Chain Ecraseur
name: label: maker
content: George Tiemann and Company
notes: label: Description
content: The chain ecraseur, or decapitator, was designed for removing the head of a dead fetus to facilitate delivery from a uterus.
label: Description
content: Ref: George Tiemann & Co., Armamentum Chirugicum (New York, 1879), p. 93.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0478.10
label: accession number
content: 1986.0478
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0478.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Chain Decaptator
label: Object Name
content: decapitator, chain
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 19 3/8 in x 3 in; 6.985 cm x 49.2125 cm x 7.62 cm