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Tapestry - Farmyard Scene, circa 1950
Framed tapestry of a farmyard. Made by a patient in the Occupational Therapy Department of Royal Park Mental Hospital circa 1950.
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Painting - Royal Park Mental Hospital, circa 1950
Used: circa 1950 Royal Park Mental Hospital Made by a patient, Occupational Therapy Department, Royal Park.
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Tapestry - Rooster, circa 1950
Used: circa 1950 Made in occupational therapy by a patient at Royal Park Mental Hospital. Made by a patient at a Victorian mental hospital.
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Apothecary Jar - Draught, circa 1930
Apothecary jar that conatined a draught made at the pharmacy of the Receiving House at Royal Park Mental Hospital, circa 1907 - 1950. The domestic white mixture draught was apparently ...
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Punch and Verifier, circa 1950
Punch and Verifier, circa 1950. Used in the Mental Health Research Institution, Parkville Victoria Australia, circa 1950. Used to tabulate data.
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Carmalt's Tongue Holding Forceps - Medicon, Metal, circa 1920
Used for surgery in a mental health hospital in Victoria circa 1920. Positions the tongue of an unconscious patient forward; possibly used during tonsillectomies. May also have been use ...
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Drug - Amyl Nitrate, circa 1900
Also known as amyl nitrite. Crushed glass vials. A vasodilator used in the pharmacy at Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital. Traditionally used to treat angina heart attacks or cyanide poiso ...
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Plaque - Central Training School for Nurses at Royal Park, 1954
Wall plaque commemorating the official opening of the Central Training School for Nurses at Royal Park. The building was destroyed by fire on February 11 1976. Made: 1954, Used: 1954
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Adding Machine - Madas, circa 1950
Alternative Name(s): Calculator. Adding machine by Madas, circa 1950. Used in the Mental Health Research Institution, Parkville, Victoria Australia
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Adding Machine - Madas, circa 1950
Alternative Name(s): Calculator. Adding machine by Madas, circa 1950. Used in the Mental Health Research Institution, Parkville, Victoria Australia
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Stretcher - Canvas, circa 1916
Canvas stretcher, circa 1916. Made for use in WWI. It was used for many years at Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital when it was taken over by the army during and after World War 1 to treat ...
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Box - Insulin Zinc Suspension BP, 40 Units, 1980
Box for vial of Insulin Zinc Suspension B.P. (No vial present.) Manufactured by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, (CSL) Ltd, Parkville, Victoria.
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Insulin Vial - Zinc Suspension, Crystaline BP, 40 Units, 1981
Vial of Insulin Zinc Suspension (Crystaline) B.P. Manufactured by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, (CSL) Ltd, Parkville, Victoria.
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Insulin Vial - Isophane NPH, 80 Units, 1981
Vial of isophane insulin. Manufactured by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, (CSL) Ltd, Parkville, Victoria.
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Insulin Vial - Isophane NPH, 160 Units, 1980
Vial of isophane insulin. Manufactured by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, (CSL) Ltd, Parkville, Victoria.
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Insulin Vial - Isophane NPH, Porcine, 80 Units, circa 1980
Vial of isophane insulin. Manufactured by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, (CSL) Ltd, Parkville, Victoria.
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Insulin Vial - Isophane NPH, 40 Units, 1981
Vial of isophane insulin. Manufactured by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, (CSL) Ltd, Parkville, Victoria.
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Serum Ampolue - Rabbit Anti-Human, Absorbed, 1966
Ampoule of Coombs Reagent: Rabbit Anti-human serum. Used by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Ltd, Parkville, Victoria, 1966. The indirect Coombs test is used to screen pregnant wom ...
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Serum Vial - Rabbit Anti-Human, Absorbed, circa 1954
Vial of Rabbit Anti-Human serum (Coombs reagent). Used by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Ltd, Parkville, Victoria. About 1954. The indirect Coombs test is used to screen pregnant ...
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Kymograph - Scientific & Research Instruments Ltd, circa 1960s
Kymograph: a compact 1960s period version with multi-speed all-electric drive and built time-base circuit. Measures changes in physiological processes. Used in venom research. Consists ...
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Blowpipe - Brass, circa 1940
Blowpipes with compressed air were used for sealing ampoules and tubes of smallpox vaccine. Preindustrial manufacture. Blowpipes (gas/compressed air) were used in many departments at CS ...
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Bookstand - Wood, circa 1920
Alternative name: lecturn Bookstand widely used around CSL for propping up books for reading, taking and writing notes. They kept books safely off the lab bench tops while experiments w ...
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Stand - Desk Calendar, circa 1950
Desk calendar stand: an ingenious use of mass produced wooden moulding, (thickened where holes were needed) and spring metal inserts. No screws or nuts are used. Used by Commonwealth Se ...
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Blotter Holder - Minimax Ltd, circa 1920
Blotter holder: dip pens necessitated blotters. This one was an advertising give-away. To use, it was placed on fresh writing paper and rocked. Period: pre-1925. Used by Commonwealth Se ...
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Timing Clock - Kodak, 'Eastman Timer', circa 1920s
Circular metal timer clock, 5-60 min. Ananlogue, about 1920s. Possibly used to time reaction and incubation times. Used by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Limited , Parkville, Vic ...
