Saw, amputating
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- OBJECT TYPE
- surgical/amputation
- DATE
- 1800–1880
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.1029.004
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 4
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- bow saw
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Dark brown wood handle; curved heavy silver metal [steel ?] saw blade frame and threaded blade locking pin; blade [possibly removable] has blued finish.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.5 cm
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Height
- 1.7 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This instrument probably used c. 1800-1880s.
- Canada
-
Acquired as part of University Health Network [UHN] collection of artifacts, trade literature and archival material. - Function
-
To cut through larger [ie. more dense] bones, possibly in digits. - Technical
-
Relatively short blade and handle. and high curve of saw frame suggests this is metacarpal saw, used to sever bones in hand or foot. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None evident, save UHN catalogue no. "X934.16.3 C" printed by hand in white ink on handle.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Dark brown wood handle; curved heavy silver metal [steel ?] saw blade frame and threaded blade locking pin; blade [possibly removable] has blued finish.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Saw, amputating, circa 1800–1880, Artifact no. 2002.1029, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.1029.004/
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