Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Anaesthesia
Classification
Anaesthesia
Accession Number
010020362 a-c
Description
Silver metal anaesthetic inhaler mask; wire mesh mask with rounded solid metal border (a); cylindrical piece of metal in an oval, covered with coiled spring (b); forms loop at top; spring fits into border of mask; white fabric mesh cover (c) goes around mask, held in place by spring
Silver metal anaesthetic inhaler mask; wire mesh mask with rounded solid metal border (a); cylindrical piece of metal in an oval, covered with coiled spring (b); forms loop at top; spring fits into border of mask; white fabric mesh cover (c) goes around mask, held in place by spring
Number Of Parts
3
Part Names
a - mask - Size: Length 11.6 cm x Width 7.7 cm x Depth 5.5 cm
b - spring - Size: Length 13.3 cm x Width 7.2 cm x Depth 4.3 cm
c - fabric - Size: Length 12.1 cm x Width 9.8 cm x Depth 5.0 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
"Illustrated Catalog of a Complete Line of Standard Surgical Instruments", Codman & Shurtleff, 1920, p. 25 (similar to model # 1309); "Illustrations of Surgical Instruments of Superior Quality", Kny-Scheerer Co., ca. 1915, p. 2008 (similar to model #B/-168); "The Finest Instruments Ever Made", Audrey B. Davis and Mark S. Dreyfuss, 1986, p. 296
CD #1
Research Facts
Dr Ralph and Mrs Olga Crawford donated their extensive Canadian dental collection to the DCF to create the museum in 1997; further donations were received while Dr Crawford was Curator Emeritus at the Dental Canada Museum until its closure in 2008.
this item was donated by Dr. Ralph Crawford from Winnipeg, Manitoba; this most resembles a Yankauer's chloroform mask; the fabric would be infused with the anaesthetic; Sklar was established in 1892