Curved rectal injection needle, which consists of a length of hollow cylindrical metal tubing that bends at a 90° curve near the tip and has a short needle set into the tip; the needle is also hollow and cylindrical and has a sharp, open, bevelled tip; the other end of the injection needle flares o…
Curved rectal injection needle, which consists of a length of hollow cylindrical metal tubing that bends at a 90° curve near the tip and has a short needle set into the tip; the needle is also hollow and cylindrical and has a sharp, open, bevelled tip; the other end of the injection needle flares out to a hollow cylindrical end piece; the front and back sides of this piece are flattened; the end is round and open; there is a heavy nylon thread threaded through the needle, with short sections coming out of both the end and the tip of the needle.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Originally owned and used by Dr. F. X. O'Connor; donated by Miss Helen Cobb; collected by Dr. A. A. Travill for the Queen's University Faculty of Medicine Collection.
Maker
Becton - Dickinson & Co.
Dates
1900
1920
circa 1900-1920
Material
metal: silver
nylon: purple
Inscriptions
One of the flat sides of the end piece has, "B-D" stamped into the metal; the other side has, "GOLD" stamped into the metal; the round section of the end piece has, "LUER-LOK // PAT. 1793068" stamped into the metal of the outer edges.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-E8-10
Dimension Notes
Length 10.6 cm x Width 2.2 cm x Depth 0.7 cm
Condition Remarks
The metal shows minor wear only; no corrosion is visible.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Book
Other
Reference Comments
Previous number #710; Faculty of Medicine Collection 1984 Inventory; "Instruments and Equipment for Surgeons and Hospitals" by The Geo. P. Pilling & Son Company, 1932, p. 271 (very similar to item #P18615) (see attached photocopy); arrived in and stored in a small cardboard box (not catalogued) with 997.001.383-.386, .388