Surgical Probe

Date1930

Mediumstainless steel

Dimensionsbaleen: 11 1/2 × 1/16 in. (29.2 × 0.2 cm)
tool, smallest: 5 3/8 × 3/16 × 3/16 in. (13.7 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm)
tool, largest: 6 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 1 in. (16.5 × 8.9 × 2.5 cm)

ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Dr. Theodore R. Sadock

Object numberPC1987.49.9.9

DescriptionThis object is a long, cylindrical steel surgical probe with a wide cylindrical handle and a flattened, blunted tip. The handle is located towards the base of the object and has a small, circular indentation towards the joint of the handle and the arm of the object. The arm itself is approximately three times the length of the handle and has a slightly curved and flattened tip for delicately moving tissue around during a surgical procedure. Mild corrosion is visible around the tip of the object.

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