Hemostatic forceps. Scissor-style forceps, short ratchet mechanism under loop handles; shanks taper in the middle, then widen out again in lock; needle nose jaws; jaws have interior horizontal ribbing. Includes manufacturer markings:"SHARP & SMITH."
Creator:
Kelly, Howard A."(Howard Atwood)" 1858-1943
Contributor:
Sharp & Smith (Chicago, Illinois)
Created:
1880 - 1920?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Hemostatic forceps. Scissor-style forceps, short ratchet mechanism under loop handles; shanks taper in the middle, then widen out again in lock; jaws come to a fine point; jaws have interior horizontal ribbing; instrument has Kny Scheerer logo of a snake twined around a staff in the shape of an S topped with a crown.
Creator:
Kelly, Howard A."(Howard Atwood)" 1858-1943
Contributor:
Kny-Scheerer Company
Created:
1896 - 1920?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Hemostatic forceps. Scissor-style forceps, short ratchet mechanism under loop handles; shanks taper in the middle, then widen out again in lock; jaws narrow gradually to a rounded point; jaws have interior horizontal ribbing.
Creator:
Kelly, Howard A."(Howard Atwood)" 1858-1943
Created:
1890 - 1930?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Hemostatic forceps. Scissor-style forceps, short ratchet mechanism under loop handles; shanks taper in the middle, then widen out again in lock; jaws come to a fine point; jaws have interior horizontal ribbing. Includes manufacturer markings:"2 7 P."
Creator:
Kelly, Howard A."(Howard Atwood)" 1858-1943
Created:
1890 - 1930?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Hemostatic forceps. Scissor-style forceps, short ratchet mechanism under loop handles; shanks taper in the middle, then widen out again in lock; mortise lock; jaws narrow gradually to a rounded point; jaws have interior horizontal ribbing. Includes manufacturer markings:"PHYS. & HOSP. SUP. CO. GERMANY."
Creator:
Kelly, Howard A."(Howard Atwood)" 1858-1943
Created:
1920 - 1939?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Kelly Wong was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1996. Her family immigrated to New York City when she was a child, and she grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island. She studied at the University of Minnesota.
Creator:
Wong, Kelly
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center