Accession Number

002044001

Collection

Catherine Raymont Collection

Category

Nursing

Nursing Uniforms

Classification

Nursing

Nursing Uniforms

MeSH Heading

Clothing

Textiles

MM= Clothing -- nursing

Description

A pink and white nurse's uniform dress, size 30; mainly made of pink fabric with tiny white vertical stripes and a white bodice front; there are buttons on the front and a zipper in the back; signed by several doctors and nurses; has drawings of flowers and ECG lines.

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Owned by Catherine Raymont.

Maker

Lac Mac

Site Made (City)

London

Site Made (State)

Ontario

Site Made (Country)

Canada

Dates

1977

circa 1977

Date Remarks

Donor's remarks

Material

fabric: pink; white

ink: black; red

Inscriptions

"FASHIONED BY // Lac Mac // LONDON, ONTARIO" printed on the tag in the collar; signatures and messages printed on the back in marker.

Permanent Location

Storage Room 0007

0007 Closet A

Length

92.0 cm

Width

56.5 cm

Unit Of Measure

centimeters

Dimension Notes

Length 92.0 cm x Width 56.5 cm

Condition Remarks

#1: Some of the ink from the markers has run.

Copy Type

Original

Reference Types

Person

Websites

Reference Comments

Catherine Raymont

Canadian Museum of History, "Symbol of a Profession: One Hundred Years of Nurses' Caps," https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/infirm/inint01e.html

"For Service to Humanity: Nursing Education at Kingston General Hospital," Museum of Health Care. https://www.museumofhealthcare.ca/explore/exhibitions/forservicetohumanity.html

Research Facts

Catherine Raymont had this uniform signed by the doctors and nurses of Connell 10 after she graduated from Queen's University, Nursing Science, in 1977.

Throughout the twentieth century, nurses' uniforms changed, in particular with the rising of hemlines. The nurse's uniform was generally white, and Kingston General Hospital uniforms were once known for "turkey red" hemlines. Different levels of nursing education had different uniforms, in particular different caps, as graduate nurses had black bands on their caps to indicate their level of education.

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Accession Number

015016001

Collection

Canadian Anesthesiology Society

Category

Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts

Classification

Anaesthesia

MeSH Heading

Anesthesia, Dental

Anesthesia, Inhalation

Anesthesia, Inhalation -- instrumentation

Anesthesiology, instrumentation

Description

Portable Midget Kinet-o-Meter machine used to administer dental anesthesia consists of four wheel stand with a pole with an adjustable swivel chart stand support attached, four cylinder yokes and a set of three flow meter panels are mounted to top of pole; gas cylinder yokes are arranged in sets of two with each yoke having a corresponding round knob; two knobs are marked O2 and the other two are marked N2O; set of three flow meter panels with glass covers marked in white font: cyclopropane with yellow background, middle is Nitrous oxide with dark blue background, oxygen with green background; without tanks.

Number Of Parts

1

Maker

The Ohio Chemical & Manufacturing Company

Site Made (City)

Minneapolis

Site Made (State)

Minnesota

Site Made (Country)

United States of America

Dates

1940

1950

circa 1940-1950

Date Remarks

Donor information

Material

metal: silver paper: yellow, blue, green, orange rubber: black

Inscriptions

Stamped onto a round metal plate behind the flow meter panel: "MIDGET KINET-O-METER // HIDBRINK DIVISION // THE OHIO CHEMICAL & MFG. CO. // MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.''; "MADE IN U. S. A. // PATENTS 1,412,866 // 1,500,615 1,802,601 1,1989,366 // 2,073,372 2,085,155". Below the oxygen flow meter panel and around the cylidrical pipe that comes out of it there is a yellowing paper band with the following printed on it: "WARNING; this equipm[illeg.] use only by // or under the super[illeg.] cian or dentist // Read instructions caref[illeg.] so[illeg.]ecome thoroughly // fam[illeg] with proper method [illeg] operation // Mfd. by THE OHIO CHEMICAL & MFG. CO."; stamped on the metal bar below the flow meter panel: K11050

Permanent Location

W2 538 Floor

Length

64.0 cm

Height

98.0 cm

Unit Of Measure

centimeters

Dimension Notes

Length measured from protruding opposite wheels

Copy Type

original

Reference Types

Internet

Reference Comments

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclopropane https://www.britannica.com/science/cyclopropane

Research Facts

Cyclopropane is an anaesthetic when inhaled. In modern anaesthetic practice, it has been superseded by other agents, due to its extreme reactivity under normal conditions: when the gas is mixed with oxygen, there is a significant risk of explosion. Cyclopropane had no commercial application until Henderson and Lucas discovered its anaesthetic properties in 1929; industrial production had begun by 1936. This meant induction of anaesthesia by inhalation of cyclopropane and oxygen was rapid and not unpleasant. However at the conclusion of prolonged anaesthesia patients could suffer a sudden decrease in blood pressure, potentially leading to cardiac dysrhythmia; a reaction known as "cyclopropane shock".For this reason, as well as its high cost and its explosive nature, it was latterly used only for the induction of anaesthesia, and has not been available for clinical use since the mid 1980s. Cylinders and flow meters were coloured orange.

Cyclopropane, also called trimethylene, explosive, colourless gas used in medicine since 1934 as a general anesthetic. Cyclopropane is nonirritating to mucous membranes and does not depress respiration. Induction of and emergence from cyclopropane anesthesia are usually rapid and smooth. A mixture of about 5 to 20 percent cyclopropane in oxygen is administered by inhalation. Because of the flammability and expense of cyclopropane, it is usually used in a closed (rebreathing) system, in which an absorbent chemical, such as soda lime, removes exhaled carbon dioxide, and the anesthetic is recirculated. The chemical formula is C3H6.

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