Prostatic male catheter, which consists of a long, narrow, hollow plated metal instrument that has two small oval handles attached at the right and left sides near the end; the end of the catheter is round and open with a round lip at the outer edges; the tip of the catheter is closed and rounded; …
Prostatic male catheter, which consists of a long, narrow, hollow plated metal instrument that has two small oval handles attached at the right and left sides near the end; the end of the catheter is round and open with a round lip at the outer edges; the tip of the catheter is closed and rounded; there are two oval holes cut into the metal at the right and left sides, near the tip end of the catheter; the tip end half of the catheter curves upwards
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Dr. A.A. Travill for the Queen's University Faculty of Medicine Collection
Material
metal: silver; grey
Inscriptions
None
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-E8-2
Dimension Notes
Length 26.6 cm x Width 1.9 cm x Depth 8.6 cm
Condition Remarks
The metal shows wear, and the plating is very worn; no corrosion is visible; #2: tarnished
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Document
JPG
Reference Comments
Previous number #246; Faculty of Medicine Collection 1984 Inventory; "Illustrated Catalog of A Complete Line of Standard Surgical Instruments," by Codman & Shurtleff Inc., c. 1920, p. 267 (item 8550) (see attached photocopy); CD #5