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Type of Object

Sterilizer

Place of Manufacture

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Date of Manufacture

1920-1930

Physical Details

Electric sterilizer with porcelain base and stainless steel lid and tray. Hinged lid contains two vent openings, and has two arms attached on which hangs a tray with numerous small holes in the bottom. The tray is raised to the top of the porcelain enclosure when the lid is opened, and drops to the bottom when it is closed. Vents on top are closed by sliding vent covers.

Dimensions

8.5 cm. x 15 cm. x 9 cm.

Medical Subject

Sterilization -- instrumentation

Accession Number

1983.116.10

Genre

medical equipment

Local Genre

medical artifact

Type

Still Image

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

Collection

Medical Artifacts Collection

Source

Original object: Electric Porcelain Sterilizer, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

File Name

mar00117.jpg

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