There was a scarcity of dressings, of instruments, of sterilizers.
"The Soul of the War"
Philip Gibbs
The pit of the operating-room was in disorder-towels everywhere, tables of instruments, steaming sterilizers.
"K"
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Flanking them were tables for instruments and sterilizers, and, more prominent, two small sleek cylindrical drums, from one of which sprouted a tube ending in a breathing-cone.
"The Passing of Ku Sui"
Anthony Gilmore