Clamp, circumcision
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- OBJECT TYPE
- pediatric/bloodless/infant
- DATE
- 1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0937.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Gomco Surgical Mfg. Corp.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Buffalo, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- base [.1]
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Bright silver metal finish.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.2 cm
- Width
- 2.7 cm
- Height
- 3.7 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
- Gomco
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Buffalo
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Presumably used c. 1935- 1960; possibly also used later.
- 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
-
Complete instrument used to remove portion of the foreskin from an infant's penis. - Technical
-
Gomco clamp provided quick and effective method of infant male circumcision; normally resulted in little blood loss and few complications. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "GOMCO/ U.S.A." and "1.3 CM" stamped into top surface of base. UHN catalogue no. "983.17.3a" printed by hand in black ink on edge of base.
- Missing
- Base appears complete.
- Finish
- Bright silver metal finish.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Gomco Surgical Mfg. Corp., Clamp, circumcision, before 1959, Artifact no. 2002.0937, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0937.001/
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