University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Neurosurgery
Skull
Classification
Neurosurgery
Skull
Accession Number
1969.222.9
Description
Skull saw consisting of a dark brown wood handle with raised desing and with a metal shaft ending in a wide, two-edged, serrated saw blade with one side edge flat and serrated and the other serrated edge in a curve.
Skull saw consisting of a dark brown wood handle with raised desing and with a metal shaft ending in a wide, two-edged, serrated saw blade with one side edge flat and serrated and the other serrated edge in a curve.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source unknown.
Maker
A. L. Hernstein & Son
Dates
1870
1920
circa 1870-1920
Material
metal: silver
wood: brown
Inscriptions
On shaft: "A. L. HERNSTEIN"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-E2-2
Dimension Notes
Length 16.8 cm x Width 5.0 cm
Copy Type
Original
Exhibit History
On loan to Queen's University School of Medicine third floor for an exhibit L-2013-6,