Biopsy punch (?) is a metal scissor-like object; its handles, arms with loops on their ends, are arranged front-to-back rather than left to right; the front handle curves at a 130° angle and continues on to be the arm of the instrument; this arm is a long, thin, hollow tube with a small bulb on its…
Biopsy punch (?) is a metal scissor-like object; its handles, arms with loops on their ends, are arranged front-to-back rather than left to right; the front handle curves at a 130° angle and continues on to be the arm of the instrument; this arm is a long, thin, hollow tube with a small bulb on its end; the other, hind handle terminates in a sort of fork which holds a thin pipe kept in place by two flanges; at the near end of this pipe is a knob-type control; the other end extends all the way through the tube of the other arm, and its small oblong tip, with a round hole in its centre, protrudes out the end; this oblong tip has a round knob on it that looks as if it were meant to attach to another piece, suggesting that a piece is missing.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Owned and used by Dr. Malcolm E. McPherson, a graduate of Queen's University School of Medicine Class of 1929; Dr. McPherson practised in Hawthorne, NS; he was a G.P. but specialized in gynecology.
On left side of front handle: "AMER. CYSTOSCOPE CO." superimposed on "H. MARTIN"; on left side of hind handle: "GERMANY"; on right side of the bottom of the front handle: a triangle with a circle on top, between a pair of stylized eyes (the mark of the American Cystoscope Co.)
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F4-6
Dimension Notes
Length 33.4 cm x Width 7.5 cm x Depth 3.2 cm
Condition Remarks
The metal is stable; it is slightly scratched and the plating is worn away in a tiny area on one of the handles; #2: missing end piece.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Person
Photo
Reference Comments
American Cystoscope Co. Catalog, p. 154 (item #232); Ms. Lyall McPherson (daughter); photo