KNIFE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- AUTOPSY KNIFE
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- STAINLESS STEEL, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116093
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- AUTOPSY KNIFE
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- STAINLESS STEEL, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.4
- Length
- 31.2
- Width
- 2.6
- Description
- KNIFE HAS SLIGHTLY CURVED BLADE WITH BOTTOM TAPERED TO POINT AT END. BOLSTER HAS SMALL ROUNDED GUARD ON BOTTOM. HANDLE IS SINGLE WOOD PIECE FASTENED WITH BRASS RIVETS. RIVETS ARE SLIGHTLY CORRODED. STAMPED INTO SIDE OF BLADE NEAR BOLSTER IS "STAINLESS CANADA". TOP OF HANDLE HAS NOTCH MARKS AND BLADE HAS NUMEROUS SCRATCHES FROM USE AND BEING SHARPENED.
- Subjects
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- KNIFE 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.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116093
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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