Rockwood / Kingston Psychiatric Hospital / Providence Continuing Care Centre Collection
Category
Education Artifacts
Classification
Education
Accession Number
000003395
Description
Educational poster showing development of a human fetus; white paper with white linen backing between two brown wooden cylindrical supports at top and bottom; poster is inserted into bottom support, which is split in two, and attached to top support with silver metal screws; white yarn goes through…
Educational poster showing development of a human fetus; white paper with white linen backing between two brown wooden cylindrical supports at top and bottom; poster is inserted into bottom support, which is split in two, and attached to top support with silver metal screws; white yarn goes through poster and around top support to create a hook; poster features illustrations printed with black ink; left side shows growth of embryonic cells, embryo at five and eight weeks; right side shows cross-section of the pelvis of a non-pregnant woman and a woman who has just given birth, and illustration showing a woman at full-term pregnancy; illustrations have letters and numbers; text panel in middle gives descriptions for corresponding letters and numbers.
Linen is fraying at edges; paper is becoming detached from wooden supports at bottom right, from top support due to missing screws; water damage at left side; 7 cm tear at top middle; poster is stiff and creased from being rolled