Scalpel
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0869.015
- MANUFACTURER
- Weder
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 15
- Total Parts
- 41
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM HANDLES, METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.0 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Weder
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C.1920
- Canada
-
AN EXAMPLE OF EYE INSTRUMENTS USED IN CANADA C1920-1930'S.SOME WERE USED BY A JACK WALL WHO WORKED IN THE ARCTIC FOR DEPT. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (now referred to as Crown-Indigenous and Northern Relations Canada and Indigenous Services Canada) "MANY YEARS" AGO. HIS EXPERTISE WAS IN "TRACHOMA" OR INFECTIONS OF THE EYE. THE ROLLER FORCEPS.3 ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR TRACHOMA (REF.2). - Function
-
SCAPEL, USED IN SURGERY. (REF.1 PG. 952) - Technical
-
EXAMPLES OF EYE-SPECIALISTS TOOLS AVAILABLE C.1920. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ETCHED ON SIDE OF HANDLE OF INSTRUMENT: 'WEDER-PHILA.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- SILVER-COLOURED METAL, HANDLES ALUMINUM
- Decoration
- N/A
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