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| Title | [Always ready wrench] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Wrench
Alligator wrench Pipe wrench |
| Maker | Unknown |
| Date made | 1880?-1939? |
| Description | 1 wrench, steel; 13 x 5 x .5 cm. |
| Details | Small version of Always-ready pipe and general purpose wrench. |
| Local variation: | Maker's mark obscured by paint |
| Trade: | Mechanic
Plumbing |
| Task | |
| Manner | Rotating
Gripping |
| Object | Pipe or soft metal |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Amputating and minor operating case] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Operating kit
Surgical kit |
| Maker | N.Y.? : Caswell, Hazard, and Co.?
(W.F. Ford) |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 surgical kit: steel, brass, wood; in case 35 x 19.2 x 7 cm. |
| Contents: | 1 trocar -- 1 elevator and raspatory -- 1 combined artery forceps and needle forceps -- 1 bone forceps -- 1 capital saw -- 1 lifting- back metacarpal saw -- 1 amputation knife -- 1 trephine -- 1 trephine handle -- 4 serresfins -- 1 double tracheostomy tube -- 1 artery forceps -- 1 straight scissors -- 1 bone scoop -- 1 tenaculum -- 1 aneurism needle -- 1 straight blunt bistoury -- 1 curved blunt bistoury -- 1 curved sharp bistoury -- 1 straight sharp bistoury or finger knife -- 1 tenotome -- 3 scalpels -- 1 tourniquet -- 2 or unidentified instruments. |
| Details | Surgical kit in hinged board case, lined with velvet, covered with leather, with nickel-plated brass corner scuff guards and leather-wrapped rope handles, steel hinges and latches. Latch marked "PAT.OCT.71." Contains steel, nickel-plated steel, silver, and nickel-plated brass instruments, most with wooden handles, one with tin(?) cannula. |
| Local variation: | Tourniqet missing; 1 pair of French forceps, a needle, and 3 drill bits apparently added; not all pieces may be original to set. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | |
| Manner | |
| Object | Human body |
| MeSH | Surgical instruments
amputation--instrumentation |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Aneurism needle] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Ligature carrier |
| Maker | N.Y.: W.F. Ford |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 curved needle, steel and celluloid; 16.5 x 3 x 1 cm. |
| Details | Cylindrical needle is flattened to 3 mm wide at distal tip, oval at in cross section at proximal base. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Suturing |
| Manner | Holding |
| Object | Thread |
| MeSH | |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Angular wire serrefin] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Serrefin
Serresfin Wire serrefin Wire serresfin |
| Maker | Unknown |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 wire serrefin, silver; 3.5 x 1 x 1 cm. |
| Details | With mouse jaw teeth. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Clamping. |
| Manner | Gripping |
| Object | Artery |
| MeSH | |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Archimedean bone drill] |
| Designer | Hamilton? |
| Alt. titles | Hamilton's bone drill
Bone drill Drill |
| Maker | Unknown |
| Date made | 1850?-1899? |
| Description | 1 drill and three bits: steel, nickel-plated steel & nickel-plated brass; 21.5 x 7 cm. |
| Details | Four-fluted plated-steel spiral shaft; top and side handles and set-screw-operate chuck of nickel-plated brass. Cylindrical threaded hollow 6.5 cm side handle contains three steel bits (1 spear point, 2 burrs). |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | |
| Manner | Drilling
Grinding |
| Object | Bone |
| MeSH | |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Artery forceps, fenestrated] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Artery clamp
Self-holding clamp Forceps Clamp |
| Maker | Unknown |
| Date made | 1850?-1939? |
| Description | 1 pr. forceps, plated steel; 13.5 x 2 cm. |
| Details | Normally closed cross-action fenestrated artery forceps with mouse-jaw teeth. 7.5 cm from proximal end to cross-over; 2 cm x .5 cm fenestrations. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Clamping artery. |
| Manner | Gripping |
| Object | Artery |
| MeSH | |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Augers] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Auger bits |
| Maker | Seymour, Conn. : James Swan Co. |
| Date made | c1890?-c1929? |
| Description | 1 set of 13 augers: steel; in case 28 x 15 x 7 cm. |
