Heparin

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1935–1939
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0782.001

MANUFACTURER: Connaught Laboratories, University of Toronto
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS BOTTLES/ RUBBER (?) STOPPERS/ PAPER LABELS/ BOTTLES CONTAIN HEPARIN

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: 2.2 cm
Height: 6.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Research
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Connaught
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: MID-LATE 1930s+
Canada: HEPARIN WAS SUCCESSFULLY PURIFIED c.1935-39. DRS D.A. SCOTT & A.E. CHARLES AT CONNAUGHT LABORATORIES IN TORONTO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR PURIFYING THIS DRUG. DRS. GORDON MURRAY & CHARLES BEST USED HEPARIN EXPERIMENTALLY ON ANIMALS, & LATER ON HUMANS.
Function: ANTICOAGULANT DRUG. IT IS USED IN THE PREVENTION & TREATMENT OF THROMBOSIS IN BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS, POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM, & FROSTBITE, AND IN REPAIR OF VASCULAR INJURY
Technical: EARLY SAMPLES OF PURIFIED HEPARIN, A SUCCESSFUL ANTICOAGULANT DRUG.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED LABEL ON EACH BOTTLE BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'SOLUTION/ OF HEPARIN/ 10 CC./ 1000 units per cc./ Lot 10861/ CONNAUGHT LABORATORIES/ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO/ Toronto 5, Canada'; ON LABEL SIDE: 'Heparin, highly purified by/ processes involving crystalli-zation, dissolved in physiological saline, and dispensed as a sterile solution. Preservative - Trikresol 0.3 %' 'T C W CO./ 7/ USA' APPEARS IN RAISED PRINT ON BASE OF BOTTLE
Missing: NONE
Finish: BLUE TEXT PRINTED ON DARK YELLOW PAPER
Decoration: N/A

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Connaught Laboratories, University of Toronto, Heparin, circa 1935–1939, Artifact no. 1986.0782, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0782.001/

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