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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1947
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2014.0116.018

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 18
Total Parts: 20
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Steel box

Dimensions

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

Length: 17.0 cm
Width: 14.0 cm
Height: 11.4 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Part of a collection of medical technologies donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation by the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society. CAS’s worksheet suggests that connectors were given to CAS by Dr. Morton Digby Leigh (1904-75). Dr. Leigh was the Anesthetist-in-Chief at the Children’s Memorial Hospital in Montreal from 1940 to 1947 before he moved to Vancouver, BC and then Los Angeles, California.
Function: To contain and protect its contents
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: On proper front: "Gypsona/ TRADE MARK/ PLASTER OF PARIS BANDAGES/ READY FOR USE/ DIRECTIONS FOR USE ENCLOSED/ THESE BANDAGES/ ARE PREPARED/ WITH A [ILLEGIBLE]/ CONTEN [ILLEGIBLE]/ FINEST [ILLEGIBLE]/ OF PAR[IS] [ILLEGIBLE]/ ARE [ILLEGIBLE]/ SETTING [ILLEGIBLE]/ LESS AN [ILLEGIBLE]/ IRRITAT[ION] [ILLEGIBLE]/ THE [ILLEGIBLE]/ 4 IN X 3 YD/ MADE IN ENGLAND BY/ T.J. SMITH & NEPHEW LTD./ LONDON HULL MANCHESTER GLASGOW/ ORDER No./ R. 5004/ B.P.C/ STORE IN A DRY PLACE/ B.P.C."/ This information seems to be repeated on the other three sides in different languages
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Bright metal interior, green exterior with black lettering
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Box, circa 1947, Artifact no. 2014.0116, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2014.0116.018/

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