Placental auger, metal (nickel-plated?); concave handle and 1½ spiral at the other end, blunt.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. Newton Albert Powell (d. 1935).
Dates
1900
1930
circa 1900-1930
Material
metal (nickel-plated?)
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D7-6
Dimension Notes
Length 29.8 cm x Width 4.5 cm
Copy Type
Original
Reference Comments
Similar instrument found in Betz catalogue, p. 177, item # 3N1085
Research Facts
Dr. Powell died in 1935; this material might have been a bequest. Used for miscarriages, etc. "An atrocious invention. . . . Fit only as a horrible example in a Museum -- even in a church fellowship meeting I would not speak to any man who used these." - N.A. Powell