General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Glass

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

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Height

10.4 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

4.6 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Chemicals & medications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Wellcome

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Part of a collection of medical technologies donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation by the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society.

Function

Contained chloroform used for anaesthesia.

Technical

Chloroform is a colourless, volatile, sweet-smelling liquid used as a solvent and formerly as a general anaesthetic. It was discovered in 1831. The leading physical and chemical properties of chloroform were described by Jean Baptiste Dumas in 1835. Dumas bestowed the drug its formula and name. In March, 1847, the French physiologist, Flourens, proved that the inhalation of chloroform caused the animals the same temporary type of anesthesia caused by the inhalation of ether. The use of chloroform during surgery expanded rapidly in Europe throughout the second half of the 19th century. In the United States, chloroform began to replace ether as an anesthetic at the beginning of the 20th century. However, it was quickly abandoned in favour of ether upon discovery of its toxicity, especially its tendency to cause fatal cardiac arrhythmia.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Label: "A.N. 50923 TRADE/ MARK WELLCO[ME]/ CHLOROF[OR]M/ Chloroforme, Ph. Br. Chlorf [illegible]/ Chloroformo, F. B. Chloroformo, [illegible]/ 1/4 l, (113 gm. appr [illegible]/ 2 fl. oz. 5 1/2 drachms (76 c.c. a [illegible]/ Prepared specially for anaesthesia/ forming to the British Pharma [illegible]/ POISON/ MEDICAMENT ACTIF/ VELENO VERGRIFT VE [illegible]/ BURROUGHS WELLCOME/ (THE WELLCOME FOUN[D]ATI[ON]/ LONDON (EN[G])/ IMPORTANT - KEEP IN A COOL DARK [illegible]/ To Open - Remove the cap and scrape a[illegible]/ luting from around the neck of the stop [illegible]/ c92/ MADE IN ENGLAND"/ On bottom: "WELLCOME/ CHEM WORKS"

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Brown glass

Decoration

N/A