Pattern, forceps

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OBJECT TYPE: OBS-GYN/curved/slotted/Mann's
DATE: 1940–1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.1006.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: 2
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: blade mould
Patents: N/A
General Description: wood

Dimensions

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

Length: 40.0 cm
Width: 5.6 cm
Height: 4.3 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: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Patterns designed and produced c. late 1930s-1940s.
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. Mann obstetrical forceps No .2 later commercially manufactured by Imperial Surgical Company, Toronto, Ont. [Ref. 4]
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None evident, save UHN catalogue no. "984.5.1 b" printed by hand in black ink on hand grip.
Missing: None: blade is complete in itself.
Finish: Lightweight, medium brown wood forceps blade.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Pattern, forceps, circa 1940–1949, Artifact no. 2002.1006, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.1006.002/

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