| Details | Set of thirteen assorted screw-point, single-twist, rapid-pattern, square-shank steel augers in a hinged wooden box, sizes 1/4", 5/16", 3/8", 7/16", 1/2", 9/16", 5/8", 11/16", 3/4", 13/16", 7/8", 15/16", 1". |
| Model | No. 565 |
| Trade:
Woodworking | Carpentry
Cabinetmaking |
| Task | Boring holes |
| Manner | Boring |
| Object | Wood |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Billings wrench] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Wrench
Adjustable wrench Monkey wrench |
| Maker | [S.l.] : Billings [and Spencer?] |
| Date made | 1901-1939? |
| Description | 1 wrench, steel; 20 x 4.5 x .5 cm. |
| Details | Pocket-sized copy of later version of the Billings-pattern adjustable wrench. |
| Trade: | Mechanic |
| Task | |
| Manner | Rotating |
| Object | Threaded fastener |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | Carving tools with matting tool |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Chisels
Gouges |
| Maker | Miller's Falls, Mass. : Millers Falls Company |
| Date made | c1900?-c1959? |
| Description | 1 set of 12 carving tools: steel, nickel-plated brass, and wood; in case 25 x 21 x 6 cm. |
| Details | Set of twelve assorted wood-carving tools with topical hardwood handles, from 20 to 23 cm. long, in hinged wooden box. |
| Model | No. 3 |
| Trade: | Wood-carving
Gunsmithing |
| Task | Carving wood |
| Manner | Slicing
Splitting |
| Object | Wood |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Coes-pattern wrench] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Wrench
Adjustable wrench Monkey wrench |
| Maker | [S.l.] : Coes? |
| Date made | 1901-1939? |
| Description | 1 wrench, steel; 13 x 3.5 x .5 cm. |
| Details | All-steel pocket-sized version of Coes-pattern mechanic's wrench. Steel handle pinned into place. |
| Marked: | COES / PAT'D DEC.24,1901 MADE IN U.S.A. |
| Trade: | Mechanic |
| Task | |
| Manner | Rotating |
| Object | Threaded fastener |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Combined artery and needle forceps] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Hemostatic forceps and needle holder
Needle forceps Forceps Clamp |
| Maker | N.Y.: Caswell, Hazard, and Co.
(W.F. Ford) |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 pr. forceps, plated steel; 11.5 x 1 cm. |
| Details | Double-ended forceps combining fenestrated mouse-jaw hemostatic forceps and needle holder. |
| Local variation: | Spring-steel catch on hemostat broken off. |
| Number: | 40 |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Clamping artery.
Holding suturing needle |
| Manner | Gripping |
| Object | Artery
Needle |
| MeSH | |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Cooper's adze] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Hammer
Adze |
| Maker | Unknown |
| Date made | c1790?-c1859? |
| Description | 1 hand adze, steel and wood; 29 x 15 x 6 cm. |
| Trade: | Coopering |
| Task | Shaping staves
Driving hoops |
| Manner | Striking
Slicing |
| Object | Wood
Iron Barrel staves Barel hoops |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Curved probe-pointed bistoury] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Bistoury
Probe-pointed bistoury Probe-pointed curved bistoury Knife |
| Maker | N.Y.: W.F. Ford |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 surgical knife, steel and celluloid; 17 x 4 x 1 cm. |
| Details | Blade is 7 cm long, of which 5.5 cm is edged. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Cutting |
| Manner | Slicing |
| Object | Human body |
| MeSH | |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Curved sharp-pointed bistoury] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Bistoury
Sharp-pointed bistoury Sharp-pointed curved bistoury Knife |
| Maker | N.Y.: W.F. Ford |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 surgical knife, steel and celluloid; 17 x 4 x 1 cm. |
| Details | Blade is 6.5 cm long, of which 5.0 cm is edged. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Cutting |
| Manner | Slicing |
| Object | Human body |
| MeSH | |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Double trachea tube] |
| Designer | Trousseau, A. (Armand), 1801-1867 |
| Alt. titles | Tracheostomy tube
Tracheotomy tube Luer's tracheotomy tube Troussea's tracheotomy tube Trachea tube Double trachea tube |
| Maker | Unknown |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 tracheostomy tube (1 double tube): silver; 6.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm. |
