Case, storage-carrying

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OBJECT TYPE: tube/portable
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0716.003

MANUFACTURER: Institut Pasteur de Lille
MODEL: tuberculin test
LOCATION: France

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 3
AKA: top
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper (including coated and corrugated paper)

Dimensions

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

Length: 4.2 cm
Width: 2.3 cm
Height: 2.3 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: Pasteur
Country: France
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: France
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably prepared for use in early 20th c.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: To contain and protect contents when not in use.
Technical: Original package of tuberculin-test for instilling in conjunctiva. Used prior to Pirquet and Mantoux test.[Ref.3]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " 2 GRANDS PR[illegible]/ [illustration of 5 medallions]/ MARQUE DE/ FABRIQUE/ [logo- "PW" over oval disc]/ USINE [illegible] Seine]/ SIEGE SOCIAL/ 92 Rue du Temple/ PARIS/ SUCCURSALE/ Boul d St. Germain 122/ PARIS" and "... THIS ORIGINAL/ ... TRADE MARK " mechanically printed on paper labels fixed to box. UHN catalogue no. ""X940.2.1C" printed by hand in pencil on box.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Paper tube has unbleached and coated paper coverings.
Decoration: 5 medallions arranged horizontally, and slightly overlapped labelled [l to r] "MÉD de MERITÉ/ VIÉNNE 1873/ MEDAILLE D OR/ PARIS 1878/ G [illegible] PRIX [illegible/ MELBOURNE 1880/ LONDRES 1882".

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