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Title |
Halstead Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps |
Date |
1955 |
Description |
Hemostatic forceps. Two symmetrical stainless steel blades are joined by a box lock to form scissor-like instrument; handles consist of two closed finger rings; shanks are flat on the interior and rounded on the exterior with ratchet closure near handles; fine jaws are of light conical style, and taper to blunt points; light transverse serrations run along full length of jaws; marked: "HASLAM -- STAINLESS -- MADE IN USA". |
Catalog number |
2011.015.049 |
Year Range from |
1939 |
Year Range to |
1999 |
Other Name |
Artery forceps |
Dimensions |
W-5.6 L-12.5 cm |
Dimension Details |
Length measured from proximal end of handles to tip of jaws; width measured across widest point on circular finger rings when closed on first notch of ratchet closure. |
Manufacturer or Distributor |
Fred Haslam & Co., Inc., Brooklyn, NY |
Lexicon category |
Grasping and fixating |
Lexicon sub-category |
Forceps |
Object cited in... |
Haslam's surgical instruments : 1955 catalog / Fred Haslam & Co, Brooklyn, N.Y. : The Company, 1954. p. 11, fig. A1890-R |
Artist |
Halsted, William Stewart (1852-1922) |
People |
Halsted, Willliam Stewart (1852-1922) |
Search Terms |
Artery Hemostatic Grasping haemostat haemostatic grasp needles Surgery surgical operate operating Fixating fixate forcep Forceps instruments instrument ligation ligature suture Hemostat blood |
Length (cm) |
12.500 |
Material |
stainless steel |
Accession number |
2011.015 |