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Originally Posted by Rob Miller
I believe iodine is still used in surgery today, and a few years ago when my right thumb had an unfortunate encounter with a 12" circular saw blade they gave me an iodine spray to help it along, so its pretty safe.
However this ampule may contain something else, I wondered about acid from a time detonating device or the horn of a sea mine?
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Rob
I know a little bit about WWI military medicine and this is almost certainly a drug ampoule. What is in it is anyone's guess, as by 1917 or so, many stretcher bearers and probably many private soldiers would have carried morphine ampoules with them onto the battlefield.
PLEASE don't bin it!
Peter