Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

10

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

metal & synthetic components; paper liner in battery compartment.

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

20,7 cm

Largeur

3,7 cm

Hauteur

4,1 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Technologie médicale

Catégorie

Instruments

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Hollister Stier

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

This type of scarifier available c. 1930. This example appears new/little used.

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.

Fonction

To break skin during administration of percutaneous or "prick" method allergy testing.

Technique

Battery-operated scarifier. Prick testing performed when testing for, and identifying allergies causing "atopic" disease (rhinitis, rhino-conjunctivitis, allergies to pets, insect-stings, certain food allergies, etc. To administer the tests, a drop of a concentrated extract is placed on the skin, then the skin is pricked through the drop with a scarifier. Typically, 15 minutes later the skin is examined for redness, swelling, irritation, etc. and graded as to the severity of the reaction (if any) observed.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

None evident, save UHN catalogue no. "979.1.10 C" printed by hand in black ink on instrument casing.

Manque

Unknown- appears complete.

Fini

Bright silver metal casing; rounded white opaque synthetic area links instrument body to dull silver metal head; unbleached paper liner inside battery compartment.

Décoration

S/O