| Details | Tracheostomy (tracheotomy) tube. Two silver curved, slightly conical cannulas, one fitting closely inside the other; external tube has double colloar, outer collar a rounded rectangle with half-circular fenestrations at bot ends and a wire loop on each side of central aperture; outer collar is loosely connected to inner collar via wire loops. Inner collar has two oppositely located projecting fingers which fit through wire loops on outer collar and a pin with a rotating flange; internal tube has circular collar at wider end with curved wire loop andles and is held in place by rotating glange on external tube collar. Outer tube has oblong fenestration with rounded ends midway along outer edge of curve. Inner tube has 3/16" od. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Tracheotomy |
| Manner | Dilating
Conveying |
| Object | Trachea |
| MeSH | Otolaryngology--instrumentation
Intubation, intratracheal |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | Drive pin punches |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Starrett drive pin punches
Punches Pin punches |
| Maker | Athol, Mass. : The L.S. Starrett Co. |
| Date made | c1900?-c1959? |
| Description | 1 hand drill, steel and wood; 29 x 15 x 8 cm. |
| Details | Set of eight assorted 4" punches in a cylindrical wooden box. Steel punches with cross-hatched grip section, sizes 1/16", 3/32", 1/8", 5/32", 3/16", 7/32", 1/4", 5/16". |
| Model | No. 565 |
| Trade: | Mechanic
Gunsmithing |
| Task | Drifting pins, etc. |
| Manner | Striking |
| Object | Pins |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | Eifel-geared plierench |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Wrench
Pliers Plierench Eifel wrench |
| Maker | Chicago : American Plierench Corp. |
| Date made | 1932?-1959? |
| Description | 1 wrench, steel; 23 x 6 x 1.5 cm. |
| Details | Includes wire-grooved jaws, wire cutter, and screwdriver blade at end of one grip. Opens from 0-3.8 cm. |
| Marked: | Model 8-1/2"-36-Gr.10 TO 1 $5
MADE IN U.S.A. PATS. 1181654 [i.e.1916], 1862817 [i.e.1932] / Forged Chrom-Molly! Alloy |
| Trade: | Mechanic |
| Task | |
| Manner | Rotating
Gripping Cutting |
| Object | Threaded fastener
Wire Screw Anything |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Fillister plane] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt.titles: | Rabbet plane
Plane
|
| Maker | Unknown (see "Marked") |
| Date made | c1830?-c1909? |
| Description | 1 plane: steel, brass, and wood; 28 x 6.5 x 20 cm. |
| Details | Wood-bodied plane with wedge-secured 4 cm iron, adjustable base plate and side guard, adjustable parting spur, and inlet boxwood wear strip. |
| Stamped: | HENRY / HB / HH / SCH |
| Trade: | Woodworking
Carpentry Cabinetmaking |
| Task | Cutting rabbet |
| Manner | Slicing |
| Object | Wood |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Galt's conical trephine] |
| Designer: | Galt, Gabriel Alexander Dickie, 1830-1908 |
| Alt. titles | Conical trephine
Trephine Trepan |
| Maker | N.Y.?: Caswell, Hazard, and Co.? |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 trephine, steel and nickel-plated brass; 10.5 cm x 9.2 cm x 1.8 cm dia. |
| Details | Trephine. Cylindrical bone cutting instrument has hollow nickel-plated brass shaft with spool-shaped turning near proximal end; cylindrical proximal end fits into aperture in t-handle, where it fixed in place in the square-crsoss-sectioned center section of the handle by a pin protruding from the end of one removable cylindrical bulbous-ended wing of the handle. Bayonet has triangular point and is adjusted with thumb screw. 2.4 cm deep blade. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Trepanning
Trephining |
| Manner | Sawing |
| Object | Skull |
| MeSH | |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Gouge] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Turning gouge
Turning chisel |
| Maker | [Worcester, Mass.?] : Buck Bros. |
| Date made | c1900?-c1959? |
| Description | 1 gouge: steel and wood; 33 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm. |
| Details | 1-1/4" gouge from set of turning tools. Tang end, set in wooden handle with steel ferrule in the manner of a paring gouge. Outside bevel, regular sweep. |
| Trade: | Turning |
| Task | |
| Manner | Slicing
Scraping |
| Object | Wood |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Hand drill] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Drill
Eggbeater drill |
| Maker | Miller's Falls, Mass. : Millers Falls and Co. |
