LIGATURE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- LIGATURE NEEDLE WITH HANDLE
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STEEL, CHROME
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116202
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- LIGATURE NEEDLE WITH HANDLE
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STEEL, CHROME
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.5
- Length
- 22.3
- Width
- 1.2
- Description
- LIGATURE IS NEEDLE AND SHAFT WITH HANDLE. HANDLE IS FLAT WITH ROUNDED BUTT AND CENTER RIDGE CREATING TWO GROOVES DOWN HANDLE. HANDLE HAS NARROW BOWL NEAR END AND ONE SIDE HAS "R" STAMPED INTO IT. SHAFT IS NARROW AT BOLSTER, WIDENS TO ROUNDED MIDDLE, AND TAPERS AGAIN TO NEEDLE. NEEDLE IS CURVED HOOK NEARLY AT RIGHT ANGLE TO SHAFT. HOOK HAS HOLE IN MIDDLE. CHROME IS WORN ALL OVER LIGATURE AND STEEL BENEATH IS TARNISHED.
- Subjects
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- LIGATURE WAS REMOVED FROM THE OPERATING ROOM AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116202
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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