Splint
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- OBJECT TYPE
- fixed/finger
- DATE
- 1850–1899
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0831.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- home built
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- wood
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.7 cm
- Width
- 2.9 cm
- Height
- 1.7 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This splint presumably made and used in first half of 20th c.; possibly also used 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 designed to immobilize single finger. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None, save UHN catalogue no. "X934.16.42" printed by hand in white ink on splint.
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- Wood.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Splint, circa 1850–1899, Artifact no. 2002.0831, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0831.001/
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