overall: 1 7/8 in x 9 in x 3 1/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 22.86 cm x 7.9375 cm
Object Name:
Bottle, Ether
drop bottle, anesthesia
anesthesia
ether
Other Terms:
Bottle, Ether; Surgery
Date made:
ca 1890s
Description:
Glass bottle with a rubber stopper secured with a wire clamp. An embossed inscription on one side reads “POLYCLINIC / ETHER BOTTLE” while the other side has graduations from 2 to 10 oz. John Bingham Roberts (1852-1924), a surgeon affiliated with the Polyclinic in Philadelphia, promoted the form.
Ref: John Bingham Roberts, The Polyclinic Never-Leaking Ether Bottle (1884).
John Bingham Roberts, “The Polyclinic Never-Leaking Ether Bottle,” The Columbus Medical Journal 3 (1884-1885): 376.
"Dr. John B. Roberts Dead," New York Times (Nov. 29, 1924), p. 13,
