Cautery, brass
Cautery, brass, with ebony and ivory handle and ceramic tip
- Materials:
- handle, ebony , ivory , cautery, brass and tip, ceramic
- Object Number:
- A600343 Pt1
- type:
- cautery
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
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LicenseCase of Middelsdorpf galvanocautery instruments, about 1870
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Case of Middelsdorpf galvanocautery instruments, about 1870
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Case of Middelsdorpf galvanocautery instruments, about 1870
Galvanocautery instruments are used in delicate surgery where using a knife was impossible. An electric current is passed through the instruments, often along a wire between two prongs. This wire heats up and can cut through tissue. Galvanocautery instruments are used in dental surgery, operations within the nose and throat, or anywhere requiring delicate ‘hard-to-reach’ surgery. The instruments were invented by Albrect Theodar Middelsdorpf. They appear to have been owned by an E. Prichel who used them in Breslau, Germany. The technique was developed in France in the 1850s.
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A600343
- Materials:
- case, leather
- Measurements:
-
overall: 51 mm x 285 mm x 350 mm, 2.48 kg
- credit:
- Drew, H.G.
Parts
Cautery, brass with pointed tip
Cautery, brass with pointed tip, handle ivory
- Materials:
- handle, ivory and cautery, brass
- Object Number:
- A600343 Pt2
- type:
- cautery
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Cautery, with pointed tip
Cautery, with pointed tip, curved, brass, handle ivory
- Materials:
- handle, ivory and cautery, brass
- Object Number:
- A600343 Pt3
- type:
- cautery
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Cautery handle and plug
Cautery handle and plug, handle ivory, brass leads
- Materials:
- handle, ivory and leads, brass
- Object Number:
- A600343 Pt4
- type:
- handles
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Wire adjuster
Wire adjuster, ebony handle, metal cautery
- Materials:
- handle, ebony and cautery, metal
- Object Number:
- A600343 Pt6
- type:
- wire adjusters
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Wire adjuster, ivory
Wire adjuster, ivory
- Materials:
- ivory
- Object Number:
- A600343 Pt7
- type:
- wire adjusters
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Brass cautery
Brass cautery, handle ebony and ivory
- Object Number:
- A600343 Pt8
- type:
- cautery handles
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Cautery with beaked tip
Cautery, brass, with beaked tip, handle ebony
- Materials:
- brass and handle, ebony
- Object Number:
- A600343 Pt12
- type:
- cautery
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Cautery handle
Cautery handle, ebony and ivory, leads brass
- Materials:
- handle, ebony , ivory and leads, brass
- Object Number:
- A600343 Pt13
- type:
- handles
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Brass cautery
Brass cautery, straight handle, ebony and ivory, leads brass
- Materials:
- handle, ebony , ivory , leads, brass and cautery, brass
- Object Number:
- A600343 Pt15
- type:
- cautery
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Brass binding screw
Brass binding screw
- Materials:
- brass
- Object Number:
- A600343 Pt16
- type:
- binding screws
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Binding screw
Binding screw, brass
- Materials:
- brass
- Object Number:
- A600343 Pt17
- type:
- binding screws
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
