Splint

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OBJECT TYPE: fixed/shoulder
DATE: 1900–1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0828.001

MANUFACTURER: DePuy Mfg. Co.
MODEL: 26 small
LOCATION: Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: silver metal

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.1 cm
Width: 7.4 cm
Height: 6.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: DePuy
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Indiana
City: Warsaw

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This splint made, and presumably used in first half of 20th c.; possibly also used later.
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. Used by the original donor in his 62 year old Toronto practice. [Ref. 2]
Function: To correctly position and support injured limb, in order to promote healing. Specifically, this splint designed to immobilize shoulder.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "DePuy Adjustable [Splint]/ PATENTED/ Shoulder Splin[t]/ No. 26 [Small]/ DePuy Manufac[turing Co.]/ Warsaw, In[diana] " printed on paper label [NB: Label is damaged and text incomplete. Text in square brackets was recorded on UHN worksheet, Ref. 3]. UHN catalogue no. "981.26.8" printed by hand in black ink on splint frame.
Missing: None.
Finish: Dull silver metal mesh form has solid silver metal frame; unbleached paper label stapled to splint bears black and red printed text.
Decoration: N/A

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DePuy Mfg. Co., Splint, circa 1900–1950, Artifact no. 2002.0828, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2002.0828.001/

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