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Aspirator

1920 Approximate

Material: wood, metal, glass, rubber. Size: 9" W. x 11 1/2" L. x 6" deep. Description: brown, silver and black - a design of wheels, pulleys, belts, bottles, and gauze all mounted to an oak platform with matching wooden cover. Metal name plate on base: "--enson Co. New York".

Used by Dr. Ben Gallagher for tonsilectomies. Similar equipment found on Internet search manufactured as TOMPKINS Medical ASPIRATOR Vacuum Suction Pump.