Drill Trephine
notes: label: Description
content: Scientists at the University of Michigan used this Collins drill trephine (aka bone drill) for inoculating rabbits with rabies while conducting research on rabies vaccine. The “COLLIN” inscription is probably that of Anatole Collin (1831-1923), a surgical instrument maker in Paris.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Rabbits
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Rabies
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Michigan Medical School. Department of Microbiology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.253100.12
label: accession number
content: 253100
label: catalog number
content: 253100.12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument, trephine
label: Object Name
content: inoculating tool, rabies
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 2 in; 5.715 cm x 19.05 cm x 5.08 cm