Trocar
date: label: date made
content: about 1925
name: label: maker
content: E. B. Meyrowitz, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A trocar is used to withdraw fluid from a body cavity. The antrum trocar is used for nasal purposes. This example has a “Meyrowitz” inscription.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From R.N. Taylor M.D., thru Mystic Seaport, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1223.145
label: accession number
content: 1977.1223
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1223.145
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trocar
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Object Name
content: antrum trocar
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: chrome (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 12.7 cm x 1.27 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 1/2 in; .9525 cm x 13.0175 cm x 1.27 cm