B&B Corrosive Sublimate Gauze

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Description:

Orange cardboard box containing one yard of corrosive sublimate gauze for field use in World War I. Typed on the box in black ink is: "B&B Corrosive / Sublimate Gauze / Compressed / 1 Yard / Prepared by / Bauer & Black / Chicago, U.S.A / Contract May, 1917." Corrosive sublimate, also known as mercuric chloride (HgCl2), was used as an antiseptic during the war.

Date Made: ca. 1917

Maker: Bauer & Black

Place Made: United States: Illinois, Chicago

Related Event: World War I

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AF.303690DCatalog Number: 303690DAccession Number: 62728

Object Name: gauze, sublimate corrosiveOther Terms: gauze, sublimate corrosive; medical equipment

Physical Description: cardboard (overall material)mercuric chloride (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm x 1.905 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-02ba-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_447785

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