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Timing Clock - Junghans, circa 1930
Timing Clock. Circular white timer clock, 0-60 min. Used for timing reactions. Used by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Limited , Parkville, Victoria.
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Petri Dish - Glass, circa 1940
Petri dish used for growing cultures of cells or bacteria, Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Limited , Parkville, Victoria.
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Petri Dish - Glass, circa 1940
Petri dish used for growing cultures of cells or bacteria, Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Limited , Parkville, Victoria.
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Measuring Jug - Enamel, circa 1930
Measuring jug, Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Limited, Parkville, Victoria.
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Bench Centrifuge, circa 1930s
Bench centrifuge with variable speed control , made in Australia by Clements, about 1930s. Hydraulic speed indicator. Used by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Ltd., Parkville, Vict ...
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Centrifuge - Bench, Chas Hearson & Co, circa 1920s
Centrifuge used at laboratory bench to separate out componets in a solution. Apparatus spins at high speed. Contents within the tube are separated according to it's size and weight. Lar ...
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Analytical Balance - Sartorius, circa 1950s
Analytical balance, electrically powered. About 1950s. Used by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Ltd, Parkville, Victoria. Made by Sartorius, Germany.
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Water Bath - Copper, Gardner & Naylor, circa 1940
Water bath, made by Gardner and Naylor, Melbourne. Used by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Ltd., Parkville, Victoria around 1940s.
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Centrifuge Balance - Chas Hearson & Co, circa 1920
Balance for centrifuge cups. Used to balance the contents of centrifuge cups prior to using in centrifuge. c.1920. Used by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Limited , Parkville, Vic ...
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Centrifuge - Bench, Water Driven, Maw Son & Sons, circa 1910
Water-driven bench centrifuge. From era before electric centrifuges. This type was widely used at CSL. Photographs show that centrifuges were positioned next to sinks. Used by Commonwea ...
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Microscope - Slide Box, circa 1970s
Mahogany cabinet for housing microscope slides. Slides prepared during mid 70s by JC Cox as a project on the rabbit parasite encephalition cuniculi. Used by Commonwealth Serum Laborator ...
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Camera - Curt Bentzin, circa 1910
Photoographic camera and tripod, about 1910. Comes with a leather case and several small accessories: 4 lens attachments in brown leather cases, 1 dark slide and 5 double dark slides. C ...
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Bunsen Burner - Baird & Tatlock, circa 1925
Self-igniting bunsen burner. Main flame ignited without using matches. Used for flaming sterile containers during aseptic technique. Also used for flaming bacterial culture loops. c.192 ...
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Cupping Scarifier - Brass, Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, circa 1890
Cupping scarifier, brass, in velvet-lined leather case, used for folk medicine procedure of cupping. Spring loaded knives cut skin, warmed metal cup placed over slashes, as it cools it ...
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Snake Catching Stick - Wood, circa 1920
Snake catching stick, c1920. Snake catching sticks were used by CSL for safely gripping snake at back of head to catch it for milking venom. Used by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL ...
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Snake Catching Stick - Wood, circa 1920
Snake catching stick, c1920. Snake catching sticks were used by CSL for safely gripping snake at back of head to catch it for milking venom. Used by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL ...
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Snake Catching Stick - Wood, circa 1920
Snake catching stick, c1920. Snake catching sticks were used by CSL for safely gripping snake at back of head to catch it for milking venom. Used by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL ...
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Vaccine Bottle - Venereal Disease, 1920s
Bottle of Bacillus Bulgaricus used as a vaccine to venereal disease, 1920s. Manufactured by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Ltd, Parkville, Victoria.
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Socks - Holeproof 'Explorer', Red
Pair of red Holeproof 'Explorer' socks. Made up of an 80% wool terry inner layer and a nylon outer layer. Contents 50% wool 50% nylon. To fit shoe size 6-10.
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Insulin Vial - Isophane NPH, 80 Units, 1982
Vial of isophane insulin. Manufactured by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, (CSL) Ltd, Parkville, Victoria.
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Transformer - CSIRAC Computer, 1949-1964
This transformer steps down mains voltage (240V) to a lower one. It might have been used in a full-wave rectifier circuit. This item was removed from Unit 9 (Back Cabinet # 4). The da ...
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Saturable Reactor - CSIRAC Computer, 1949-1964
At the time, saturable reactors were the only way to maintain a constant output voltage of a power supply. Saturable reactors are physically large, heavy, and expensive compared to the ...
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Vaccine Vial - Hepatitis B, circa 2000
PHARMACEUTICAL PACKET CONTAINING ONE X 0.5ML SINGLE USE VIAL OF H-B-VAX II, HEPATITIS B VACCINE (RECOMBINANT), MSD. FOR INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION. PAEDIATRIC DOSE. Manufactured by CSL, Lt ...
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Filament Transformer - CSIRAC Computer, 1949-1964
This is a step-down transformer that reduces line voltage of 230 volts to 6.3 volts, which in turn heats the filament of a valve for the production of electrons. One filament transfor ...
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HT Power Supply Unit - CSIRAC Computer, Console, 1956-1964
High Tension power supply for CSIRAC console (kept inside console) This item is missing all its vacuum tubes.
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