Kingston General Hospital Operating Room Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Surgery
Classification
Orthopedic Surgery
Surgery
Accession Number
997034220
Description
Bone gouge, which is a straight, solid piece of metal the handle has four sides with rounded edges and a circular knob at the top; the blade is concave on the front and semicircular at the back; the tip is semicircular and sharp.
Bone gouge, which is a straight, solid piece of metal the handle has four sides with rounded edges and a circular knob at the top; the blade is concave on the front and semicircular at the back; the tip is semicircular and sharp.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Used in the Kingston General Hospital Operating Room.
"MADE IN GERMANY 4 9 mm THE J.G. HARTZ Co. CHROME"; has the Jetter & Scheerer logo of a snake twisted around a caduceus rod with a crown above it and "AESCULAP"above the crown all stamped into the metal.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-E2-12
Dimension Notes
Length 17.2 cm x Diam. 1.9 cm
Condition Remarks
No stains, no corrosion
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"General Surgical Catalogue," by Aesculap, 1982, p. 570 (similar to item #FL 345)
Research Facts
Used in orthopaedic surgery for tunnelling into the bone