Sphagnum Moss, Surgical Type
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
name: label: maker
content: Sphagnum Moss Products Company
notes: label: Description
content: Specimen of Sphagnum well adapted for surgical use. Described in catalog record as: "Sphagnum moss, in gelatin envelope, used in surgical dressing. It is believed this sample may consist of a mixture of Sphagnum imbricatum and S. palustra or S. papillosum, the species which are best adapted for surgical dressings."
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
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-00539
label: catalog number
content: M-00539
label: accession number
content: 65046
objectType: label: Object Name
content: crude drug