CAN
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BLADE JAR
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- STAINLESS STEEL.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116053
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BLADE JAR
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- STAINLESS STEEL.
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 15
- Diameter
- 15.5
- Description
- CYLINDRICAL STAINLESS STEEL CAN WITH LID. CANISTER HAS ROLLED RIM AND "BARD-PARKER" STAMPED INTO ITS SIDE. STAMPED INTO BOTTOM IS "B-P BLADE JAR 450-19" AND "STAINLESS STEEL MADE IN U.S.A.". LID IS CRICULAR WITH 1.6CM RIM AND FLAT STEEL HANDLE. ITS HAS "B-P" STAMPED ONTO ITS TOP.
- Subjects
- CONTAINER
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- BLADE JAR WAS REMOVED FROM THE MORGUE AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON THE HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA. ACCORDING TO RETIRED ST. MICHAEL’S PATHOLOGY STAFF MEMBERS DR. RAY BAINBOROUGH AND HARRY HEINRICHS, THIS TYPE OF CONTAINER WOULD BE USE FOR SPECIMEN STORAGE. THE CONTAINER WAS RESERVED FOR “EXTRA SPECIMENS THAT WE’D WANT TO USE LATER”. FORMALDEHYDE, IT WAS CLAIMED, WOULD BE ADDED TO THE CONTAINER ON ACCOUNT THAT “IT DOESN’T TAKE LONG FOR THE SPECIMENS TO GO MUSHY OR SMELL”. THE PRESERVATION OF THE SPECIMEN ALSO ASSISTED THE STAFF IN DETERMINING WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE TISSUE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116053
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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