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OBJECT TYPE: drum
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0730.002

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: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: cannister
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal cannister; cardboard liner; paper label

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 24.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 8.5 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. Contents prepared from blood obtained by Canadian Red Cross Society; prepared for Canadian government, presumably as part of WWII war effort.
Function: To contain and protect contents in transit and storage.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "Inside this can is a rubber-capped/ bottle containing:/ 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", "... TOP END" and upwards pointing hand symbol, and "OPEN CAN AT TOP END" and upwards pointing hand symbol printed on label taped to can. "ARCHIVES !!" printed by hand in black marker on cannister, above label. UHN catalogue no. "989.6 b" printed by hand in black ink on cannister.
Missing: Lid missing.
Finish: Gold-colour metal cannister has buff-coloured corrugated cardboard liner; orange paper label bearing red text has been taped to container.
Decoration: N/A

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Connaught Laboratories, University of Toronto, Container, shipping, 1945, Artifact no. 2002.0730, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0730.002/

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