Tourniquet

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OBJECT TYPE: SURGICAL/PETIT'S SPIRAL
DATE: 1864–1886
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0579.010

MANUFACTURER: Tiemann & Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 10
Total Parts: 18
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal frame & buckle; leather pads; woven fabric (cotton?) strap.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 7.0 cm
Width: 4.0 cm
Height: 9.0 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: Tiemann
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Probably used c. mid- 1860s- c. 1890.
Canada: From cased set of amputation instruments originally owned, and presumably used, by Dr. George H. Bowen, of Leeds County, Ontario. He was registered as M.R.C.P. in 1877. This set was given to Dr. Bowen by his mother. [Ref. 3]
Function: To compress arteries and nerves above amputation site.
Technical: Use of Jean Louis Petit's screw tourniquet (1718) remained the standard means of working in a bloodless field until the early 1900s. Some numbing of pain was achieved as a result of the compression of local nerves. (Ref. 4)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "TIEMANN/& C0." stamped into metal screw crank. "X969.12.1M" printed by hand in white ink on upper portion of frame.
Missing: None.
Finish: Buff colour woven cotton (?) strap; dull silver metal screw clamp mechanism; metal buckle at strap end is heavily corroded, obscuring original finish; natural leather reinforcements at base of buckle & clamp.
Decoration: N/A

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Tiemann & Co., Tourniquet, between 1864–1886, Artifact no. 2002.0579, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0579.010/

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