Auger, placenta
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- OBJECT TYPE
- OBS-GYN/uterine
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.1011.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- ovariotomy screw
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Nickel-plated brass.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.2 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 4.5 cm
- 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Probably c. 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. - Function
-
Used to scrape the placenta from the uterine walls. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None evident, save UHN catalogue no. "X969.411" printed by hand in white ink on shaft.
- Missing
- Unknown- UHN worksheet describes it as separating into 3 parts, but this could not be confirmed at time of cataloguing by CSTM.
- Finish
- Nickel-plated brass.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Auger, placenta, circa 1900, Artifact no. 2002.1011, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.1011.001/
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