Black leather doctor's bag in cabin style has brass closures; inside pouch lined in cotton with snap closure; five leather loops hold glass medicine bottles flat on one side, glass stoppers and fitted chrome screw-on tops; some bottles have residue; two stoppers are firmly fixed and one stopper is …
Black leather doctor's bag in cabin style has brass closures; inside pouch lined in cotton with snap closure; five leather loops hold glass medicine bottles flat on one side, glass stoppers and fitted chrome screw-on tops; some bottles have residue; two stoppers are firmly fixed and one stopper is missing.
Number Of Parts
10
Part Names
a - bag - Size: Length 41.0 cm. x Width 16.3 cm. x Depth 19.5 cm.
b,e,h - bottle x 5 - Size: Length 10.0 cm. x Diameter3.3 cm.
c - stopper x 3 - Size: Length 2.1 cm. x Diameter2.0 cm.
d,g,i,k - lid x 5 - Size: Length 3.5 cm. x Diameter2.5 cm.
Provenance
Belonged to Dr. C.M. Bracken
Dates
1920
1930
circa 1920-1930
Date Remarks
Dated from reference book.
Material
metal: silver; yellow
leather: black
glass: clear
fabric: black
Inscriptions
One bottle has paper label firmly affixed with handwritten: "Chloroform"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C1-4
Temporary Location
On display "Doctor's Treatment Room c1930" at Museum of Health Care 20 Feb 2016.
Condition Remarks
Leather shows some desiccation; brass tarnished; active corrosion of lids; residue in bottles; # 2: no new damage; #3: no new damage; corrosion on some of the bottle lids.
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
Reference book: "Antique Medical Instruments" by Wilbur p. 86
Research Facts
Two bottles were discarded due to poor condition
Exhibit History
October 5, 2001 - Sept. 2002: Bracken Library, Botterell Hall, C. M. Bracken exhibit