Ampoule, medicine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2014.0114.005
- MANUFACTURER
- Imperial Chemical (Pharmaceuticals) Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Manchester, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 5
- Total Parts
- 17
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Glass ampoule
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.1 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 1.6 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Chemicals & medications
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- ICI
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Manchester
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Part of a collection of medical technologies donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation by the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society. - Function
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To contain liquid anaesthetic for use with a portable inhaler - Technical
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Pioneered by Imperial Chemical Industries in Britain, its development was hailed as an anesthetic revolution. Originally thought to possess less hepatotoxicity than chloroform, and without the unpleasant pungency and flammability of ether, TCE use was nonetheless soon found to have several pitfalls. These included promotion of cardiac arrhythmias, low volatility and high solubility preventing quick anesthetic induction, reactions with soda lime used in carbon dioxide absorbing systems, prolonged neurologic dysfunction when used with soda lime, and evidence of hepatotoxicity as had been found with chloroform - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On ampoule: "6 c.c./ TRILENE/ TRICHLOROETHYLENE/ for/ POCKET INHALER/ IMPERIAL CHEMICAL/ PHARMACEUTICALS LTD./ MANCHESTER/ Made in England"
- Missing
- Liquid anaesthetic has leaked out
- Finish
- Clear glass with white lettering
- Decoration
- N/A
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