THE COMPLETE FIRST AID OUTFIT BOOK and A.R.P. Odhams Press Limited, Long Acre, London, W.C.2. [Printed in Great Britain, Copyright C639, presumably June 1939].

[W.W.II.]

Published by 1939, 1939

About this Item

4to, combined instructional book and first aid kit in front pouch, pp. 128; with numerous illustrations within the text, some full page; paper a little browned due to quality with some light cockling; affixed to the front pastedown is a transparent plastic wallet, inside of which is a card titled in red 'The Complete First Aid Outfit', and on which are mounted 8 (of possibly 16) items: Boric Lint, Tincture of Iodine (empty), 2 x BPC Sterilised Burn Dressings, 1x Sterilised Finger Dressing, Hospital Quality Absorbant Cotton Wool, Solution of Ammonia (empty), a reel of white thread; missing the small tin of Boracic Ointment; 3 x white open wove bandage of varying widths, three safety pins on card, small brown envelope labelled 'white jaconet' containing gauze, the small pot of Adhesive Zinc Oxide Plaster, and 2 x small rolls of elaster plaster; retaining the elastic place holders; contained within the original burgundy cloth backed card folder, upper cover and spine with the title embossed in blind, light rubbing and wear to extremities and surfaces. A wonderful WWII survivor, a combined first aid kit (though incomplete) and instructional manual, both bound together in burgundy cloth backed folder and intended for the use of A.R.P. (Air Raid Precaution) wardens. The textbook is divided into eight chapters, and gives general first aid advice, guidance on bandaging, on the treatment of sprains, dislocations and fractures, on haemorrhaging, on unconsciousness, on general accidents such as burns and poisoning, as well as advice in Chapter VII on 'High-Explosive and Incendiary Bombs', including on organising evacuations and shelters, and concluding with a chapter on 'First Aid for Gas Casualties'. The foreword is by N. Corbet Fletcher who was Surgeon-in-Chief of The St. John's Ambulance Brigade from 1936 to 1950. The first aid kit itself, housed within the front transparent pouch, is missing a number of items. A copy previously handled had 16 items. OCLC seems to locate copies at the British Library and UCLA only.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE COMPLETE FIRST AID OUTFIT BOOK and A.R.P. Odhams Press Limited, Long Acre, London, W.C.2. [Printed in Great Britain, Copyright C639, presumably June 1939].
• Publisher: 1939
• Publication Date: 1939
• Binding: Hardcover