Ligature jar and sterilizer, which consists of four pieces; the ligature jar (a) consists of a hollow cylindrical glass jar with a slightly concave closed round bottom, a short neck and an open round top with a rounded lip; the top has a solid glass stopper with a cylindrical base with a flat, squa…
Ligature jar and sterilizer, which consists of four pieces; the ligature jar (a) consists of a hollow cylindrical glass jar with a slightly concave closed round bottom, a short neck and an open round top with a rounded lip; the top has a solid glass stopper with a cylindrical base with a flat, square handle at the top; the stopper is stuck in the bottle; there is a short length of white string attached around the neck of the jar; a round glass spool is inside the jar; the spool has rounded top and bottom pieces joined together with a cylindrical hollow-centred tube; the ligature jar fits into a brass sterilizer cylinder (b); the sterilizer cylinder consists of a length of hollow cylindrical brass with a flat closed 6-sided base and a round, open top that has threading on its outer edges; a top (c) fits over this opening; the sterilizer cylinder top consists of a flat, 6-sided top with round threaded inner edges and a rounded valve on the top; the top of the valve has a small cylindrical spigot with a small round opening at the top and a semi-circular valve release at the side; the valve release will no longer turn; the cap fits over and onto the sterilizer cylinder; the sterilizer cylinder fits into a cannister (d); the cannister consists of a long, hollow cylindrical copper tube with a flat, closed base and an open, round top; there is a semi-circular rounded heavy metal wire handle attached to the outer top edge of the cannister
Number Of Parts
4
Part Names
a - ligature bottle - Size: Height 7.5 cm x Diam. 4.0 cm
b - sterilizer cylinder - Size: Length 23.6 cm x Width 6.3 cm x Depth 5.6 cm
c - sterilizer cylinder top - Size: Length 6.3 cm x Width 5.6 cm x Depth 5.9 cm
d - sterilizer cannister - Size: Length 26.7 cm x Width 9.3 cm x Depth 8.4 cm
Provenance
Collected by Dr. A.A. Travill for the Queen's University Faculty of Medicine Collection
Material
metal: brown
glass: clear
fabric: white
Inscriptions
None
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0007
0007-M2-5
Condition Remarks
The metal shows wear and tarnish; there is a small area of corrosion on the outer bottom of the sterilizer cylinder; the valve on the top of the sterilizer cylinder will not turn; the top of the ligature bottle will no longer come out
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Document
Photograph
JPG
Reference Comments
Previous number #254; Faculty of Medicine Collection 1984 Inventory; "Surgical Instruments," The Kny-Scheerer Co., 1915, p. 2260 (item P/-1389 is similar to 997.001.158a) (see attached photocopy); photograph (attached); CD #5