De Carte's tourniquet or thigh compressor
- maker:
- Weiss, John
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De Carte's tourniquet or thigh compressor, consisting of an adjustable steel hoop with fixed and adjustable garot-type pressure pads, by Weiss, c. 1850
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A600701
- Materials:
- frame, steel, fixed pad, steel, fixed pad, leather, garot pad, steel, garot pad, wood and buckle, steel
- Measurements:
-
hoop: diameter 185 mm
length 265 mm
depth 135 mm
- type:
- tourniquets
