Illustrated Triangular Bandage of the National First AId Association of America
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1905
name: label: maker
content: National First Aid Association of America
notes: label: Description
content: Linen triangular cloth with illustrations of use in medical situations, and an “ILLUSTRATED TRIANGULAR BANDAGE OF THE NATIONAL FIRST AID ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. 6 BEACON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A. COPYRIGHTED” / "AFTER ESMARCH" inscription. The National First Aid Association was established by Clara Barton (1821-1912) in 1905. Although short-lived, the Association was one of the first in the United States to provide basic first aid instruction to the public. The organization folded with Barton's death in 1912, but the American Red Cross had by then taken up the task of first aid instruction for laypersons.
label: Description
content: "Originally invented in Switzerland, the triangular bandage was popularized by Friederich von Esmarch (1823–1908), Surgeon General of the German Army during the Franco-Prussian war. Able to be folded in multiple configurations, the triangular form served to cover injuries on nearly any part of the body as well as an arm sling. By the early twentieth century, first-aid organizations in England, including the British Red Cross and the St. John Ambulance Association [est. 1877], produced their own versions of the instructional triangular bandage. " [Cooper Hewitt Catalog Number 1981.0043.1]
label: Description
content: And, as seen here, a version produced by the National First Aid Association of America, established 1905.
label: Description
content: Metintas MY, Ay H, Demirsoy N. "Friedrich Esmarch, the Founder of Modern First Aid, and His Works." Iran J Public Health. 2014 Jan;43(1):124-5. PMID: 26060691; PMCID: PMC4454026.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer, Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09457
label: accession number
content: 228300
label: catalog number
content: M-09457
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bandage, Triangular
label: Object Name
content: bandage, triangular
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in; x 88.9 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, as stored: 1 11/16 in x 7 1/2 in; 4.2545 cm x 19.05 cm