Splint set
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- OBJECT TYPE
- fixed/finger and toe
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0836.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hartz, J.F. Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- splint
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- aluminum
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.0 cm
- Width
- 3.3 cm
- Height
- 3.3 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Montreal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- This splint presumably made and used c. 1940, and possibly 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
-
To correctly position and support injured limb, in order to promote healing. Specifically, this splint used to treat finger and toe injuries. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None, save UHN catalogue no. "975.8.22A" printed by hand in black ink on inside surface of one flange.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Dull silver metal (aluminum) basket-style splint constructed of 4 sloping flanges, jointed at top.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Hartz, J.F. Co. Ltd., Splint set, circa 1940, Artifact no. 2002.0836, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0836.001/
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