Shears
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BONE
- DATE
- 1860–1880
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0579.027
- MANUFACTURER
- HERNSTEIN, H. & SON
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 27
- Total Parts
- 39
- AKA
- bone cutters/bone forceps
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal shears
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.0 cm
- Width
- 11.8 cm
- Height
- 2.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HERNSTEIN
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Some of these instruments probably used c. 1860s +; most used c. 1880s+
- Canada
-
Example of amputation instrument kit made for use in the American Civil War: similar kits were used in Canada during this period by doctors working in hospitals. Individual instrument design remained almost unchanged into the 20th C, and many WWI surgeons carried kits similar to this. - Function
-
Used to cut, grasp, and manipulate bone in a surgical procedure. - Technical
-
Example of amputation kit of type used by doctors treating casualties in field hospitals. Some of these instruments, marked "U.S.A Hosp. Dept." may have been manufactured for use in the American Civil War: Hermann Hernstein & Son was a major supplier to the Union government. Others may be replacements for missing instruments: those with ebony handles probably pre-date 1880, and Lister's work on germ theory. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Incised " H. HERNSTEIN/ & SON " on one side; " U.S.A./ HOSP. DEP'T " on reverse
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Silver-coloured metal shears.
- Decoration
- N/A
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HERNSTEIN, H. & SON, Shears, between 1860–1880, Artifact no. 1968.0579, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0579.027/
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