Medical bag
A medical bag (doctor's bag, physician's bag) is a portable bag used by a physician or other medical professional to transport medical supplies and medicine.[1][2]
Traditionally, the medical bag was made of leather, opened on the top with a split-handle design. During the American Civil War, physician's medical saddle bags were used.[3] Modern medical bags are made of various materials and come in various designs that can include many pockets, pouches, and zippered or hook-and-loop openings.
Indigenous North American medicine men and shamans use a medicine bag. A battle bag is used in the military.
See also
- First aid kit
- Gladstone bag
References
- ^ Medical Practice in Western North Carolina at the Turn of the Century Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine (and Dr. Joseph E. Osborne, M.D., D.D.S., Doctor's Bag Archived 2010-06-23 at the Wayback Machine), University of North Carolina at Asheville, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections/University Archives, retrieved 27 June 2010
- ^ Gérvas J, Pérez-Pascual M. El cabás del médico rural. Un estudio empírico. Gac Med Bilbao. 2009; 106(2):45-9.
- ^ Confederate Physician’s Medical Saddle Bag Archived 2008-11-17 at the Wayback Machine, Seth Kaller, Inc., retrieved 28 June 2010
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Medical bags.
- Doctor Bag Project - What's in the bag?, a glimpse into a doctor's bag from a typical late 1880s rural doctor, Indiana Medical History Museum
- Series 13 - Medical bags, cases and other containers (with or without contents), Medical History Museum, University of Melbourne
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Bags and flexible containers
- Bayong
- Bindle
- Briefcase
- Bugout bag
- Dillybag
- Dromedary bag
- Flight bag
- Grocery bag
- Hambiliya
- Handbag
- Haversack
- Laundry bag
- Medical bag
- Money bag
- Nuclear briefcase
- Plastic shopping bag
- Red box (government)
- Reticule
- Reusable shopping bag
- Shell purse
- Shopping bag
- String bag
- Survival bag
- Swag
- Tote bag
- Tucker bag
- Antistatic bag
- Bag-in-box
- Bin bag
- Biodegradable bag
- Bota bag
- Coffee bag
- Flexible intermediate bulk container
- Boil-in-bag
- Fuel bladder
- Mashk
- Milk bag
- Packet (container)
- Paper bag
- Paper sack
- Parfleche
- Pastry bag
- Pipe bag
- Plastic bag
- Purdue Improved Crop Storage bags
- Reusable shopping bag
- Sachet
- Security bag
- Shopping bag
- Stand-up pouch
- Thermal bag
- Tobacco pouch
- Trash bag
- Wineskin
- Zipper storage bag