Category: Gastro Intestinal
Estimated Date: 1890
Name: Allen Surgical Pump
Manufacturer: Charles Truax
Description: 10×6×5” black leather bag with chrome plated fitings. Opens to two compartments, one contains a hand cranked cirular pump which compresses a rubber tube (hardened) for pumping action, Pat July 21, 1887. Tubing has thermoplastic fittings. Compartment next to pump contains 4 glass bottles, Carbolic Acid, Merc. Co., Camphor marked Fraser Pharm, Fraser color, Dr. WN Hurst prop and a greenish container.
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