IRRIGATOR
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CURETTE IRRIGATOR
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- STAINLESS STEEL, RUBBER
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116210
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CURETTE IRRIGATOR
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- STAINLESS STEEL, RUBBER
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Description
- 1. IRRIGATION CURETTE: 9CM X 0.9CM STAINLESS STEEL TOOL MADE UP OF CURETTE AND COVER. CURETTE HAS CYLINDRICAL HOLLOW BODY WITH HORIZONTAL STRIPS OF RAISED CRISS-CROSS GROOVES. STAMPED IN BETWEEN ONE GROOVE IS "STORZ". BOTTOM END HAS CONICAL TAPER TO TERRACED TUBE. TOP END HAS CONCAVE SHOULDER WITH NARROWING TUBES. AT END OF TUBES IS SHAFT WITH SHALLOW BOWL. CYLINDRICAL COVER WITH ROUNDED END AND SIMILAR GRIP FITS OVER CURETTE BOWL. 2. IRRIGATION BULB: 7.5CM X 3.5CM RED RUBBER BULB WITH STEEL LEUR LOCK TIP. BULB IS EGG SHAPED WITH RAISED RIDGE AROUND AXIS AND FLAT TOP. INSERTED INTO HOLE IS CIRCULAR STEEL LEUR LOCK NEEDLE HUB. HUB HAS "B-D" STAMPED INTO IT. RUBBER AROUND LOCK IS CRACKED AND DRY.
- Subjects
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- EYE IRRIGATION CURETTE AND BULB WERE USED BY DR. LEONG AND WERE REMOVED FROM ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116210
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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