Capped vaccinator

Maker
Arnold & Sons (estab. Circa 1866, closed Circa 1928)
Date
Circa 1860-1900
 Description
Brass vaccinator consisting of cylindrical tube with flat enclosed ends on both sides. One side has nine spikes in a square configuration. The central spike is flat and larger to protect the other spikes from the brass lid.

Originally donated to the Medical Society of Victoria (which later became part of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Medical Association). The A.M.A. loaned its museum collection of documents and artefacts to the University of Melbourne in 1994 and gifted in 2011.
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Object detail

Maker
Date
Circa 1860-1900
Medium
brass
Measurements
7.1 x 2.2 cm
Accession Number
MHM03374
Credit line
Gift of AMA Victoria, 2011
Inscriptions
maker's mark ▫ on cap and base: 'Arnold & Sons/G. Mitchell/M.R.C.V.S./London' ▫ apparatus
Object Type
instruments
Named Collection
AMA Victoria
Medical History Museum Category
Medicine in Society
Museum
Medical History Museum

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