Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020199
Description
Silver metal dental aspirator; central hollow cylindrical barrel with two oval openings at sides; end tapers to open round end; top of barrel has two finger grips coming out at sides, curving upward; cylindrical plunger with round, flat tip; round, flat grip at top with ridged edge used to push plu…
Silver metal dental aspirator; central hollow cylindrical barrel with two oval openings at sides; end tapers to open round end; top of barrel has two finger grips coming out at sides, curving upward; cylindrical plunger with round, flat tip; round, flat grip at top with ridged edge used to push plunger into barrel.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
"A Catalogue of Operation Tables, Sterilizers, Hospital Furniture, Surgical Instruments, Appliances, Ligatures & Sutures", Allen & Hanbury Ltd., 1957, p. 530 (similar to #44760)
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.