Name/TitleMilk fever syringe
About this objectThis was never used by the donor but found at her veterinary surgeon's premises when clearing up after selling the practice. It was possibly used by the previous veterinary surgeon at 139, London Road, Mr. Horace Roberts, to whom Captain Phillips acted as apprentice for two months before Mr Roberts' death in 1947 , when the Phillipses acquired the practice.
The needle of the syringe was fitted into the teat in order to inflate the udder, to treat milk fever. The teats were then bound up. Milk fever is due to a calcium deficiency after calving. The more modern treatment, in 1977, was to give large supplemental doses of calcium.
The body of the syringe is cylindrical with a T handle. Attached to the business end is a cylindrical fitting, which opens into two halves and has a hollow needle projecting diagonally from it.
Medium and MaterialsSyringe: Nickel plated steel and brass
MeasurementsLength 190mm
Diameter 115mm
Object Typesyringe
Object numberSTMEA:77.A.34.2
Copyright Licence
Attribution - Non-commercial (cc)
