University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
General Treatment
Accession Number
1973.15.3 a-o
Description
A case (a) is covered with black cloth, with a purple-red velvet lining inside, contains: (b) a brass-plated syringe fitted with a one-way valve and two fittings; (c) a red rubber stopper with metal fittings and taps; (d-e) red rubber tubes with metal fittings; (f-h) three syringe needles; (i) a tr…
A case (a) is covered with black cloth, with a purple-red velvet lining inside, contains: (b) a brass-plated syringe fitted with a one-way valve and two fittings; (c) a red rubber stopper with metal fittings and taps; (d-e) red rubber tubes with metal fittings; (f-h) three syringe needles; (i) a trocar and director; (j) a trocar with director and tap and a bit of rubber tubing; (k) a thin trocar with director; (l-m) metal plungers; (n-o) two ampoules containing 2 cc. novocain 2% Suprarenin 1:20,000.
Number Of Parts
15
Part Names
a - case - Size: Length 26.0 cm x Width 12.0 cm x Depth 4.0 cm
b - syringe - Size: Length 19.0 cm x Diam. 3.0 cm
c - rubber stopper
d - tube - Size: Length 35.5 cm
e- tube - Size: Length 57.0 cm
f - needle - Size: Length 9.2 cm
g - needle - Size: Length 8.3 cm
h - needle - Size: Length 8.3 cm
i - trocar - Size: Length 15.0 cm
j - trocar - Size: Length 15.0 cm
k - thin trocar - Size: Length 11.0 cm
l - plunger - Size: Length 14.5 cm
m - plunger - Size: Length 14.5 cm
n - ampouole
o - ampoule
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. Charles W. Harris; belonged to his father, Dr. Wilbur Howard Harris.
Ingram & Bell logo: a capital I overlaid with a capital B surrounded by a circle; (b) "A [downward arrow, upward arrow] J"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D5-11
Condition Remarks
#2: The case is peeling; the rubber requires special treatment.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
JPG
Reference Comments
G. Tiemann & Co. Catalogue, 1889, p. 132 (similar to item in Fig. 1737); CD #UHN
Research Facts
Dr. Wilbur Howard Harris (1864-1940) graduated from Trinity Medical School in 1884; obit. in "Bull. Acad. Med. Tor.," Vol. 13, No. 6, March 1940, p. 126.