General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

10

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wood/ cardboard/ glass

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

16.6 cm

Width

7.9 cm

Height

12.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Chemicals & medications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Example of vials used to hold medicinal treatments. Paper found in artefact beside kit has a Canadian label though it may be much more recent (1950s) than the actual bottles unless they were made to look antique.

Function

To hold substances thought to have healing properties. presumably a railway first aid kit (as per original catalogue card).

Technical

Allowed for previously prepared stock compounds to be readily used as opposed to having to create them as needed.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

N/A

Finish

A wooden box, top half being a removable lid/ inside is equally divided into two rows of 4 compartments each being 1-7/16" x 1-3/16" x 3" deep/ partitions are made of thin, soft wood and thin padded cardboard/ each of 8 sections contain a glass bottle 1" x 1-1/4" x 4-1/4" high, with a glass handled cap/ a medical prescription slip is included (cn356) form/ box is stained dark brown/ cover is coming apart

Decoration

N/A