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hydrocele trocar and cannula
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Dates
1935
circa 1935
Collection
University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
Urology
Accession Number
1942.3.1
Description
A sharpened steel darning needle wrapped with fish line at the blunt end for a handle; cannula is also made of steel.
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Accession Number
1942.3.1
Collection
University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
Urology
MeSH Heading
Suction -- instrumentation
Drainage -- instrumentation
Testicular Diseases
MM= Catheterization -- paracentesis -- trocar
Description
A sharpened steel darning needle wrapped with fish line at the blunt end for a handle; cannula is also made of steel.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; donated by Dr. V.H. Storey, Bowmanville, Ontario.
Site Made (Country)
Canada
Dates
1935
circa 1935
Material
metal: silver
plastic
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-E8-3
Dimension Notes
Length 8.8 cm x Diam. 0.2 cm
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
JPG
Reference Comments
CD #UHN
Research Facts
This homemade trocar was made by an unknown person; the cannula was taken from a child's toy motor boat; trocar used to tap a hydrocoele.
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