University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Basic Science
Classification
Basic Science, Bacteriology
Accession Number
1969.176.10 a-c
Description
Diagnosis outfit for throat, consisting of a glass tube (a) which is open at one end and sealed at the other with a cork with an attached swab with a metal shaft extending into the tube when sealed; glass tube is contained in a two-piece metal tube (b) with a slight lip at both ends; metal tube is …
Diagnosis outfit for throat, consisting of a glass tube (a) which is open at one end and sealed at the other with a cork with an attached swab with a metal shaft extending into the tube when sealed; glass tube is contained in a two-piece metal tube (b) with a slight lip at both ends; metal tube is contained in a hollowed-out block of wood (c) with a flat cover which pivots on a nail at one corner and is held shut with a hinged metal clip.
On paper label on ( c): "Vorsicht! Infektiöses Material! // An // die bakteriologische Untersuchungsanstalt // In ………" [Caution! Infectious Material! / / To / / the bacteriological examination institute / / In ……..]; stamp near top of ( c) shows "D." inside a rectangle; stamp near top of (c ): "E. Leitz // Berlin N.W. 6"