Sphagnum Moss
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
name: label: maker
content: Sphagnum Moss Products Company
notes: label: Description
content: Jar of cleaned Sphagnum prepared for use as surgical dressing.
label: Description
content: One of a series of specimens showing the use of sphagnum moss for surgical dressings as developed during World War I. This material was contributed to the museum in 1920 by Dr. Arno Viehoever, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Oregon, Portland
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of U.S. Department of Agriculture, through Dr. Arno Viehoever
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-00541
label: catalog number
content: M-00541
label: accession number
content: 65046
objectType: label: Object Name
content: crude drug
label: Other Terms
content: Crude Drug; Materia Medica; Drugs; Vegetable
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: sphagnum moss (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 4 in; 33.02 cm x 10.16 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 4 in; 33.02 cm x 10.16 cm