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Type of Object

Syringe, ear

Place of Manufacture

Richmond (Va.)

Date of Manufacture

1900-1921

Physical Details

Blake's ear syringe in dedicated case. Case contains three discrete items -- a barrel with handles, a glass vial with two screw ends to attach to the barrel and the irrigating end, and an irrigating piece. The barrel and plunger are made of gutta percha, with the stamp "GOODYEAR 1851. I. R. COMB CO." at the base of the plunger, and there are two curved finger slots attached around the barrel at the proximal end. The glass vial is small and has screws of the same size on either end -- the irrigation piece may be attached either through the glass vial, or directly to the plunger body. The irrigator is curved sharply at an approximately 45 degree angle from the plunger shaft, extends for some distance, and then curves slightly upward. Instrument is housed in small, purpose-built rectangular brown leather case with "Blake's Inner Ear Syringe" stamped on the outside top in gold letters.

Dimensions

3 cm. x 11.4 cm. x 7.2 cm.

Medical Subject

Diagnostic Techniques, Otolaryngology -- instrumentation

Accession Number

1981.1

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: Blake's Ear Syringe, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

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