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Type of Object
Snare, tonsil
Place of Manufacture
United States
Physical Details
Stainless steel tonsil snare with hand and finger lock. Apparatus is constructed of three pieces. Central piece contains a large opening for a four-fingered grip, with a guide sleeve for a thin metal rod which is moved back and forth in the sleeve by a third piece, a thumb grip and lever which moves the metal rod. The thumb grip and lever are attached to the finger grip with a small screw hinge, and has a curved arm to provide forward and reverse movement of the rod. The rod has to small openings at the distal end to provide for the attachment of a wire.
Dimensions
2 cm. x 22 cm. x 17.5 cm.
Medical Subject
Tonsillectomy -- instrumentation; Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures -- instrumentation
Accession Number
1984.5.4
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: Hand Grip Tonsil Snare, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00007.jpg