NEEDLE, SUTURING
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact6871
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CANDED NEEDLE
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1990
- Materials
- STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116071
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CANDED NEEDLE
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1990
- Materials
- STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.2
- Length
- 12
- Width
- 0.3
- Description
- NEEDLE IS "S" SHAPED WITH TRIANGULAR BODY. HAS SEVERAL DIAGONAL CUTS ALONG BODY.
- Subjects
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- NEEDLE WAS REMOVED FROM THE MORGUE AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA. PRESENTATION BY PATHOLOGY STAFF DR. RAY BAINBOROUGH AND HARRY HEINRICHS IN MARCH 2007 STATED THAT THIS TYPE OF NEEDLE WOULD BE, “USE(D) TO SEW THE BODY BACK UP AFTER EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN OUT. ALL THE SPECIMENS THAT ARE LEFT OVER, WE HAVE A BUCKET WITH A PLASTIC BAG FOR THE FUNERAL DIRECTORS TO PUT BACK WITH THE BODY. WE JUST DO A BIT OF STITCHING TO HOLD THE BODY TOGETHER WHEREAS THEY (THE FUNERAL HOME) SEW IT JUST LIKE A SURGEON SO YOU CAN’T TELL THAT ANYTHING WAS DONE TO THE BODY”.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116071
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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