KNIFE

Description: WOOD CASE HAS LIGHT FINISH WITH STEEL HINGES ON BACK AND STEEL CLASP AT MIDDLE OF FRONT. CLASP IS BROKEN AND CORRODED. ALUMINUM LABEL GLUED TO LID IS RED AND READS "MADE IN U.S.A. BY LIPSHAW MANUFACTURING COMPANY DETROIT, MICH. 48210". INSIDE OF BOX HAS THREE WOOD SLATS AS CROSS PIECES TO SUPPORT KNIFE. PAPER LABEL ON INSIDE OF LID GUARANTEES QUALITY OF KNIFE AND REPEATS MANUFACTURE INFO. "156" IS HAND WRITTEN IN PENCIL INSIDE LID AND ON BOTTOM. KNIFE IS 47.5CM LONG WITH ROUNDED TIP BLADE. BLADE IS MADE OF STEEL AND HANDLE IS MADE OF ALUMINUM. HANDLE HAS CHECKED PATERN GROOVES. OVAL AREA ON SIDE OF HANDLE HAS "LIPSHAW MFG. CO. DETROIT U.S.A." STAMPED INTO IT. HANDLE IS WORN AND BLADE HAS SMALL AMOUNTS OF CORROSION. BLADE HAS BEEN SHARPENED WITH GRINDER. HANDLE HAS FATTER BOTTOM WITH ROUNDED BUTT.

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. PRESENTATION BY PATHOLOGY STAFF DR. RAY BAINBOROUGH AND HARRY HEINRICHS IN MARCH 2007 STATED THAT PATHOLOGISTS USED THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF KNIFE AFTER THEIR ASSISTANT HAD TAKEN THE SUBJECT’S ORGANS OUT. THE DOCTOR WOULD USE THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF KNIFE (AKIN TO P19960116084) TO SECTION THE ORGAN (EG. LUNG) TO SEE IF IT WAS DIFFERENT FROM A NORMAL ONE.