Medication

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OBJECT TYPE: chemical/solid
DATE: 1875–1876
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1973.0135.005

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 5
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Fibre packet remnants with possible chemical medication

Dimensions

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

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Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Chemicals & medications
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Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This kit was presumably used c. 1875-76, and possibly longer.
Canada: Recovered from campsite of H.M.S. Alert (Headed by Capt. Sir George Nares, 1875-76), the first vessel to land on the shores of northern Ellesmere Island. G. Hattersley-Smith & R.G. Blackadar discovered site 12 miles south of Cape Sheridan in 1953. This box was evidently part of the kit carried by a group travelling by dog sledge. In fact, they had a number of sledge teams.
Function: Unknown
Technical: Example of kit containing basic medical supplies assembled for use by mobile teams from H.M.S Alert. Based on surviving contents, expected injuries were wounds and bone breaks and/or sprains (many probably associated with effects of cold and frost bite). Glass shards probably bottled alcohol.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: N/A
Finish: Soiled brown fibre wrapping
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Medication, circa 1875–1876, Artifact no. 1973.0135, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1973.0135.005/

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