University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Anaesthesia
Classification
Anaesthesia
Accession Number
1989.2.3 aa-bb
Description
A brown leather-covered case consisting of a wooden frame with wooden drawer supports, cardboard sides and lid edges; marked with owner's initials or name; fastens with two spring hinges/sliding locks (key missing), marked with the maker's name on inside lid above a built-in pocket, handle for carr…
A brown leather-covered case consisting of a wooden frame with wooden drawer supports, cardboard sides and lid edges; marked with owner's initials or name; fastens with two spring hinges/sliding locks (key missing), marked with the maker's name on inside lid above a built-in pocket, handle for carrying; opens by resting on four studs; lid folds down revealing three drawers in graduated sizes; drawer 3 contains 4 compartments for bottles; interior is lined with a plastic-coated fabric; contents of case, drawer #1: Foregger endotracheal tube (a); Foregger endotracheal tube cut down with safety-pin attached for use as nasal tube (b); roll of Curity adhesive tape (c); eight pieces of tubing in assorted gauges, colours, and lengths (d); parts of an esophageal stethoscope consisting of four lengths of tubing, one terminating in an earpiece (missing a diaphragm) (e); needles in sealed packages (f-h); catheter mount with tube attached (i); Magill open-circuit valve (j); Foregger catheter Y-piece for use with standard 15-mm male catheter connector (k); Y-piece with adhesive tape wound around the ends (l); unidentified connector valve (m); drawer #2: a plastic box of Lundy endotracheal tube connectors (n); mouth adapter (o); a box of two Racine flexible adapters that can take tubing of varying gauges (p); a box of 9 x 5-cc ampoules of poutocaine hydrochloride for spinal anaesthesia, ca. 1952 (q); (r) catalogued as 1989.2.4; a dosage calculator card for the LORFAN (s); Rubbus one-way valve for a resuscitator, made in Denmark (t); unidentified valve (u); one-way valve for paediatric use (Sierra Engineering Co.) (v); Stephen-Slater valve (w-x); Ayre's t-piece (M & IE, London) (y); three catheter mounts with short pieces of attached tubing (z); eleven assorted endotracheal connectors for oral and nasal use (aa); drawer #3: felt case containing Fenmore Davis's bronchoscope blade by Foregger and an earlier unmarked bronchoscope blade (ab); felt case containing a folding Foregger laryngoscope with a Mackintosh blade (ac); Miller laryngoscope blade for infants, by Foregger (ad); Rowbotham trichloroethylene vaporizer by M&IE Ltd. (ae); mouth gag (af); unidentified pieces (ag-ah); Guedel airway by Dascher USA, adult size (ai); Guedel airway by Foregger, infant size (aj); suction catheter connector by Foregger (ak); bite block (al); Jalasso laryngoscope blade by Foregger (am); Murphy laryngoscope blade by Foregger (an); four Magill's endotracheal tubes made of Portex, No. 10 mm (ao); two Magill's tubes, Portex, No. 8 mm (ap); two Magill's tubes, Portex, No. 7 mm (aq); Davol tube, No. 7 mm (ar); Magill's tube No. 6, Portex, with safety pin attached (as); cuffed Magill endotracheal tube, No. 8 (A. Charles King Ltd. London Eng.) (at); armoured latex cuffed endotracheal tube with moulded curve, No. 10, M&IE Ltd. (au); Jaques endotracheal catheter with lateral eye, No. 16 FG (av); glass bottle, unopened, containing crystamycin powder, an antibiotic for intramuscular injection (aw); glass bottle of Tr. merthiolate, empty (ax); epidural needle, possibly Kylar modification of the Wagner needle, in a sealed test tube (ay); infant endotracheal tube made by Foregger (az); two needles in a sealed test tube (cc); lid pocket: anaethesia record, printed form for general surgery (ca); anaesthesia record, printed form for obstetrics (cb).
Number Of Parts
54
Part Names
case - Size: Length 27.0 cm x Width 47.0 cm x Depth 19.0 cm
aw - bottle - Size: Length 3.8 cm
ax - bottle - Size: Length 10.0 cm
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. R. H. Chaikoff, G. P., specialist in anaesthesia.
(i,j,l,t,w,x,aa) inscribed "J S C"; (l) adhesive tape labelled "Chaikoff"; (ac) marked "Foregger New York"; (ax) labelled "Tr - Merthiolate"; (ba) record headed, "J. S. Chaikoff, BA, MD FICA - 272 Bathurst St., EM. 8-9400"; (bb) record headed, "J. S. Chaikoff, BA MD FICA - Toronto"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F2-7
Permanent Location Notes
(r) catalogued as 1989.2.4
Condition Remarks
Back side of case has opened at join with wooden frame; stitching of leather cover is undone; opposite corner is much-abraded, revealing underlying wooden frame and cardboard; upper corners of lid are open, revealing metal corner support; interior lining is loose and worn in places; leather covering is slightly worn and abraded, particularly along hinge of lid; #2: Leather and rubber should be stored separately and receive special treatment; (ao) material feels slightly sticky, possibly starting to break down; (ax) substance in bottle has leaked and has stained the surrounding area.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Websites
Reference Comments
(k) Foregger catalogue, p. 58; (ae, ay) M & IE catalogue, p. 4
Pontocaine Hydrochloride with Dextrose (tetracaine hydrochloride) is a local anaesthetic; blocks sodium ion channels in the central nervous system, which blocks nerve signals, producing a numbing effect injected into the epidural space of the spinal cord in the lower back.
Belonged to Dr. J. S. Chaikoff (1896-1988), born in the Ukraine, died in Toronto; graduated in medicine from University of Toronto in 1926; general practitioner, specialist in anaesthesia at Doctor's Hospital and Bethesda Hospital (now part of North York General Hospital); learned caudal anaesthesia from Hingson and Edwards in New York around 1942; practised it in Toronto from Feb. 1943; practised anaesthesia until 1968, when his deteriorating eyesight caused him to cease; practised from office at Bathurst / Dundas 1932-1958; practised from office at Bathurst / Lawrence 1958-1988; from 1940-44 he was senior attending anaesthetist, Mount Sinai Hospital. Bethesda Hospital was a 21-bed general hospital at Bathurst and Sheppard run by the Missionary and Health Society of Canada.