set, Eye, Dressing (item #91095) (Modification: early 1944, introduced).
- 3 X Case, Tablets, Sulfadiazine (item #91204) each containing 8 X Tablet, with 7.7 grains Sulfadiazine (also called Wound Tablets) (Modification: early 1944, introduced).
- 1 X Packet, Sulfanilamide (item #91211) with 5 X Paper. Envelopes, each containing 5 Grams Crystalline Sulfanilamide in Sterile, Individual, Double Wrapped Envelope with Shaker Top. (Modification: early 1944, introduced).
- 1 X Scissors, Bandage (item #3468000) (Modification: September 1944, introduced (plse note increased number of digits, i.e. 5 > 7)
- 1 X Set, Eye, Dressing (Modification: February 1945, cancelled and replaced by 1 X Set, Eye Dressing, M-2 (item #9109510)
- 1 X Plaster, Adhesive, Surgical (Modification: February 1945, cancelled and replaced by Field Brown colored material (item #9209000)
- 5 X Bandage, Gauze, Plain, Compressed, White (Modification: February 1945, cancelled and replaced by Field Brown colored material (item #9201100).
- 1 X Tourniquet, Field (Modification: June 1945, cancelled and replaced by Tourniquet, Elastic, Field (item #9377900).
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