Amputation Set
| Title: | Amputation Set. |
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| Name(s): |
Virginia Commonwealth University. Health Sciences Library. Special Collections & Archives, contributor VCU Libraries, publisher |
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| Type of Resource: | still image | |
| Genre: | Medical artifact | |
| Date Created: | 1860-1875 | |
| Extent: | 6.5 cm. x 45 cm. x 27 cm. | |
| Physical description: | Mahogany veneer case with brass corners straps and lock; recessed brass plate (unengraved) on top of case; interior of case is lined in purple velvet (faded). Case has two hook and eye latches; left hook is broken off. Set contains ten items including: 36 cm long capital bone saw with checkered ebony handle marked H.G. Kern; 41 cm long Liston long amputation knife with checkered ebony handle marked H.G. Kern; 31.5 long circular amputation knife with checkered ebony handle marked H.G. Kern; bistoury with ebony handle marked Tiencken; tenaculum with checkered ebony handle; 22 cm long metacarpal bone saw with checkered ebony handle; bow saw with checkered ebony handle; and artery forceps; straight bone forceps marked Kern; and Petit?s spiral tourniquet. One knife is missing. | |
| Identifier(s): |
Accession Number: 1986.102 (accession number) CONTENTdm ID: mar/id/131 (CONTENTdm ID) |
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| Note(s): |
Type of Object: Set, amputation |
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| Subject(s): |
Place of Manufacture: Philadelphia (Pa.) Time Period: Nineteenth century Amputation -- instrumentation; Surgical Instruments Manufacturer: H.G. Kern; Julius Tiencken |
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| LC Classification: | R856.A5 | |
| Rights Statement URL: | https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/ | |
| Rights Statement: | In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted | |
| Rights: | This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required. | |
| Is Part Of: | Collection: Medical Artifacts Collection. | |
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