Craniotomy Perforator
Craniotomy Perforator
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- Description
- This type of craniotomy perforator was associated with Franz Karl Naegele (1778-1851), a German obstetrician who taught at the University of Heidelberg. This example probably dates from around 1900.
- Ref: George Tiemann & Co., Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 111.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Scissors, Crainiotomy, Smellie
- scissors, craniotomy
- Other Terms
- Scissors, Crainiotomy, Smellie; Medicine
- date made
- ca 1900
- Measurements
- overall: 1/4 in x 11 in x 2 in;.635 cm x 27.94 cm x 5.08 cm
- overall: 10 7/8 in x 2 in x 1/2 in; 27.6225 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.27 cm
- ID Number
- MG.316358.73
- catalog number
- 316358.73
- accession number
- 316358
- Credit Line
- from Edgar Haybeck, M.D., Obstetric & Gynecology, Centreal Medico-Surgical Clinic, West Allis WI
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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