Support, surgical drape

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0902.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: 22 24
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: drape prop
Patents: N/A
General Description: Bright silver metal.

Dimensions

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

Length: 22.8 cm
Width: N/A
Height: 1.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 1.5 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Medical equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This device presumably used c. 1940 +
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 support surgical drape above unconscious patient's face.
Technical: Used to keep visual contact with patient's face during mastoidectomy operation.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " 22" and "24" stamped into sliding (?) collar on rod; "D R" crudely incised on rod. UHN catalogue no. "990.5.26a" printed by hand in white ink on rod.
Missing: Unknown: appears complete.
Finish: Bright silver metal.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Support, surgical drape, circa 1940, Artifact no. 2002.0902, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0902.001/

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