Kingston General Hospital Dept. of Anaesthesia Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
Anaesthesia
Accession Number
997023009
Description
Bottle of intravenous anaesthetic, pentothal, that is about 1/3 full of a very pale yellow liquid; the bottle is cylindrical in shape with a flat round bottom which has a flattened section on one side; the bottle has rounded shoulders and a short cylindrical neck; the top is round and plugged with …
Bottle of intravenous anaesthetic, pentothal, that is about 1/3 full of a very pale yellow liquid; the bottle is cylindrical in shape with a flat round bottom which has a flattened section on one side; the bottle has rounded shoulders and a short cylindrical neck; the top is round and plugged with a rubber and metal stopper; a plastic pouring spout goes through the rubber stopperl this spout has two cylindrical plastic tubes coming from it -- one goes upwards, the other at a 45 deg. angle from the central spout; both tubes have plastic caps on them; there are two paper manufacturing labels on the outside of the bottle: a yellow label on top of a white label.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by and used at the Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario.
Expirey date of Sept. 22/97 is written on the bottle
Material
metal: silver
plastic: white; clear
glass: clear
paper: white; yellow
rubber: black
pentothal: light/clear yellow
Inscriptions
The outside of the bottle has a raised scale in the glass; this scale is marked in increments of "50 // 100 // 150 // 200"; raised figures on the bottom of the bottle read, "0 // 95 // III // 27"; the yellow paper label reads, "PENTOTHAL * 2.5% SOLUTION (25 mg/ml) // THIS BOTTLE CONTAINS MEDICATION FOR SEVERAL PATIENTS // USE RECONSTITUTED SOLUTION WITHIN 24 HOURS. DISCARD UNUSED PORTION // PREPARED BY A. MEIKLE DATE SEPT. 22/97 // * TM // ABBOTT LABORATORIES, LIMITED // Montreal, Canada" in English and French
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A2-9 Row D
Dimension Notes
Length: 17.7 cm. x Diam. : 7.1 cm.
Condition Remarks
All parts of the bottle (glass, plastic, metal, rubber and paper) are in pristine condition with no visible damage; some of the bottle's contents have been used; #2 no new damage
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Reference Comments
Dr. Ray Matthews
Research Facts
The solution will settle over time.
Exhibit History
On exhibit in Museum gallery, Anaesthesia exhibit, Nov. 13 1997-Oct. 2, 2001; returned to storage Dec. 17, 2001