geronimojoe85
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- Nov 16, 2009
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So, I found this box in my basement. I thought that it might be interesting to share as it seems to be a kind of time capsule from an era gone by.
It appears to be a Civil Defense medical supply kit. It says 50-65 occupants which seems to me to be a little optimistic given the amount of contents. You'll see what I mean as we go on. So let's start unpacking to see what we've got.
This was sealed when I found it a few days ago, and appears to have been packed in Feb of 1963.
First off we have what appears to be a few publications:
Kit instructions:
Family emergency health care:
And what appears to be a packing list:
Now we have a small set of scissors incased in a plastic dip:
This appears to be some type of packing material:
Now we have some tweezers:
A dyed dressing, which I think is some sort of cravat or triangular bandage:
Next is a syringe fountain, which looks to me like some sort of enema kit:
Now we have "eye and nose drops" three containers of them:
A bottle of laxatives, need I say more?
Water purification tablets, two bottles, 50 tablets each. Bottles are sealed in some sort of wax:
From our friends at Pfizer, penicillin G tablets, two bottles:
One bottle, Eugenol "toothache remedy" it appears the seal is broken, but it looks to me like the plastic has just failed and has not been tampered with:
From our friends at Phillip Morris, soap. Interesting that it is "substitute for antiseptic solution."
A full pound of baking soda in what looks like a tiny paint can. Also note, the baking soda seems to have solidified:
1lb of Vaseline in a little paint can:
One bottle of 500 tabs of sulfadiazine:
One LB of sodium chloride, note that this much like the salt shakers at that dumpy restaurant with the really good lemon rice soup, is solid as a rock inside its container:
(Picture missing)
Kaolin mixture with pectin. Pretty good they have stuff to stop you up and stuff to help you go:
Note this stuff appears to have separated:
One quart of isopropyl alcohol.
Well, it used to be a quart, I imagine the seal had somehow failed years ago and has left us with an empty tin:
Standard 4x4 gauze pads. (Nonsterile):
Three bags of safety pins:
Thermometer:
(Picture missing)
With a full guarantee, if they're still in business:
Wooden q-tips:
100 tongue depressors, just in case they have a mini bridge building contest:
One big bottle of asprin, 500 tablets:
A dozen rolls of 2 inch gauze:
One pound of purified cotton:
So, there you have it.
As I said this box is for 50-65 people in a shelter and I think that is a bit optimistic. Just think of 60 people, imagine two full classrooms of people. How long do you think the asprin would really last? If people start having the skitters, how long is that bottle of anti-diarrhea stuff going to last? As I understand it this is just one of several different boxes that would be used to stock a shelter.
It appears to be a Civil Defense medical supply kit. It says 50-65 occupants which seems to me to be a little optimistic given the amount of contents. You'll see what I mean as we go on. So let's start unpacking to see what we've got.
This was sealed when I found it a few days ago, and appears to have been packed in Feb of 1963.
First off we have what appears to be a few publications:
Kit instructions:
Family emergency health care:
And what appears to be a packing list:
Now we have a small set of scissors incased in a plastic dip:
This appears to be some type of packing material:
Now we have some tweezers:
A dyed dressing, which I think is some sort of cravat or triangular bandage:
Next is a syringe fountain, which looks to me like some sort of enema kit:
Now we have "eye and nose drops" three containers of them:
A bottle of laxatives, need I say more?
Water purification tablets, two bottles, 50 tablets each. Bottles are sealed in some sort of wax:
From our friends at Pfizer, penicillin G tablets, two bottles:
One bottle, Eugenol "toothache remedy" it appears the seal is broken, but it looks to me like the plastic has just failed and has not been tampered with:
From our friends at Phillip Morris, soap. Interesting that it is "substitute for antiseptic solution."
A full pound of baking soda in what looks like a tiny paint can. Also note, the baking soda seems to have solidified:
1lb of Vaseline in a little paint can:
One bottle of 500 tabs of sulfadiazine:
One LB of sodium chloride, note that this much like the salt shakers at that dumpy restaurant with the really good lemon rice soup, is solid as a rock inside its container:
(Picture missing)
Kaolin mixture with pectin. Pretty good they have stuff to stop you up and stuff to help you go:
Note this stuff appears to have separated:
One quart of isopropyl alcohol.
Well, it used to be a quart, I imagine the seal had somehow failed years ago and has left us with an empty tin:
Standard 4x4 gauze pads. (Nonsterile):
Three bags of safety pins:
Thermometer:
(Picture missing)
With a full guarantee, if they're still in business:
Wooden q-tips:
100 tongue depressors, just in case they have a mini bridge building contest:
One big bottle of asprin, 500 tablets:
A dozen rolls of 2 inch gauze:
One pound of purified cotton:
So, there you have it.
As I said this box is for 50-65 people in a shelter and I think that is a bit optimistic. Just think of 60 people, imagine two full classrooms of people. How long do you think the asprin would really last? If people start having the skitters, how long is that bottle of anti-diarrhea stuff going to last? As I understand it this is just one of several different boxes that would be used to stock a shelter.
