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Artifact Name	Copper Cold Sterilizer
Type of Object	Sterilizer
Date of Manufacture	1900-1940
Time Period	Twentieth century
Dimensions	8.5 cm. x 41 cm. x 15.5 cm.
Physical Details	Large, simple copper cold sterilizer, made to fit within a surgical kit bag. The sterilizer is rectangular in shape, and is constructed of folded copper sheets soldered together at joints. Simple steel oval-shaped handles at two ends and on lid, all attached by bolted copper hinges. Interior is dull silver. Lightweight and portable.
Medical Subject	Sterilization -- instrumentation
Accession Number	1985.19.11b
Type	Stillimage
Format	image/jp2
Rights Management	© VCU. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection	Medical Artifacts Collection
Contributor	Tompkins-McCaw Library. Special Collections & Archives
Digital Publisher	VCU Libraries
Local genre	medical artifact

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