Lister's tourniquet for compression of the femoral artery

Made:: 1831-1900

Lister's tourniquet for compression of the femoral artery
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Lister's tourniquet for compression of the femoral artery, consisting of a semi-circular frame with large fixed lower and garot-type upper pressure pad, c. 1860

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A600713

Materials:: frame, steel, lower pad, steel, lower pad, leather, lower pad, velvet, garot pad, steel, garot pad, wood and garot pad, velvet

Measurements:: length 215 mm
width 170 mm
depth 125 mm

type:: tourniquets

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