Black leather Club Style doctor's bag with brass levered closures and two semicircular handles attached on either side with triangular-shaped metal rings; the interior is lined with vinyl and has a long pouch with a leather-strap snap closure along the length of one side; the opposite side has a lo…
Black leather Club Style doctor's bag with brass levered closures and two semicircular handles attached on either side with triangular-shaped metal rings; the interior is lined with vinyl and has a long pouch with a leather-strap snap closure along the length of one side; the opposite side has a long piece of leather strapping divided into five loops that hold medicine bottles; the bag body is steel-framed and has five chrome feet on the bottom; the bag contained a suture spool, two electrodes, and one cauterizer, catalogued separately.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Used either by Dr. Charles H. Bird or by Dr. Godfrey Bird, of Gananoque, Ont.
Dates
1915
1930
circa 1915-1930
Date Remarks
1915 catalogue shows a similar item
Material
metal: silver; yellow
leather: black
vinyl: orange
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C1-3
Temporary Location
On display "Doctor's Treatment Room c1930" at Museum of Health Care 20 Feb 2016.
Dimension Notes
Length 47.0 cm x Width 22.5 cm x Depth 23.5 cm
Condition Remarks
Bag is quite scuffed and scratched; one corner is nearly worn through; interior left strap is brittle and tacky; sundry pouch in interior is sticky with residue
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"Illustrations of Surgical Instruments of Superior Quality," 21st ed., Kny-Scheerer Co., Milwaukee, 1915, p. 5039 (similar to item E/-1683)