Cannula

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OBJECT TYPE: trocar
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0319.006

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 6
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STAINLESS STEEL

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Instruments
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Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: New Brunswick
Period: C.1930+ POSSIBLY UNTIL C.1968
Canada: PART OF THE HOPITAL DE L'ASSOMPTION COLLECTION OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT. THIS MATERIAL ISREPRESENTATIVE OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY USED IN A SMALL HOSPITAL OPERATING IN AN ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED REGION OF CANADA DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
Function: CANNULA IS A TUBE FOR INSERTION INTO A DUCT OR CAVITY; DURING INSERTION ITS LUMEN IS USUALLY OCCUPIED BY A TROCAR (REF.2, P.119). THIS SET OF GRADUATED TROCAR & CANNULA WAS USED TO DRAIN FLUID FROM ABDOMINAL CAVITY (REF.1, P.21)
Technical: EXAMPLE OF COMMON SURGICAL INSTRUMENT OF PERIOD C.1930S-C.1970S. ACCORDING TO SR. RINFRET THIS TROCAR WAS USED TO TREAT DROPSY (THE ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN CELLULAR TISSUES OR IN A BODY CAVITY). SHE NOTES THAT MEDICATION IS NOW COMMONLY USED TO TREAT THIS DISORDER (REF.1, P.21)
Area Notes: Unknown

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Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Cannula, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1991.0319, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1991.0319.006/

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