Part of Wilson's medical kit at Cape Evans.
There were three doctors on Scott's expedition and one of them Wilson was on the Polar team. Apart from their expertise the expedition relied on their medical kit put together by Burroughs Wellcome and Co, London.
The box contained:
- Needles
- Pins
- Bandages
- Gauze
- Dressings
- Various drugs and ointments
|
Item |
Purpose |
|
Hazeline cream |
Soothing lotion, astringent |
|
Opium tablets |
Pain relief, diarrhoea |
|
Borofax, tannin |
Burns |
|
Sodium carbonate, chalk powder and opium, calcium lactate and soda mint |
Upset stomachs |
|
Kola compound, iron and quinine citrate, iron arsenic compound |
Tonic |
|
Calomel |
Worms, gout |
|
Corrosive sublimate |
Skin problems |
|
Gelsemium tincture |
Coughs |
|
Sodium salicylate |
General aches and pains |
|
Lead with opium |
Swellings |
|
Zinc sulphate, cocaine |
Eyewash |
|
Heart difficulties |
Digitalis tincture |
|
Vegetable laxative, blue pill, compound rhubarb |
Constipation |
The medical kit consists predominantly of those items required to treat a range of common ailments ie., friction blisters, frost blisters, sunburn, minor cuts, pain etc.
In the event of a serious or life-threatening injury, immediate evacuation will be sought during which time the remaining expeditioner/s will administer first-aid and/or pain killers.
Eric Philips has been trained in the administration of intravenous drugs.
| Pain Killers | |
|---|---|
| Panadeine Forte | 100 |
| Morphine tablets | 50 |
| Morphine Ampoule x 100mg | 2 |
| Pethidine Ampoule x 100mg | 2 |
| Hyperdermic syringes | 6 |
| Sleeping Tablets | 100 |
| Blisters | |
| Second skin | packets x 4 |
| Leucoplast tape | rolls x 2 |
| Elastoplast | rolls x 2 |
| Betadine | 50ml |
| Scissors | 1 |
| Infection/frostbite | |
| Antibiotics/penicillin | courses x 3 |
| Skin/burn ailments | |
| Bepanthen - antiseptic | tubes x 2 |
| Unitulle burn dressings | 4 |
| Limb fracture | |
| Kendrick Traction Splint | 1 |
| Haemorrhage | |
| Multi-trauma dressings | 6 |
| Roller Bandage | 2 |
| Needle and thread | kit x 1 |
| Steristrips | 20 |
| Snow Blindness | |
| Amethocaine | bottle x 2 |
| Diarrhea | |
| Lomotil tablets | 30 |
| Cold/Flu | |
| Codral tablets | 30 |
| Cough lozenges | 50 |
| Haemorhoid | |
| Cream | tube x 2 |