Mayo-Adams Self-Retaining Retractor
name: label: maker
content: J. Sklar Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: A self-retaining retractor has a locking mechanism that keeps the blades apart and in place while spreading the edges of the incision and holding other tissue in place, thus freeing the surgeon's and assistant's hands for other tasks. The Mayo-Adams form was available by 1915. The inscription on this example reads “Sklar Stain FSS VSB.”
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: 1987.0056.06
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0056.06
label: accession number
content: 1987.0056
objectType: label: Object Name
content: retractor
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 9 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in; 6.985 cm x 23.1775 cm x 10.4775 cm