Beiersdorf was founded in 1882 when Paul C. Beiersdorf registered the first patent to manufacture medical plasters. One form of plaster was elastoplast. The company formed an Australian branch.Advertising sign on tin for Elastoplast first aid. ELASTOPLAST / First Aidelastoplast, advertising signs

Elastoplast is the brand name for a type of bandage with an absorbent centre and sticky edges, also known in Australia as a Band-Aid. The inventor of the Band-Aid was Earle Dickson, a cotton buyer for the American company Johnson & Johnson. Dickson’s wife Josephine often acquired small injuries while doing housework, and Dickson tired of helping her dress wounds. He came up with the idea of sticking pieces of gauze a length of sticky tape so she could self-apply dressings. Johnson & Johnson began producing this type of dressing, branded as ‘Band-Aid’ in 1921. In 1928 Smith & Nephew of the UK began producing similar bandages branded as ‘Elastoplast’. This item is significant for its rarity due to age. It provides potential for interpretation as a part of Wodonga's social history.A red Elastoplast First Aid Dressings tin with hinged lid upon which manufacture information is printed.On lid of tin: "Plastic/Elastoplast/First Aid/Dressings"band-aid, elastoplast, medical history, bandages, medical, medicine

The first Elastoplast plaster was developed in 1896, when Smith & Nephew (founded 1856) expanded their business to Wound Dressing. This example was retailed by a Kew pharmacistRed enamelled tin used to retail Elastoplast dressings, sold in Kew by A Farrell [Chemist] 80 Cotham Road"Elastoplast Trade Mark / First Aid Dressings / Elastic adhesive / ...wound dressings, elastoplast, a farrell - chemist

Stitche illustrated booklet, orange cover with black print detailing title, edition and publisher there is a thin single line border. non-fictionVintage handbook with illustrations to provide guidence for medical and nursing staff on the prpoer application of Elastoplat bandagesmedical dressings, adhesive bandages, elastoplast, bandaging, wound management-history

Red rectangular tin labelled Elastoplast Trade Mark First Aid Dressings containing first aid dressings.Elastoplast Trade Mark First Aid Dressings Elastic Adhesive Consisting of Medicated gauze pad, Bismuth Subgallate 2-3% on Zinc Oxide Elastic Plaster Made in England by T J Smith & Nephew Ltd Hullfirst aid, elastoplast

Elastoplast was the first plaster to incorporate a gauze pad, which made it suitable for dressing wounds. Elastoplast dressings were devised in 1928 by employees at T. J. Smith & Nephew, a firm which was originally founded in 1856 as a small dispensing chemist’s in Hull. The original Elastoplast was an adhesive material, Smith & Nephew alerted doctors to their invention in the British Medical Journal in 1929, and Elastoplast was on display at the 1931 London Medical Exhibition.A small rectangular tin with removable lid. The exterior is red with white and black text: "Elastoplast, FIRST AID DRESSINGS. Gauze pad medicated with Domiphen Bromide BPC (for sterilising) 0.1% The logo S & N in white print is inside a white dotted circle towards the bottom of the lid.tin elastoplast medical first-aid

.1 Red circular tin .2 Elastoplast bandage insideLid: "S&N" Side: Elastoplast trade mark/Elastic Adhesive/Bandage/B.P.C. with porous adhesive/British Patent No. 713 838/for the medical profession/Directions for use enclosed/width 3in (7,6cm) Length unstretched 3yd (2.70m)/Length stretched 5/6yd (450/550m) Order No. 1003 Made in England by T.W. Smith & Nephew ltd., Hall & Welwyn Garden City. Keep in a cool place bandage, medical item

Thomas James Smith opened a small pharmacy in Hull, England in 1856. On his death in 1896, his nephew Horatio Nelson Smith took over the management of the business. Smith & Nephew plc is a British-based multinational medical equipment manufacturing company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest producer of arthroscopy products, second-largest producer of advanced wound management products, third-largest producer of trauma and clinical therapy products and fourth-largest producer of orthopaedic reconstruction products. Its products are sold in over 90 countries with 11,000 employees. In 1928 the company developed the wound management product Elastoplast, recorded in Medical Journals worldwide. Since 1998 Smith & Nephew operates in three market segments through separate "global business units" under the Smith & Nephew brand name: Advanced wound management: advanced treatments for difficult wounds. Endoscopy: products for minimally invasive surgery, based in Andover, Massachusetts. Orthopaedics: hip and knee implants and trauma products, based in Memphis, Tennessee. Smith & Nephew was incorporated and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1937 and in 1999 the Group was also listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In 2001, Smith & Nephew became a constituent member of the FTSE-100 index in the UK. This means that Smith & Nephew is included in the top 100 companies traded on the London Stock Exchange measured in terms of market capitalisation. .Today, Smith & Nephew is a public limited company incorporated and headquartered in the UK and doing business in 90 countries around the world. A tin cylinder with a lift off lid for ‘Cellona’ Plaster of Paris bandage, 3 inches wide x 4 yards long, made by Smith & Nephew Ltd, Hull, England mid 20thCLid - CELLONA / BPC Front - CELLONA / TRADE MARK / U.K. PATENT 385,658 / THE NEW AND IMPROVED / PLASTER of PARIS / BANDAGE / READY FOR USE / 3INS. 4 YDS. Back - ADVANTAGES …….. / DIRECTIONS………/ Made in England by T.J.SMITH & NEPHEW LTD. / LONDON, HULL, MANCHESTER, GLASGOW/ MAKERS OF ELASTOPLAST.* pharmacy, medicines, smith & nephew pty ltd, hull england, london england, plaster of paris, elastoplast, hospitals, nursing, wound dressings, orthopaedics, glassware, bottles, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham

