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Type of Object
Forceps, hemostatic
Place of Manufacture
Richmond (Va.)
Date of Manufacture
1960
Physical Details
Stainless steel compression or hemostatic forceps with two blades and notched attachment. Forceps latch by a single notched connector adjacent to two ovaloid openings for fingers, blades connected by a single screw. The end of the forceps is bowed slightly outward and each has approximately 3cm of small notches. The notches meet each other, and when clipped, the forceps create a tight seal at the end.
Dimensions
1.8 cm. x 25.3 cm. x 6.5 cm.
Medical Subject
Hemostasis, Surgical -- instrumentation
Accession Number
2004.4.64
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: Doyan's Hemostatic Forceps, 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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