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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- X-RAY GURNEY
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1990
- Materials
- STEEL, PLASTIC, ALUMINUM, RUBBER
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116181
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- X-RAY GURNEY
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1990
- Materials
- STEEL, PLASTIC, ALUMINUM, RUBBER
- No. Pieces
- 4
- Height
- 93
- Length
- 212
- Width
- 74
- Description
- 1. TABLE FRAME - RECTANGULAR STEEL FRAME WITH ROUNDED CORNERS AND GREY RUBBER BUMPER AROUND EDGE IS PAINTED LIGHT GREEN AND HAS FOUR BENT LEGS ON WHEELS. LEGS ARE FASTENED BY JOINTS ON ENDS OF FRAME AND HAVE HAND TRIGGER WHICH ALLOWS LEGS TO SWING OUT AND BACK. WHEELS ARE 25CM ALUMINUM DISCS WITH BLACK RUBBER GRIPS. ONE WHEEL HAS "BRAKE" TABS COVERED WITH GREEN AND RED RUBBER. HAND PRINTED ON BOTH ENDS OF FRAME IS "RETURN TO X-RAY". AT ONE END ON TOP IS WHITE AND BLUE PLASTIC LOGO WITH "S" AND "M" WITH CROSS. ALSO HAS BLUE LABEL WHICH READS "PROPERTY OF ST. MICHAEL'S HEALTH CENTRE" AND IS STAMPED WITH "04529". ON OPPOSITE END IS FOIL LABEL WHICH READS "TRANSAVER" AND "KALTEC SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT, INC. KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN PATS. 2,681,824 & 172,673 OTHER PATENTS PENDING". ON UNDERSIDE OF SAME END IS BLUE AND WHITE PLASTIC LABEL WHICH READS "PROPERTY OF ST. MICHAEL'S GENERAL HOSPITAL DO NOT REMOVE" AND "138-83 EMERGENCY". PAINT ON FRAME IS EXTREMELY WORN AND CHIPPED. 2. BED FRAME - 10.5 X 188.5 X 61CM STAINLESS STEEL FRAME MADE FROM RECTANGULAR TUBE FRAME WITH CURVED HANDLE CORNERS. SCREWED TO TUBE FRAME IS FLAT SHEET BED FORMED TO FRAME SHAPE. HAS "RETURN TO X-RAY" AND "X-RAY" HAND PRINTED ON IT IN BLACK INK. 3. MATTRESS - 2.7 X 131 X 53.5CM BLACK MATTRESS HAS CUT CORNERS AND TWO TIES AT EACH CORNER. MATTRESS IS COVERED WITH FIBREGLASS MATERIAL WITH 94CM LONG ZIPPER ALONG ONE EDGE. 4. MATTRESS - 3 X 189 X 62CM BLUE MATTRESS HAS PLASTIC COVERING AND SEWN FLAPS AT EACH END. FLAPS HAVE TWO HOLES WITH BRASS EYELETS IN EACH END. MATTRESS HAS "X-RAY" PRINTED IN LARGE BLACK INK LETTERS ON BOTH SIDES.
- Subjects
- FURNITURE
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- GURNEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE EMERGENCY AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116181
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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