11 Civil Defense Medical Kit items

o8773

11 Civil Defense Medical Kit items
Creation Date
1960s
Dimensions

The following measurements are of the boxes.o8773.1 Height- 19.05cm Width- 7.62cm Depth 5.72cmo8773.2 Height- 15.24cm Width- 8.26cm Depth 8.26cmo8773.3 Height- 5.08cm Width-12.7cm Depth 7 cmo8773.4 Height- 15.24cm Width- 6.35cm Depth 5.08cmo8733.5 Height- 9.53cm Width- 5.08cm Depth 3.81cmo8733.6 Height 10.16cm Width- 5.08cm Depth 5.08cmo8733.7 Height 10.16cm Width- 5.72cm Depth- 2.54cmo8733.8 Diameter 7.62cm Height- 15.24cmo8773.9 Height- 8.89cm Width- 3.18cm Depth- 3.18cmo8733.10 Height- 1.27cm Width- 1.27cm Length- 12.07cmo8733.11 Height- 4.45cm Diameter- 2.54cm

Description
The 11 items in this donation were found in the basement of the Corneil -Elkjer building located at 436 Litchfield Ave. SW in Willmar.  A fallout shelter was located in the basement of this building. The Medical Kit supplies are listed in the January 1965 Federal Civil Defense Guide. Medical Kit A consisted of items meant to care for the day to day common ailments of 50 people during confinement in the restricted environment of a shelter for 14 days. Medical Kit C was designed to supply up to 325 shelter occupants. The following 11 items could have been included in either Kit A or Kit C. The original box was not part of this donation.  o8773.1 Sulfadiazine Tablets, USP 0.5 Gm. (71/2 gr.), 500's. Tablets are in a see through 16oz brown glass bottle complete with label and original box.  Lederle Laboratories Division. Lot No. 041-559o8773.2 Sodium Bicarbonate U.S.P  A see through brown glass bottle complete with  label and original box.  Omega Chemical Corporation Lot 0728014o8773.3 Six bars of 1 3/4 oz. The 6 bars are individually wrapped and labeled in the original box. The Lightfoot Company A Division of Philip Morris, Inc. Lot No-SSC-48 o8773.4  Aspirin Tablets, USP  (5 gr.) 500's  A see through brown glass bottle with the label and original box.  Dewey Products Company Grand Rapids, Michigan  Lot N. 3885o8773.5  Cascara Sagrada Extract Tablets N.F. (4gr.) 100's a see through brown glass bottle with label and original box.  Strong Cobb Arner Inc. Cleveland, Ohio 44120 Lot No.1602-1o8773.6  Penicillin G Tablets USP 100's  A see through brown glass bottle with label and original box.E.R. Squibb & Sons New York  Expires June 1969 Control: 4E212o8773.7  Eye and Nose Drops  1/2 Fl. Oz. (14.8cc) In a brown glass bottle with label and original box.Also includes an eye dropper in unopened plastic wrap. Alcon Laboratories, Inc. Fort Worth, Texas.o8773.8  Sodium Chloride USP  Powderin a see through brown glass bottle. 1 lb. omega Chemical Corporation New York Lot 601034o8773.9  Eugenol USP 1 oz brown glass bottle Derry Products, Inc. Brooklyn 7 N.Y. Lot No. DEU-4o8773.10  Thermometer, Clinical, Human.  The glass thermometer is wrapped in the original paper, in a black plastic case in the original box. Faichney Instrument Corporation Watertown, New York (MFG/Contr) A/C- 6.64o8773.11 Water Purification Tablets, Iodine 50 Tablets in a brown bottle with label. Van Brode Milling Co. Inc. Clinton, Massachusetts  Lot No. 1  Date Packed  5/64

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