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[[File:Belber Doctor Bag.jpg|thumb|Traditional design]]
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]].<ref>[http://www.heritagewnc.org/WNC_medical/default_page.htm Medical Practice in Western North Carolina at the Turn of the Century] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716234536/http://www.heritagewnc.org/WNC_medical/default_page.htm |date=2011-07-16 }} (and [http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/realia/doctors_bag/doctors_bag.htm Dr. Joseph E. Osborne, M.D., D.D.S., Doctor's Bag] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623214003/http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/realia/doctors_bag/doctors_bag.htm |date=2010-06-23 }}), [[University of North Carolina at Asheville]], [[D.H. Ramsey Library]], Special Collections/University Archives, retrieved 27 June 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.gacetamedicabilbao.org/web/pdfdownload.php?doi=090101jg Gérvas J, Pérez-Pascual M. El cabás del médico rural. Un estudio empírico. Gac Med Bilbao. 2009; 106(2):45-9.]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
 
Traditionally, the medical bag was made of [[leather]], opened on the top with a split-[[handle (grip)|handle]] design. During the [[American Civil War]], physician's medical [[saddle bag]]s were used.<ref>[http://www.sethkaller.net/catalogs/the-civil-war/41-civil-war/94-medical-saddle-bag-confederate-physician Confederate Physician’s Medical Saddle Bag] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117192110/http://www.sethkaller.net/catalogs/the-civil-war/41-civil-war/94-medical-saddle-bag-confederate-physician |date=2008-11-17 }}, Seth Kaller, Inc., retrieved 28 June 2010</ref> Modern medical bags are made of various materials and come in various designs that can include many [[pocket]]s, pouches, and [[zipper]]ed or [[hook-and-loop]] openings.
 
American Indian medicine men and shamans use a [[medicine bag]]. A [[battle bag]] is used in the military.
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Medical bags}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100919002139/http://www.doctorbag.org/ 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]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100304055340/http://www.jnmhugateways.unimelb.edu.au/mhm/MHMS013.htm Series 13 - Medical bags, cases and other containers (with or without contents)], Medical History Museum, [[University of Melbourne]]
 
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