Wrench
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Fixed/1 head/open/5/16 in.
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0084.021
- MANUFACTURER
- Premax
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Niagara Falls, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 21
- 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
- 8.8 cm
- Width
- 1.2 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
- Premax
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Niagara Falls
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS 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
- "5/16 NIAG. FALL/ U.S.A./ PREMAX" stamped into wrench shaft.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WRENCH HAS SILVER METAL FINISH.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Premax, Wrench, circa 1940, Artifact no. 2002.0084, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0084.021/
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