Anaesthetic

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2014.0173.001

MANUFACTURER: Imperial Chemical (Pharmaceuticals) Ltd.
MODEL: Trilene
LOCATION: Manchester, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Glass ampoule; fluid anaesthetic

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 6.9 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 1.6 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Chemicals & medications
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: ICI
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Manchester

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Part of a collection of medical technologies donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation by the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society.
Function: For use with pocket type inhaler for auto-analgesia in symptomatic pain relief, in surgery, in obstetrics and dentistry.
Technical: “The value of Trilene in anesthesia was reported in 1934 by Dennis Jackson (1865-1958).” (ref.2)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: On proper front: "6 c.c./ 'TRILENE'/ TRICHLOROETHYLENE/ FOR INHALATION/ IMPERIAL CHEMICAL/ (PHARMACEUTICALS0 LTD./ Made in England"
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Clear glass with a clear liquid inside
Decoration: N/A

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Imperial Chemical (Pharmaceuticals) Ltd., Anaesthetic, circa 1945, Artifact no. 2014.0173, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2014.0173.001/

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