Handles for Gigli Surgical Saw
notes: label: Description
content: The Gigli surgical saw, that allowed faster, easier, and safer opening of the skull, originated with Leonardo Gigli (1863–1908), an Italian surgeon and obstetrician.
label: Description
content: Ref: W. W. Keen, “On the Use of the Gigli Wire Saw to Obtain Access to the Brain,” The Philadelphia Medical Journal (Jan. 1, 1889): 323-33.
label: Description
content: Dan Aurel Nica, et. al., “Leonardo Gigli and the Gigli Saw—Gigli Redividus,” World Neurosurgery 135 (March 2020): 35-37.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
label: Exhibition
content: Artifact Wall
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0011.31
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0011.31
label: accession number
content: 2006.0011
objectType: label: Object Name
content: handle
label: Object Name
content: saw
label: Object Name
content: snare, surgical
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: stainless steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 cm x .3 cm x 57 cm; 3 17/32 in x 1/8 in x 22 7/16 in