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First Aid

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Wounds and injuries - Treatment
Assistance in emergencies
Rescue work

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Images from the collections

Images about First Aid

151 images from works
  • [Small British Red Cross Society first aid card, giving brief instructions on what to do].
  • Save lives : first aid : keep me handy / Dr. Martin Sagrera.
  • [Leaflet about the international work of the British Red Cross Society].
  • First aid for your dog and cat / Pedigree Petfoods.
  • The "Home" First-Aid Case : Tincture of Iodine.
  • [8 franc (with 3 franc surcharge) Belgian postage stamp (Stanley Gibbons number: 2548) to raise funds for the Red Cross. The subject is Jeunes Secouristes].
  • Take a tip from us : cotton on to Q-tips profit!.
  • Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.
  • Triangular bandage for the shoulder / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  • [Card certifying proficiency in life saving and water safety (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1939 - used in 1942)].
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Works from the collections

825 works

    • Ephemera

    Maw's waterproof court plaster : which does not wash off / S. Maw, Son & Sons.

    | Date: [between 1901 and 1918]
    • Ephemera

    Antiseptic powder for the feet. : Cooling. Very refreshing. / S. Stephens.

    | Date: [between 1880 and 1909?]
    • Ephemera

    First aid for the family : For furnace troubles call... / A & M Heating & Cooling Co.

    | Date: [between 1930 and 1949?]
    • Ephemera

    I am a patient on steroid treatment : which must not be stopped abruptly / [NHS].

    | Date: [1972?]
    • Ephemera

    I am a patient on steroid treatment : which must not be stopped abruptly / [NHS].

    | Date: [1979]
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Related topics

Bandages
Wounds and Injuries
Military Medicine
Home Nursing
Wounds and Injuries - therapy
United Kingdom
Poisoning
Emergency Medical Services
Wounds and Injuries - prevention & control
Accident Prevention

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