General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Clear glass tube has brown rubber (?) stopper; contains white cotton ball in closed end, silver metal needle and fine glass tube containing amber-colour fluid.

Dimensions

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

Length

8.5 cm

Width

N/A

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Chemicals & medications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Connaught

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

This kit never used. This type of kit designed for use c. 1939.

Canada

Vaccine developed and produced by Connaught Laboratories in Toronto, Ont. This vaccine kit distributed free of charge by Department of Health- Ontario.

Function

To provide protection from disease as a result of exposure to smallpox virus.

Technical

Vaccination kit consists of sterile needle, capillary tube containing liquid vaccine, rubber expelling bulb, and cotton ball. Directions provided with kit now L43353 [in Supp. Info.] When collected by Canadian Museum of Health & Medicine at the Toronto Hospital in 1997 this kit was one of two stored in original box marked " Vaccine Virus, Glycerinated. Connaught Laboratories, University of Toronto. Canadian License No. 3 Toronto 5, Canada. 2 Tubes. Not to be sold. Distributed free by the Department of Health Ontario. Keep in Refrigerator. If kept in a temperature below 5 [degrees symbol] C (41 F), this vaccine will retain its potency until Aug. 27, 1939. Lot 380-2." [NB: Box not found when transferred to CSTM in 1992].

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"997.3.2" printed by hand in black ink on tube.

Missing

Kit is complete. Originally supplied as one of 2 kits, in original box (now missing).

Finish

Clear glass tube has brown rubber (?) stopper; contains white cotton ball in closed end, silver metal needle and fine glass tube containing amber-colour fluid.

Decoration

N/A