General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

6

Total Parts

10

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Light blue opaque waxed (?) paper envelope-style package bears dark blue text.

Dimensions

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

Length

6.7 cm

Width

3.3 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Instruments

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Steriphane

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New York

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

This type of scarifier available c. 1930. This example appears new/little 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.

Function

To contain, protect and identify the contents when not in use.

Technical

Needle package for battery-operated scarifier. Prick testing performed when testing for, and identifying allergies causing "atopic" disease (rhinitis, rhino-conjunctivitis, allergies to pets, insect-stings, certain food allergies, etc. To administer the tests, a drop of a concentrated extract is placed on the skin, then the skin is pricked through the drop with a scarifier. Typically, 15 minutes later the skin is examined for redness, swelling, irritation, etc. and graded as to the severity of the reaction (if any) observed.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"steriphane/ TRADE MARK/ STERIPHANE CORPORATION OF AMERICA/ NEW YORK 11, N.Y." printed on package front. UHN catalogue no. "979.1.10 b" printed by hand in black ink on package front.

Missing

Small area of loss on package end, where open.

Finish

Light blue opaque waxed (?) paper envelope-style package bears dark blue text.

Decoration

N/A