Splint

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OBJECT TYPE: fixed/finger and toe
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0836.002

MANUFACTURER: Hartz, J.F. Co. Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: aluminum

Dimensions

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

Length: 6.6 cm
Width: 3.9 cm
Height: 2.6 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: Hartz
Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
City: Montreal

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This splint presumably made and used c. 1940, and possibly 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.
Function: To correctly position and support injured limb, in order to promote healing. Specifically, this splint used to treat finger and toe injuries.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None, save UHN catalogue no. "975.8.22 B" printed by hand in black ink on inside surface of one flange.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Dull silver metal (aluminum) basket-style splint constructed of 4 sloping flanges, jointed at top.
Decoration: N/A

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Hartz, J.F. Co. Ltd., Splint, circa 1940, Artifact no. 2002.0836, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0836.002/

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