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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ELECTRIC STEAM STERILIZER
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- CERAMIC, ALUMINUM
- Catalogue Number
- P19980055001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ELECTRIC STEAM STERILIZER
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- CERAMIC, ALUMINUM
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 24.9
- Length
- 28.5
- Width
- 17
- Description
- WHITE CERAMIC ELECTRIC STEAM STERILIZER. CONSISTS OF HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL DRUM MOUNTED HORIZONTALLY TO SHORT PEDESTAL BASE. BOWL MOUNTED TO TOP, CONTAINING ALUMINUM BASKET/LINING WITH HOLLOW PIPE EXTENDING UP AT CENTRE. ONE SIDE OF DRUM HAS THREE ELECTRICAL PRONGS, TWO OF WHICH ARE GROUPED AT ONE END AND THE THIRD OF WHICH IS AT OPPOSITE END. ONE END OF DRUM IS OPEN; OTHER CLOSED AND SLIGHTLY CONCAVE; CIRCULAR CERAMIC PLUG AT CENTRE. EACH SIDE OF TOP BOWL FIXTURE HAS EMBOSSED CROSS. NAMEPLATE MOUNTED ON TOP OF DRUM, READING "THE PENTZ SYSTEM PATS PENDING 2115 INSTANTANEOUS ELECTRIC STEAM STERILIZER VOLTS 108/112 FMD BY SANTISEPTIC M.F.G. CO. NEW YORK". INTERIOR OF DRUM HAS THREE ROWS OF FOUR HOLES PERFORATED. GLAZE CRACKING THROUGHOUT; CHIP IN BASE.
- Subjects
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- RECOVERED FROM HIGINBOTHAM BLOCK ON 5TH STREET & 2ND AVENUE SOUTH IN 1998 AFTER BUILDING WAS PURCHASED BY DONOR AND CLEARED TO BE CONVERTED TO APARTMENT SUITES. MAY HAVE ORIGINATED DURING BUILDING'S USE AS PHARMACY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19980055001
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-02
- Collection
- Museum
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