Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020197
Description
Silver metal dental aspirator; central hollow cylindrical barrel with oval opening at one side, smaller opening at other side near bottom; end tapers to small hole; top of barrel has two finger grips coming out at sides; cylindrical plunger with pointed arrow at tip, round hollow circle at top acts…
Silver metal dental aspirator; central hollow cylindrical barrel with oval opening at one side, smaller opening at other side near bottom; end tapers to small hole; top of barrel has two finger grips coming out at sides; cylindrical plunger with pointed arrow at tip, round hollow circle at top acts as thumb grip to push plunger into barrel.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
Engraved on handle: ""Carpule" ASPIRATOR // COOK-WAITE LABS INC. N.Y.,N.Y. U.S.A."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C6-4
Dimension Notes
Length 14.4 cm x Width 5.5 cm x Depth 1.5 cm
Condition Remarks
Green corrosion on inside of aspirator
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"A Catalogue of Operation Tables, Sterilizers, Hospital Furniture, Surgical Instruments, Appliances, Ligatures & Sutures", Allen & Hanbury Ltd., 1957, p. 531 (similar to #44804)
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.