| Date made | c1900?-c1949? |
| Description | 1 hand drill, steel and wood; 29 x 15 x 8 cm. |
| Details | Cut-gear steel drive sprocket drives single helical gear to power 3/16" chuck. Tubular steel frame; side handle, proximal handle, and crank of polished wood. |
| Model | No. 3 |
| Local variation: | Proximal handle pinned into place so as no longer to be removable. Wood repaired, refinished, and coated with gloss urethane. Main gear repainted. |
| Trade: | Finish carpentry
Cabinetmaking |
| Task | Boring holes |
| Manner | Rotating |
| Object | Twist drill |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Hand drill] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Drill
Eggbeater drill |
| Maker | Miller's Falls, Mass. : Millers Falls and Co. |
| Date made | c1900?-c1949? |
| Description | 1 hand drill, steel and wood; 32 x 13 x 11 cm. |
| Details | Wide cut-gear steel drive sprocket drives single helical gear to power 11/64" chuck. Malleable iron frame; side handle, proximal handle, and crank of polished wood. Extra-wide main gear allows delicate digital manipulation. |
| Model | No. 5 |
| Local variation: | Two copies. Copy 2 shows substitution of crank-attachment screw and different, more bulbous, removable side handle. Both copies show repainting of frame and main gear (yellow instead of original red), and refinishing of wooden parts. |
| Trade: | Finish carpentry
Cabinetmaking |
| Task | Boring holes |
| Manner | Rotating |
| Object | Twist drill |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Hey's saw] |
| Designer | Hey, William, 1736-1819 |
| Alt. titles | Hey's skull saw |
| Maker | Unknown |
| Date made | 1850?-1899? |
| Description | 1 saw: nickel-plated steel & wood; 18.3 x 4.5 cm. |
| Details | Double edged flat saw blade held by split shaft of rectangular cross section, and extension to the handle, otherwise of oval cross section, both shaft and blade of nickel-plated steel. Straight-edged blade narrows from distal to proximal end, with teeth extending slighly around proximal corner. Proximal end of shaft terminates in ferrule at end of beveled wooden handle. Straight blade 3.5 cm long at edge; both blades 16 tpi. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Trepanning
Trephining |
| Manner | Sawing |
| Object | Skull
Bone |
| MeSH | |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Hog ringer] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt.titles | Ringer, animal-nose |
| Maker | Unknown |
| Date made | c1870?-c1949? |
| Description | 1 hog ringer: steel; 15 x 5 x 2 cm. |
| Trade: | Hog farming
Stock raising |
| Task | Installing hog rings |
| Manner | Gripping
Squeezing |
| Object | Hog rings |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Howel] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Compass plane
Plane
|
| Maker | Unknown, prob. Vermont maker |
| Date made | c1790?-c1859? |
| Description | 1 plane, steel and wood; 35 x 20 x 15 cm. |
| Details | Wooden compass plane with steel iron. |
| Trade: | Coopering |
| Task | Chamfering top of barrel |
| Manner | Slicing |
| Object | Barrel
Wood |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Langenbeck's serresfin] |
| Designer | Langenbeck |
| Alt. titles | Serrefin
Serresfin Langenbeck's serrefin |
| Maker | Unknown |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 wire serrefin, silver; 3.5 x 1 x 1 cm. |
| Details | With mouse jaw teeth. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Clamping. |
| Manner | Gripping |
| Object | Artery |
| MeSH | |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Lifting-back metacarpal saw] |
| Designer: | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Metacarpal saw
Bone saw Saw Amputation saw |
| Maker | N.Y.?: Caswell, Hazard, and Co.? |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 metacarpal, plated steel; 22 x 3 x 2 cm. |
| Details | Thin-bladed surgical saw with steel blade, stiffening spine hinged to swing back, nickel-plated brass handle with skeletalized grip. Blade is 15 cm long, round-nosed, approx. 14 tpi. |
| Number: | 13 |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Cutting bone
Amputation |
| Manner | Sawing |
| Object | Bone |
| MeSH | Amputation--instrumentation
Dissection--instrumentation Autopsy--instrumentation |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Liston's bone forceps] |
| Designer: | Liston, Robert, 1794-1847 |
| Alt. titles | Forceps
Bone-cutting forceps |
| Maker | N.Y.: Caswell, Hazard, and Co.
