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- Dates
- 1918
- circa 1918
- Collection
- Dr. Howard Box and Dr. G. S. Cronk Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- General Treatment
- Accession Number
- 996010001
- Description
- Small brass octagonal box, gold-coloured, with a round knob on top with a lever beside it; twelve round blades come out of the bottom when the lever is pulled; release button on the side.
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- Accession Number
- 996010001
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- General Treatment
- Description
- Small brass octagonal box, gold-coloured, with a round knob on top with a lever beside it; twelve round blades come out of the bottom when the lever is pulled; release button on the side.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Used in China in 1918 for smallpox vaccinations by Dr. Howard Box and Dr. G. S. Cronk (donated by by L. Bruce Cronk).
- Dates
- 1918
- circa 1918
- Material
- metal: yellow
- Inscriptions
- On front: two small stars; on top: Roman numeral "VII"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D6-5
- Dimension Notes
- Length: 5.0 cm. x Width: 4.5 cm. x Depth: 4.0 cm.
- Condition Remarks
- Some minor tarnish; all moving parts still work, but are stiff; #2: condition unchanged
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Book
- Document
- Reference Comments
- "Antique Medical Instruments" by C. Keith Wilbur, M.D., p.119; letters from previous owner, L. Bruce Cronk
- Research Facts
- Used for smallpox vaccinations
- Exhibit History
- On exhibit, Providence Continuing Care Centre: "Rockwood Asylum: Refuge and Renewal 1878–1905" from Feb. 13, 2007- Nov 2016. On exhibit as of Dec. 5, 2000; taken to Toronto for one day to be shown on TVO's "Body and Health" show; exhibit "Asylum," The Story of Kingston Psychiatric Hospital; Dec. 5, 2000.
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