General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

haemacytometer case

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wood frame case has red leatherette covering; purple silk [?] lining on lid; dark purple velvet [?] lining on case base. Off-white paper label on underside of case; silver metal hinges & latches.

Dimensions

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

Length

16.9 cm

Width

9.1 cm

Height

2.8 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

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Presumably used c. 1930s+

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

Instrument used for counting number of blood cells per quantitively measured volume of blood. .1 case used to safely and securely store and identify contents.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"HAEMACYTOMETER/ THE J.F. HARTZ Co./ LIMITED" stamped in off-white print on case lid. "Department of Pathology and Bacteriology/ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO/ Bernard. A. Manace [illegible]/ Meds 2T6/ Neubauer/ K.212 [?]".

Missing

None.

Finish

Wood frame case has red leatherette covering; purple silk [?] lining on lid; dark purple velvet [?] lining on case base. Off-white paper label on underside of case; silver metal hinges & latches.

Decoration

N/A