Anaesthesia apparatus

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OBJECT TYPE: suspended
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0896.001

MANUFACTURER: King, A. Charles
MODEL: Freedman Trichloroethylene Apparatus
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: jar and cap
Patents: N/A
General Description: Brown glass bottle; bright silver metal cap.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 11.0 cm
Width: 10.2 cm
Height: 16.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Chemicals & medications
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: King
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This unit presumably used c. 1960s; possibly also later.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. This items was used in practice of Dr. J.S. Chaikoff, former Senior Attending Anaesthetist at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.. Dr. Chaikoff was a general practitioner who specialized in anaesthesia. [Refs. 2 & 3]
Function: To dispense prepared anaesthetic for inhalation.
Technical: Designed in 1943 for use in obstetrics. [Ref. 3]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "A. CHAS. KING/ LONDON" stamped into cap top, and locking nut on U-bracket. "- KEEP LEVEL -/ WHEN FILLING " stamped into tube cover. UHN catalogue no. "988.18.5a" printed by hand in white ink on jar.
Missing: Unknown- appears to be complete.
Finish: Brown glass bottle; bright silver metal cap.
Decoration: N/A

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King, A. Charles, Anaesthesia apparatus, circa 1960, Artifact no. 2002.0896, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0896.001/

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