Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Archival Items
Classification
Archival, Publications
Accession Number
010020113
Description
Manufacturer's pamphlet with instructions for a portable Bovie electrosurgical unit; white pages printed with black ink with two staple closure; cover with title, manufacturer and illustration of product printed with black ink; inside sections include "I - General", "II - Setting Up the Apparatus",…
Manufacturer's pamphlet with instructions for a portable Bovie electrosurgical unit; white pages printed with black ink with two staple closure; cover with title, manufacturer and illustration of product printed with black ink; inside sections include "I - General", "II - Setting Up the Apparatus", "III - Description of Controls", "IV - Preparation for Surgery", "V - Special Techniques", "VI - General Precautions" and "VII - Service Notes"; "Control Settings" for common techniques on back; 12 pages
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
Printed on cover: "INSTRUCTIONS FOR SETTING UP AND OPERATING // L-F // PORTABLE // Bovie // ELECTROSURGICAL UNITS // 3-GAP MODEL // AND // 4-GAP MODEL // THE LIEBEL-FLARSHEIM CO. CINCINNATI 15, OHIO, U.S.A."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-5 Box 20
Dimension Notes
Length 27.7 cm x Width 21.4 cm x Depth 0.1 cm
Condition Remarks
Rust marks at spine from staples; front cover detached from back cover; other pages worn at fold; front cover darkened, dirty; fold mark at bottom right corner; water damage on page 8
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
JPG
Reference Comments
Dr. P. Ralph Crawford
CD #9
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. William H. Wayne from Ottawa, Ontario; in 1910, it was found that when currents were applied to tumours, the cancer cells were killed by the heat; the field of operation remained free of blood, due to the cauterization; generators were improved upon and soon a scalpel-like electrode could cauterize even soft and delicate tissues, like the brain, and effectively remove cancerous cells; a more effective unit, the Bovie electrosurgical unit, was introduced in 1926, invented by Dr. Harvey Cushing and physicist William T. Bovie; Bovie has become the generic name for electrosurgical units