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Camphorated Oil


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      Description: Square brown glass bottle with metal screw top lid, and printed label. The label reads, " FAULDING CAMPHORATED OIL Contents: 2 fluid ozs. POISON FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY For rubbing on the chest and the application of Chilblains and Chapped Hands. REG. VIC> 7225 16.J.9.5456 F.H. FAULDING & Co. Ltd Manufacturing Chemists AUSTRALIA." The bottle is 1/3 full of oil. This item is part of a collection which belonged to Mrs. Alice Elliot, whose husband was Col. Elliot. Alice was a nurse during WWI and during WWII she joined the Tasmanian Volunteer Services.

Format: Realia
Object: medical equipment
Material: glass;  metal

Titles:
Camphorated Oil

Subjects: first aidmedical equipment

Institution: Cygnet Living History Museum Inc.

Object number: CLH_00077

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