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.
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. 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.
American Indian medicine men and shamans use a medicine bag. A battle bag is used in the military.
The original Wonder Woman comic book character carried a medical bag (as a Lt. Nurse) in which she carried her costume and accessories.
In 1955, the MV Joyita charter boat was found partially submerged after being missing for 5 weeks. Among the items found onboard was a doctor's bag containing a stethoscope, a scalpel, and four lengths of blood-stained bandages.
In the television sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971), Granny Clampett is a backwoods doctor who has a medical bag.
Doctor Ross (Charles Isaiah Ross, 1925–1993) was an American blues musician nicknamed "Doctor" because of his habit of carrying his harmonicas in a black bag that resembled a doctor's bag.
"The Little Black Bag" is a short story by American science fiction author Cyril M. Kornbluth, first published in July 1950, about a disgraced doctor who comes across a medical bag from over a century in the future. It is the basis for a segment by the same name of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery which aired December 23, 1970.