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OBJECT TYPE: SURGICAL/SCREW/PETIT'S
DATE: 1850–1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0089.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 BRASS SCREW MECHANISM..2 WOVEN COTTON STRAP; CHAMOIS (?) COVERED PAD; BRASS TOOTHED STOP FITTING.

Dimensions

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

Length: 52.0 cm
Width: 4.7 cm
Height: 8.1 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: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF TOURNIQUET POPULAR C. 1800S- EARLY 1900S.
Canada: PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF MEDICAL ARTIFACTS, ARCHIVAL MATERIAL & TRADE LITERATURE TRANSFERRED TO CSTM IN2002 FROM THE FORMER HISTORY OF MEDICINE MUSEUM, TORONTO, ON. ACCORDING TO THEIR RECORDS, THIS TOURNIQUET ORIGINALLY USED BY DR. CHARLES ROBINSON.
Function: USED TO COMPRESS ARTERIES ABOVE AMPUTATION SITE, IN ORDER TO RESTRICT BLOOD FLOW.
Technical: SCREW TOURNIQUET (STYLE) INTRODUCED BY JEAN LOUIS PETIT (1674-1750), AND REMAINED THE STANDARD UNTIL EARLY 1900S. AS DID ITS PREDECESSORS, THE PETIT TOURNIQUET ALSO COMPRESSED AREA NERVES, PROVIDING SOME MINOR PAIN RELIEF. (REF. 2) IT'S CHIEF ADVANTAGES WERE THAT IT LIMITED THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE APPLIED; PRESSURE COULD BE RELAXED OR RELEASED EASILY AND QUICKLY; AND ONCE APPLIED, WAS SELF-HOLDING (REF. 4).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 No markings save UHN catalogue no. "X934.8.7A" handwritten in white ink on screw mechanism..2 No markings save UHN catalogue no. "X934.8.7B" recorded on fabric tag sewn onto strap.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: .1 BRIGHT BRASS SCREW MECHANISM..2 PINK-BROWN STRIPE WOVEN INTO BAND; FITTED WITH BRIGHT BRASS COLOUR STOP, AND OFF-WHITE CHAMOIS COVERED PAD.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Tourniquet, circa 1850–1900, Artifact no. 2002.0089, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0089.001/

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