https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/files/original/79cfa7f77900b08e2600d1117cf6e6df.jpg a603d73e5f3e1a53c0758eff04b1a6b9 https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/files/original/ce8c98a2bd22e777fc4245afe31524a7.jpg edf5ac680b0c08015d03b8177b46561e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Museum and Artwork Subject The topic of the resource Museum collections Description An account of the resource Our museum collection helps tell the story of the College, of its place in the city of Glasgow, and of Scottish medical history. Our collection also tells the story of the students, Fellows and Members who have shaped the College over the centuries. We have fascinating medical instruments and equipment used by some of the most famous people associated with the College, including Joseph Lister, David Livingstone and William Macewen. These sit alongside a varied and often gruesome collection of surgical and dental instruments which help to show the progression and innovation made in surgical procedures from the 18th century onwards. Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original object Pipettes/dropper bottles: 1.25-1.28cm in diameter, 10.5cm-10.8cm in length. Metal base: 10.28cm Central metal column: 0.64cm in diameter, 17cm in height. Glass dome: 18cm in height, 9.5cm in diameter. Materials Glass, metal Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ballantyne's Pipettes Description An account of the resource For holding various ophthalmological solutions. Consists of six open-ended pipettes of various colours retained in a metal stand, with glass domed cover. Used to allow the Ophthamologist to select topical drugs easily and safely, as the solutions were effectively colour coded. Pipettes/dropper bottles: Six in number. The glass cylinders were uniform in diameter, with an ovel aperture (1.1cm x 0.85cm) in the glass wall, about mid length. This was covered by a rubber membrane, to give the user complete control of the solution delivery. The pipettes are made of different coloured glass, to identify the contents easily and safely. It would seem that the colours identified the solutions as follows: Purple = Atropine Flint (clear) = Cocaine Ruby = Eserine Dark blue = Adrenaline Green = Euphthalmine (eucatropine, a long-acting atropine) Amber = Fluorescein Metal stand: Consists of a square flat metal base, 10.28cm in size. Central metal column, 0.64cm in diameter and 17cm in height, ending in a lifting ring 3.1cm diameter. Two metal discs 8.25cm in diameter are incorporated into the central column 3.4cm apart, each with six disc cutouts 1.74cm in diameter, to retain the glass pipettes. Chromium plated. Glass dome, retained by four spring clips located on the stand base, is 18cm in height, by 9.5cm in diameter. Clear glass, 0.025cm thickness. [Dr A J Ballantyne was a well known Glasgow Ophthalmologist, active between 1910 and 1945, being eventually appointed Professor of Ophthalmology at Glasgow University, and a senior Consultant at The Tennant Institute for Ophthalmology, in Glasgow.] Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2007/4.1 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1910-1930 Ophthalmology Pharmacology