Lamp, spirit
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- OBJECT TYPE
- miniature
- DATE
- 1830–1839
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0921.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Fuller
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- All metal lamp body has bright gold tone finish; pale green wool (?) wick.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 7.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 3.9 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Fuller
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Presumably used c. 1838- 1847; possibly also used 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
-
The lamp was used to remove oxygen from within inverted cup, thereby creating a vacuum. - Technical
-
During cupping treatment, cups were first immersed in hot water, then the alcohol lamp was lit & inserted into the cups for 20 seconds. The cup was then applied to the skin. Great dexterity was required to lift cup, apply scarificator and recup before the tumefaction had subsided. [Ref. 4] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None, save UHN catalogue no. "X921.2.1 C" printed by hand in black ink on underside of lamp base.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- All metal lamp body has bright gold tone finish; pale green wool (?) wick.
- Decoration
- N/A
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