Kit, Transfusion

Object Name:

Kit, Transfusion

Object ID:

1993.039.12.01

Date:

circa 1900

Description:

Transfusion kit. Metal, glass, rubber. Metal box with slots for six transfusion needles, one double-ended syringe, and one double-ended cock stopper. Also in box is rubber tubing. (NHMS 13).
1. Box. Stainless steel.
2. Shelf, removable. Metal. Clamps to hold components. 9" long, 3.5" wide.
3. Syringe. Metal. Double-ended. T-shaped plunger. Stamped on end, "PATENT
APLY'D / FOR". 7" long.
4. Double-ended cock stopper. Two movable cocks mounted on hard-rubber stopper.
Rubber covers a metal tube. 2.1" long. 2.8" wide.
5. Pair of needles, with cleaning wires inside. Metal. 4.5" long (no number applied).
6. Needle. Metal. 4.5" long.
7. Needle, blunt tipped. 4.1" long.
8. Tube holding wires. Metal. Tube holds 6 wire needle cleaners of different
diameters. 5.8" long.
9. Needle. 1.5" long.
10. Needle. 1.1" long.
11. 28 pieces of rubber tubing, broken. Some have metal or glass inserts.

Material:

Metal
Glass
Steel
Rubber

Dimensions:

H-1.5 W-3.5 L-9 inches

Provenance:

From the object collection of the New Hampshire Medical Society, including medicine bottles, doctor's kits, and other medical equipment used in New Hampshire.

Tag on this kit reads, "FOR DIRECT TRANSFUSIONS / On Loan Dr. Albert Snay". Dr. Snay believes this kit originally belonged to Dr. Swett, and that it was used in the early 1900s.

Credit Line:

Gift of New Hampshire Medical Society

People:

Snay, Albert (1915-2002)

Subjects:

Medical equipment & supplies, Blood, Blood transfusions