| Description Of Item | Oval plain glass container graduated to 16 fluid drachms with metal screw top. The metal top includes a hook and a tube which would dip into the chloroform. This top was spring-loaded so that pressing it activated a stream of chloroform from the spout. Rotating the top aligned the spout to the tube. Reference: Haridas R. John Davies Thomas: Chloroformist in London and pioneer South Australian doctor. Anaesthesia & Intensive Care 2021; 49 (1S): 6-16.
Spout has broken off. |