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Laboratory Cannula (Florey), Mid 20th Century

Inventory Number 30692


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.30692

Subject
Medicine
Item type
Object
Provenance
Apparatus of Lord Florey (1898-1968)
Object type
Cannula
Dimensions
Height: 110mm Width: 60mm Depth: 31mm Weight: 114g
Inventory No
30692
Accession Number
1973-26/2

Description

The cannula consists of a glass ball with three protruding tubes, two wide and one narrow, a glass pipette sealed with cotton wool in a vial, a copper alloy clamp with a spring clip and a copper alloy rod with a ball at one end and a clamp with a tap at the other end. Contained in a cardboard box with red paper covering.