Sphagnum Surgical Dressing
date: label: date made
content: ca 1919 - 1920
name: label: maker
content: Sphagnum Moss Products Company
notes: label: Description
content: Type of sphagnum surgical dressing used by the American Red Cross during World War I. Dressing consists of sphagnum moss enveloped in absorbant paper, laid on a layer of absorbent cotton linters [short fibers that remain on the cottonseed after ginning], and the whole wrapped in cotton gauze or cheesecloth.
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-00543.01
label: catalog number
content: M-00543.01
label: accession number
content: 65046
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surgical dressing
label: Object Name
content: feminine hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: sanitary napkin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: shagnum moss (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 7 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 29.21 cm x 18.7325 cm x 3.4925 cm