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Object Name |
Retractor |
Object ID |
2004.237.01.01 |
Description |
Grey metal surgical retractor with teardrop shaped fenestrated handle on one end with shoulders below, a shaft which tapers slightly towards the end, and a forked end with four curved, pointed prongs. |
Materials |
Metal |
Inscription Type |
Other Markings |
Inscription Text |
K.H. inscribed on handle. |
Provenance |
In the early 1920s, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, began accepting medical artifacts for a historical museum. It remained an unofficial collection until it was turned into the Medical Museum and Archives at University Hospital in the 1970s. In the 1990s, many of these artifacts were spread out among various local institutions, and the remaining objects were reorganized into the Medical Artifact Collection at the University of Western Ontario, catalogued and organized by Michelle Hamilton. |
MeSH Search Terms |
Equipment and Supplies Surgical Equipment Surgical Instruments |
Related Publications |
P2004-237 |