HS7 – 117 Medical Sets Page 4

Page 4 of a confidential Force 136 Special Forces Development Centre document dated 18 January 1945. Describes Medical Set No. 4, a replacement supply kit intended to replenish Medical Set No. 3, which supported 50 men during extended operations. The inventory includes medications such as aspirin, Atebrin (mepacrine), sulphonamides and cough remedies; water-sterilization tablets; antiseptics, including iodine and boric acid; insect repellent, sulphur ointment, bandages, dressings and other wound-care supplies. The kit provided replacement consumable supplies rather than a complete set of medical instruments.