Splint

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OBJECT TYPE: fixed/wrist
DATE: 1900–1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0824.001

MANUFACTURER: Zimmer Mfg. Co.
MODEL: 13 E
LOCATION: Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: aluminium

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: 7.7 cm
Height: 4.3 cm
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: Zimmer
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Indiana
City: Warsaw

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This splint made, and presumably used in early 20th c.; possibly also used later.
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. Used by the original donor's father Dr. T.T. McRae in his Brussels, ON practice 1905-1942. [Ref. 3]
Function: To correctly position and support injured limb, in order to promote healing.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "ZIMMER MFG. CO./ WARSAW [logo- "Z" inside diamond] IND. U.S.A./ 1 3 E/ PAT. PEND." stamped into arm support. UHN catalogue no. "986.27.3" printed by hand in black ink on one end of palm support.
Missing: None.
Finish: Bright aluminium form: upper area pierced by diamond-shaped holes.
Decoration: N/A

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Zimmer Mfg. Co., Splint, between 1900–1920, Artifact no. 2002.0824, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0824.001/

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