Scarificator
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 12-BLADE/REVERSIBLE
- DATE
- 1800–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0087.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hutchinson, W. & H.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Sheffield, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS CASING; [PRESUMABLY] STAINLESS STEEL BLADES.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.2 cm
- Width
- 4.6 cm
- Height
- 6.6 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
- Hutchinson
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Sheffield
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS STYLE OF SCARIFIER POPULAR C.1800-1900.
- 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. - Function
-
USED TO DRAW BLOOD, PRIOR TO "CUPPING", A PROCEDURE BELIEVED BENEFICIAL IN TREATING A VARIETY OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS. - Technical
-
12-BLADE SCARIFICATOR, FITTED WITH COCKING LEVER, BLADE HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT KNOB (ON TOP), AND RELEASE BUTTON. OCTAGONAL CASING FAVOURED BY ENGLISH & AMERICAN CUPPING PRACTIONERS. (REF. 2) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "W. & H. HUTCHINSON,/ Sheffield" marked on one side of base. Two small sunburst symbols with "s" incised in centre are stamped into upper & lower halves of casing, near release button.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE. [BLADES COULD NOT BE RELEASED AT TIME OF CATALOGUING].
- Finish
- BRIGHTBRASS CASING; COCKING LEVER APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN NICKEL PLATED [FINISH NOW WORN]. TWO HALF-CIRCLE PANELS INSET IN CASING, ABOVE MFR'S MARKINGS, HAVE BEEN BLUED.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Hutchinson, W. & H., Scarificator, circa 1800–1900, Artifact no. 2002.0087, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0087.001/
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