CASE, CIGARETTE

Description: RECTANGULAR SLIVER PLATED CIGARETTE CASE . MONOGRAM STAMP ON TOP. SPRING LOADED BUTTON OPENS CASE TO GILT FINISH. INTERIOR DISPLAYS SLIVER MARKS, WHICH INCLUDE THE TEXT "H&A". ELASTIC RIBBONS ARE ATTACHED TO INTERIOR. BASE IS CONCAVE. HINGED CASE IS TARNISHED AND WORN.

History: CASE AND P2006003002-GA WERE GIVEN TO THE DONOR IN 1962 DURING HIS MEDICAL PRACTICE. THE CASE BELONGED TO HIS PATIENT MRS. STARENS WHO HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL AFTER SHE BROKE HER FEMUR. SHE GAVE THE CASE TO THE DONOR AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION BECAUSE HER INJURY HEALED WELL. MRS. STARENS WAS APPROXIMATELY 85 WHEN SHE GAVE THE CASES TO THE DONOR, CLAIMING THAT THEY BELONGED TO A RELATIVE WHO WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL COAL MINES. THE DONOR CAME TO LETHBRIDGE AS A QUALIFIED DOCTOR FROM GERMANY AT THE AGE OF 23. HE ARRIVED IN COALDALE ON DECEMBER 27, 1951 WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. SOON AFTER, HE BEGAN WORK AT ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL AS AN ORDERLY AND WROTE THE BASIC SCIENCE EXAMINATION FOR MEDICINE. IT WAS HIS INTENT WAS TO SERVE HIS INTERNSHIP AT ST. MICHAEL’S HOSPITAL. HE SUBSEQUENTLY PASSED THE CANADIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL EXAM AND PRACTICED MEDICINE IN LETHBRIDGE FOR THE BALANCE OF HIS CAREER. BETWEEN 1957-1060 THE DONOR DID POST GRADUATE WORK IN PHILADELPHIA.