University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Surgery
Classification
General Surgery
Surgery
Accession Number
1975.14.2 a-r
Description
Leather-covered case (a) has two hinges and two latches, a leather handle, and a velvet lining; it contains a bougie (b); three long, thin wires (c,d,e) that are spring-like and have flexible spiral tips; and 13 nickel-plated "olives" of different sizes (French sizes #21-#45).
Leather-covered case (a) has two hinges and two latches, a leather handle, and a velvet lining; it contains a bougie (b); three long, thin wires (c,d,e) that are spring-like and have flexible spiral tips; and 13 nickel-plated "olives" of different sizes (French sizes #21-#45).
Number Of Parts
18
Part Names
a - case - Size: Length 23.5 cm x Width 23.5 cm x Depth 8.5 cm
b - bougie - Size: Length 72.0 cm x Diameter 0.7 cm
c - wire - Size: Length 171.7 cm
d - wire - Size: Length 171.7 cm
e - wire - Size: Length 171.7 cm
f-r - "olives"
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; souorce: R.E.C. Johnson, director, Women's College Hospital.
On latch: "THE EAGLE LOCK & SCREW COMP. TERRYVILLE, CONN., MADE IN U.S.A."; black tag on inside of case cover reads, "Mfg. by EDER INSTRUMENT COMPANY INC. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U.S.A."; red and white label on inside of case cover reads, "The J.F. Hartz Company Limited, Halifax, Toronto, Montreal, Hamilton".
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0007
0007-K2-5
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"Black's Medical Dictionary"
Research Facts
A bougie is used for introduction into natural passages either in order to apply a medicament which it contains or with which it is coated, or, more usually, in order to dilate a narrow part or stricture of the passage.