Trocar
date: label: date made
content: about 1925
name: label: maker
content: Fred Haslam & Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A trocar is used to withdraw fluid from a body cavity. The inscriptions on this example read "HASLAM" and "CHROMED."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From R.N. Taylor M.D., thru Mystic Seaport, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1223.132
label: accession number
content: 1977.1223
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1223.132
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trocar
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: chrome (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 5/8 in x 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 11.7475 cm x 1.27 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 4 9/16 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 11.6078 cm x 3.81 cm