Wrench

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OBJECT TYPE: Fixed/1 head/open/19/32 in.
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0084.020

MANUFACTURER: Armstrong
MODEL: 2
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 20
Total Parts: 26
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST METAL TOOL

Dimensions

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

Length: 12.8 cm
Width: 3.3 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Medical equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Armstrong
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: TYPE OF SPLINT USED C. 1940S+. NOT USED AFTER 1960S. (REF. 3).
Canada: PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF MEDICAL ARTIFACTS, ARCHIVAL MATERIAL AND TRADE LITERATURE TRANSFERRED TO CSTM IN 2002 FROM THE FORMER HISTORY OF MEDICINE MUSEUM, TORONTO ON. SPLINT USED BY DRS. MILN HARVEY & FRANK HARVEY IN KITCHENER, ONT. DR. M. HARVEY (DONOR'S FATHER) BEGAN PRACTICE IN 1932. HE RECEIVED SURGICAL TRAINING IN ENGLAND. (REF. 3)/ SEE MANUAL L42083 IN SUPP. INFO.
Function: Unknown
Technical: ADJUSTMENT TOOL USED ON TRACTION SPLINT DESIGNED FOR REDUCTION OF INTRACAPSULAR, INTERTROCHANTERIC (HIP JOINT) AND PELVIC FRACTURES. THIS DESIGN WAS SAID TO PERMIT GREATER FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR PATIENT, AND ALLOWED FOR PATIENT TO BE MOVED WITH GREATER EASE & COMFORT THAN OTHER SPLINTS [L42083.] NOT USED AFTER 1960S. (REF. 3).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "ARMSTRONG/ MADE IN U.S.A." & logo stamped into one side of wrench head; "19/32" & "2" stamped into opposite side of wrench.
Missing: N/A
Finish: SHAFT AND HANDLE OF WRENCH PAINTED BLACK.
Decoration: N/A

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Armstrong, Wrench, circa 1940, Artifact no. 2002.0084, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0084.020/

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