Clamp

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0896.003

MANUFACTURER: King, A. Charles
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal clamp

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Chemicals & medications
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: King
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This unit presumably used c. 1960s; possibly also 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. This items was used in practice of Dr. J.S. Chaikoff, former Senior Attending Anaesthetist at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.. Dr. Chaikoff was a general practitioner who specialized in anaesthesia. [Refs. 2 & 3]
Function: Unknown
Technical: Designed in 1943 for use in obstetrics. [Ref. 3]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: On screw: "A.C. KING/ LONDON"
Missing: Unknown- appears to be complete.
Finish: Bright chrome-coloured finished metal.
Decoration: N/A

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King, A. Charles, Clamp, circa 1960, Artifact no. 2002.0896, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0896.003/

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