Bath, eye
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FOOTED CUP
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0039.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Glass
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 4.2 cm
- Width
- 3.1 cm
- Height
- 6.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Example of the sort of eye bath used by physicians at the time. - Function
-
Used to contain liquid saline or medicated solutions, during soaking or bathing of eye. - Technical
-
Example of common eye bath, used to deliver medical solutions or plain saline solution to treat eye infections, dislodge small foreign objects (ie. metal or wood shavings) by soaking, and soothe eye irritation caused by allergies, eye strain, etc. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None.
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- Clear, moulded glass
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Bath, eye, 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1979.0039, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0039.001/
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