Forceps

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OBJECT TYPE: non-specific/haemostatic/locking
DATE: 1920–1929
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0897.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: haemostatic
Patents: N/A
General Description: silver metal

Dimensions

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

Length: 16.0 cm
Width: 6.8 cm
Height: N/A
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: Ontario
Period: Presumably used c. 1920s; possibly also 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. This items was used in practice of Dr. J.S. Chaikoff, former Senior Attending Anaesthetist at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.. Dr. Chaikoff was a general practitioner who specialized in anaesthesia. [Refs. 2 & 3]
Function: General: To firmly and securely grip living tissue, without damaging it. Specific: These forceps used to firmly and securely grip and open/close flexible tubing.
Technical: Using forceps allowed for rapid alterations to flow through rubber tubing of anaesthesia, and permitted sterilization of this component.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None evident.
Missing: None.
Finish: Dull silver metal forceps.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Forceps, circa 1920–1929, Artifact no. 2002.0897, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0897.002/

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