Object. Square red tin with black lettering. Elastoplast. First aid dressings. Directions for use inside lid.Made in England by T.J.SMITH & NEPHEW. LTD . Keep in a cool place.medicine, first aid, elastoplast tin

The photograph shows W6 tram 988 running a Northcote-Dundas St route 90 service at the corner of Bourke and Queen Sts, Melbourne. In the background are the then-new Prudential and Pearl Insurance buildings and a sign for Eagle Star Insurance and Dalgety. The tram has adverts for Elastoplast and Mazda lamps. Photo would have appeared in The Age, based on the label on the rear.Yields information about the corner of Queen and Bourke Sts and tram 988.Black and white photograph with notes on the rear. In pencil "New buildings at the corner of Bourke & Queen Streets, Prudential and Pearl Insurance", has the sticker of "www.johnrogersarchive.com" and a date stamp of "22 Sep 1961"tramways, tramcars, bourke st, queen st, tram 988

This Surviva-kit was made in the 1960's and distributed by a New Zealand company. It would have originally have ben packaged in a plastic bag and duct tape to make it waterproof. 'Surviva-Kit' in a lidded tin box, containing a range of items that would help survival, such as matches, fishing line and hook, and medical items. The tin box has a list of the items printed in black font on a paper label on the lid.On the paper label: "SURVIVA-KIT/ DO NOT OPEN UNTIL REQUIRED/Contents/Distributed by: CMS Cartridges Ltd., Box 1293,/Dunedin." List of contents: WHISTLE/MATCHES/CANDLES/FISHING LINE AND HOOKS/STERILE SCALPEL BLADE/ASPIRINS/ELASTOPLAST/STERILE BANDAGES/STERILE DRESSINGS/GUTLESS SUTURES/STICKING PLASTER (1 yard)/PAPER/TOURNIQUET/ANTISEPTIC CRYSTALS/PLASTIC BAG/NEEDLE & THRES/PENCIL/FOOD TABLETS/HELIOGRAPH/FULL INSTRUCTIONS ENCLOSED

This kit most likely originates from the late 1950s. The enclosed St Johns Ambulance first aid guide was published in 1955 (the 8th impression of the 40th Edition). It belonged to Doug Twaits , presumably first when he lived in Kew; while a residence in Kew is not recorded in biographical information about him, this too would most likely have occurred in the late 1950s after he returned from Papua New Guinea and before he lived in Essendon. Twaits had previously lived in Emerald, and would return later in life. The first aid book was not originally included in the kit and may not be contemporaneous with the box it is now stored in. However, based on the items stored within the kit it is unlikely to originate from much later, and it most likely did originate at a similar time to the enclosed book. In particular, Dex Powder was banned in the 1970s due to health risks, placing a hard limit on how late it could be from.This kit represents the state of home healthcare in the mid-20th century.The metal box is a rectangular prism in two equal halves, one painted blue and the other red. The blue side - the front - features a cross and text announcing it as a home first aid kit. On the left are two hinges connecting the two parts; on the right is a metal clasp closing the box. A carrying handle is attached to the top of the box, on the red rear section. The box still contains many elements of the first aid kit itself: - Three first aid guidebooks (a 283-page textbook published by St Johns Ambulance Association, a 27-page booklet published by Smith & Nephew, and a 15-page booklet published by Savlon) - Tubes of "strangulator tubing," cotton wool, boracic (boric) acid, sodium bicarbonate, and salt tablets - Vials of Sal Volatile (smelling salts), Acriflavine antiseptic, calamine lotion, castor oil, and benzethonium chloride germicide. - Five sachets of Bex Powder (a mix of caffeine, aspirin, and phenacetin) - A cardboard box containing a squeeze tube of 'Portex Medicated Plastic Skin' (likely a combination painkiller and liquid bandage) - A carboard box containing an eye dropper - Several bandages - A eye dust remover - A plastic cupBox: "Home Safety / FIRST AID KIT" Black Book: "FIRST AID / TO THE INJURED / THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION" Black Book, handwritten inside cover: "D. TWAITS / 101 BARKERS ROAD / KEW" Red Booklet, Front Cover: "FIRST AID / S&N" Red Booklet, Rear Cover: "S&N / Published by / SMITH & NEPHEW LTD / Welwyn Garden City, Herts., England / Manufacturers of / Elastoplast Products / Gypsona P.O.P. Bandages / Surgical Dressings, etc. / PRINTED IN ENGLAND 893EL" Blue Booklet: "HANDBOOK OF / FIRST AID / 'Savlon'"medical & health, 1950s