General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

9

AKA

instrument case (.1)

Patents

N/A

General Description

Stiff black coated paper (?) or canvas (?) case has off-white fabric lined end flaps: designed to be folded and secured closed by single black leather band.

Dimensions

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

Length

42.0 cm

Width

40.0 cm

Height

7.1 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Instruments

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Presumably used c. 1850- 1900.

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. These instruments belonged to Dr. Herriman, one of the first three medical graduates of Queen's University. [Ref. 2]

Function

.1 case: To contain and protect contents when in transit, and make them easily accessible for use.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

None clearly evident on case. Largely illegible markings on fabric on one end flap may/may not be deliberate.

Missing

Unknown.

Finish

Stiff black coated paper (?) or canvas (?) case has off-white fabric lined end flaps: designed to be folded and secured closed by single black leather band.

Decoration

N/A