Trocar
date: label: date made
content: about 1925
notes: label: Description
content: A trocar is used to withdraw fluid from a body cavity. This example is chromium-plated with a very thin tip. An inscription on the handle reads "Thiemann - Boettcher Co., Germany, Chrome."
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: 1977.1223.134
label: accession number
content: 1977.1223
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1223.134
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: 2 3/4 in x 4 7/8 in x 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 12.3825 cm x 1.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 6.985 cm x 13.335 cm