Summary
Early comparator, made by Hellige, F. & Co Germany, circa 1914. Used for colourimetric chemical analysis in the laboratory at Mont Park Mental Hospital, a menatl health hospital in Victoria Australia. It could be used for the chemical analysis of urine and serum. It is an example of laboratory equipment used in a mental health hospital in Victoria Australia.
Physical Description
Comparator is a small black steel box with a flat-sided cone-shaped viewer sticking out of the front. Eyehole is framed by a round, push-on lid with lens and oval aperture. The whole front wall opens on a hinge, revealing an inner wall with 2 round holes. The back has a large hole, filled by a square, white, glass slide. The top is open and the inside is a 3 layered grillework to hold test tubes in place. There are 2 square tubes. Threaded hole in the base would once have been attached to a stand. The two glass test tubes are broken.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mont Park Mental Hospital (Asylum), Office of Psychiatric Services, May 1985
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Manufacturer
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Place & Date Used
Bundoora, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1930
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Inscriptions
Text: 58199/HELLIGE/FREIBURG.
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Classification
Medicine & health, Mental health - clinical, Laboratory equipment
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
11.5 cm (Length), 12 cm (Width), 11 cm (Height)
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References
Felton,Grimwade & Duerdins Ltd. 1938 Catalgoue of Surgical Instruments and Appliances.Melbourne 1938.Card with exhibit. Oral history, Dr
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Keywords
Hospitals, Mental Health, Mental Health Institutions, Psychiatric Services, Making History - Psych Services
