Case, storage-carrying

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OBJECT TYPE: tube/portable
DATE: 1920–1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2008.1609.009

MANUFACTURER: Down Bros.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 9
Total Parts: 20
AKA: Instrument handle
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal cylinder

Dimensions

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

Length: 11.0 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Down
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Specific: This dressing case and contents possibly used c. 1920s- 1960s.
Canada: Part of a collection of medical instruments used by J.R Jackson and W.A.L. Jackson, father and grandfather of donor. [Ref. 1]
Function: Cylinder used as a case to store both the blade of an eye spud as well as a spool of suture material. The case also doubles as a handle for the eye spud.
Technical: Highly portable collection of general, basic and most often necessary instruments needed for performing minor surgeries and/or changing post-operative dressings.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Silver coloured metal tube
Decoration: N/A

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