Summary
Mortician's instrument box used in the morgue at the Sunbury Lunatic Asylum, later renamed Caloola Training Centre a mental health hospital in Victoria, Australia. Box contains a selection of instruments used when conducting a post-mortem.
Physical Description
Hinged wooden box with lid fastened to base by two brass hinges. Some instruments are missing. Instruments include: short metal saw with a wooden handle; metal knife with black bone handle; metal scapel; metal hammer-like instrument; two small scapels; knife with metal handle; hinged instrument with sharp ends; metal instrument; three interlinked chains with three hooks. The box has a compartments for each instrument. It is lockable although the key is missing.
Significance
Example of surgical equipment used in psychiatric hospitals in Victoria Australia
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Caloola Training Centre, 28 Apr 1994
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Place Used
Sunbury Mental Hospital (Asylum), Sunbury, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1900
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Inscriptions
[Illegible- maker's name]
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Classification
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
13.5 cm (Length), 6 cm (Width), 31.5 cm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
285 mm (Length), 320 mm (Width), 30 mm (Height)
case fully open
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Dimensions
315 mm (Length), 140 mm (Width), 65 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation.
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Dimensions
315 mm (Length), 140 mm (Width), 65 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation.
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Keywords
Hospitals, Mental Health, Mortuary Equipment, Psychiatric Hospitals, Surgical Apparatus & Instruments, Making History - Psych Services
