Forceps, placenta
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- OBJECT TYPE
- OBS-GYN/rotating/Loomis
- DATE
- 1850–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0878.003
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 3
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- silver metal
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 30.3 cm
- Width
- 4.2 cm
- Height
- 6.3 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Presumably used c. 1850- 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. These instruments belonged to Dr. Herriman, one of the first three medical graduates of Queen's University. [Ref. 2] - Function
-
Used to remove placental fragments inside the uterus. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None evident, save UHN catalogue no. "976.6.50 g" printed by hand in white ink on handle.
- Missing
- Unknown.
- Finish
- Silver metal.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Forceps, placenta, circa 1850–1900, Artifact no. 2002.0878, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0878.003/
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