Medical bag

Doctor's bag

Traditional design

A medical bag (also called a doctor's bag or 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

1. 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
2. Gérvas J, Pérez-Pascual M. El cabás del médico rural. Un estudio empírico. Gac Med Bilbao. 2009; 106(2):45-9.
3. Confederate Physician’s Medical Saddle Bag Archived 2008-11-17 at the Wayback Machine, Seth Kaller, Inc., retrieved 28 June 2010

External links

• 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