Uterine sound, which consists of a long narrow plated-metal instrument that has two round finger grips at the sides near the end; the end of the sound is round with a screw attachment that can be moved right or left to adjust the tip; the tip of the sound has spiral cuts in the metal and the very e…
Uterine sound, which consists of a long narrow plated-metal instrument that has two round finger grips at the sides near the end; the end of the sound is round with a screw attachment that can be moved right or left to adjust the tip; the tip of the sound has spiral cuts in the metal and the very end is bulbous with a hole through the metal; when the screw attachment at the end is turned, the tip end will either curve upwards or straighten out
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Dr. A. A. Travill for the Queen's University Faculty of Medicine Collection.
Dates
1890
1910
circa 1890-1920
Material
metal: silver; grey
Inscriptions
None
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D8-6
Dimension Notes
Length 30.6 cm x Width 5.1 cm x Depth 2.0 cm
Condition Remarks
The metal shows wear and the plating shows minor loss on the entire instrument; no corrosion is visible; moving parts move freely; #2: metal dirty
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
Previous number #245; Faculty of Medicine Collection 1984 Inventory; "Surgical Instruments," by The Kny-Scheerer Co., 1915, p. 5093 (similar to item E/-3689)