Clip, ether dripper

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0744.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: home built
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal (including copper)

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 3.7 cm
Width: 3.2 cm
Height: 2.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Medical equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Revell
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used c. 1940s; possibly also used later.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: Clipped to gauze on mask to promote even delivery of ether during administration of anaesthesia.
Technical: Ether dripper clip head has safety-pin needle hub and copper tubing. Clipped to gauze on mask to promote even delivery of ether during administration of anaesthesia, it also freed one hand to perform other tasks, such as the recording of vital signs. [Refs. 4 & 5]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None, save UHN catalogue no. "990.5.4" printed by hand in white ink on clip
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: Silver metal; copper tubing.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Clip, ether dripper, circa 1940, Artifact no. 2002.0744, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2002.0744.001/

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