Microtome
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SLIDING
- DATE
- 1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.1228.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Leitz, Ernst GmbH
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Wetzlar, Federal Republic of Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 24985
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ENAMELLED METAL BODY/ STAINLESS STEEL [?] CLAMPS/ SYNTHETIC WHEEL, KNOBS, & KNIFE HOLDER PARTS/ BRASS [?] MECHANISM/ POSSIBLE CHROME PLATED PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 18.0 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 17.0 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
- Leitz
- Country
- Federal Republic of Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Wetzlar
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C.1973-1987
- Canada
-
AN EXAMPLE OF TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE IN A LARGE CANADIAN HOSPITAL LABORATORY C.1970 - Function
-
USED TO SECTION EMBEDDED TISSUE SPECIMENS FOR MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION. IT CAN BE SET TO CUT FROM 5-50 MICRON THICKNESS. FREEZING UNIT WAS USED WITH THIS MICROTOME TO PROVIDE QUICK SECTIONS & RAPID DIAGNOSIS. ALSO SOME TISSUE WITH HIGH FAT OR WATER COMPONENTS MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR PROCESSING BY PARAFFIN METHODS. - Technical
-
FREEZING MICROTOMES PROVIDED THE MEANS TO PROCESS A SURGICALTISSUE SPECIMEN IMMEDIATELY. A PATHOLOGIST COULD THEN PROVIDE THE DIAGNOSIS TO THE SURGICAL TEAM & THE DECISION OF HOW TO PROCEED WITH THE PATIENT WAS MADE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- EMBOSSED IN DARK BROWN ON BOTTOM FRONT OF UNIT 'Leitz'/ PRINTED ON GREEN DECAL [COMPANY LOGO] '[TO]ORONTO/ [?]RVETH LTD.'/ EMBOSSED IN DARK BROWN ON TOP FRONT OF UNIT 'Ernst Leitz Gmbh/ Wetzlar Germany/ 24985'/ EMBOSSED ON METAL, A SCALE IN MICRONS FROM 0-50/ HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER ON TOP OF UNIT 'Hist Discard'/ ENGRAVED ON BOTTOM OF STAINLESS STEEL FEET 'Ernst Leitz Wetzlar'/ SMALL SCALE ENGRAVED ON PLATE ATTACHED TO KNIFE HOLDER
- Missing
- KNIVES, OBJECT DISC.
- Finish
- ENAMELLED METAL BODY IS CREAM COLOURED/ STAINLESS STEEL CLAMPS ARE DULLED SILVER COLOUR/ SYNTHETIC WHEEL, KNOBS & FEET COLOURED BLACK/ KNIFE HOLDER HAS SYNTHETIC PART COLOURED RED/ BRASS IS DARKENED/ SOME PARTS HAVE SHINY CHROME-LIKE FINISH/ FEET ARE POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Leitz, Ernst GmbH, Microtome, circa 1970, Artifact no. 1987.1228, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1228.001/
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