Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020518 a-n
Description
Dental syringe for infiltration anaesthetic with 9 interchangeable needle tips comes in a rectangular dark brown wooden box (a) with a maroon, leather, decorative border and embossed gold lettering on top; box has rounded edges and opens via two metal hinges on the back; bottom of box is covered wi…
Dental syringe for infiltration anaesthetic with 9 interchangeable needle tips comes in a rectangular dark brown wooden box (a) with a maroon, leather, decorative border and embossed gold lettering on top; box has rounded edges and opens via two metal hinges on the back; bottom of box is covered with a maroon fabric; inside, the top is padded and covered with yellow leather and the bottom is lined with orange paper; there is a small white oval sticker with a red border stuck to the bottom of the box handwritten on in blue ink; silver metal syringe has two parts; plunger (b) has a flat circular thumb rest and the numbers 1-25 stamped into the side; plunger screws into the top of a cylindrical barrell (c) via a round nut which is attached to (b); barrell has a finger rest on either side at the top; there is an attached rubber ring around the bottom and a tapered threaded end for attaching the needles (d-l); (d-k) all have a hollow round threaded inner part and hexagonal outer edges at the base which tapers to a small hollow cylindrical needle at the tip; (l) has a a hollow round threaded inner part and a rounded outer edge; (d-i) all have short straight needles attached to necks with varying angles; (j) has a straight neck and a long straight needle; (k) has a straight neck with a short straight needle; (l) has an angled neck and no needle; when inside the box, syringe sits on a carved yellow wooden syringe rest (m), covered in dark yellow leather; there are two depressions carved into the block, an oblong one for (c) and one which is torpedo shaped; thin silver metal wire (n) is also included in the set
Number Of Parts
14
Part Names
a - box - Size: Length 9.5 cm x Width 5.5 cm x Depth 3.5 cm
b - plunger - Size: Length 7.0 cm x Width 2.8 cm x Depth 2.2 cm
c - barrell - Size: Length 6.5 cm x Width 5.0 cm x Depth 1.2 cm
d -needle - Size: Length 2.0 cm x Width 1.1 cm x Depth 0.6 cm
e - needle - Size: Length 2.1 cm x Width 1.0 cm x Depth 0.7 cm
f - needle - Size: Length 2.1 cm x Width 1.1 cm x Depth 0.6 cm
g -needle - Size: Length 2.1 cm x Width 1.3 cm x Depth 0.5 cm
h - needle - Size: Length 2.2 cm x Width 1.1 cm x Depth 0.5 cm
i - needle - Size: Length 2.2 cm x Width 0.9 cm x Depth 0.6 cm
j - needle - Size: Length 2.9 cm x Width 0.7 cm x Depth 0.6 cm
k - needle - Size: Length 2.2 cm x Width 0.7 cm x Depth 0.6 cm
l - needle - Size: Length 1.9 cm x Width 0.5 cm x Depth 0.6 cm
m - syringe rest - Size: Length 4.5 cm x Width 3.4 cm x Depth 1.1 cm
n - wire - Size: Length 3.9 cm x Width 0.1 cm x Depth 0.1 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa); belonged to Dr. James Brass from Comox, British Columbia
Dates
1900
1910
circa 1900-1910
Date Remarks
Based on donor's remarks
Material
wood: brown, yellow
metal: silver
leather: maroon, yellow
paper: orange
fabric: maroon
ink: blue
Inscriptions
Embossed on the top of (a) in gold: "DENTAL SYRINGE"; handwritten on the sticker on (a): "BRASS"; stamped into plunger on (b): "2
5----2
0----1
5- --1
0----
5----"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C6-4
Condition Remarks
(a) exhibits signs of use, the front closing mechanism is missing, there are scratches all over and the leather has worn off of two of the top corners; (b) also shows signs of use, there are wear marks on the underside of the finger rests and a piece of the rubber around the tip has broken off; (m) has detached from the inside of (a); (k) has a broken tip
Copy Type
Original
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. James Brass from Comox, British Columbia