Medical kit
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- OBJECT TYPE
- First aid
- DATE
- 1875–1876
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0135.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- H.M.S. Alert
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 7
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wooden box with metal hinges: contains fabric (cotton?), glass and metal items.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 45.7 cm
- Width
- 11.4 cm
- Height
- 9.5 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This kit was presumably used c. 1875-76, and possibly longer.
- Canada
-
Recovered from campsite of H.M.S. Alert (Headed by Capt. Sir George Nares, 1875-76), the first vessel to land on the shores of northern Ellesmere Island. G. Hattersley-Smith & R.G. Blackadar discovered site 12 miles south of Cape Sheridan in 1953. This box was evidently part of the kit carried by a group travelling by dog sledge. In fact, they had a number of sledge teams. - Function
-
To provide medical treatment for minor injuries and/or in emergency situations. - Technical
-
Example of kit containing basic medical supplies assembled for use by mobile teams from H.M.S Alert. Based on surviving contents, expected injuries were wounds and bone breaks and/or sprains (many probably associated with effects of cold and frost bite). Glass shards probably bottled alcohol. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Box top marked " [ Medical ] Box./ DOG SLEDGE. "/ Some items in kit bear markings- most illegible.
- Missing
- Unknown - Kit contains assortment of collected items.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Medical kit, circa 1875–1876, Artifact no. 1973.0135, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0135.001/
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