Board, lead
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2148.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Casgrain & Charbonneau Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD/ LEAD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.2 cm
- Width
- 16.6 cm
- Height
- 1.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Radiology
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Casgrain Charbonneau
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Montreal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1940'S TO 1970'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO PROTECT VARIOUS PARTS OF A PATIENT'S BODY WHEN UNDERGOING X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHY OR TREATMENT - Technical
-
WITH THE DISCOVERY OF THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF X-RAYS ON THE HUMAN BODY, VARIOUS PROTECTIVE DEVICES USING LEAD WERE DEVELOPED. IT WAS FOUND THAT LEAD EFFECTIVELY BLOCKED X-RAYS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DECAL ON WOOD: 'CASGRAIN & CHARBONNEAU/ LIMITED/ MONTREAL'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WOOD VARNISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Casgrain & Charbonneau Ltd., Board, lead, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1987.2148, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.2148.001/
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