(a) Dressing jar with a flat base, straight walls, curved shoulders and a straight neck; mould seam runs entire length of body; a content label is printed directly on the glass; (b) lid with straight-lipped, curved top and a knob; lid has a brushed metallic finish; (c) tube gauze wrapped around a c…
(a) Dressing jar with a flat base, straight walls, curved shoulders and a straight neck; mould seam runs entire length of body; a content label is printed directly on the glass; (b) lid with straight-lipped, curved top and a knob; lid has a brushed metallic finish; (c) tube gauze wrapped around a cardboard roll; gauze is seamless and adjusts to size of objects; (d) sterile pad in original condition and in original packaging; additional contents are some loose gauze, a roll of gauze and half of a sterile pad in original waxed-paper packaging.
Number Of Parts
4
Part Names
a - jar - Size: Length 17.5 cm x Diam. 10.1 cm
b - lid - Size: Depth 4.1 cm x Diam. 9.7 cm
c - tube gauze - Size: Depth 3.2 cm x Diam. 7.1 cm
d - sterile pad - Size: Length 6.7 cm x Width 10.4 cm
Provenance
Owned and used by Dr. Burns of Napanee, Ont., a 1947 graduate of the Queen's University Medical Program; some items belonged to Dr. Stratton, who held the Napanee practice prior to Dr. Burns.
Printed directly on the glass in green ink with the lettering done in negative: "BANDAGES"; embossed on bottom of jar: "Profex // USA" within an oval shape; engraved inside the jar lid: "Profex [underlined]" within an oval shape, and below: "STAINLESS USA" in a semicircular form; (d) printed in blue ink on off-white packaging: "Curity * // TELFA * // STERILE // PAD // WON'T STICK TO HEALING SKIN // KEEPS WOUND DRY // STERILITY GUARANTEED UNLESS // WRAPPER DAMAGED OR OPEN // THE KENDALL CO. (CAN.) LTD, // HAUER & BLACK Division // *Trademark Made in U.S.A. // Patented in Canada 1960 // Curity * // TELFA * // STERILE PAD"; along right-hand side of packaging is an illustration of two hands pulling apart a bandage with printing, "GRASP // TABS // PULL APART"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0007
0007-N2-6
Condition Remarks
Jar has a few small bubbles in the glass and some gauze fragments on bottom of jar interior; lid has small amount of tarnishing on exterior surface and scratches on interior surfaces; tube gauze has yellowed on edges and appears to have been in use--roll unravelled on arrival; packing of sterile pad has yellowed and is torn on edges.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
JPG
Reference Comments
"Hospital & Physicians Equipment and Supplies," by J.F. Hartz Co., 1960, p. 259 (similar to item #5H-805) (see attached photocopy); CD #9