(W.F. Ford) |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 pr. forceps, plated steel; 19.5 x 4 cm. |
| Details | Smooth-handled straight forceps with spring between handles. Small notch at base of 4 cm cutting edges. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Cutting bone |
| Manner | Slicing |
| Object | Bone |
| MeSH | |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Liston's medium knife] |
| Designer: | Liston, Robert, 1794-1847 |
| Alt. titles | Knife
Amputating knife Liston's amputating knife, medium, leg and arm |
| Maker | N.Y.?: Caswell, Hazard, and Co.? |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 knife, steel; 31 x 1.4 x 2 cm. |
| Details | Single-edged steel amputating knife. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Amputation |
| Manner | Slicing |
| Object | Human limbs |
| MeSH | Amputation--instrumentation |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Offset wrench] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Wrench
Adjustable wrench Crescent wrench |
| Maker | Buffalo, N.Y.? : Barcalo? |
| Date made | 1900?-1939? |
| Description | 1 wrench, steel; 16 x 4 x .4 cm. |
| Details | All-steel pocket-sized version of offset-pattern mechanic's wrench. Drop-forged. |
| Marked: | MODEL-N6 BUFFALO USA / BARCALO |
| Model: | N6 |
| Provenance: | Belonged to Fred Schaffner, Sr. (bears signature paint mark) |
| Trade: | Mechanic |
| Task | |
| Manner | Rotating |
| Object | Threaded fastener |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Pean's artery forceps] |
| Designer | Pean |
| Alt. titles | Wood's artery forceps (similar)
Artery forceps Forceps Hemostatic artery forceps |
| Maker | Unknown |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 pr. forceps, nickel-plated steel; 12 x 2 x 1 cm. |
| Details | With ratchet catch. |
| Number: | 39 |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Clamping. |
| Manner | Gripping |
| Object | Artery |
| MeSH | |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Plumb bob] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | |
| Maker | Athol, Mass. : The L.S. Starrett Co. |
| Date made | 1906-1959? |
| Description | 1 plumb bob, steel; 12 cm x 2 cm dia. |
| Details | All-steel cylindrical plumb bob with attached string and cross-hatching. |
| Marked: | Pat'd Oct.16,1906 |
| Model: | 177 |
| Trade: | Engineering
Carpentry Construction |
| Task | Ascertaining perpendicularity |
| Manner | Hanging |
| Object | |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | Rabbet plane |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Plane
Improved rabbet plane |
| Maker | [New Britain, Conn.] : Stanley |
| Date made | 1910-c1959? |
| Description | 1 plane: iron and steel; 25 x 3.5 x 12 cm. |
| Details | Iron stocked rabbet plane, 8" long x 1-1/4" wide with retractable spur. Little apparent difference from nineteenth-century versions of model 191. |
| Model | No. 191 |
| Marked: | U.S. PAT. 6-7-10 |
| Trade: | Woodworking
Carpentry Cabinetmaking |
| Task | Cutting rabbet |
| Manner | Slicing |
| Object | Wood |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Razee smoothing plane] |
| Designer | Heald, Addison, 1817-1895
Heald, Daniel Milton, 1852-1929 |
| Alt. titles | Smoothing plane
Plane
|
| Maker | Milford, N.H. : Addison Heald |
| Date made | 1878?-1895 |
| Description | 1 plane: steel and wood; 24.8 x 6.5 x 12.4 cm. |
| Details | Beechwood body, steel iron employing Daniel Milton Heald's patented plane iron cap. |
| Marked: | ADDISON HEALD / MILFORD, N.H. |
| Provenance: | J.W.Christy (owner's mark) |
| Trade: | Carpentry
Woodworking Cabinetmaking |
| Task | Smoothing |
| Manner | Slicing
Scraping |
| Object | Wood |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Ridgid end pipe wrench] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Wrench
Ridgid wrench Pipe wrench |
| Maker | Elyria, Ohio : The Ridge Tool Co. |
| Date made | 1929-1959? |
| Description | 1 wrench, cast iron and steel; 20 x 6 x 2.4 cm. |
