SCARIFICATOR
INSTRUMENT
| Nom de l'objet : | SCARIFICATOR INSTRUMENT |
|---|---|
| Type de l'objet : | TWELVE-BLADED |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | SURGICAL MEDICAL |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | EQUIPMENT |
| Matériaux : | BRASS CARDBOARD STEEL PAPER FABRIC |
| Numéro d'accession : | HH1988.2.90A-B |
| Fabricant : | UNKNOWN |
| Pays d'origine : | UNKNOWN |
| Période : | 19TH CENTURY |
| Description : | ONE SCARIFICATOR INSTRUMENT. CUBE-SHAPED BRASS AND STEEL HOUSING FITTED WITH 112 CUTTING BLADES ON TRIGGER MECHANISM. STAINLESS STEEL SCREWS INSERTED THROUGGH BRASS. CARDBOARD CASE COVERED IN BLACK PAPER LINED WITH BLACK AND RED FABRIIC. LID MISSING. HALF CLASP REMAINS. NOTE: THE SCARIFICATOR WAS USED IN BLOODLLETTING, THE LANCET (POINTS OR BLADES PROTRUDING FROM THE SURFACE) CUT SUPERFIICIAL INCISIONS IN THE SKIN RELEASING BLOOD. NOTE: 1987 INVENTORY NO. 166 |
| Fonctions : | PART OF THE ORIGINAL MEDICAL COLLECTION BELONGING TO JOHN SEBASTIAN HELMCKEN, ONE OF THE FIRST PIONEER MEDICAL DOCTORS TO WORK FOR H.B.CO. AT VANCOUVER ISLLAND. NEITHER J.S. HELMCKEN'S MEDICAL SUPPLY INVENTORY OF 1853-56 (HH1988.2.777A), NOR THAT OF 1857-60 (BCARS ADD. MSS 505, VOL. 3) SPECIFICALLY LISTS SCARIIFICATORS, BUT THEY BOTH LIST "INSTRUMENTS, CUPPING". SCARIFICATORS WERE NOT UUSED FOR GENERAL BLEEDING, BUT IN AN OPERATION KNOWN AS CUPPING. A GLASS CUP WWHICH HAD BEEN EVACUATED OF AIR BY HEATING IT WAS APPLIED TO THE PART OF THE PPATIENT'S BODY WHICH WAS BEING TREATED. THE VACUUM CREATED WOULD WORK ON THE SSUBJECT'S SKIN AND AFTER THE CUP WAS REMOVED THE PRACTITIONER WOULD USE THE SCCARIFICATOR TO MAKE INCISIONS IN THE SKIN, CUTTING SEVERAL CAPILLARIES. THE HEEATED CUP WOULD THEN BE RE-APPLIED AND COLLECT SOME OF THE PATIENT'S BLOOD. CUUPPING WAS USED AS A TREATMENT FOR INFLICTIONS OF SPECIFIC BODY PARTS. SOURCE:: AUDREY DAVIS AND TOBY APPEL. BLOODLETTING INSTRUMENTS IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUMM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY (WASHINGTON: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PRESS, 1979). |
| Hauteur : | 6 |
| Longueur : | 5 |
| Largeur : | 4.3 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | CM |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Département : | helmcken house |
| Établissement : | British Columbia Heritage Conservation Branch |
| Ville de l'établissement : | Victoria |
| Province de l'établissement : | British Columbia |