Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

ANGLE GUIDE

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

STEEL, ALUMINUM, WOOD, LEATHERETTE, PAPER, FELT

No. Pieces

13

Height

3.3

Length

17.5

Width

11.5

Description

1. CASE: WOOD CASE HAS BEVELED EDGES AND ROUNDED CORNERS AND IS COVERED WITH BLACK LEATHERETTE. FRONT HAS STEEL PLATES WITH TAB CLOSURE NAILED DOWN. ON TOP OF LID IS MASKING TAPE WITH UNREADABLE MARKINGS AND RED PAPER LABEL WHICH HAS "OPERATING ROOM: ANGLE GUIDE FOR # HIPS" HAND WRITTEN IN BLACK INK. INSIDE OF LID IS COVERED WOOD LINING WHICH HAS "ZIMMER MFG. CO WARSAW, INDIANA" EMBOSSED IN GOLD LETTERING. BOTTOM OF CASE HAS FORMED LINING FOR PARTS WHICH IS COVERED WITH PURPLE FELT. 2. PROTRACTOR: 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.8CM ALUMINUM PIE-SHAPED INSTRUMENT. PIECE IS TRIANGULAR WITH ROUNDED BOTTOM AND POINT. TOP HAS CONVERGING LEAD LINES WITH "L" WITH "R". TWO SQUARE CANALS RUN DOWN LENGTH FOR EVERY LINE. TIP OF PROTRACTOR HAS OPEN SIDES AND END. STAMPED INTO BOTTOM IS "ZIMMER". PROTRACTOR HAS NUMEROUS SCRATCHES AND WORN FINISH. 3. SCREW CAP: 3.3 X 0.8CM STEEL SHAFT WITH FLUTED COLLAR. COLLAR HAS CENTER HOLE CUT THROUGH IT. OPPOSITE END HAS THREADED SHAFT INSIDE. 4. SCREW CAP: IDENTICAL TO 3. 5. GUIDE PIN: 12.2 X0.2 X 0.2CM STEEL SQUARE SHAFT WITH POINTED TIP AND THREADED END. 6. GUIDE PIN: IDENTICAL TO 5. 7. GUIDE PIN: IDENTICAL TO 5. AND 6. EXCEPT THREADED END IS BENT. 8. PIN: 5.6 X 0.3CM STEEL SHAFT WITH ROUNDED ENDS. 9. PIN: 10.2 X 0.5CM STEEL SHAFT WITH ROUNDED ENDS. 10. HOLLOW PIN: 4.5 X 0.5CM STEEL SHAFT WITH HOLLOW CENTER. ONE END IS ROUND. 11. BOOKLET: 17.8 X 11.6CM FINISHED PAPER BOOKLET. COVER TITLE IS "TWO-PLANE DIRECTION AND RANGE FINDER" WITH "FOR GUIDING THE WIRE IN INTERNAL FIXATIONS OF FRACTURES OF THE NECK OF THE FEMUR" AND "DEVISED BY DRS. GILSON C. ENGEL AND HANS MAY". AT BOTTOM OF COVER IS "MANUFACTURED BY ZIMMER MANUFACTURING COMPANY FRACTURE EQUIPMENT WARSAW, INDIANA". BOOKLET CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONS AND DIAGRAMS FOR USE. BOOKLET IS TORN INTO SINGLE PAGES AND HAS FOLD CREASE ACROSS MIDDLE. 12. WARNING CARD: 14.4 X 9.9CM CARD WHICH IS YELLOWED. IT HAS "IMPORTANT" ACROSS TOP AND CONTAINS BRIEF INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE AND STERILIZATION WARNING. 13. X-RAY FINDER CHART: 28.2 X 26.2CM PIECE OF YELLOW PAPER. PAPER HAS BLACK PRINT AND TITLE IS "TO DETERMINE ACTUAL LENGTH OF THE NECK OF THE FEMUR". BELOW IS CHART WITH CONVERSION OF X-RAY AND DIRECTION FINDER INFORMATION.

Subjects

MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E

Historical Association

HEALTH SERVICES

History

ANGLE GUIDE 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

P19960116205

Acquisition Date

1996-01

Collection

Museum

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