Trephine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- surgical
- DATE
- 1780–1820
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0676.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Grangeret
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- predominantly metal (including brass); wooden handle
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.5 cm
- Width
- 8.5 cm
- Height
- 2.5 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
- Grangeret
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Europe
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This style of instrument made/used in late 18th- early 19th c.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
-
Surgical instrument used to bore hole into scull bone. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "GRANGERET" and "H" stamped into one facet of trephine frame, above ferrule. UHN catalogue no. "X954.5.3" printed by hand in white ink on frame, near bit socket.
- Missing
- Drill bit missing.
- Finish
- Darkened metal frame has ornate scalloped from with ridged revolving ball mounted in centre of off-set crank; brass colour ferrule; turned dark wood handle.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Grangeret, Trephine, circa 1780–1820, Artifact no. 2002.0676, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0676.001/
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