Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020628
Description
Black rubber dental air chip-blower syringe has round base and nickel plated silver metal long narrow tube with diagonal 1.3 cm slanted tip; tube is attached to base by metal screw; bulb has ridge around the circumference 2.0 cm from bottom; tube has second 5.5 cm supporting rod in addition to the …
Black rubber dental air chip-blower syringe has round base and nickel plated silver metal long narrow tube with diagonal 1.3 cm slanted tip; tube is attached to base by metal screw; bulb has ridge around the circumference 2.0 cm from bottom; tube has second 5.5 cm supporting rod in addition to the main air tube.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa).
Dates
1900
1920
circa 1900-1920
Date Remarks
Suppliers catalogue from 1915
Material
rubber: black
metal: silver
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-2 Row F
Dimension Notes
Length 14.0 cm x Diam 5.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Rubber hard; overall wear particularly on black rubber base which has overall grey blotches; minor cracking of rubber around neck of base
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
“S. S. White Dental Catalogue, Catalogue-G”, S. S. White Dental Mfg. Co., 1915, similar to p. 32 Model No.22
Research Facts
This is used as a chip-blower syringe providing a strong blast of air for clearing out debris from the cavity. The tube of the syringe is easily removed for sterilization. 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