BOTTLE, ASPIRATOR
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ANAESTHETIC BOTTLE
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- STEEL, BRASS, GLASS, ALUMINUM, COPPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116214
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ANAESTHETIC BOTTLE
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- STEEL, BRASS, GLASS, ALUMINUM, COPPER
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 22.8
- Width
- 12.5
- Diameter
- 8.8
- Description
- CYLINDRICAL GLASS BOTTLE HAS ROUNDED TOP SHOULDER WHICH SWEEPS UP INTO THREADED COLLAR. EMBOSSED IN ORANGE ON SIDE OF BOTTLE IS GRADUATED SCALE WITH "ETHER". ON SIDE OF BOTTLE IS RED AND WHITE PAPER LABEL WHICH READS "OPERATING ROOM" IN HANDWRITING. RAISED FROM GLASS ON BOTTOM IS TWO ARROWS CONNECTED AND POINTING TOWARDS MIDDLE. LID OF BOTTLE IS ELABORATE STEEL REGULATOR. LID IS CYLINDRICAL WITH HORIZONTAL CROSS TUBING AT BACK. ON TOP IS CORK AND CHROME PLATED KNOB. ON ONE END OF HORIZONTAL TUBE IS ON/OFF LEVER. ALUMINUM PLATE ON FRONT HAS "ETHER" ON IT. ALUMINUM PLATE ON TOP HAS "THE BRITISH OXYGEN CO LTD. LONDON ENGLAND PATENT NO. 536536" AND CIRCULAR LOGO WITH "BOC MEDICAL DIVISION". INSIDE BOTTOM OF LID IS CHROME TUBE WHICH HAS BRASS TUBE COMING DOWN OUT OF IT. BRASS TUBE IS FOLDED ONCE AND RETURNS TO INSIDE OF LID. SMALL LINK CHAIN HANGS FROM INSIDE LID AS WELL.
- Subjects
- CHEMICAL T&E
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- ETHER BOTTLE WAS REMOVED FROM ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116214
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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