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Army Surgeon's Regulation Case
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Dates
1885
circa 1885
Collection
University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Military Medicine
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Surgery
Classification
Military Medicine
General Surgery
Surgery
Accession Number
1952.3.1 a-ao
Description
Walnut case lined with purple velvet, containing 40 surgical instruments: (a,p) amputation saws; (b) amputating knife; (c,d) amputating knives; (e,af) tenaculum; (f,h) scalpels; (g,l,n) finger knives; (i,j,k,m,ao) bistourys; (o,an) needles; (q) trocar; (r) trepanning elevator; (s,t,y,ac,ad) forceps…
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Accession Number
1952.3.1 a-ao
Collection
University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Military Medicine
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Surgery
Classification
Military Medicine
General Surgery
Surgery
MeSH Heading
Military Medicine
Military Medicine -- army
Military Medicine -- instruments
Military Medicine -- surgery
Amputation -- instrumentation
Trephining -- instrumentation
Surgery
Description
Walnut case lined with purple velvet, containing 40 surgical instruments: (a,p) amputation saws; (b) amputating knife; (c,d) amputating knives; (e,af) tenaculum; (f,h) scalpels; (g,l,n) finger knives; (i,j,k,m,ao) bistourys; (o,an) needles; (q) trocar; (r) trepanning elevator; (s,t,y,ac,ad) forceps; (u,v) retractors; (w) trephine; (x) handle for (w) (?); (z,aa) parts of a double tracheotomy tube; (b) canula for trocar; (ae) lithotomy staff; (ag) catheter (?); (ah) director (?); (ai,aj) keys; (ak) lid to small compartment; (al) tray; (am) case.
Number Of Parts
41
Part Names
a - amputation saw - Size: Length 35.7 cm x Width 7.2 cm
b - amputating knife - Size: Length 39.8 cm
c - amputating knife - Size: Length 32.0 cm
d - amputating knife - Size: Length 26.0 cm
e- tenaculum - Size: Length 14.5 cm
f - scalpel - Size: Length 15.2 cm
g - narrow finger knife - Size: Length 18.3 cm
h - scalpel - Size: Length 14.8 cm
i - button pointed curved bistoury - Size: Length 18.1 cm
j - sharp pointed curved bistoury - Size: Length 18.1 cm
k - button pointed straight bistoury - Size: Length 18.0 cm
l - finger knife (?) - Size: Length 18.6 cm
m - hernia bistoury - Size: Length 18.3 cm
n - finger knife (?) - Size: Length 18.1 cm
o - needle - Size: Length 18.9 cm
p - amputating saw - Size: Length 21.4 cm x Width 2.1 cm
q - curved trocar - Size: Length 20.3 cm
r - trepanning elevator - Size: Length 16.0 cm
s - lion forceps - Size: Length 20.3 cm
t - straight bone forceps - Size: Length 21.1 cm
u - retractor - Size: Length 14.1 cm x Width 1.9 cm
v - retractor - Size: Length 14.1 cm x Width 1.9 cm
w - trephine - Size: Length 12.6 cm
x - handle for (w) (?) - Size: Length 9.2 cm
y - forceps - Size: Length 21.2 cm
z - part of a double tracheotomy tube - Size: Length 5.3 cm
aa - part of a double tracheotomy tube - Size: Length 4.8 cm
ab - canula (for trocar) - Size: Length 11.6 cm
ac - dissection forceps - Size: Length 15.4 cm
ad - fenestrated artery forceps - Size: Length 12.1 cm
ae - lithotomy staff - Size: Length 29.6 cm
af - tenaculum, sharp - Size: Length 17.7 cm
ag - catheter (?) - Size: Length 17.2 cm
ah - director (?) - Size: Length 4.5 cm
ai - key - Size: Length 3.0 cm
aj - key - Size: Length 3.1 cm
ak - lid to small compartment - Size: Length 6.2 cm x Width 3.0 cm
al - tray - Size: Length 41.9 cm x Width 15.2 cm x Depth 2.9 cm
am - case - Size: Length 44.6 cm x Width 18.0 cm x Depth 7.5 cm
an - needle - Size: Length 18.7 cm
ao - curved bistoury - Size: Length 17.8 cm
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; donated by H.S. Mason, D.D.S.; owned and used by Dr. MacInnes of Vittoria, Ont., grandfather of the donor.
Maker
C Wright & Co.
Site Made (City)
London
Site Made (Country)
England
Dates
1885
circa 1885
Material
metal
rubber (?)
wood: brown
fabric: purple
Inscriptions
Brass plate on outside top of case lid has "C.L.P. Branson" inscribed in script.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-E1-2
Temporary Location
On exhibit “The Century: Medical Innovations of the 1800s” at Museum of Health Care, 25 June 2017.
Condition Remarks
There appears to be a few pieces missing.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Comments
Evans & Wormall Catalogue (1876)
Exhibit History
"When Medicine Met Science," Museum of Health Care, April 29, 2003 - 25 Jan 2017.
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