Name/TitleEquipment: Glass Alcohol Burner
About this objectHand blown glass with lid, the cotton wick is unused. The alcohol burner (Bunsen Burner) would have been used to boil urine for testing for glucose and albumen (protein). No makers mark.
Joan Durdin, who graduated from the RAH in 1945, remembers oil burners being used in the wards.
Date MadeCa 1920
Medium and MaterialsGlass
MeasurementsH9 x W6cm
Object TypeEquipment
Object numberAR#3152
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