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Type of Object
Scissors/ shears
Place of Manufacture
United States
Date of Manufacture
1910-1961
Physical Details
Stainless steel angled scissors with fenestrated handles. Scissors is composed of two blades that are attached by a screw towards the distal end, very near the beginning of the cutting ends of the scissors.
Dimensions
0.5 cm. x 17.5 cm. x 6.9 cm.
Medical Subject
Surgical Instruments
Accession Number
1982.101y
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: Angled Scissors, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00107.jpg