TREPHINE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116047
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 4
- Length
- 11.5
- Width
- 11
- Description
- STEEL HAND DRILL. TREPHINE IS MADE UP OF HANDLE THAT HAS CYLINDRICAL JOINT WITH ROUNDED HANDLES. ONE HANDLE IS LONGER THAN THE OTHER. SHORT HANDLE HAS SCREW WITH FLUTED EDGE. STEEL SHAFT SITS IN JOINT. AT END OF SHAFT IS CYLINDRICAL BIT WITH DIAGONAL FLUTED SERRATIONS AND CENTRAL STEEL SPIKE BIT. BIT HAS TURN KEY MOUNTED ON SIDE. DRILL HAS THREE EXTRA BITS, ALL IDENTICAL TO ONE IN DRILL BUT WITH VARYING SIZES OF 0.7CM, 1.3CM AND 1.9CM IN DIAMETER. ALL BITS HAVE MINOR CORROSION AND WEAR.
- Subjects
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- TREPHINE WAS KNOWN AS "ROBERT'S" TREPHINE. TREPHINE AND BITS WERE REMOVED FROM ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON THE HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116047
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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