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Macintosh Anaesthetic Spray

Inventory Number 10455


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10455

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital.
Physical material
Metal
Rubber
Dimensions
Height: 110mm Width: 105mm Depth: 108mm Weight: 76g
Inventory No
10455
Accession Number
1998-7

Description

"Spray with black rubber bulb, and silver nozzle, partly covered with red rubber tubing. Bulb contains object inside which cannot be identified. Written on nozzle in black '271'. Used for cocaine.

Invented by Sir Robert Reynolds Macintosh (1897-1989)".