General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

anaesthetic apparatus

Patents

N/A

General Description

Black leather covering over glass bottle bears vertical scale marked in goldtone print; two elongated cut-outs in leather reveal clear glass windows and permit view of bottle interior; dull silver metal collar on bottle neck.

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

N/A

Height

13.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

2.9 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Medical equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

This type of apparatus used c. 1870-1900; possibly also used 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.

Function

Contains anesthetic preparation to be delivered to surgical patient.

Technical

This apparatus in it's unmodified form, as here, was extremely dangerous because it lacks valves to control intake, and contains double tubes which, if incorrectly connected, could cause the patient to intake liquid chloroform. [Ref. 3]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Vertical scale labelled 5- 50 [drams], divided in increments of 2.5, and labelled at intervals of 5. UHN catalogue no. "984.19.5" printed by hand in white ink on metal collar.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Black leather covering over glass bottle bears vertical scale marked in goldtone print; two elongated cut-outs in leather reveal clear glass windows and permit view of bottle interior; dull silver metal collar on bottle neck.

Decoration

N/A