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Type of Object
Packer
Date of Manufacture
1950-1965
Physical Details
Uterine gauze packer made of nickel-plated brass. The device is in two component pieces. A thin (2mm diameter) rod with a distal two-pronged fork and a proximal thumb ring fits in the top of a slightly wider tube, with an hourglass shaped grip for two fingers to hold it steady while inserting the pronged piece.
Dimensions
1.5 cm. x 32.2 cm. x 2.6 cm.
Medical Subject
Delivery, Obstetric -- instrumentation
Accession Number
1984.39.8
Genre
medical equipment
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
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Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Source
Original object: Uterine Gauze Packer, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00011.jpg