Snare, lobectomy

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OBJECT TYPE: thoracic/ Shenstone
DATE: 1930–1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0718.001

MANUFACTURER: Ingram & Bell Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: chrome-plated metal; cotton (?) rope

Dimensions

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

Length: 38.5 cm
Width: 9.0 cm
Height: 3.3 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: Ingram Bell
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Used c. 1930s-1960, and possibly later.
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 as tourniquet in lung.
Technical: Used in thoracic surgery to secure and ligate pulmonary root during lobectomy. Dr. [Norman] Shenstone modified a tonsillar snare at Toronto General Hospital to make this instrument, which reputedly brought fame to the hospital. [Ref. 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: [Former catalogue no.] "980.17.25" printed by hand in black ink on one end of instrument. UHN catalogue no. "994.1.49" printed by hand in black ink on ratchet mechanism.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Metal instrument is chrome plated; fitted with length of [cotton ?] rope.
Decoration: N/A

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Ingram & Bell Ltd., Snare, lobectomy, between 1930–1959, Artifact no. 2002.0718, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0718.001/

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