University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis
Accession Number
1991.2.1 a-g
Description
A plastic case with a chrome hinge and clasp contains: (a) glass pipette with a red bead and (b) glass pipette with a white bead held in the lid by spring-mounted brackets; (c) a length of tubing with a glass mount; (d) a bottle of germicide containing blood lancet attached to inner surface of scre…
A plastic case with a chrome hinge and clasp contains: (a) glass pipette with a red bead and (b) glass pipette with a white bead held in the lid by spring-mounted brackets; (c) a length of tubing with a glass mount; (d) a bottle of germicide containing blood lancet attached to inner surface of screw-on top; (e) a bottle with a red screw-on top; (f) a bottle with a white screw-on top; (g) a white cardboard box containing two cover glasses; and two open packets of cotton wool.
Number Of Parts
7
Part Names
case - Size: Length 14.0 cm x Width 5.7 cm x Depth 5.5 cm
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. T. Porter.
Case is embossed with "B-P"; (d) bottle is marked "B-P // GERMICIDE"; (e) bottle is labelled, "RED CELL // HAYEM'S SOLUTION // OR // NORMAL SALINE"; (f) bottle labelled "WHITE CELL // 2% ACETIC ACID"; (g) cardboard box labelled, "COVER GLASS // BARD PARKER // COMPANY, Inc // DANBURY, CONN."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F6-8
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
The donor bought this equipment in 1953 shortly after graduating in medicine, when he went to Unionville to practise for 8-9 years; used it in 1953 to diagnose agranulocytosis in a policeman's wife; collected blood at the bedside in the patient's home; symptoms were fever, ulcers in nose caused by depressed white cells through inhalation of paint fumes; treated with penicillin twice a day at home. Use: draw blood into pipette to line just below the bulge, add appropriate solution to fill to line at top of the bulge, shake to mix, seal into case, take to wherever the microscope / counting chamber was kept.