Daniels Tonsillectome
Manufacturer / Maker
unidentified
Dateca. 1950
Mediummetal
Dimensions7 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 2 in. (19.1 × 14 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Dr. A. H. Follingstad
Object numberPC1974.27.3
DescriptionThis steel object consists of handle and operating arm that are attached almost perpendicularly. The operating arm consists of one end facing the operator with a thumb screw, and the other having a large horizontal hole to insert tonsils. A fixed, flat blade is pushed over the hole by the thumbscrew to perform a tonsillectomy. "DANIELS" is stamped into one side of the thumb screw. "616" is stamped at the base of the operating arm above the handle. Object has very little visible corrosion apart from a heavily rusted section on the blade.On View
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