Object ID Number:
EH1067
Object Name:
Aspirator
Date of Manufacture:
/ /
Manufactured from:
1880
Manufactured to:
1950
Description / History:
The blood bottle was a key component in a blood transfusion apparatus (pictured
above). Due to the use of sodium citrate as an anticoagulant in 1914, the need for the donor and the recipient to be in close proximity during a transfusion was ended. This breakthrough was due in part, to the First World War, which created a demand for transfusions that could occur quickly in a military environment. By the end of the war, medical experience, combined with American surgical expertise, led to the creation of “portable blood transfusion kits,” which
included a blood bottle. In 1950, the blood bottle became obsolete when Harvard Medical
School Professor Carl W. Walters invented the blood bag.
Aspirator with glass jar – one quart size The bottle is composed of glass with a rubber stopper; it features two metal tube intakes, attached to the intakes are the remnants of rubber tubing.
above). Due to the use of sodium citrate as an anticoagulant in 1914, the need for the donor and the recipient to be in close proximity during a transfusion was ended. This breakthrough was due in part, to the First World War, which created a demand for transfusions that could occur quickly in a military environment. By the end of the war, medical experience, combined with American surgical expertise, led to the creation of “portable blood transfusion kits,” which
included a blood bottle. In 1950, the blood bottle became obsolete when Harvard Medical
School Professor Carl W. Walters invented the blood bag.
Aspirator with glass jar – one quart size The bottle is composed of glass with a rubber stopper; it features two metal tube intakes, attached to the intakes are the remnants of rubber tubing.
Dimensions:
H–10 W–3 Dia–4 inches
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