Bottle, storage

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OBJECT TYPE: serum/sterile/pooled and dried
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0730.001

MANUFACTURER: Connaught Laboratories, University of Toronto
MODEL: Normal Human Serum 400 cc.
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 591305
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: glass bottle; rubber cap; paper label; fabric (cotton twill tape? ) hanger.

Dimensions

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

Length: 21.2 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 6.6 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Connaught
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably prepared for use during WWII; this example never used.
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. Prepared from blood obtained by Canadian Red Cross Society; prepared for Canadian government, presumably as part of WWII war effort.
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "NORMAL HUMAN SERUM/ POOLED AND DRIED/ Volume of serum before drying, 400 cc./ LOT 591305/ ISSUED JUL 13 1945/ To reconstitute to normal volume add 400 cc. of sterile/ pyrogen-free distilled water. Markings on bottle indicate/ approximate volumes./ Dried serum should not be reconstituted until immediately/ prior to the administration of the serum. In no circumstances/ should dried serum to which water has been added be stored for future use./ Prepared by/ CONNAUGHT LABORATORIES/ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO/ TORONTO, CANADA/ for/ H.M. GOVERNMENT/ DOMINION OF CANADA/ from blood/ obtained from voluntary donors by/ THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY" and "NOTES FOR ADMINISTRATION/ (Volume of serum before drying, 400 cc.) printed on paper label. "T.C.W. Co./ NO- SOLVIT/ U.S.A." appears in raised form on underside of bottle. Scale labelled 100- 400 cc. appears in raised form on bottle. UHN catalogue no. "989.6 a" printed by hand in black ink on lower edge of bottle.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Clear glass bottle has red rubber cap; orange paper label on bottle front bears red text; khaki-colour woven fabric bands [twill tape ?] secured to bottle allow it to be suspended during use.
Decoration: N/A

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Connaught Laboratories, University of Toronto, Bottle, storage, 1945, Artifact no. 2002.0730, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0730.001/

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