Ivory and silver trocar

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Title

Ivory and silver trocar

Subject

Drainage, Surgical--Equipment and supplies

Surgical instruments and apparatus

Drainage--instrumentation

Surgical Instruments

Drainage

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

McGuire Medical Instruments Collection

Health Sciences Library

State University of New York at Buffalo

Date

19th cent.

Contributor

Phisick Medical Antiques

Cravens, Annette

Rights

Contact the History of Medicine Collection, https://library.buffalo.edu/historyofmedicine

Format

11 cm

Type

Drainage Instrument

Image

Still image

Identifier

07.04.16.4

Alternative Title

Trocar

Date Created

11/4/2009

Medium

Ivory and silver

Collection

Edgar R. McGuire Historical Medical Instrument Collection

Citation

“Ivory and silver trocar,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed March 3, 2021, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16904.