BCMA Medical Museum

Object Description

Anatomical stamps for diagnosis and pathological records. Consists of eighteen rubber stamps each with a wooden base and handle, one rubber stamp with a lead base and a wooden handle and two metal stamps each on a wooden block base; one lead and one copper alloy. Labels ‘C.W.MACK TORONTO RED HANDLE CUSHION REG’D 1925 PATENTED’ attached to parts t and u. Owners name ‘A M DAVIDSON’ scratched into the varnished surface of parts c, d and k, and ‘DR DAVIDSON’ written in pencil on the back of parts v and w. A sales catalogue No. 10 from ‘BARTON MFG. CO. NEW YORK’, with thirty seven pages of anatomical stamp illustrations, 1:1 size of actual stamp. Parts a and b [largest of the stamps] dimensions given.

Object Classification

Accession Number: 995.4.68
Collection: Anatomy & Pathology
Date: 1921-1950

Object Dimensions

• Length: 19.4 cm
• Width: 8.2 cm
• Depth: 9.6 cm

Object Parts

• a) Body stamp with handle, anterior view
• b) Body stamp with handle, posterior view
• c) Body stamp, anterior view
• d) Body stamp, posterior view
• e) Body stamp with handle, anterior view
• f) Body stamp with handle, posterior view
• g) Head stamp with handle, anterior view
• h) Thorax stamp with handle, posterior view
• i) Abdomen stamp with handle, lateral view
• j) Body stamp with handle, anterior view
• k) Body stamp with handle, anterior view
• l) Sales catalogue
• m) Left leg samp with handle, anterior view
• n) Leg stamp with handle, posterior view
• o) Handle
• p) Skeleton stamp with handle, anterior view
• q) Pelvis stamp with handle, anterior view
• r) Pelvis stamp with handle, horizontal view
• s) Handle
• t) Body stamp with handle, posterior view
• u) Body stamp with handle, anterior view
• v) Body stamp; anterior, posterior and lateral views
• w) Body stamp; anterior, posterior and lateral views
• x) Anatomical stamp with handle

Object Materials

• copper alloy,
• ink,
• lead,
• metal,
• paint,
• paper,
• printing ink,
• rubber,
• steel,
• textile,
• varnish,
• wood

Acquisition Detail

• Manufacturer of part t) : C. W. Mack Company Ltd. (and part u)
• Manufacturer of part l) : Barton MFG. Co.
• Owner: Dr. Andrew Davidson
• History of Use: Used by Dr Andrew Davidson [1885-1972] a military doctor [Captain] and a noted dermatologist who served in both WW1 and WW2. Invented PULHEMS system for classification of soldiers.