General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

5

Total Parts

10

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Light brown cardboard tube has buff-colour paper label.

Dimensions

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

Length

6.5 cm

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

1.8 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Chemicals & medications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Farmacia

Country

Italy

State/Province

Unknown

City

Turin

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Probably intended for use late 1918- 1945.

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.

Function

To identify, contain and protect contents when not in use.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Paper label bears following printed text: "USO ESTERNO/ Soluzione di jodio 5%/ Ticare gli estremi del fili per rom-/ pere l'involucro esterno. - Estratta/ la fialetta, rompere prima l'estremi-/ tà racchiusa nel tubetto di gomma,/ tenendo questo fisso sulla fiale stes-/ sa colla mano sinistra, e rompendo/ quindi l'altra estremità libera della/ fialetta, proteggendo le dita col co-/ tone contenuto nell'astuccio, prema-/ce influe il tubetto di gomma per fare/ uscire, goccia a goccia il liquido/ versandolo tutto attorno alla ferit [...]/ ed anche nella ferita stessa./ Farmacia Centrale Militara TORINO" . UHN catalogue no. "X969.173 D" printed by hand in pencil inside tube opening.

Missing

Appears complete. NB: this tube may not be original/contemporary with contents, or complete first aid kit.

Finish

Light brown cardboard tube has buff-colour paper label.

Decoration

N/A