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ca. 1860's
A collection of miscellaneous metal surgical instruments, including: 1) forcep blade with ebony handle, 2) chrome syringe case with needle shields, 3) a Zimmer Kirschner hand bone drill, manufactured by Zimmer Manufacturing Co., 4) vulsellum forceps, 5) Michels spreading forceps for wound clips, 6) large safety pin, 7) two trephines, 8) a small hemostat, 9) Corvins tonsil hemostat with ratchet, 10) a catheter attachment, and 11) a aspirator syringe. The condition of all items is fair. The hand drill has a broken nob. The collection was donated by Dr. and Mrs. Frank E. Sohler of Ashland, OR. Dr. Sohler received them from his father, who had received them from a doctor who practiced near Cloverdale, CA, around 1860.
Medical Museum Collection, Box 3B
Digital photograph of a collection of miscellaneous metal surgical instruments, including: 1) forcep blade with ebony handle, 2) chrome syringe case with needle shields, 3) a Zimmer Kirschner hand bone drill, 4) vulsellum forceps, 5) Michels spreading forceps for wound clips, 6) large safety pin, 7) two trephines, 8) a small hemostat, 9) Corvins tonsil hemostat with ratchet, 10) a catheter attachment, and 11) a aspirator syringe.
A collection of miscellaneous metal surgical instruments, including: 1) forcep blade with ebony handle, 2) chrome syringe case with needle shields, 3) a Zimmer Kirschner hand bone drill, manufactured by Zimmer Manufacturing Co., 4) vulsellum forceps, 5) Michels spreading forceps for wound clips, 6) large safety pin, 7) two trephines, 8) a small hemostat, 9) Corvins tonsil hemostat with ratchet, 10) a catheter attachment, and 11) a aspirator syringe. The condition of all items is fair. The hand drill has a broken nob. The collection was donated by Dr. and Mrs. Frank E. Sohler of Ashland, OR. Dr. Sohler received them from his father, who had received them from a doctor who practiced near Cloverdale, CA, around 1860.
Medical Museum Collection, Box 3B
Digital photograph of a collection of miscellaneous metal surgical instruments, including: 1) forcep blade with ebony handle, 2) chrome syringe case with needle shields, 3) a Zimmer Kirschner hand bone drill, 4) vulsellum forceps, 5) Michels spreading forceps for wound clips, 6) large safety pin, 7) two trephines, 8) a small hemostat, 9) Corvins tonsil hemostat with ratchet, 10) a catheter attachment, and 11) a aspirator syringe.
