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Type of Object

Forceps, laryngeal

Place of Manufacture

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Date of Manufacture

1900-1940

Physical Details

Pair of laryngeal forceps in a blue cardboard box. Stainless steel forceps with two-fingered ring handle, long shank and alligator grasping forceps end. Has caduceus emblem on one side of handle; other side has "GERMANY" stamped in steel.

Dimensions

0.5 cm. x 35 cm. x 5 cm.

Medical Subject

Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures -- instrumentation

Accession Number

1986.153.2

Genre

medical equipment

Local Genre

medical artifact

Type

Still Image

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

Collection

Medical Artifacts Collection

Source

Original object: Laryngeal Forceps, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

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