Bosworth's tongue depressor, an instrument made from a single piece of metal bent in a rounded 90° angle; handle is flat with vertical ridges front and back and a rounded end; blade is flat and has a bulbous rounded tip that is fenestrated with an oval hole; outer edges of blade and handle are roun…
Bosworth's tongue depressor, an instrument made from a single piece of metal bent in a rounded 90° angle; handle is flat with vertical ridges front and back and a rounded end; blade is flat and has a bulbous rounded tip that is fenestrated with an oval hole; outer edges of blade and handle are rounded.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Originally owned and used by Dr. F.X. O'Connor, then owned by his niece, Miss Helen Cobb; collected by Dr. A.A. Travill for the Queen's University Faculty of Medicine Collection.
Maker
Jetter & Scheerer
Dates
1914
1934
circa 1914-1934
Date Remarks
Dr. O'Connor graduated from Queen's Meds in 1914; logo type used between 1900 and 1934.
Material
metal: silver; dark grey
Inscriptions
Inside top of the handle has the Jetter & Scheerer logo of a snake twisted around a caduceus rod with a crown above it, stamped into the metal
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-E3-1
Dimension Notes
Length 13.2 cm x Width 9.0 cm x Depth 2.4 cm
Condition Remarks
Tongue depressor shows wear and some plating loss is visible with someinactive corrosion; no active corrosion.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Document
Other
JPG
Reference Comments
Previous number #601; Faculty of Medicine Collection 1984 Inventory; "Illustrations of Surgical Instruments of Superior Quality, 21st ed." Kny-Scheerer Co., ca. 1915, p. 3253 (similar to item C/-13335) (see attached photocopy); originally came in instrument roll 997.001.458; CD #7