Indicator, fever
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- OBJECT TYPE
- POCKET/FLEXIBLE/REUSEABLE
- DATE
- 1977
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0053.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HORNER
- MODEL
- FEVERTEST
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 SYNTHETIC FILM STRIP..2 RIGID PAPER CHART..3 SYNTHETIC CASE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.5 cm
- Width
- 6.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- HORNER
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF FEVER INDICATOR IN USE MID 1970S TO PRESENT. THIS STRIP USED LATE 1970S- 1980S.
- Canada
-
FEVER INDICATOR STRIP PROMOTED IN CANADA BY HORNER, OF MONTREAL PQ. USED BY DONOR, PRIMARILY TO CHECK FOR FEVER IN HER DAUGHTERS WHILE YOUNG CHILDREN. - Function
-
USED TO TEST FOR PRESENCE OF BODY TEMPERATURE IN EXCESS OF 38 DEGREES C. - Technical
-
.1 PLASTIC STRIP INCORPORATES MICR-ENCAPSULATED LIQUID CRYSTALS (MELC), WHICH ARE TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE AND HAVE OPTICAL PROPERTIES THAT CHANGE AS TEMPERATURE RISES/FALLS. TEMPERATURE CHANGES OF LESS THAN 1/2 DEGREE C. CAUSE MELCS TO RESPOND. STRIP REPRESENTS QUICK, NON-EVASIVEMEANS OF MONITORING FOR SIGNS OF FEVER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 "C 0351" and "IPS-MILAN" printed on face of fever strip..2 "7280", " (L) 71002", "N/ NORMAL/NORMALE", "NF/ TRANSITION", and "NF/ FEVER/FIEVRE" printed on chart..3 "[logo] FEVERTEST/ T.M./ INSTANT FEVER INDICATOR/ L'INDICATEUR DE FIEVRE INSTANTANE" printed in white on centre front of case. "[logo] HORnER/ Montreal, Canada" printed in white in lower right corner of back.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- .1 FILM STRIP IS CLEAR ON BOTH ENDS; CENTRAL PORTION IS BLACK..2 OFF-WHITE PAPER CHART DEPICTS GREEN, BLUE AND ORANGE, AND BLUE AND GREEN READINGS AGAINST BLACK BACKGROUND..3 BRIGHT BLUE FOLD-OVER CASE HAS CLEAR SYNTHETIC 'POCKETS' IN WHICH STRIP AND CHART ARE SECURED. [NB: INSTRUCTIONS REMOVED FROM CASE AND PLACED IN SUPP. INFO. FILE]
- Decoration
- N/A
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HORNER, Indicator, fever, 1977, Artifact no. 2003.0053, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2003.0053.001/
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