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OBJECT TYPE: microscope
DATE: 1876
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.1149.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: 476 A gamasid from wax in the ear
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Glass, paper and specimen

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.4 cm
Width: 2.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Slide entry is dated March 10, 1877 (Taken from 2002.0167.001.bc.cs)
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former University Health Network [UHN] collection, Toronto, Ont. Log book (2002.0167) entry for slide 476 reads "Gamasid abdomen not segmented. A chelifer, 9?0 from wax in the ear (?) While reading one evening my ear was irritated, & I turned a match in it, & some wax rather larger tha usual fell out. I put into glycerine, hoping to find a [?]. When the wax was softened I found nothing but this little chelifer. Very minute but strongly armed about the head, May have got in from elsewhere (?).", "Is this a gamasid ? parasite of a fly? see pg 39 Science gossip Feb 4 1879" and "See pg 737 "Animal Parasites" pg 25 Cheyletus eruditus & last ticks[?].".
Function: Glass plate on which specimens are placed for microscopic examination.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: First label reads "A Gamasid/ from/ wax in the ear". Second label reads "476". Back of slide has the UHN handwritten number "X921.3.5F 17".
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Clear glass slide covered in paper which is royal blue with an orange border and gold pattern. There are two white labels, one circular and one rectangular affixed to the top of the slide with handwritten black print. Clear glass slide cover with specimen underneath. Back of slide has the UHN handwritten number.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Slide, circa 1876, Artifact no. 2002.1149, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.1149.001/

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