Box, medicine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARDSTOCK/TABLETS
- DATE
- 2015
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2016.0329.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- RadBlock
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- KI Pill Box Holder
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- A cardboard box with a blue gloss finish and white pictographs and writing on its front cover. A booklet is fastened to the inner cover. Une boite en carton avec une finition brillante avec des images et écriture sur le devant de couleur blanche. Un livret est attaché à l'intérieur de la couverte.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.0 cm
- Width
- 11.5 cm
- Height
- 2.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Chemicals & medications
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 2015
- Canada
-
The tablets have been distributed to residents of Toronto by OPG with an instructional booklet on how to use the pills in case of a nuclear accident. Ces tablettes étaient distribuées à des résidents de Toronto par OPG avec un livret indiquant comment utiliser les pilules correctement en cas d'un accident nucléaire. - Function
-
To hold medication that would be retrieved by residents of Toronto in the event of a nuclear emergency. Pour tenir les médicaments utilisé par les résidents de Toronto en cas d'un accident nucléaire. - Technical
-
Potassium Iodide tablets block thyroid from absorbing radioactive iodine and decrease the rate of thyroid cancer among people exposed to radioiodine. Les tablettes à l'Iodure de Potassium fonctionne en bloquent une absorption radioactive par le thyroïde et diminue la cadence de cancer de la thyroïde pour les personnes exposées à l'iodure radioactive. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On the front of the box/ Sur le devant de la boite: "[First Aid] [Safety Cest]/ [Fire Extinguisher] KI Pills/ Prepare to be safe." / On the back of the box/ sur l'arrière de la boite: "PO Box 91009 Stn Main/ Pickering On L1W 4B7/ DURHAM REGION TORONTO ONTARIOPOWER/ GENERATION".
- Missing
- None apparent. L'objet a toutes les pièces
- Finish
- The artifact has a blue glossy finish on its cover. L'objet possède une finition brillante de couleur bleue sur le couvert.
- Decoration
- A white decal showing four seperate safety symbols inside a large square is present on the front of the box. Une reproduction graphique en blanc est visible sur le devant du couvert de quatre symboles de sécurité.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Box, medicine, circa 2015, Artifact no. 2016.0329, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2016.0329.002/
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