Gigli Saw
notes: label: Description
content: The Gigli surgical saw allowed faster, easier, and safer opening of the skull. The form 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0165.241
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0165.241
label: accession number
content: 2012.0165
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gigli saw
label: Object Name
content: chain saw
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, uncoiled: 5/8 in x 18 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 1.5875 cm x 46.6725 cm x 6.35 cm