Health Sciences · Hospital for Sick Children
A primarily green and white cardboard package, opened at the top, contains an amber tinted glass bottle with a blue, white, and yellow label and a white plastic lid. Package and bottle feature Chinese lettering, as does an instructional sheet contained within the box. The bottle is empty.
Accession Number: 2025.sk.26
Alternative Name: Methoxyflurane
Primary Materials: Glass, Cardboard
Both package and bottle are stamped with “(1981)0233”
Box: Height = 8, Width = 3.2, Length = 3.2.
Methoxyflurane is an inhalation anesthetic introduced in the 1960s. It fell out of use beginning in the 1970s due to an association with nephrotoxicity at higher doses (see Porter et al. 2018). This package contained 20ml of methoxyflurane.
The packaging is slightly worn. The top is torn. The bottle is empty.
Associated Instruments:
Shijiazhuang Pharmaceutical Factory. Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China.
Date of Manufacture: 1981
Provenance:
Keith M. Porter, Anthony D Dayan, Sara Dickerson, and Paul M Middleton. (2018) “The Role of Inhaled Methoxyflurane in Acute Pain Management.” Open Access Emergency Medicine 10 (2018): 149–64.
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