Title
Ivory and silver trocar
Subject
Description
Image 101-1534
Used to drain hydroceles
Ivory handle with a silver needle and an ivory cap to cover the needle. The top of this delicately carved piece unscrews to reveal a silver cannula sheath which is inserted over the central needle. The ivory body of the trocar is marked with the number "2".
Publisher
Date
Rights
Contact the History of Medicine Collection, https://library.buffalo.edu/historyofmedicine
Format
Identifier
07.04.16.4
Alternative Title
Trocar
Date Created
Medium
Citation
“Ivory and silver trocar,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed March 3, 2021, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16904.