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[Small British Red Cross Society first aid card, giving brief instructions on what to do].

Save lives : first aid : keep me handy / Dr. Martin Sagrera.

[Leaflet about the international work of the British Red Cross Society].

First aid for your dog and cat / Pedigree Petfoods.

The "Home" First-Aid Case : Tincture of Iodine.

[8 franc (with 3 franc surcharge) Belgian postage stamp (Stanley Gibbons number: 2548) to raise funds for the Red Cross. The subject is Jeunes Secouristes].

Take a tip from us : cotton on to Q-tips profit!.

Triangular bandage for the shoulder / W.D. & H.O. Wills.

[Card certifying proficiency in life saving and water safety (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1939 - used in 1942)].

Observations on apparent death from drowning, hanging, suffocation, etc, &c. and an account of the means to be employed for recovery. To which are added the treatment proper in cases of poison, with cautions and suggestions respecting various circumstances of sudden danger / [James Curry].

In war-time emergencies make your water supply absolutely safe ... : what to do in emergency / Milton Proprietary Ltd.

Waller, Wathen Ernest, and his sister, Waller, Miss Dorothy

The Verisan home medical guide & year book 1938 / [Taylors Drug Co. Ltd].

Avis sur les moyens pratiques avec succes pour secourir : 1. les personnes noyés; 2. celles qui ont été suffoqués par des vapeurs méphitiques, telles que celles du charbon, du vin, des mines, &c.; 3. les enfans qui paroissent morts en naissant, & qu'il est facile d'appeler à la vie; 4. les personnes qui ont été mordues par des animaux enragés; 5. celles qui ont été empoisonnés ... / extrait des mémoires de M. Portal, médecin consultant de Monsieur de l'Académie royale des Sciences.

How to save a choking victim : the Heimlich Maneuver.

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In war-time emergencies make your water supply absolutely safe ... : what to do in emergency / Milton Proprietary Ltd.

Waller, Wathen Ernest, and his sister, Waller, Miss Dorothy

The Verisan home medical guide & year book 1938 / [Taylors Drug Co. Ltd].

How to save a choking victim : the Heimlich Maneuver.