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Type of Object
Forceps, retrieval
Place of Manufacture
New York (N.Y.)
Date of Manufacture
1876-1878
Physical Details
Tumor seizing forceps with a hardened rubber handle. Forceps have six curved tenaculum blades connected to a two ringed handle. Blades are spring loaded. Two rings slide along slots in the brown hard rubber handle. Brown handle has diamond pattern etched on both sides and also has the following written on it: "TIEMANN & CO." Instrument devised by Dr. A. Spiers George (MCV 1876) of Richmond, VA.
Dimensions
1.7 cm. x 20 cm. x 6.5 cm.
Medical Subject
Surgical Instruments; Colorectal surgery -- instrumentation
Accession Number
1988.2
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: Tumor Seizing 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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