On the right side arm is the inscription, "Pat. Oct 3 1876" and just below that, "Pat Oct 13 1885"; inscribed on nosepiece: "Nachet"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0007
0007-A2-2
Condition Remarks
Metal tarnished; oxidation present on adjusting screws, especially the fine adjustment; screw missing from mirror; side plate on left side missing from top of arm; black paint worn away on eyepieces.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Reference Comments
UHN artefact files;
Research Facts
This artefact is part of a set of surgical instruments belonging to Dr. Weston L. Herriman, who was one of the first nine students who graduated in 1855 from the newly formed School of Medicine at the Church of Scotland-affiliated University of
Queen's College (1854, Kingston, Ont.). The nine senior students had transferred from the Anglican Upper Canada School of Medicine (Toronto) to the new school at Queen's.
Exhibit History
"When Medicine Met Science," Museum of Health Care, April 29, 2003 - 25 jan 2017