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Title |
Coxeter's Artery Forceps |
Description |
Artery forceps. Two symmetrical steel blades are riveted to form tweezer-like instrument; joint end is squared spatula connecting blades, which broaden slightly and taper to points with transversely serrated teeth; beveled round exterior of top and bottom blades have serrated handle grips; action is controlled by use of thumb and forefinger, interior of one blade is marked "TIEMANN". |
Catalog number |
0359 |
Year Range from |
1870 |
Year Range to |
1929 |
Other Name |
Hemostatic forceps |
Dimensions |
W-2 L-13.7 D-1 cm |
Dimension Details |
Width is measured at the widest point with jaws open. Depth is measured at the widest point of the overall instrument when lying on its flat edge. |
Lexicon category |
Grasping and fixating |
Lexicon sub-category |
Forceps |
Object cited in... |
George Tiemann & Co. American Armamentarium chirurgicum / George Tiemann & Co. 1889 : with a new introduction by James M. Edmonson, and F. Terry Hambrecht. Centennial ed. San Francisco : Norman Pub. : Boston : Printers' Devil, 1989. p. 91, fig. 1443. |
Artist |
Coxeter, Jas. |
Search Terms |
Artery Hemostatic Grasping haemostat haemostatic grasp needles Surgery surgical operate operating Fixating fixate forcep Forceps instruments instrument ligation ligature suture Hemostat blood dissection |
Depth (cm) |
1.000 |
Length (cm) |
13.700 |
Material |
steel |
Accession number |
0347-0397 |