Forceps, tongue
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ANAESTHESIA
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0217.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- YOUNG
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL, SAVE RUBBER PADS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.5 cm
- Width
- 8.1 cm
- Height
- 2.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF INSTRUMENT USED C. 1920S+
- Canada
-
PART OF COLLECTION OF MR. JOSEF ELSENER: HE WAS SWISS BORN & TRAINED AS ARMOURER, EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1952 & BECAME A BUSINESSMAN. HIS COLLECTION OF 1000+ PIECES WAS FOCUSED ON FINELY MADE APPARATUS INCLUDING MACHINE TOOLS, SURVEYING EQ., MEDICAL APPARATUS & SOME ELECTRICAL TEST & RADIO EQ. - Function
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USED TO SAFELY AND SECURELY HOLD TONGUE OF UNCONSCIOUS SURGICAL PATIENT. - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF POPULAR PATTERN OF TONGUE FORCEPS, FITTED WITH RUBBER PADS TO PROVIDE SECURE GRIP WHILE PROTECTING FLESH FROM BRUISING AND TEARS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- No markings evident.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- BRIGHT SILVER METAL PLATED FINISH. RED RUBBER PADS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Forceps, tongue, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2002.0217, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0217.001/
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