University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
General Treatment
Classification
General Treatment
Accession Number
1969.79.1 a-h
Description
Syringe set in metal case (h) inside suede purse (not numbered); consists of (a) metal syringe with glass barrel, plunger calibrated; (b) screw-on hypodermic needle; (c) small needle fitting; (d,e) yellow glass stoppered vials (empty); (f) clear glass stoppered vial (empty); (g) metal tube with nee…
Syringe set in metal case (h) inside suede purse (not numbered); consists of (a) metal syringe with glass barrel, plunger calibrated; (b) screw-on hypodermic needle; (c) small needle fitting; (d,e) yellow glass stoppered vials (empty); (f) clear glass stoppered vial (empty); (g) metal tube with needle wires.
Number Of Parts
8
Part Names
a - syringe - Size: Length 7.0 cm x Diam. 1.0 cm
b - hypodermic needle - Size: Length 3.8 cm
c - needle fitting - Size: Length 2.5 cm
d - vial - Size: Length 7.2 cm
e - vial - Size: Length 7.6 cm
f - vial - Size: Length 8.0 cm
g - needle wires - Size: Length 6.7 cm
h - case - Size: Length 8.5 cm x Width 5.0 cm x Depth 2.0 cm
suede purse - Size: Length 10.0 cm x Width 5.0 cm
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source unknown.
Dates
1900
1930
circa 1900-1930
Material
metal: silver
glass: yellow; clear
Inscriptions
On (c): "VITA 27"; on (d): "Hypodermatic Tablets No 33. Apomorphine hydrochlorate. 1-20 g. PARKE, DAVIS & CO."; on (e): "Hypodermatic Tablets No 16. C319087 Morphine & Atrophine. Parke, Davis & Co."; on (f): "Soluble Hypodermic Tablets Morphine Sulphate No 3 1/4 gr. 0044007 John Wyeth & Brother Inc Phila."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D5-5
Condition Remarks
#2: contains pills that should be assessed and possibly destroyed.
Copy Type
Original
Exhibit History
On travelling exhibit ‘Unmasking Influenza’ / Spanish Flu Ottawa L-2019-3 30 April 2019-31 Dec 2022.
On exhibit "Francophone Experience in WW I War Hospital, 1914-1918," at the Museoparc Vanier Museopark, 9 June 2014.