Scarifier
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- OBJECT TYPE
- battery-operated/portable
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0909.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hollister-Stier Labs
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 10
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- metal & synthetic components; paper liner in battery compartment.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.7 cm
- Width
- 3.7 cm
- Height
- 4.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Hollister Stier
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
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 break skin during administration of percutaneous or "prick" method allergy testing. - Technical
-
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
- None evident, save UHN catalogue no. "979.1.10 C" printed by hand in black ink on instrument casing.
- Missing
- Unknown- appears complete.
- Finish
- Bright silver metal casing; rounded white opaque synthetic area links instrument body to dull silver metal head; unbleached paper liner inside battery compartment.
- Decoration
- N/A
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