Vectis, obstetric

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OBJECT TYPE: OBS-GYN
DATE: 1850–1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0878.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 9
AKA: lever
Patents: N/A
General Description: Silver metal blade; dark brown moulded synthetic handle.

Dimensions

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

Length: 30.6 cm
Width: 4.2 cm
Height: 2.3 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: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used c. 1850- 1900.
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. These instruments belonged to Dr. Herriman, one of the first three medical graduates of Queen's University. [Ref. 2]
Function: Used to facilitate an obstructed and/or delayed labour.
Technical: Used to facilitate obstructed/or and delayed labour in a similar way to forceps, but because there was only the one blade they were often referred to as "Levers". [Ref. 3]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None evident, save UHN catalogue no. "976.6.50 d" printed by hand in white ink on handle.
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: Silver metal blade; dark brown moulded synthetic handle.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Vectis, obstetric, circa 1850–1900, Artifact no. 2002.0878, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0878.002/

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