| Details | Angled-headed version of Ridgid pipe wrench in 8" size. |
| Marked: | PAT. 1727623 [i.e., 1929] E8 |
| Model: | E8 |
| Trade: | Plumbing |
| Task | Turning pipe |
| Manner | Rotating |
| Object | Pipe |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Satterlee's capital saw] |
| Designer: | Satterlee, Richard Sherwood, 1798-1880 |
| Alt. titles | Capital saw
Satterlee's aseptic saw Bone saw Saw Amputation saw |
| Maker | N.Y.?: Caswell, Hazard, and Co.? |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 capital saw, plated steel; 32 x 6.5 x 2 cm. |
| Details | Capital saw with steel blade, stiffening spine, nickel-plated brass handle with skeletal grip, finger hole, and thumb catch. Blade is 23 cm x 6.5 cm x 14 tpi. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Cutting bone
Amputation |
| Manner | Sawing |
| Object | Bone |
| MeSH | Amputation--instrumentation
Dissection--instrumentation Autopsy--instrumentation |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Scalpel] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Knife |
| Maker | N.Y.: W.F. Ford |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 surgical knife, steel and celluloid; 15 x 3 x 1 cm. |
| Details | Blade is .8 cm w x 5 cm long, of which 4 cm is edged. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Cutting |
| Manner | Slicing |
| Object | Human body |
| MeSH | |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Scalpel] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Knife |
| Maker | N.Y.: W.F. Ford |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 surgical knife, steel and celluloid; 16 x 3 x 1 cm. |
| Details | Blade is .95 cm w x 6 cm long, of which 5 cm is edged. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Cutting |
| Manner | Slicing |
| Object | Human body |
| MeSH | |
| Other information: |
|
| Title | [Scalpel] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Knife |
| Maker | N.Y.: W.F. Ford |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 surgical knife, steel and celluloid; 16.5 x 3 x 1 cm. |
| Details | Blade is 1 cm w x 6.5 cm long, of which 5.2 cm is edged. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Cutting |
| Manner | Slicing |
| Object | Human body |
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| Title | Scoop trocar |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Trocar
Trocar and cannula |
| Maker | Unknown |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 trocar (1 trocar with attached handle, 1 cannula with attached scoop): steel, nickel-plated brass, wood, tin?; 13.5 cm x 0.3175 cm dia. |
| Details | Trocar. Non-removable 7.4 cm x 1/8" dia. straight cylindrical steel shaft terminates in a triangular point; proximal end of shaft fixed in cylindrical wooden handle with bulbous proximal end by nickel-plated brass ferrule; 6.2 cm cannula is tin(?), leaves point exposed at distal end, and terminates at proximal end with 2.6 cm scoop. |
| Local variation: | Truax notes (p. 209) that "the better class of these instruments is equipped with a metallic cap." If such a cap was originally supplied, it is now missing. |
| Trade: | Surgery
Medicine |
| Task | Catheterization |
| Manner | Puncturing
Draining |
| Object | Human body |
| MeSH | Catheterization--instrumentation
Suction--instrumentation |
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| Title | Stillson's wrench |
| Designer | Stillson? |
| Alt. titles | Wrench
Adjustable wrench Pipe wrench |
| Maker | Springfield, Mass. : Moore Drop Forging Co. |
| Date made | 1901-1939? |
| Description | 1 wrench, steel and wood; 16 x 4 x 2 cm. |
| Details | Pocket-sized version of Stillson's-pattern pipe wrench. Wooden handle attached via extension of wrench body as threaded rod through handle, secured by screw cap. |
| Trade: | Mechanic
Plumbing |
| Task | |
| Manner | Rotating
Gripping |
| Object | Pipe |
| Other information: |
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| Title | [Straight probe-pointed bistoury] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Bistoury
