HS7 – 117 Medical Sets Page 2

Page 2 of a confidential Force 136 Special Forces Development Centre document dated 18 January 1945. Describes Medical Set No. 2, a portable medical kit weighing slightly more than 1½ pounds, intended for leaders and second-in-command of small parties operating away from a base equipped with Medical Set No. 1. Designed to provide medical supplies for one man for six weeks, the kit contained medications in small plastic bottles, including aspirin, quinine, morphine, Benzedrine and antimalarial drugs. Additional supplies included water-sterilization tablets, antiseptics, ointments, bandages, scissors, tweezers and other basic medical instruments.