Hotel Dieu Hospital Dept. of Anaesthesia, Kingston Collection
Category
Anaesthesia
Classification
Anaesthesia
Accession Number
997008045
Description
Anaesthesia gas cylinder label, which consists of a round flat piece of white plastic with a round hole cut out at the top, resulting in a crescent-shaped piece; the label has red printing on the front of it.
Anaesthesia gas cylinder label, which consists of a round flat piece of white plastic with a round hole cut out at the top, resulting in a crescent-shaped piece; the label has red printing on the front of it.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by and used at the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Maker
The British Oxygen Company Ltd.
Dates
1940
circa 1940
Date Remarks
Dated to the 1940's - 1950's
Material
plastic: white; red
Inscriptions
The front of the label reads, "THE BRITISH OXYGEN COMPANY LTD. // EMPTY"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box #2
Dimension Notes
Depth: 0.1 cm. x Diam. : 7.7 cm.
Condition Remarks
The label arrived very dirty and dusty; the plastic shows no excessive wear, cracks or missing sections; all of the printing is legible
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Book
Reference Comments
Dr. Ray Matthews; identical to 997.008.044; also see 997.008.042 and .043; "Ward's Anaesthetic Equipment", 3rd ed., by Andrew Davey, John T.B. Moyle and Crispian S. Ward, 1992, p. 323
Research Facts
The label would have been put at the top of a cylinder of anaesthetic gas to indicate it was empty