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Type of Object
Adenotome
Place of Manufacture
United States
Date of Manufacture
1960
Physical Details
Stainless steel adenotome with finger grips and screw-in adjusting plate. Instrument is composed of several constituent pieces. The grip body moves on the handle and pushes forward to a cavity with two slots in the head at the distal end. Handle is attached to a thin, slotted metal plate that slides in and out of the concave distal end, and is used to cut the adenoids. Engraved lightly "St. P. O. R." on the rear of the handle, and more solidly right below the thumb screw on the base of the instrument.
Dimensions
2 cm. x 23.5 cm. x 6 cm.
Medical Subject
Tonsillectomy -- instrumentation
Accession Number
1982.126c
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: Stainless Steel Adenotome, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
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