CHISEL
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BONE CHISEL
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- STAINLESS STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116056
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BONE CHISEL
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- STAINLESS STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 8
- Length
- 10.5
- Width
- 1.2
- Description
- CHISEL HAS RECTANGULAR HANDLE WITH ROUNDED ENDS. SHAFT OF CHISEL IS SET INTO HANDLE AND SOLDERED. SHAFT FLATTENS TO BLADE WITH CHIPPED CORNER AND IS BENT ACROSS EDGE AND TWISTED SLIGHTLY OFF AXIS. STAMPED INTO SIDE OF HANDLE IS "KAY-SCHNEEREN" AND "STAINLESS" ALONG WITH A TORCH THAt HAS A SNAKE WRAPPED AROUND IT.
- Subjects
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- CHISEL WAS REMOVED FROM THE MORGUE AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON THE HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA. ACCORDING TO RETIRED ST. MICHAEL’S PATHOLOGY STAFF MEMBERS DR. RAY BAINBOROUGH AND HARRY HEINRICHS, THE SKULL WOULD NOT ALWAYS BREAK LOOSE AFTER HAVING BEEN CUT BY THE SURGICAL SAW (P19960116098 & P19960116062). ASSISTANTS WERE THEREFORE REQUIRED TO USE THIS SPECIFIC CHISEL WHICH, WHEN TWISTED INSIDE THE CUT LINE, SHOWED THE STAFF WHERE THE SAW DID NOT CUT THROUGH OR, BETTER, COMPLETELY PRIED THE SECTION OF THE SKULL LOOSE. ONCE THE SKULL CAP WAS REMOVED, THE PATHOLOGIST INSPECTED THE BRAIN. THEREAFTER, THE ASSISTANT REMOVED THE BRAIN BY SEVERING ITS STEM AT THE SPINAL CORD.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116056
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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