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Medical Museum Collection, Box 57
One of two digital photographs (with 78-4_5_9b.jpg) of a Longmire wire pump, set on a gray counter. An identification tag is tied to the pump handle. A ruler has been placed in the foreground for size comparison.
A Longmire wire pump, used during surgery on aortic aneurysms. The instrument was donated by J. Karl Poppe, M.D., in September 1978. The pump is comprised of a long heavy handle with a roll of thin wire attached at the far end. A regulating screw allows the wire to be played out. Also included in the accession are eight needles and tubes, used for insertion of the wire.
ca. 1958
One of two digital photographs (with 78-4_5_9b.jpg) of a Longmire wire pump, set on a gray counter. An identification tag is tied to the pump handle. A ruler has been placed in the foreground for size comparison.
A Longmire wire pump, used during surgery on aortic aneurysms. The instrument was donated by J. Karl Poppe, M.D., in September 1978. The pump is comprised of a long heavy handle with a roll of thin wire attached at the far end. A regulating screw allows the wire to be played out. Also included in the accession are eight needles and tubes, used for insertion of the wire.
ca. 1958
