Agnew's tympanum perforator, which consists of an instrument made from a single piece of metal; the handle is a hollow, four-sided narrow piece with a closed, rounded bottom and a top that tapers to join a solid cylindrical shaft at a 45 deg angle; the shaft is straight and ends with a diamond-shap…
Agnew's tympanum perforator, which consists of an instrument made from a single piece of metal; the handle is a hollow, four-sided narrow piece with a closed, rounded bottom and a top that tapers to join a solid cylindrical shaft at a 45 deg angle; the shaft is straight and ends with a diamond-shaped tip with sharp side edges and a rounded end.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Dr. A.A. Travill for the Queen's University Faculty of Medicine Collection
Material
metal: silver
Inscriptions
None
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-E3-16
Dimension Notes
Length 15.4 cm x Width 0.6 cm x Depth 5.4 cm
Condition Remarks
The metal shows some wear; there is staining visible on the handle just before it joins to the shaft
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Document
JPG
Reference Comments
Previous number #300; Faculty of Medicine Collection 1984 Inventory; "Illustrated Catalog of A Complete Line of Standard Surgical Instruments," by Codman & Shurtleff Inc., c. 1920, p. 154 (similar to item 5774) (see attached photocopy); CD #5
Exhibit History
May 24 - Sept. 13, 2001: Agnes Etherington Art Centre Museopathy exhibit