 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Date: 1900 -
Description: Small wooden holder with mounted steel blade and a wooden cap that screws on as cover. Other end is hollow and has screwed cap that would normally have contained Condy's crystals (potassium permanganate). To cut wound and wash with Condy's crystals was the accepted treatment for snakebite for many years but is now outdated. An accompanying newspaper article is about Alfie Cook dying of snakebite on Vansittart Island in 1927, before help could be obtained. Format: realia Object: first aid kits Material: wood; steel Titles: Snakebite Kit Subjects: snakes; first aid kits People/Orgs: Cook, Alfie Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc. Object number: FHR_00086 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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