Recounting Huronia Community Archive

Items

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  Straight Jacket Sewing Pattern

  Cardboard with two lines of underlined cursive writing, in red: "St Jacket size 40."
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  Examination Chair and Tray, and Vintage Wheelchair

  White metal dentist chair with black cushions. Metal medical table on casters. Cherry wood wheelchair. Suit and nursing uniforms in background.
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  Straight Jacket Sewing Patterns and Sewing Machine

  Metal shelving with rolled up and piles of cardboard, and sewing machine beneath them.
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  Straight Jacket Sewing Pattern 2

  Loose cardboard paper on a metal shelf. Asymmetrically cut cardboard pieces strung together, hanging from the shelf. One has underlined cursive writing, in red: "St Jacket size 40."
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  Medical Equipment

  Cherry wood box with metal clasps and felt interior lining. Black rubber pump with netting and cord.
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  Medical Equipment 2

  Two think hardcover books stacked. Metal kidney basin and bowls. On mint green counter.
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  Medical Equipment 3

  Metal medical tray with funnel, scissors and tweezers. Hanging metal weight. Anatomy charts in background.
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  Roller Table and Ironing Board

  A large stone wheel on a wooden table, connected to a handheld lever. Next to it, an ironing board with a tattered cover, on a single curved leg that can be bolted to the floor.
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  Sewing Machine

  Black Singer sewing machine including wood table.
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  Stretchers

  Two metal stretchers on casters, one with brown padding. Rear view of vintage cherry wood wheelchair in background.
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  Sewing Machine 2

  Black sewing machine with a wood base with its electrical cords loose on metal shelf.
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  HRC Switchboard

  Switch board in the artifact room. Options include carpenter, spch+hearing, area 7 nurse, plumber.
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  HRC Switchboard 2

  Switch board in the artifact room: five labeled rows, lined with lights, with one outlet plugged in.
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  Brass skeleton key

  Brass skeleton key from artifact room
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  Adapted Spoons

  Two spoons on a dark wood table. One is metal and bent, with a smooth black handle. One has a short ribbed handle, thicker at the base. Also on the table: two metal watering cans, post-it notes and permanent marker.
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  Trainex Staff Training on Temperature, Pulse, and Respiration

  A white compact disc containing a Trainex staff training program on temperature, pulse, and respiration.
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  Trainex Staff Training on Nursing Care in Seizure Disorders

  A white compact disc containing a Trainex staff training program on nursing care in seizure disorders.
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  Trainex Staff Training on Oral Hygiene

  A white compact disc containing a Trainex staff training program on oral hygiene.
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  Mental Deficiency Book

  White page titled Mental Deficiency by L.T. Hillard and Brian H. Kirman with the assistance of four contributors, with 90 illustrations, J&A Churchill Ltd.
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  Trainex Staff Training on the Use of Protective Restraints

  A photograph of a Trainex compact disc that was used to train HRC staff on the use of protective restraints.
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  Trainex Staff Training on Treatment of Syphilis and Gonorrhea.

  A white compact disc containing a Trainex staff training program on syphilis and gonorrhea.
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  Trainex Staff Training on Moving the Sick and Injured

  A white compact disc containing a Trainex staff training program on moving the sick and injured.
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  Trainex Staff Training on Lifting and Moving Patients

  A white compact disc containing a Trainex staff training program on liftng and moving patients.
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  Bath Thermometer

  Handheld birch wood bath thermometer with a range of 10-120 degrees. "Hot" marked at 110, "Warm" at 100, "Tepid" at 90, "Tempe" at 80, "Cool" at 70, "Cold Bath" at 50, "Freezing" at 30.
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  HRC Switchboard 3

  Switch board in the artifact room: five labeled rows, lined with lights. Photo taken on an angle.