Lint dressing
Category
Medical & health
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard, paper and textile
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937592
Summary
Shallow, rectangular, dirty, dark blue cardboard box with openings at both ends and white paper label with black border and print: Superfine Boric Lint, a safe and reliable antiseptic dressing, specially prepared for surgeon's use. Supplied by Heppell's (or Keppell's) English and Foreign Chemists, London and Brighton. Stamped '1oz' in black (right hand side on label). Contains cream coloured lint wrapped in dark blue paper.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).