Crainiotomy Perforator
notes: label: Description
content: This type of craniotomy perforator was associated with William Smellie (1697-1763), an obstetrician who practiced in Lanark, Scotland, and later in London, and who wrote A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery (1752-1764).
label: Description
content: Ref: George Tiemann & Co., Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 111.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Edgar Haybeck, M.D., Obstetric & Gynecology, Centreal Medico-Surgical Clinic, West Allis WI
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.316358.75
label: catalog number
content: 316358.75
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Scissors, Crainiotomy, Smellie
label: Object Name
content: scissors, craniotomy
label: Other Terms
content: Scissors, Crainiotomy, Smellie; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 11 7/8 in x 2 1/4 in; .635 cm x 30.1625 cm x 5.715 cm