This is an instrument for removing a fetus. This perforator is very similar to Smellie perforator but it has thinner and longer shanks. It has a pin lock and works much like a pair of scissors. The existing label reads: 'C. Lentz'.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
This is an instrument for removing a fetus. Hippolyte Blot of Paris designed this perforator for obstructed labor. The points of the blade are like diamond shaped spears. The spring-loaded handle of these perforators facilitates one handed use. After the fetus is perforated, compressing the handle engages the spring, which allows the blades to open and enlarge the perforation.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D., Blot, Hippolyte, and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Smellie, William (1697-1763) Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 049
Image Count:
1
Description:
This is an instrument for removing a fetus. William Smellie (1697 - 1763), British obstetrician, designed this perforator to work like a pair of scissors. The operator was required to use both hands to open the blades and cut the tissue. The end of the short pointed blades has a shoulder, which prevents the device from being introduced to too great a depth. This example includes a pin lock.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D., Smellie, William (1697-1763), and Yale University. School of Medicine.
George Tiemann and Company Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 049
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Obstetric crochet
Description:
This instrument has a single angled hook on the end, which when placed around the neck of the fetus and twisted, succeeded in severing the head. These types of instruments were used when the fetus was already dead and the mother's condition was critical. This instrument might also have been used to remove tumors.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
George Tiemann and Company Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 049
Image Count:
2
Alternative Title:
Obstetric crochet
Description:
This instrument has a single angled hook on the end, which when placed around the neck of the fetus and twisted, succeeded in severing the head. These types of instruments were used when the fetus was already dead and the mother's condition was critical. This instrument might also have been used to remove tumors. #10 is etched onto the side of the device.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A metal chain ecraseur with a wooden handle—this was used for the removal of uterine and ovarian tumors. The ecraseur has a screw operated tightening mechanism than can shorten a looped wire, thereby strangulating soft tissue.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
George Tiemann and Company Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 088
Image Count:
2
Alternative Title:
Obstetric crochet
Description:
This instrument hasa wooden handle with a single angled hook on the end, which when placed around the neck of the fetus and twisted, succeeded in severing the head. These types of instruments were used when the fetus was already dead and the mother's condition was critical. They might also have been used to remove tumors.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
This instrument has a straight handle with a single angled hook on the end, which when placed around the neck of the fetus and twisted, succeeded in severing the head. These types of instruments were used when the fetus was already dead and the mother's condition was critical. They might also have been used to remove tumors.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
This instrument has a single angled hook on the end, which when placed around the neck of the fetus and twisted, succeeded in severing the head. These types of instruments were used when the fetus was already dead and the mother's condition was critical. They might also have been used to remove tumors.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
George Tiemann and Company Simpson, James Y. (1811-1870) Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Published / Created:
1848
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 049
Image Count:
2
Alternative Title:
Forceps
Description:
A pair of metal forceps with wooden handles. James Y. Simpson (1811 - 1870) of Edinburgh was a prominent obstetrician and the discoverer of chloroform as an anesthetic. His long and short forceps of the mid-nineteenth century were widely used and became the models for future designs.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D., Simpson, James Y. (1811-1870), and Yale University. School of Medicine.
