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Type of Object
Hemostat
Place of Manufacture
New York (N.Y.)
Date of Manufacture
1847-1853
Physical Details
Stainless steel tonsil hemostat with one pressure pad connected by a screw. Pressure pad placement can be adjusted up and down a thin slit at the tip of the prong. Screwed on rubber half-sphere with small concentric ridges meets the pressure pad at the distal end. Blades have a screw and ratchet type adjustment, and can be tightened with wing nuts.
Dimensions
3 cm. x 27 cm. x 8 cm.
Medical Subject
Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures -- instrumentation
Accession Number
1986.93.2
Genre
medical equipment
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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Rights
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Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Source
Original object: Tonsil Hemostat, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00002.jpg