Historical information

This snake bite or spider bite kit was made in the days when the treatment for such bites was to use a torniquet and lance the wound.

Physical description

Sanax snake and spider bite kit, comprising:
1. Metal and rubber tourniquet
2. Lancet in wooden case
3. Small sheet describing treatment for a snake or spider bite

Inscriptions & markings

"SNAKEBITE/OR/SPIDER BITE"
"Sir Lauder Brunton"