Knife, surgical
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- OBJECT TYPE
- surgical/curved/blunt tip
- DATE
- 1825–1875
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.1030.005
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 5
- Total Parts
- 21
- AKA
- bistoury
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Dark brown wood [probably ebony] handle; curved silver metal [steel ?] shaft has blunt tip, and is riveted to handle.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.5 cm
- Width
- 1.4 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This instrument presumably used c. 1825- 1875.
- Canada
-
Acquired as part of University Health Network [UHN] collection of artifacts, trade literature and archival material. - Function
-
To cut through tissue, etc. without puncturing it. - Technical
-
Blunt tip on knife guards curved cutting blade. Use of wooden handle predates aseptic design/materials emergent late 1880s+. [Ref. 5, p. 14] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None save UHN catalogue no. "X939.16.7 H" printed by hand in white ink on handle.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Dark brown wood [probably ebony] handle; curved silver metal [steel ?] shaft has blunt tip, and is riveted to handle.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Knife, surgical, circa 1825–1875, Artifact no. 2002.1030, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.1030.005/
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