Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020410 a-b
Description
Silver metal dental aspirator (a); central hollow cylindrical barrel with two oval openings at sides; cone-shaped end with ridges around bottom twists onto aspirator (b); top of barrel has two finger grips coming out at sides; cylindrical plunger with flat tip; S-shaped thumb grip at top, paralled …
Silver metal dental aspirator (a); central hollow cylindrical barrel with two oval openings at sides; cone-shaped end with ridges around bottom twists onto aspirator (b); top of barrel has two finger grips coming out at sides; cylindrical plunger with flat tip; S-shaped thumb grip at top, paralled to finger grips, used to push plunger into barrel
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - aspirator - Size: Length 13.6 cm x Width 5.2 cm x Depth 1.3 cm
b - tip - Size: Length 2.3 cm x Diam. 0.7 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
Engraved on handle: "MIZZY, INC. U.S.A. // MADE IN U.S.A."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C6-4
Condition Remarks
Metal is in good condition
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. 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; this aspirator had an ampoule of anaesthetic in it dated from the 1980s