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Kit, Medical Accessories, Command Module, Apollo 11

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    Object Details

    Manufacturer

    B. Welson & Co., United States of America

    Summary

    This medical accessory kit was stowed in the Apollo 11 Command Module in a compartment on the right side wall beside the lunar module pilot couch. The kit has three component layers fitted with medical supplies and small medical equipment. It contains motion sickness injectors, pain suppression injectors, a two ounce bottle first aid ointment, one-ounce bottles of eye drops, nasal sprays, compress bandages, adhesive bandages, an oral thermometer and spare crew biomedical harnesses. Pills in the medical kit include antibiotics, nausea, stimulant, pain killer, decongestant, diarrhea, aspirin and sleeping.
    This kit was flown on the Apollo 11 mission and was transferred to the Smithsonian in 1970 along other contents of the spacecraft.

    Credit Line

    Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Inventory Number

    A19720647000

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Medical

    Materials

    Bag: Beta Cloth, Velcro, Mylar Insulation
    Contents: Bandages, Tablets, Thermometer, Eye Drops, Etc.

    Dimensions

    3-D: 9 × 7 × 6 in., 3lb. (22.9cm × 17.8cm × 15.2cm, 1.4kg)

    Country of Origin

    United States of America

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    National Air and Space Museum Collection

    Location

    National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

    Exhibition

    Destination Moon

    Data Source

    National Air and Space Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9453e2573-adc3-4fca-a327-266758d0187d

    Record ID

    nasm_A19720647000

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