Probe-pointed bistoury Probe-pointed straight bistoury Knife |
| Maker | N.Y.: W.F. Ford |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 surgical knife, steel and celluloid; 17.2 x 3 x 1 cm. |
| Details | Blade is 7.2 cm long, of which 6 cm is edged. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Cutting |
| Manner | Slicing |
| Object | Human body |
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| Title | [Straight sharp-pointed bistoury] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Bistoury
Sharp-pointed bistoury Sharp-pointed straight bistoury Finger knife Knife |
| Maker | N.Y.: W.F. Ford |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 surgical knife, steel and celluloid; 18.5 x 3 x 1 cm. |
| Details | Blade is 8.5 cm long, of which 7 cm is edged. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Cutting |
| Manner | Slicing |
| Object | Human body |
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| Title | [Sun plane] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Cooper's plane
Plane
|
| Maker | Unknown |
| Date made | c1790?-c1849? |
| Description | 1 plane, steel and wood; 40 x 15 x 22 cm. |
| Details | Wooden plane shaped as arc of 80cm dia. circle. |
| Trade: | Coopering |
| Task | Leveling staves |
| Manner | Slicing
Scraping |
| Object | Wood
Barrel staves |
| Other information: |
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| Title | [Tenaculum] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | |
| Maker | N.Y.: W.F. Ford |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 tenaculum, steel and celluloid; 17 x 3 x 1 cm. |
| Details | |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Suturing
Probing |
| Manner | Pulling |
| Object | Human body |
| MeSH | |
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| Title | [Tenotome] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Knife |
| Maker | N.Y.: W.F. Ford |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 tenotome, steel and celluloid; 17 x 3 x 1 cm. |
| Details | 2.5 x .35 cm blade. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | |
| Manner | Slicing |
| Object | Human body |
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| Title | [Trephining elevator and raspatory] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Elevator
Raspatory Trepanning elevator and raspatory Elevator and raspatory |
| Maker | N.Y.: Caswell, Hazard, and Co.
(W.F. Ford) |
| Date made | 1871-1909? |
| Description | 1 combination elevator and raspatory: nickel-plated steel; 15.5 x 1.8 x 0.35 cm x 0.3175 cm. |
| Details | Smooth-gripped combination elevator and raspatory. |
| Trade: | Surgery |
| Task | Trepanning
Trephining |
| Manner | Levering
Rasping |
| Object | Skull |
| MeSH | |
| Other information: |
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| Title | [Trimo pipe wrench] |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Wrench
Trimo wrench Pipe wrench |
| Maker | Roxbury, Mass. : Trimont Mfg. Co. |
| Date made | 1918-1959? |
| Description | 1 wrench, cast iron and steel; 46 x 10 x 4 cm. |
| Details | Straight pipe wrench in 18" size. |
| Marked: | TRIMO / CR-MOL ALLOY / 18 TRIMO ALLOY PAT'D / DROP FORGED / SIZE 18" / PAT'D 3-5-18 |
| Model: | 18" |
| Trade: | Plumbing |
| Task | Turning pipe |
| Manner | Rotating |
| Object | Pipe |
| Other information: |
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| Title | Trivalve trellis rectum speculum |
| Designer | Unknown |
| Alt. titles | Weiss's speculum
Speculum Rectal speculum Rectal dilator Dilator |
| Maker | Unknown |
| Date made | 1850?-1899? |
| Description | 1 speculum: steel & wood; 18.5 x 10 x 3 cm. |
| Details | 3-bladed screw-operated steel speculum with wooden(?) handle equipped with plated-steel ferule. Blades 10 cm. long, handle 18.5 cm. long; opening expands from 1.2 to 4 cm.; screw pitch approx. 25. |
| Trade: | Surgery
Medicine |
| Task | Examination |
| Manner | Dilation |
| Object | Rectum |
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